Nov 30

In writing this week students began working on describing a sibling or friend. They are learning about descriptive words that describe a person personality.

This week in inquiry we have been very busy focusing on learning about the Chinese immigrants story and how they helped build the railway. Ask me about what I learned and how the Chinese contributed to the building of the railway. As part of our investigation into the perspective of the Chinese immigrants we read Ghost Train.

               

We also had the opportunity to attend the Glenbow Museum on a field trip. We learned how to think about the stories behind artwork and artifacts as well as the stories that may not be told through art work. In the afternoon we began learning about the Arctic and examined artifacts the inuit would use to survive.

                             

This week in math we have been learning several math games. Please take a look at the images below and ask me how to play.

            

1) Rocks and Rings: Royal Oak School students will have the opportunity to participate in an activity called Egg Farmers Rocks and Rings presented by Curling Canada from November 30^th until December 6^th, during Physical Education classes. Curling is a fun sport to learn and participate in and aligns well with the Alberta Physical Education Curriculum. The aim of the physical education curriculum is to enable individuals to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to lead an active, healthy lifestyle. Curling is one of many activities that individuals may participate in for many years. 

This program introduces students to the Olympic sport of curling and features a variety of drills, relays and team-building activities. It is taught using unique indoor floor curling equipment that helps to provide a true curling experience without requiring ice. For more information on this program and to check out some cool videos check out their website at www.rocksandrings.com

2) Stephen’s Backpack: Dream Out Loud

Royal Oak Students are continuing to support Stephen’s Backpacks Society for Children in Need this holiday season.Stephen’s Backpacks Society for Children in Need is an organization that was started in Airdrie by a young boy who thought it wasn’t fair that he received so much for Christmas when other children didn’t even have a bed to sleep in.

In the near future, Stephen’s Mom will be joining us for a special assembly. All parents are invited to attend. Please stay tuned for that date!

The backpacks this year are for children who range in age from infant to grade 3. We are looking for donations of newitems that can go inside a backpack. Our goal is to fill 100 backpacks.

What could go in a backpack?

Child Backpack (4-9 years old):

·      Waterproof gloves/mittens, toque, scarf, blanket, socks

·      Book or colouring book, appropriate school supplies

·      Age appropriate toy (train, action figure, etc.)

·      Hygiene kit- (includes shampoo, conditioner, soap, toothbrush, and toothpaste)

·      Candy or candy bag

·      Clothing items, shoes/boots

Baby Backpack:

·      Waterproof gloves/mittens, toque, scarf, blanket, socks, toy, teething ring

·      Baby formula, bottle

·      Baby wipes, diapers, baby soap, baby shampoo, baby lotion

·      Clothing items

These items can be brought to school by your child and they will be placed under the tree in the gathering space. We will be accepting donations until Monday, December 10^th, 2018. Thanking you in advance for your generosity.

Link to Stephen’s Backpacks for additional information: Stephen's Backpack Society for Children in Need

Coming up

Dec 7th - No school due to Professional Development

Dec 17th - Carol singing at 1:30

Dec 19th - Carol singing at 11:30

Dec 21st -last day of school before the holidays

Jan 7th - First day back after the holidays

Nov 23

Thank you to everyone who attended student led conferences.The students had a wonderful time sharing their learning with you and it was a pleasure speaking with you about your child's learning.

In writing this week students have been learning about how to write a topic sentence and create a paragraph using the senses writing they completed about their Flanders Field paintings. 

This week in inquiry we where exploring how density affects liquids and conducted an experiment to see what would happen to liquids with more density compared to other liquids. Ask me to describe what we did in the experiment and the conclusion I discovered about liquids and their density.
               

1) Glenbow Museum volunteers: We are still in need of 3 more volunteers. If you are able to volunteer and have your clearance please let me know. As a parent volunteer, the CBE requires a police clearance; if you do not have this document, we regret that you will not be able to come at this time. If you would like to volunteer in the future, please visit the office with your photo identification and ask for a volunteer clearance form.

