Highlights
Oct 25th - Halloween Hop 6:30 pm -8:30 pm TONIGHT
Thank you Weaselhead for your excellent presentation about Wetland Ecosystems. Students had an opportunity to get up close and personal with a variety of insects found in a wetland. They even created their own replica wetlands!
The Amazing Race Canada: Simons Valley School edition continues. Students have reached the Atlantic region. The challenge required them to take on the role of a fishing family prior to the Cod fishing ban in 1992. In order to advance in the race, students had to successfully catch a pretend cod fish using only materials found around the classroom. Students will now work towards completing the Roadblock and Detour portion of this leg of the race (see below).
We have begun a novel study of The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. Here is a brief preview of what students can expect: Lina Mayfleet desperately wants to be a messenger, Instead, she draws the dreaded job of pipeworks laborer, which means she’ll be working in damp tunnels deep underground. Doon Harrow draws messenger - and asks Lina to trade! Doon wants to be underground. That’s where the generator is, and Doon has ideas about how to fix it. For as long as anyone can remember, the great lights of Ember have kept the endless darkness at bay. But now the lights are beginning to flicker…
In math, students have been reviewing the steps of multi-digit subtraction with regrouping. Here is an excellent review video by Math Antics if you would like to practice at home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6M89-6106I
Practice/review pages: https://www.worksheetfun.com/2013/03/06/4-digit-subtraction-regrouping-borrowing-9-worksheets/
Reminders
Pick In and Pack out!
Starting this year, we have been attempting to reduce our SVS ecological footprint by moving towards a “Pack In and Pack Out” philosophy. Once a student has eaten their lunch or snack, the packaging of that item will be put back into lunch kits and returned home for recycling. In continuing to support this positive change, please provide a locking baggie for items such as apple cores, yogurt tubes etc. The baggie will be returned home with the student each day for composting at home and then could be added back into the lunch kit for the next day. Help us make a difference!
SVS Pumpkinella!
Get your family together and join in the fun for SVS's Pumpkinella! Design, carve or dress up a pumpkin to bring for display. ONLY ONE DISPLAY PER FAMILY!
Bring your pumpkin to the DLC after school on Wednesday, October 30th or the morning of Thursday, October 31st from 8:20-8:40am.
The pumpkin may have a safer journey if they are not brought to school on the bus. If you could add a tea-light to the center of your pumpkin, it will add to a special effect when placed in the gym.
Classes will tour the gym throughout the day to enjoy your efforts. Pumpkins MUST be picked up to go home by Thursday between 4:00 and 5:00pm. Any pumpkins left at school will be composted.
Art Supplies
Art Supplies Needed - Please bring in any unwanted shoe and/or cereal boxes for an upcoming art project.
Upcoming
- Oct 31st - Pumpkinella
- Nov 1st - Non-Instructional Day
- Nov 5th - Math Quiz on Addition and Subtraction
- Nov 7th - Hot Lunch (Subway)
- Nov 8th - Remembrance Day Assembly (10:30AM - 11:30AM)
- Nov 11th -Remembrance Day (No School)
- Nov. 15th -Pajama Day
- Nov. 21 - Student Led Conferences 4:00PM - 8:00PM (Regular Classes During the Day)
- Nov. 22 - Student Led Conferences 9:00AM - 1:00PM (No Classes for Students)
- Nov. 28 - Hot Lunch (Mucho Burrito)
- Nov. 29 - Family Movie Night
