News of the Moment

Information about Love of Reading Week

As previously mentioned:

Visiting Authors

Sheree Fitch and Ralph Fletcher will be here from 3 – 6 March.Ralph Fletcher will be the author we have the most contact with in the Upper Elementary School but if you have students in Lower Elementary you may like to also do some background reading on Sheree too.

During their time here, we will have a number of events to make the week exciting for the authors and especially for the students.

TUESDAY February 24: Hats off to reading-wear a fun hat to school

WEDNESDAY February 25: Wear a word (Wear a t-shirt with writing) or put a poem in your pocket.

THURSDAY February 26: “Read through the seasons” – dress for your favorite season

FRIDAY February 27: Pajama Day Children get to wear their pajamas and can bring a soft toy to school

MONDAY March 2: Spirit Day. Wear your house t-shirts to school

Other news in Grade 5 includes:

Goldberg Junkyard War!

We need your help! You need to start collecting reusable and recyclable materials for our annual Goldberg Junkyard War on Thursday, March 19^th, 2009. The Goldberg Junkyard War will be held as the culmination of our Invention Convention. It will be a fun morning where you will be placed in a group with other fifth graders to solve a problem using all sorts of different supplies.

We are looking for any materials that you think may be useful to construct a working physical model. Some examples are:

·         egg cartons

·         milk/juice cartons

·         plastic juice/pop bottles

·         cereal/snack boxes (any size)

·         empty toilet/hand towel rolls

·         shoe boxes

·         water/Gatorade/ice tea bottles

·         empty canisters

·         “connectors” like string, ribbon, clothespins, etc.

Start collecting your items now, but don’t start bringing them to school until Thursday, March 12^th, 2009, as we do not have any space to store them. There will also be a lucky draw with prizes for students who make useful contributions. The more materials you bring in, the better your chances are of winning a prize!

Make sure that all items have been rinsed and cleaned. Start collecting today!

Here is an example of a Goldberg Machine in action, there are many more to see online.