Hello Grade 6 Students and Families,

We continue to think of you during this time and hope you are well during a change of routine where there are undoubtedly many questions and wonderings.

As we move into what is our regularly scheduled Spring Break, we encourage you to keep a regular routine of sleeping, eating and regular exercise. Remember to have time for fun in there as well.

Please refer to the email that was sent out by CBE with suggestions of activities.  The activities can also be found at https://cbe.ab.ca/programs/curriculum/learning-at-home/Pages/default.aspx

Learning at Home - Learning at Home - CBE Children are naturally curious learners and there are opportunities at home to engage their learning. This webpage offers a variety of educational ideas to support literacy, numeracy and wellness at home. cbe.ab.ca

We will be in touch with you again after Spring Break and be discussing learning as we navigate through this unprecedented time.

Take Care,

Ms. Palamar

Ms. Steeves

Mrs. Wagenblast

Monday March 16th

Hello Grade Six Students and Families of Bridlewood School, 

Please know that we care for you and are thinking of you during this historic time with school being cancelled. We need to think about community and how we can take care of each other. 

 Throughout grade 6, we have learned the importance of using our voices in positive ways to make a difference.  Last week at Outdoor School, you were all an amazing support for each other and showed that kindness is powerful and can go a long way.  Please remember at this time to take care of each other, love one another, have hope, keep positive, show kindness, be compassionate, spend time with your family, have peace, remember to laugh, have conversations, read, get outside and be active. 

Though many families and friends may be unable to physically get together, let’s try to think of ways that we can continue to spread kindness and cheer at this difficult time.  For example, you could draw and colour some pictures of something that brings happiness to you and your family to post in your front window. We hope this kindness and joy will spread and give strength when it is most needed.

As we are unsure at this time what is next, please stay tuned for updates that will be sent as more information becomes available.

Ms. Steeves

Ms. Palamar

Mrs. Wagenblast

BWS IMPORTANT PARENT INFORMATION

Dear Parents & Guardians Based on the changing provincial and local response to COVID-19, the CBE has given us direction to postpone: Evergreen Theater Performance:  Friday, March 13 @ 10:15 am. CANCELLED Student-Led Conferences:  Thursday, March 19th & Friday, March 20th CANCELLED, booking system will not open. We will still be having the Scholastic book Fair, due to the directive parents will NOT able to attend, as conferences are cancelled.

Don't forget to turn your clocks forward one hour for Daylight savings time.

We leave for Outdoor School Monday March 9th and return on Thursday March 12th.  

Thursday March 5th, 2020

• Evergreen Theatre dress rehearsal today - Fantastic Job!!!  Here is a link that outlines specific details regarding this amazing residency. http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/Bridlewood/about-us/news-centre/_layouts/ci/post.aspx?oaid=16b6dbe3-6041-49f6-a7a9-f1b9adb324dd&oact=20001    

Reminders:

• Evergreen Theatre - Show Time... Friday March 6th @ 10:15am. 

• Outdoor School - Monday March 9th - Thursday March 12th. 

• ***Our next special lunch date is Thursday, March 12***.
  As we will be at Outdoor School on that date, please log on to the Healthy Hunger website and cancel your order

Year Book

“How to pay for a Yearbook online”

Because the yearbook is an optional fee, the fee does not automatically appear in your MYCBE/PowerSchool account. 

You will find the fee under the Goods/Services tab, click on the tab and you will see two optional fees

Noon Supervision Drop In

Yearbook

Click on the fee you want, hit ok, the fee will then appear in your school fees, for online payment.

If you have any issues with this, please call the office we can attach the optional fees.

Wednesday March 4th, 2020

• Students are creating an "I Am Malala" visual journal page.
• We continued showing "How we can prove that the sum of all the angles in triangles equals 180°?"
• Students read, discussed and evaluated news article exemplars from previous P.A.T's about 'National Forest Week.
• We worked with Evergreen Theatre again today - please read your lines and try to memorize them.  Here is a link that outlines specific details regarding this amazing residency. http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/Bridlewood/about-us/news-centre/_layouts/ci/post.aspx?oaid=16b6dbe3-6041-49f6-a7a9-f1b9adb324dd&oact=20001    

Reminders:

• Evergreen Theatre - Monday March 2nd - Friday March 6th for our class

• Outdoor School - Monday March 9th - Thursday March 12th. Please pay online if needed.  Thank you!  

