Friday June 11, 2021

Happy Friday June 11, 2021!

Reminders:

We have spirit days every Friday this month!

Friday June 11 is Dress like your future career day! (Come dressed as the job you want one day!)

Friday June 18 is Dress like a super hero or villain! (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, you name it!)

Friday June 25 is Hawaiian day! (Hawaiian shirts and skirts for the win!)

June 25 Is the last day of school! 

This week will be rainy so please pack the necessary rain boots, hat or umbrella.

Dear Parents/Guardians:

 

As part of our ongoing learning, students at Beddington Heights School will have an opportunity to participate in a traditional smudge on June 21. Smudge involves burning a small amount of dried plant such as sage, sweet grass or cedar inside a cast-iron dish or abalone shell. During smudge, participants sit in a circle and listen to the Elder/facilitator offer teachings about the practice and its role in historical and contemporary Indigenous communities. The smudge bowl may be passed around the circle as part of this traditional way of opening or beginning time together. Participation in smudge is informed, voluntary, and always connected to learning. If, for any reason, a student is not participating in the experiential learning, the teacher will ensure that associated learning outcomes are available. The inclusion of Indigenous perspectives and experiences in classrooms is supported and encouraged by The Education Act, Section 16. This experience connects to various outcomes in the Alberta Programs of Study which demonstrates Alberta’s commitment to First Nations, Metis and Inuit Perspectives and experiences in curriculum. We are honoured to offer this learning opportunity to our students. For additional information and questions please contact Mr Lancee at malancee@cbe.ab.ca.

Today in room 5:

Today is dress as your favourite/future career day! After watching part of Zootopia to see different jobs in action we did some brainstorming about what careers we would like in the future. Yesterday we started writing about what we would like to be! This morning we finished off our writing and drawing.

We then moved into snack and a morning meeting before starting some art. For art today we did a guided drawing of the Titanic! After watching a non fiction story about the Titanic yesterday, and beginning to learn about boats and buoyancy the students interest is peeked. Next week we will be building boats so this was a great connection and a fun art project!

After art the students had gym with Mr Sadowsky before coming back inside for a desk clean.

We then used the rest of the morning for some time on Mathletics and some much deserved earned time for 10 minutes. 

Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

Mr Lancee