What a wonderful sunny day it is, a terrific day to start the weekend. We have had a short but very productive week back.

Most of the students were extremely successful in the recent Unit 10 Math Test with 8 students earning 100% and 7 students scoring 96% with only one error… OUCH! The class median score was 96%, our highest thus this year and the class average was 94%, also our highest average for 2009 – 2010.

This week also saw 5KP begin phase two of the Invention Convention Unit. During this project, the students will be looking closely at the process involved when you invent something. The focus is more on the process rather than the product. In past years we have found that this project has sometimes taken on a life of its own and many students have ended up with their parents doing a large part of the work for them rather than the student actually understanding all of the trial and error actually involved when you are trying to invent something.

Here are the essential questions that we will be aiming to answer and understand during the course of the 4 week project.

Essential Questions

Where are inventions located?

What steps are involved in the invention process?

What implications do these inventions have for people?

Are new inventions always better than those they replace?

How do inventions change and adapt to suit their environment?

The deadline for handing in yearbook money has been extended to May 12th.

In Writer’s Workshop the class are starting to make some breakthroughs with the Memoir Unit of Study. It is a difficult concept for a 5th grader to get their head around but their main aim is to write a piece of writing of their own choice of genre that sums up something that has happened in their past that has meaning for them.

Thank You parents for a wonderfully appreciative lunch just now… I need a nap!