• ***Our next special lunch date is Thursday, March 12***.
  As we will be at Outdoor School on that date, please log on to the Healthy Hunger website and cancel your order

Year Book

“How to pay for a Yearbook online”

Because the yearbook is an optional fee, the fee does not automatically appear in your MYCBE/PowerSchool account. 

You will find the fee under the Goods/Services tab, click on the tab and you will see two optional fees

Noon Supervision Drop In

Yearbook

Click on the fee you want, hit ok, the fee will then appear in your school fees, for online payment.

If you have any issues with this, please call the office we can attach the optional fees.

Monday March 2nd, 2020

• Students started working on creating an "I Am Malala" visual journal page today.
• We started planning and writing a news article about 'National Forest Week' in preparation for P.A.T's.
• We worked with Evergreen Theatre today and have some 'homework' --> Using Science terminology as a base - Why would the planet Pluto be targeting Saturn?
• Our day ended with painting our tree cookie name tags for O.D.S.     

Reminders:

• Evergreen Theatre - Monday March 2nd - Friday March 6th for our class

• Outdoor School - Monday March 9th - Thursday March 12th. Please pay online if needed.  Thank you!  

• ***Our next special lunch date is Thursday, March 12***.
  As we will be at Outdoor School on that date, please log on to the Healthy Hunger website and cancel your order

Year Book

“How to pay for a Yearbook online”

Because the yearbook is an optional fee, the fee does not automatically appear in your MYCBE/PowerSchool account. 

You will find the fee under the Goods/Services tab, click on the tab and you will see two optional fees

Noon Supervision Drop In

Yearbook

Click on the fee you want, hit ok, the fee will then appear in your school fees, for online payment.

If you have any issues with this, please call the office we can attach the optional fees.

Wednesday February 26th, 2020

• Students have been busy finishing their design of the moon colony and using their "architect" skills. Plotting the coordinate plots, determining perimeter, area, volume and building 3D shapes from their nets has been the focus as well.
• The work as journalists is done and the students have been evaluating their news articles based on the rubric. 
• Creating the buildings for the moonscape has been a time where creativity has come alive in our room. Students are taking in consideration the needs of the astronauts as they design the buildings.
• Random Acts of Kindness continued to be a discussion on “pink shirt” day. Students will share our question about: “How we use our voices to spread kindness and love?” tomorrow at the celebration. 

Reminders:

• Thursday February 27th - Kindness Assembly 10:30am  Wear purple & Mayor Nenshi will be our guest of honour. 
• Thursday February 27th - Celebration of Learning 5:30-7:00 in our classroom.  It will be drop in basis and prepare for at least for half an hour.

• Outdoor School - Monday March 9th - Thursday March 12th. Please pay online if needed.  Thank you!  

• Our next special lunch date is Thursday, March 12.
  As we will be at Outdoor School on that date, please log on to the Healthy Hunger website and cancel your order

Year Book

“How to pay for a Yearbook online”

Because the yearbook is an optional fee, the fee does not automatically appear in your MYCBE/PowerSchool account. 

You will find the fee under the Goods/Services tab, click on the tab and you will see two optional fees

Noon Supervision Drop In

Yearbook

Click on the fee you want, hit ok, the fee will then appear in your school fees, for online payment.

If you have any issues with this, please call the office we can attach the optional fees.

February 22nd, 2020

• Students have been busy designing their moon colony and using their "architect" skills creating a blueprint.  Plotting the coordinate plots, determining the perimeter, area & volume have been the focus as well.
• The work as journalists is almost done as the students wrote news articles about the planet that they researched.
• The learning about the Iroquois became exciting as we completed our research and have started creating our "Iroquois Museum."
• We have continued reading the book titled, "I Am Malala" and have had rich conversations during this read aloud.

Reminders:

• Tuesday February 25th - ORFF
• Wednesday February 26th - Pink Shirt Day
• Thursday February 27th - Kindness Assembly 10am
• Thursday February 27th - Celebration of Learning 5:30-7:00 in our classroom.  It will be drop in basis and prepare for at least for half an hour.

