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le 10 avril

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Another busy day in the Chalet!

Did some timed laps in PE, a bit of French grammar work, the 6s wrote their quiz, the 7s got theirs back, some have the option to redo on Monday. After lunch, Mr Bonnar visited with us discussing some concerning discriminatory language that has been reported to them, being used by some students in our class, and other grade 6/7 classes. He reminded us of the script Code of Conduct and kind, safe and respectful behaviour expectations. And then we finished Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus! Exhale. Students were also shown how to log into the Sora app, so they can access to the text, and I quickly outlined the novel analysis one-pager that we will officially begin on Monday.

Bonne fin de semaine, à lundi!

le 8 avril

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Happy Sunny Wednesday! Sorry for not posting yesterday, a bit too much going on after school.

Today was very productive! We are SO close to finishing our novel, Friday is the day! Then we switched for Math, 7s wrote a quiz, 6s will write theirs on Friday. After recess we had our second Peace Circle with Ms Harnoor where we talked about the seen and unseen related to conflict, she and I were both very impressed with everything the class came up with, and again, great participation this week. After lunch, our little buddies came to play their math game with us and we finished the day having a Jazz Band from Ontario play for us.

Grade 7s- an email should have come through asking for baby photos for end of year things

Jump Rope 4 Heart is on! We will be jumping on April 23 and 24. Please click on the Fundraising Link to get started. As always, the class that raises the most wins an ice cream party. Div 3 has already raised $100, bravo!

Vendredi:

  • Decades Day!
  • Dîner Chaud
  • 6s- Math Quiz: Division des Décimaux

À vendredi!

Poisson d’Avril

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What a fun energy today :-), lots of fish on backs and general good natured humour.

After recess we had our first Peace Circle with Ms Harnoor. I really appreciate that everyone came willingly to the discussion and participated at their comfort level. I think some good things are going to come from these.

Just a reminder that Friday and Monday are holidays.

Les Devoirs:

  • mardi- Cactus- 3rd and 4th blog compare and contrast due
    • 7mes- SH: Quiz- Les 6 Colonnes des Civilisations (BLOOKET) (notes below)

le 31 mars

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Les Devoirs:

  • 6mes- feuille de math (division)
  • 7mes- Orchestre demain
    • SH- Quiz: Les 6 Colonnes des Civilisations mardi prochain

À demain!

le 30 mars

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Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful break, there were lots of fun things that got shared out this morning 🙂 We made a 1-word about your spring break collage.

The next 2 weeks are short ones due to the Easter Holiday. Friday and Monday are days off, kind of a nice way to ease into term 3.

À demain!

le 11 mars

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Exhale… I have returned. It has been a whirlwind week for me, not a lot of positive unfortunately. Thank you all for your patience as I dealt with illness and some family matters the last few days.

Today was… busy. But very fruitful. After recess, we learned about how supersavers were invented, and then build our own simple hydyraulic machines. On Friday we will spend a bit more time with them. It was fun to finally use the Makerspace cart that the district put together for all elementary schools feeding into WGSS.

After lunch, we went to the gym to watch the grade 5/6 finalists present their speeches for Concours. The top two grade 5s were awarded a prize, and the top four grade 6s were selected to continue to the district level on April 9. As well, the 2 grade 7s from our class were named to continue on. Un énorme bravo à Darcy, Arjun, Teodora et Annika! Bonne chance le 9 avril!

Friday is Matching Day and Hot Lunch. The Soo-permarché will also be open.

Bonne journée demain, à vendredi!

International Women’s Day

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It has been wonderful meeting with all of you for SICs, the students are doing an incredible job sharing all about their learning and growth and should be proud of themselves! we’ve also had some good conversations about being our best selves and how we can achieve that. Looking forward to meeting with the rest of you this week. Let’s have a great final week before Spring Break!

Demain- Orchestre

le 3 mars

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What a productive day!

Our morning was full of self-reflecting and goal setting in preparation for SICs.

This afternoon, Constable Cormier, our School Liaison Officer came to chat with both French 6/7 classes. Her message was very positive, but there were many takeaways:

  • Seeing the SLO in schools isn’t usually not a bad thing, their job is help support and guide students to make good choices
  • Biggest social media concern is SnapChat, many believe that once messages are gone, they’re gone, but they’re not, they can be accessed still by the platform and police investigators
  • What is concerning behaviour online? Talking to people you don’t actually know, sharing personal information and images, saying/posting hurtful things about others
  • Long term repercussions- event will follow you forever, trouble when applying to post-secondary/jobs etc
  • Asked if cyberbullying is a one-time thing? She see’s it as yes, a one-time event can have lasting negative impacts on the individual, which can lead to things you can be blamed for
  • Her biggest advice for next year at WGSS (or any next school)- expand your social circle, make good choices in person and on social media, if you do make a mistake, work immediately to fix it, be less addicted to your phone, talk less behind the screen.

Then the students asked her lots of different questions, mainly about her job as a police officer. Hopefully they all took something positive away that they can apply to their lives.

Reminder for the rest of the week:

  • Tomorrow: 12:33 dismissal, SICs
  • Thursday- no school for student, SICs
  • Friday- French Film Festival

À demain!

Mathematiques 6 Term 2 Self-Reflection

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Please copy and paste these questions into Spaces –> Espace Mathematique, then answer to your best ability. You will share these during your conference.

  1. What concept did you have the most success with this term? (Fractions, numbers fractionnaires/fractions impropres, position de valeur des decimaux, multiplication des decimaux)? Why?
  2. What concept did you find the most challenging? How did you try and overcome this challenge?
  3. What are you most proud of in relation to Math this term?
  4. What activities/strategies help you learn and practice math concepts the best? (in class and at home)
  5. Do you complete assignments (devoirs) fully and on time? (yes, no, most of the time, sometimes)
  6. How do you study/practice for a test?
  7. What is a Math goal you have for next term? How will you achieve this goal?