2) Please THINK TWICE before going ON THE ICE: Parents, we have had reports of youth in our community venturing out onto the partially frozen pond.  This is, of course, a safety concern as the pond does not typically freeze consistently enough to safely allow people to access the ice. 

We are asking that you please have a discussion with your children about Ice Safety and how to determine when an icy surface is a safe place to play.  An excellent resource (with notes and videos) for this discussion can be found through the Canadian Red Cross website at:

https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/teach-water-safety/whale-tales-resources

Thank you for keeping our students safe as they explore the community this winter,

Royal Oak School

4) Stephen’s Backpack: Dream Out Loud

Royal Oak Students are continuing to support Stephen’s Backpacks Society for Children in Need this holiday season.Stephen’s Backpacks Society for Children in Need is an organization that was started in Airdrie by a young boy who thought it wasn’t fair that he received so much for Christmas when other children didn’t even have a bed to sleep in.

In the near future, Stephen’s Mom will be joining us for a special assembly. All parents are invited to attend. Please stay tuned for that date!

The backpacks this year are for children who range in age from infant to grade 3. We are looking for donations of newitems that can go inside a backpack. Our goal is to fill 100 backpacks.

What could go in a backpack?

Child Backpack (4-9 years old):

·      Waterproof gloves/mittens, toque, scarf, blanket, socks

·      Book or colouring book, appropriate school supplies

·      Age appropriate toy (train, action figure, etc.)

·      Hygiene kit- (includes shampoo, conditioner, soap, toothbrush, and toothpaste)

·      Candy or candy bag

·      Clothing items, shoes/boots

Baby Backpack:

·      Waterproof gloves/mittens, toque, scarf, blanket, socks, toy, teething ring

·      Baby formula, bottle

·      Baby wipes, diapers, baby soap, baby shampoo, baby lotion

·      Clothing items

These items can be brought to school by your child and they will be placed under the tree in the gathering space. We will be accepting donations until Monday, December 10^th, 2018. Thanking you in advance for your generosity.

Link to Stephen’s Backpacks for additional information: Stephen's Backpack Society for Children in Need

Coming up

Nov 29th -Field Trip to Glenbow museum

Nov 21

Dear Parents,

 

We want to remind students and parents that the Lost and Found is located the vestibule and can be accessed anytime during the school day.

 

Lost and Found items will be put out on display in the gathering space during school conferences on November 22 at 1:00 p.m. and will remain on display until 12:00 p.m. on November 23.  All items that are clearly labeled, will be returned to students prior to being put on display.  We encourage all families to have a look at these items during this time.  All lost and found items not picked up by 12:00 noon on November 23 will be donated to charity.

 

Sincerely,

 

Royal Oak School

Nov 15

In writing this week students have been writing about their painting of Flander's Field from last week. They are working on using the 5 senses to add descriptive words to their writing.   

In math we continued working on problem solving. We tried a new problem where we had to figure out how many candies there where if there where 3 bags of skittles with 4 candies and 2 boxes of smarties with 8 candies. During our class discussion around the problem we reviewed how to identify the important information in a problem and how to use the strategies to prove our answer. 

This week we had our last session with our artist in residence. We worked on transparent paper and used sharpie to outline the tall builds we see in downtown. Then we applied paint to help 1-3 buildings/trees/transportation to stand out. Ask me about what building/trees/transportation I decided to keep or parts I decided not to keep and why?

                    

This week in inquiry we researched the different types of jobs people had in the past. In our research we had to identify the who, what, when, where, and why. Ask me about the job I researched and something I learned?
               