• Outdoor School - Monday March 9th - Thursday March 12th. Please pay online if needed.  Thank you!  

• Our next special lunch date is Thursday, March 12.
  As we will be at Outdoor School on that date, please log on to the Healthy Hunger website and cancel your order

Year Book

“How to pay for a Yearbook online”

Because the yearbook is an optional fee, the fee does not automatically appear in your MYCBE/PowerSchool account. 

You will find the fee under the Goods/Services tab, click on the tab and you will see two optional fees

Noon Supervision Drop In

Yearbook

Click on the fee you want, hit ok, the fee will then appear in your school fees, for online payment.

If you have any issues with this, please call the office we can attach the optional fees.

Thursday February 6th, 2020

• In Math, through the lens of an "architect" students are continuing their blueprints creating their "space colony" for the astronauts to live in on our moonscape.
• Working as journalists and writing their news articles about the planets continues to be a focus for literacy. 
• We read Malala today.  We finished the fourth part in the book.  Part 1 - Before the Taliban, Part 2 - A Shadow over our Valley, Part 3 - Finding my Voice, Part 4 - Targeted.

• Students started researching information about the Iroquois Confederacy. 
• We were the audience for our Grade 1 buddies as they practiced for their Celebration of Learning for us. 

Reminders:

• Please return ECO School forms & payment needs to be made by Wednesday February 12th. 
• Teacher Convention February 13th & 14th - No school 
• Family Day - Monday February 17th - no school 
• Thursday February 27th - Grade 6 Learning Celebration

Wednesday February 5th, 2020

• In Math, through the lens of an "architect" students have started blueprints creating their "space colony" for the astronauts to live in on our moonscape.
• We continued our Planet presentations today. 
• Working as journalists and writing their news articles about the planets continues to be a focus.  Today we discussed "tone" and how we can use a positive tone or a negative tone in writing and in our spoken words.  We specifically discussed how our tone for news article writing would appear differently than most of our pieces of writing - Direct, factual and to the point.
• We read Malala today.  We are at the forth part in the book.  Part 1 - Before the Taliban, Part 2 - A Shadow over our Valley, Part 3 - Finding my Voice, Part 4 - Targeted.

• Students started researching information about the Iroquois Confederacy. 

Reminders:

• Please return ECO School forms - A.S.A.P 
• Payment for ECO School can be made online through Powerschool
• Thursday February 27th - Grade 6 Learning Celebration

Tuesday January 28th, 2020

• This morning students explored how many different shapes they could make using 16 lines.  They had to find the perimeter and area for each shape and determine if those change as the shapes change?
• We helped the kindergarten class during their gym time today. 
• Students started the 'journalism' role by transferring their understanding of the planets by using the information from their inverted triangles to create a news article.  This work will continue ...
• The Solar System bulletin board is coming along and we are just adding some final touches.  The Moonscape has a few craters and looks great.  
• We read Malala today and have reached the part of the book titled "Finding my Voice."

• Groups continued planning how they will present their information about their planet to the class.   

Reminders:

• Please return report card envelopes - A.S.A.P

• Tuesday February 4th - 3:30 - 4:00 pm - Mandatory Meeting about Outdoor School for those who missed the first one.  

-  We require at least one parent to attend as we must ensure we provide an opportunity for parents to receive all relevant information and have any questions or concerns addressed.  Students are welcome and encouraged to attend as well.  We will have you sign in and then provide you with an information package for you to take with you to prepare for this exciting learning opportunity.

• Friday January 31st - PD Day (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS) 

• Yearbook orders 

• Thursday February 27th - Grade 6 Learning Celebration

Monday January 27th, 2020

• We explored how many different shapes students can make using 24 units as the perimeter.
• Continuation of the visual vocabulary went by quickly today.  Students are creating a "word wall" based on Space Science vocabulary.
• Students continued organizing information about their planet into an inverted triangle and will be taking on the role of a "journalist" by writing a news article.
• A few of our planets were put up on the bulletin board today and our moonscape now has a few craters.  Specifically the 'Tycho Crater'
• We read Malala today and have reached the part of the book titled "Finding my Voice."

• Groups started planning how they will present their information about their planet to the class.
• We ended the day talking about everyday being "Literacy Day" and Mrs. Wagenblast shared a few of her favourite picture books.  Students voted on a book to read.  
  
