TWAS May 19th

Hello Everyone,

We hope you're off to a wonderful start on this lovely long weekend!!

Our short week was fun and full.

The highlight was definitely our wonderful Leighton Art experience.  The weather could not have been more beautiful, and we were so proud of the children.  They were engaged, thoughtful and very respectful of the museum and its history.  Each art creation is so unique and interesting.  Echo Hill was really special, but ask your child to share their favourite part of the day.

Drum fit started this week; a quick google will give you an idea about what it looks like, but the children should be able to treat you to a home performance, if you happen to have an exercise ball and a couple of wooden spoons.

In math and Language Arts we are continuing to work on curriculum outcomes, and extension challenges:  mental math strategies, problem solving, story writing and the construction of strong sentences are skills that never tire of practice . . .

51 B is further developing coding skills with Ms. Handlesman, while A works on coding in math stations.

In science this week we continued to look at insulation, to assist in the design of the home inquiry insulator project (one or two of the children have expressed concern about their family's ability to assist in this project; please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions/concerns.  Please be advised, though, that this is not meant to be a huge undertaking.  Any type of insulating device, big/small, complex/simple, will be a great learning experience for the children).  Ask your child about the "lard/blubber glove" and plasticine insulation experiment.  We also looked at body temperature, why it changes, what that means, how the body works to regulate itself and why our 'normal' temperature is what it is.

We did not have time for the children to write their own TWAS this week, so as a challenge lets see how many things they can add to this blog about our week :)

Have a wonderful few days,

All the best,

Ms. M and Ms. K