Happy Summer!

  Now, go have a

 fabulous, excellent, 

                    relaxing, readtastic,  mathtastic 

                            SUMMER!!!

Memories!

 Here is 6-1 on the first day of school!

To see the Year-End Slideshow, click here!

Last Day of School!

 

Last Class Party!

 Thanks to the Party Committee

who planned a super fun party including a scavenger hunt, end-of-year awards and some game time outside!

Shakespeare's Alive!

 

Last Week in 209!

  Here's what we'll be working on having fun with this week:

*Zero the Hero!

*Q-Bitz Extreme!

*Presenting Shakespeare's 12th Night!

*Silly Grossout Day!

*Staff vs Students soccer game!

*Final school assembly!

*The June Trivia Extravaganza!

*Summer Scattergories!

*Last class party!

*Opening our time capsule!

*Crack the Codes!

*End-of-year slideshow!

*Final sharing circle!

 

Reading Celebration!

 Students celebrated their reading today!

 Each student shared how many books they completed this year 

and their favorite book of the year!

What a great year of reading!

From the Science Department...

 Today was the paper airplane challenge!

Theatre des lecteurs!

 Students worked on a reader's theatre en français and presented today in front of the class!

Poetry Party!

 Students put together all the poems they wrote this year 

into a Poetry Anthology!

What a great grade 6 souvenir!

This Week in 209!

 Here's what we'll be working on this week:

Mathématiques: working with perimeter and area, learning about factorials

Français: filling in the dialogue of a comic strip, reader's theatre

English Language Arts: daily reading, listening & viewing, Mad Libs Jamboree, Shakespeare!

Sciences de la nature: paper airplane competition

Sciences Humaines: celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day!

This Week in 209!

  Here's what we'll be working on this week:

Mathématiques: working with decimal numbers, working with perimeter and area

Français: daily reading, practicing sounds, filling in the dialogue of a comic strip, journal writing

English Language Arts: daily reading, critical thinking, listening & viewing, Shakespeare!

Sciences de la nature: learning about the four forces of flights and their impact

Sciences Humaines: exploring Indigenous ways of life of the past

P.O.O.F!

 Today was our (almost) last Friday, so students had the chance to reflect on the past week by completing one last POOF (Positive Observations on Friday) page.

We shared our observations in class, and now students have been asked to share their page with someone at home.

Happy Friday!

You're Invited!

Dear Parents,

In English Language Arts, students of 6-1 have been busy learning about Shakespeare and practicing our version of his masterpiece play Twelfth Night. 

You are most cordially invited to our performance on Monday, June 24th at 3 p.m. in the Ness Library. 

We'd love to see you there!

Please let Mme McKenzie know if you have any questions.

From the Science Department...

 Students had the chance to build and test flying devices made out of a plastic straw and paper.

They then participated in a tournament to see who had the flying device that could fly the farthest.

This Week in 209!

 Here's what we'll be working on this week:

Mathématiques: working with decimal numbers, working with perimeter and area

Français: daily reading, practicing sounds, analyzing comic strips, filling in the dialogue of a comic strip, CFOO presentations

English Language Arts: daily reading, writing a persuasive essay, listening & viewing, Shakespeare!

Sciences de la nature: learning about Bernoulli's principle and applications

Sciences Humaines: exploring Indigenous ways of life of the past, remembering D-Day