Welcome Back!

We have had a great first week back at school and I’ve enjoyed getting to know the students in my class. We are getting into routine and have focused on building a safe and positive classroom community and celebrating our uniqueness. We created a collaborated art piece that turned out more beautiful than I could have imagined. Each student was responsible for decorating one square in whatever way they chose. We put them together and voila … a masterpiece was created. We also did a writing piece called “All About My Selfies”.

From now on students will be writing their own posts to update you on all the learning going in the classroom … so check back soon. I have a fantastic bunch of students and am looking forward to a great school year!

Sincerely, Mrs. Barkman 

Brandon Mini U

Last week we also when to Brandon for Mini U! We played archery tag. There were these foamy marshmallows on the end of the arrows so when you shot at a person on the other team, it didn't hurt. We also wore masks to protect our face. The other activities we did were science experiments, building Lego robots, and building catapults.

Sincerely, Students of Team 9

Swimming Field Trip

We went on a swimming field trip last week with all the grade 3/4's in our school. If we wanted to swim in the deep end, we had to do a swimming test. The swimming test was 2 laps of front crawl and 2 laps of back crawl. We got to test out the new waterside! It is amazing because there are lights inside the water slide. We like when the pool makes waves.

Sincerely, Students of Team 9

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

We finished reading the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Our class received 19 Golden tickets from Mr. Willy Wonky. We watched the movie last week. Mrs. Barkman let us bring our favourite candy to eat while we watched the movie and she made Whipple Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight. 😊

Sincerely, Students of Team 9

High School Band Came to Our School!

Last week we had a grade ten high school band performance come to our school. They played with a lot of different instruments Some of the band members use to go to our school. They played so many songs like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Star Wars, Batman, Superman and more. They are a really good band! 😊😊😊

Sincerely, Students of Team 9

How to Writing

Today and a few days ago we have been working on our how to writing. This is a way for us to teach our classmates and teacher how to do things. It is very fun. We have learned how to: do the laundry, do a back flip, draw, ride a dirt bike, grow a pumpkin, play Mario, jump off a ramp on a bike, make a hockey figure, make a paper torch, make milk, make an ice cream sundae, walk a dog, make a loom bracelet, and swim. 

After we wrote about it, we presented it to the class. Some people are making posters, showing us stuff out side, making power points, or drawings. 

Sincerely,
Students of Team 9

What a Wonderful World

We have been learning about how to take care of the Earth. We can take care of the Earth by recycling, walking or biking, and turning of the lights in our house. In art we listened to the song "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong and painted what we think makes the world wonderful.

Sincerely, Students of Team 9