1) Glenbow Museum field trip forms: went home today. The grade 2’s from Ms. MacDonald’s and Mrs. Cooks (Ms. Boston) classes have an amazing opportunity to spend November 29th at the Glenbow Museum. To have a successful trip please ensure that you pay $13.32 through your Power School account and return your child's from by Monday, November 19, 2018. Also we are in need of 4 parent volunteers in each class. If you are available, please notify your child’s teachers. As a parent volunteer, the CBE requires a police clearance; if you do not have this document, we regret that you will not be able to come at this time. If you would like to volunteer in the future, please visit the office with your photo identification and ask for a volunteer clearance form.

2) Student led Conferences: Conference questions went home today. Please respond to the questions and return the from by Monday Nov 19th. Student led conferences are on the evening of Thursday, October 22nd and the morning of Friday, October 23rd.  If you haven't had a chance yet please log onto your PowerSchool account and take sometime to book your conference. The students are looking forward to sharing their learning with you.

The following instructions will help you find the My CBE/PowerSchool Parent Account link to book conferences:

• On the Calgary Board of Education website, scroll to the middle of the page
• Click on “My CBE/PowerSchool Parent Account” link
• Sign into your PowerSchool Parent Account
• Click on myCBE Apps (left hand side of screen)
• Click on my School Conferences (right hand side of screen)
• Select the conference day/time and submit to book your child’s conference

3) Holiday Scholastic book order: went home yesterday. Please submit your online order  by Nov 21st. If you would like to keep any items in this order as a holiday gift for your child please e-mail me here and I can keep the items set aside for you to pick up at the front office instead of having them sent home with the student. 

To order and pay online please follow the following steps:

It’s Here! Order from Reading Club online — it’s easy as 1-2-3!

1.             Connect with your child’s classroom teacher at scholastic.ca/canadaclubs.

2.             You can browse, shop and pay online!

3.            Books arrive in the classroom, just like always!

4) Stephen’s Backpack: Dream Out Loud

 

Royal Oak Students are continuing to support Stephen’s Backpacks Society for Children in Need this holiday season.Stephen’s Backpacks Society for Children in Need is an organization that was started in Airdrie by a young boy who thought it wasn’t fair that he received so much for Christmas when other children didn’t even have a bed to sleep in.

 

In the near future, Stephen’s Mom will be joining us for a special assembly. All parents are invited to attend. Please stay tuned for that date!

 

The backpacks this year are for children who range in age from infant to grade 3. We are looking for donations of newitems that can go inside a backpack. Our goal is to fill 100 backpacks.

What could go in a backpack?

 

Child Backpack (4-9 years old):

·      Waterproof gloves/mittens, toque, scarf, blanket, socks

·      Book or colouring book, appropriate school supplies

·      Age appropriate toy (train, action figure, etc.)

·      Hygiene kit- (includes shampoo, conditioner, soap, toothbrush, and toothpaste)

·      Candy or candy bag

·      Clothing items, shoes/boots

 

Baby Backpack:

·      Waterproof gloves/mittens, toque, scarf, blanket, socks, toy, teething ring

·      Baby formula, bottle

·      Baby wipes, diapers, baby soap, baby shampoo, baby lotion

·      Clothing items

 

These items can be brought to school by your child and they will be placed under the tree in the gathering space. We will be accepting donations until Monday, December 10^th, 2018. Thanking you in advance for your generosity.

Link to Stephen’s Backpacks for additional information: Stephen's Backpack Society for Children in Need

Coming up

Nov 16 -No school due to PD

Nov 16 - Winter wonderland family dance hosted by ROS school councilNov 22-23 - Student led Conferences

Nov 22-23 - Book Fair during conferences

Nov 29th -Field Trip to Glenbow museum

Nov 9

Today we had a beautiful remembrance day celebration where we had the opportunity to reflect on the soldiers who fought for our country and the freedoms we enjoy today. This week we read the book "Bear in War." Ask me about a question I have or a connection I made to the book and where we could find the bear today. We also worked on some landscapes of Flanders Field in the style of impressionism. Ask me about the painting techniques we learned to create our landscapes.

