Indigenous Treaty Day

Today marks Treaty Day at École Ness.

As a class, we rotated through 8 different activities including: a welcome from North Star, a collaborative art activity, the reading and discussion of the book "Nous sommes les protecteurs de l'eau" ("We are Water Protectors" - hear the book read HERE) a community clean-up, smudging with Pam, and more!

Here are a few pictures from the morning. Bravo to all students who participated fully in all the activities! (And a big thank you to M. Dvorak for being with us in the afternoon.)

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AGENDA

1. Lecture with Je Lis or https://jeunesse.short-edition.com/

2. TOMORROW! (Tuesday, June 21) - Museum and Walking Tour Day! Please see the information page that was sent home with the permission form for details. Students should dress for the weather (we will be outside for a good part of the day) and should bring a water bottle and a bag lunch with them. Comfortable shoes for walking are also a must! There may be a chance to purchase a treat during our lunch break, but restaurant availability is not guaranteed. Students are responsible to carry their own items for the duration of the day.

3. Good luck to any soccer stars who are advancing to the semi-finals this week!

Friday Morning Airplanes!

Hello! Happy Friday!

This morning in Science we started a fun paper airplane project!

We had the choice between 5 different airplane designs and worked together in groups to follow the directions and get them folded up and ready to fly!

Our next step was the take some airplane measurements: the mass, the length and the wingspan.

Each group member took the measurements of their own plane and then a group average was calculated. We will compare the data of the planes next week and use this information to make predictions about what plane will fly the furthest and have the longest hang time. And then, the flight tests will begin!

Stay tuned to see our airplanes in flight!

Have a great weekend! :)

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AGENDA

1. Lecture with Je Lis or https://jeunesse.short-edition.com/

2. Monday, June 20 is "le jour des traités" at École Ness. Students will be following a set schedule and completing different activities to learn about Indigenous culture, including stories, art and smudging. Please see the letter that was sent home yesterday (Thursday) or the email from Mme Careen sent home earlier today to learn more about smudging will take place.

3. Tuesday, June 21 - Museum and Walking Tour Day! Please see the information page that was sent home with the permission form for details. Students should dress for the weather (we will be outside for a good part of the day) and should bring a water bottle and a bag lunch with them. Comfortable shoes for walking are also a must! (There may be a chance to purchase a treat during our lunch break, but restaurant availability is not guaranteed.) Students are responsible to carry their own items for the duration of the day.

4.Soccer play-off schedule:

Thursday Agenda Items

Hello! Happy Thursday!

We've started learning about percentages in Math and today we calculated the percentages of the letters in our names! So fun!

 

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AGENDA

** Please sign and return field trip forms by Friday, June 17. (See THIS POST for more info!) **

1. Lecture with Je Lis or https://jeunesse.short-edition.com/

2. Soccer play-off schedule:

(Note: Tuesday's game has been rescheduled to Friday of this week.)

Wednesday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

** Please sign and return field trip forms by Friday, June 17. (See THIS POST for more info!) **

1. Lecture with Je Lis or https://jeunesse.short-edition.com/

2. Song paragraphs - A reminder to students that have not yet handed in their song paragaphs that their writing is due by the end of the noon hour tomorrow (Thurdsay). No additional class time will be given. I will be available over the noon hour tomorrow (Thursday) for any students requiring a place to work. 

3. Math Ratios Motif -  This task is now overdue. Task is posted in Teams and should be completed and submitted in Teams as soon as possible.

4. Soccer play-off schedule:

(Note: Yesterday's (Tuesday's) game has been rescheduled to Friday of this week.)

Paragraph review and agenda items

Hello! Happy Tuesday!

Today in Français we finished writing our song paragraphs, taking time to review/edit with a partner before handing in our final drafts.

Please ask me about the songs I chose. Why are they my favourite?

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AGENDA

** Please sign and return field trip forms by Friday, June 17. (See THIS POST for more info!) **

1. Lecture with Je Lis or https://jeunesse.short-edition.com/

2. Song paragraphs - We continued working on our song paragraphs in class today. Using teacher-created writing models and a vocabulary chart as our guide, we are piecing our song notes together into complete, descriptive sentences. Students will no longer receive time in class to work on this task. All paragraphs due no later than end of morning Thursday.

3. Math Ratios Motif -  This task is now overdue. Task is posted in Teams and should be completed and submitted in Teams as soon as possible.

4. Soccer play-off schedule:

Monday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

** Please sign and return field trip forms by Friday, June 17. (See THIS POST for more info!) **

1. Lecture with Je Lis or https://jeunesse.short-edition.com/

2. Song paragraphs - We continued working on our song paragraphs in class today. Using teacher-created writing models and a vocabulary chart as our guide, we are piecing our song notes together into complete, descriptive sentences. Students will receive one last block of time in class on tomorrow (Tuesday) to work, noting that all work will be collected and assessed as is at the end of the morning. (Taking time to do some writing/editing this evening is certainly an option!) An overview of the writing task is posted in Teams.

3. Math Ratios Motif -  This task is now overdue. Task is posted in Teams and should be completed and submitted in Teams as soon as possible.

4. Soccer play-off schedule:

Les aéronefs and Weekend Agenda Items

Hello! Happy Thursday!

Today in Science we were tasked with designing and building a simple aircraft.

Using a plastic straw as the main fuselage, we added and modified different wing-types using different types of paper to see which design would fly best.

After each design and test, we wrote down our observations and noted what modifications we planned on making to our aéronef before the next test.

We will finish up our final tests and conclusions on Monday. Please ask me about my aéronef designs  and what I found flew best so far!

Wishing you all a lovely weekend! :)

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AGENDA

** Please sign and return field trip forms by Friday, June 17. (See THIS POST for more info!) **

1. Lecture with Je Lis or https://jeunesse.short-edition.com/

2. Song paragraphs - We started writing short paragraphs in class today about 2 of our new favourite Francophone songs! Using teacher-created writing models and a vocabulary chart as our guide, we began piecing our song notes together into complete, descriptive sentences. Students will receive more time in class on Monday to work, but taking time to do some writing/editing over the weekend is certainly an option! Both short paragraphs will be due no later than end-of-morning Tuesday. An overview of the writing task is posted in Teams.

3. Math Ratios Motif -  Non-track students - this task is now overdue. Students who were away at track on Tuesday may take until the end of lunch hour on Monday to have the task completed. Task is posted in Teams.

4. Soccer play-offs schedule: