Thursday November 28th 2019

Highlights:

• Morning Workbook question was to calculate what date and time it would be in 1000 hours?  1000 minutes?
• Indoor lunch today

• Students worked on their Seven Sacred Teaching Artwork
• We completed a "post survey" for the Youth Links field trip

Upcoming:

Conference Information:

• Thursday, December 5 

Kindergarten: 8:15 to 11:15 am (no classes for K)
Kindergarten to Grade 6: 4:00 to 7:30 pm 

(Early dismissal for Grades 1 to 6 at 11:45 am)

• Friday, December 6 

Kindergarten (Schafer only) to Grade 6: 8:00 to 11:30 am 

(no school for students) 

• Bridlewood School will once again be collecting non-perishable food items for the annual Mayor’s Food Drive. Donation boxes will be available at the front of the school beginning Monday, November 25 until Monday, December 16. Donations can be sent to school with students or dropped off during conferences.
• Thursday December 19th - Last day of classes (Winter Break)
• Friday December 20th - Non-Instructional Day - no school for students
• Monday January 6th - Classes Resume

Tuesday November 26th 2019

Highlights:

• Music and Gym today
• We worked on our math coordinate portraits.  It connects to our Evidence & Investigation unit in Science as the students are the "suspects."  They are looking AMAZING!

• Students wrote about their Seven Sacred Teaching that will guide them this year and started Art work to represent their teaching.
• In Math, we continued with the 'Allowance Problem' where students had to determine which option they would prefer - $100 per day for 30 days or $0.01 which would double for 30 days (for example: Day 1 would be $0.01, Day 2 $0.02, Day 3 $0.04, Day 4 $0.08).

Upcoming:

• Div 2 Choir - Thursday November 28th

Conference Information:

• Thursday, December 5 

Kindergarten: 8:15 to 11:15 am (no classes for K)
Kindergarten to Grade 6: 4:00 to 7:30 pm 

(Early dismissal for Grades 1 to 6 at 11:45 am)

• Friday, December 6 

Kindergarten (Schafer only) to Grade 6: 8:00 to 11:30 am 

(no school for students) 

• Bridlewood School will once again be collecting non-perishable food items for the annual Mayor’s Food Drive. Donation boxes will be available at the front of the school beginning Monday, November 25 until Monday, December 16. Donations can be sent to school with students or dropped off during conferences.
• Thursday December 19th - Last day of classes (Winter Break)
• Friday December 20th - Non-Instructional Day - no school for students
• Monday January 6th - Classes Resume

Thursday November 21st 2019

Highlights:

• Thank you! Thank you!  Thank you to the parent volunteers who came on our field trip today!!!  Greatly appreciated. 😀
• Ask me about what I learned today...  Online Safety, Substance Abuse, Gangs, Investigating  a crime and exploring the police museum. 

• 3 important components that all need to be checked as a “Yes” when making decisions are... (hint: brain, heart, gut).  Why???

 

Upcoming:

• Non-Instructional Day - Tomorrow (no school)
• “Life of a Tree” due on Monday - YES - you will have Literacy time to add necessary “finishing touches”
• Div 2 Choir - Tuesday November 26th & Thursday November 28th

Wednesday November 20th 2019

Highlights:

• Students worked really hard on their stories "The Life of a Tree."  The stories are due on Monday.
• We continued the Math/Science/Literacy/Art task that involved plotting the coordinates of our 'mug shots.'
• Students played Multiplication Battleship

• Students had gym and music today 

Upcoming:

• ***Field Trip Tomorrow!!!*** Students will need a lunch!
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Tomorrow. *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

Tuesday November 19th 2019

Highlights:

• Tomorrow will be the last day for the stories about "Life of a Tree."
• We started a Math/Science/Literacy/Art task that involved plotting the coordinates of our 'mug shots.'

• Students had gym and music today 

Upcoming:

• **** Please cancel Healthy Hunger lunches as we will be on our field trip on the same day****  If you were unable to cancel on time - the school will put the lunches in the fridge and students will bring them home after the field trip.  Remember that all students need a lunch for the field trip.****
• Forms about our field trip came home.
• Please return the field trip forms and money for the field trip ($6.00)  
• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st . *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

Monday November 18th 2019

Highlights:

• We will be finishing our Life of a Tree stories this week.  Students worked on these focusing on editing their work.
• In Math, we started learning about the Cartesian Plane (coordinate grid system) and we created a few pictures by plotting the coordinates.  We will continue with this work throughout the week.

• For Evidence and Investigation, we reviewed quickly some of the information that we have learned about solving a crime, looking at evidence and the 3 important things that make a good detective.
• Our day ended by marking our territory with our finger prints which we will be looking at closer.

Upcoming:

• **** Please cancel Healthy Hunger lunches as we will be on our field trip on the same day****  If you were unable to cancel on time - the school will put the lunches in the fridge and students will bring them home after the field trip.  Remember that all students need a lunch for the field trip.****
• Forms regarding the field trip will be coming home tomorrow.
• Please return the field trip forms.  
• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st . *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

FYI...
** Healthy Hunger Special Lunch (Coco Brooks) is the same day as our field trip next Thursday **

I was able to cancel my order this evening and get a full refund. Please try to cancel your order. Otherwise the school will refrigerate the lunches and students will come home with them for the weekend. The following day is a PD day so no school for students on the Friday. We apologize for this mix up.