  

  

Reminders:

• Please return report card envelopes - A.S.A.P

• Tuesday February 4th - 3:30 - 4:00 pm - Mandatory Meeting about Outdoor School for those who missed the first one.  

-  We require at least one parent to attend as we must ensure we provide an opportunity for parents to receive all relevant information and have any questions or concerns addressed.  Students are welcome and encouraged to attend as well.  We will have you sign in and then provide you with an information package for you to take with you to prepare for this exciting learning opportunity.

• Friday January 31st - PD Day (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS) 

• Yearbook orders 

• Thursday February 27th - Grade 6 Learning Celebration

Friday January 24th, 2020

• Students have become "experts" researching events that would make the news regarding the planet they are learning about.  They are organizing the information into an inverted triangle and will be taking on the role of a "journalist."
• Creating the Solar System and molding our classroom 'moonscape' was an exciting part of our day yesterday and today.

• We will be building a moonscape in our classroom.  It is not necessary, but if you are able, please bring in some salt clay to help us create the surface of the moon.  The recipe is below.  Please put it in a plastic bag or container so that it does not dry out and bring it to school.  Thank you!!!
  

  

Reminders:

• Please return report card envelopes - A.S.A.P

• Tuesday February 4th - 3:30 - 4:00 pm - Mandatory Meeting about Outdoor School for those who missed the first one.  

-  We require at least one parent to attend as we must ensure we provide an opportunity for parents to receive all relevant information and have any questions or concerns addressed.  Students are welcome and encouraged to attend as well.  We will have you sign in and then provide you with an information package for you to take with you to prepare for this exciting learning opportunity.

• Friday January 31st - PD Day (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS) 

• Yearbook orders 

• Thursday February 27th - Grade 6 Learning Celebration

Wednesday January 22nd, 2020

• Students continued researching today.  Some finished up researching their planet while others started researching the moon using the NASA Science for kids website.
• Students had regular gym and music today and were gifted an "extra gym"
• We had a visit from Constable Gemma today and she gave us some homework.  Students need to 1.  Learn their address and 2. Memorize the phone number of an adult (parents/aunt/uncle/grandparents).

• We will be building a moonscape in our classroom.  It is not necessary, but if you are able, please bring in some salt clay on Thursday to help us create the surface of the moon.  The recipe is below.  Ms. Steeves made some at home, she did not need to use the whole half cup of water and did not need to knead it for 10 minutes.  Please put it in a plastic bag or container so that it does not dry out and bring it to school.  Thank you!!!
  

  

Reminders:

• Please return report card envelopes - A.S.A.P

• Thursday January 23rd - Healthy Hunger Lunch

• Thursday January 23rd - 6:00 - 7:00 pm - Mandatory Meeting about Outdoor School

-  We require at least one parent to attend as we must ensure we provide an opportunity for parents to receive all relevant information and have any questions or concerns addressed.  Students are welcome and encouraged to attend as well.  We will have you sign in and then provide you with an information package for you to take with you to prepare for this exciting learning opportunity.

• Friday January 31st - PD Day (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS) 

• Yearbook orders 

• Thursday February 27th - Grade 6 Learning Celebration 

Tuesday January 22nd, 2020

• In Math, students showed their understanding of “Factor Trees” using markers on the windows, tables and benches. We also did a “math gallery walk” and added to others thinking. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Students had their final day researching their planets.
• Students started brainstorming ideas for our Bulletin Board and “Moonscape.”
• We started planning a news article about our planet with our group and will transfer that information into the inverted triangle.

Reminders:

• Please return report card envelopes - A.S.A.P

• Thursday January 23rd - Healthy Hunger Lunch

• Thursday January 23rd - 6:00 - 7:00 pm - Mandatory Meeting about Outdoor School

-  We require at least one parent to attend as we must ensure we provide an opportunity for parents to receive all relevant information and have any questions or concerns addressed.  Students are welcome and encouraged to attend as well.  We will have you sign in and then provide you with an information package for you to take with you to prepare for this exciting learning opportunity.

• Friday January 31st - PD Day (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS) 

• Yearbook orders 

• Thursday February 27th - Grade 6 Learning Celebration