 

This week in inquiry we have been learning about water. We started an experiment where we had two jars. One jar had water in it with a lid on and the other jar had water in it without a lid on. On day 3 and 5 we made detailed observations and observed what happened to the water. Ask me about what I thought happened to the water. Hint: I should talk about evaporation.

This week in math we continued working on problem solving. We where given a problem where we had to figure out how many candies there where if there where two bags of skittles with 4 candies and 2 boxes of smarties with 6 candies. Ask me about the strategies I tried to solve the problem. Ask me to show you how triangle math works. Hint: It has to use exploding numbers. 

This week we also worked with our artist in residence. We have been learning how to use pencil/coloured pencils to add shading and lines to our art work. Ask me to share how our art piece has three layers which shows how the land has changed overtime.

 

Coming up

Nov 14th - artist in residence

No 14 - Gr 2 Book TruckNov 16 -No school due to PD

Nov 16 - Winter wonderland family dance hosted by ROS school councilNov 22-23 - Student led Conferences

Nov 22-23 - Book Fair during conferences

Nov 2

Wow what a fun week. On Wednesday we all participated in a Halloween Parade around the school so that we could see everyone's costumes. Then we chose our favourite costume to write about and describe so that our classmates could guess what costume it was. Next week we will continue to think about how to add more  descriptive word to enhance our writing. This weekend you can think about what words you would use to describe the objects/landscape around you.

This week in inquiry we where preparing for our debate between the four perspective. Everyone took part and voiced their opinion while respectfully disagreeing with an opposing opinion. Some of us had questions for the other side. Ask me about whether my opinion changed and why. Below is the Self- Assessment we used to reflect on our arguments and whether we where respectful during the debate.

In math this week we have started to learn how to solve problems and look for the important information in a problem. We tried out the problem below. Ask me about one of the ways I tried to solve it. You can use the link for some extra practice with place value and odd/even numbers.

1) Remembrance Day: Royal Oak School will be having a Remembrance Day ceremony on November 9th at 10:30 a.m. Families are welcome to attend; please try to arrive a few minutes early to ensure you find a seat.

 

Holding Remembrance Day ceremonies helps pass on the tradition of remembrance and is an important way to show our gratitude to the Veterans of Canada, those currently serving and their families, for the losses and sacrifices they have suffered. Due to the solemn nature of this ceremony, families are reminded to refrain from clapping after student presentations. Students who participate in Girl Guides (Sparks, Brownies) and Scouts (Beavers, Cubs) are welcome to wear their uniforms to the assembly.

 

With Remembrance Day quickly approaching, Royal Oak School would like to support our Veterans by collecting non-perishable food items. These items will be collected all week (November 5-9) and will be picked up and delivered to the Calgary Food Bank (Veterans branch). There are specific items that are more needed than others and the Calgary Food Bank has outlined these as wish list items that are greatly appreciated.

 

Ms. Bennett will be putting together a Remembrance Day slideshow and is inviting school families to send her photographs of family members who are veterans or current members of the Canadian Arm Forces. Please send in all photographs by the deadline of Wednesday November 7^th. With the photographs please include the Canadian Arm Forces veteran or current member’s name, the war or peace keeping mission they participated in, if possible, where the photo was taken, and their relationship to you ( for example great grandfather, aunt, uncle etc.). Ms. Bennett’s email address is mebennett@cbe.ab.ca

2) Artist in Residence Volunteers Needed: We are still in need of two volunteers for Wednesday Nov 14th from 9:45-10:45 during our artist in residence session. If you are able to volunteer please let me know. Please ensure that you have your volunteer clearance. Thank you for your continued support.

Coming up
Nov 5th - artist in residence 

Nov 8th - artist in residenceNov 9th - Remembrance Day assembly

Nov 14th - artist in residence

No 14 - Gr 2 Book TruckNov 16 -No school due to PD

Nov 16 - Winter wonderland family dance hosted by ROS school councilNov 22-23 - Student led Conferences

Nov 22-23 - Book Fair during conferences