Thursday November 14th 2019

Highlights:

• We continued writing our “Life of a Tree” stories from the perspective of the tree.  Our mini lesson was about writing in paragraphs and how we can use our computers to read our work aloud for editing purposes.
• In Math, we discussed the steps required for problem solving.

• For Evidence and Investigation, we played a game about DNA ( DeoxyriboNucleic Acid). 
• We had double gym today  :)
• We reviewed the first two pages of the Science Tests.  

Upcoming:

• Trees & Forest Test mark went home last night  The test will be in the binder for parents to look at when they come to conferences.  Please sign the mark sheet indicating that you saw the mark and return by the end of the week.  We will be reviewing the test in class.
• Please return the field trip forms.  
• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st . *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

esday, November 12, 2019

Wednesday November 13th 2019

Highlights:

• We continued writing our “Life of a Tree” stories from the perspective of the tree.  
• Estimating and multiplying decimals was our focus for math.  We applied our knowledge when using the window markers on the windows, desk and bench.

• For Evidence and Investigation, our focus was looking deeper at various shoes and classifying the class characteristics and accidental characteristics.  We concluded by talking about DNA ( DeoxyriboNucleic Acid). 
• We worked on our Seven Sacred Teaching visual journal page.  Students need to pick a teaching that will guide them throughout the Grade 6 year.
• Tomorrow we will review the Science Tests.  

Upcoming:

• Trees & Forest Test mark is coming home tonight.  The test will be in the binder for parents to look at when they come to conferences.  Please sign the mark sheet indicating that you saw the mark and return by the end of the week.  We will be reviewing the test in class tomorrow.
• Please return the field trip forms.  Parent volunteer forms are coming home tonight as well!
• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st . *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

Tuesday November 12th, 2019

Highlights:

• We started working on our “Life of a Tree” stories from the point of view of the tree.  This will continue to be our focus for Literacy this week.
• Estimating multiplying decimals was a focus for math.  We made a few estimations, discussed overestimating and underestimating and where it is applicable in "real life."

• For Evidence and Investigation, our focus was looking at hair and fibre as evidence at a crime.
• We worked on our Seven Sacred Teaching visual journal page.  Students need to pick a teaching that will guide them throughout the Grade 6 year.

Upcoming:

• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st . *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

Thursday November 7th, 2019

Highlights:

• We had our Trees & Forest test today
• Our artwork of the poppies will be displayed on the wall for the assembly tomorrow. 
• We listened to a few letters that we wrote to the veterans thanking them for their service.  All of the letters were thoughtful and will be sent to the veterans. When deciding who was going to represent our voice in the assembly tomorrow the class decided that they wanted to make the decision about who to pick in a democratic way so the students voted.  Ethan will be sharing his letter tomorrow and thank you to all the students who offered to speak on behalf of us. 

• For Evidence and Investigation, we tested our detective skills looking at our finger-prints with magnifying glasses.  

• *** Thank you to those parents who have sent me an email about volunteering for our upcoming field trip to Youth Links (Calgary Police Interpretive Centre) on Thursday November 21st.  I will be sending the forms home soon!

Upcoming:

• Remembrance Assembly - Tomorrow @ 10:45
• Remembrance Day - Monday November 11th (no school)
• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st . *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

Wednesday November 6th, 2019

Highlights:

• Today we had gym and music.
• Our artwork of the poppies looks amazing!!!

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• We studied for Trees & Forests and reviewed for the test tomorrow.  Students will have a "study sheet" that they brought home to assist them with reviewing tonight.
• For Evidence and Investigation, we did our finger-prints yesterday.  
• Forms went home today about fundraising and payment for the field trip.

• *** Thank you to those parents who have sent me an email about volunteering for our upcoming field trip to Youth Links (Calgary Police Interpretive Centre) on Thursday November 21st.  I will be sending the forms home soon!

Upcoming:

• Trees & Forest Test - Thursday November 7th (tomorrow)
• Remembrance Assembly - Friday November 8th @ 10:45
• Remembrance Day - Monday November 11th (no school)
• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st . *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

Tuesday November 5th, 2019

Highlights: 

• Today we had gym and music.
• We did some letter writing to veterans.  Our letters were to be meaningful, intentional and from the heart.  
• We had a nice quiet focus time during Art while we painted poppies focusing on positive and negative space in a picture.  Positive space is the main focus of a picture, negative space is the background.
• For Evidence and Investigation, we did our finger-prints yesterday.  
• We ended our day playing a math game that involved ordering decimals and reading them with the other Grade 6 classrooms.

• *** Thank you to those parents who have sent me an email about volunteering for our upcoming field trip to Youth Links (Calgary Police Interpretive Centre) on Thursday November 21st.  I will be sending the forms home soon!

Upcoming:

• Trees & Forest Test - GOOD NEWS!!!  I have extended the date to Thursday November 7th as I would like to do some study time in class.
• Remembrance Assembly - Friday November 8th @ 10:45
• Remembrance Day - Monday November 11th (no school)
• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st . *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)