Sometimes we need to remind ourselves how special and unique we are. Sometimes it can be hard to give yourself a compliment. In room 12 we have been looking at a variety of words that we could use to describe ourselves. Characteristics that remind us that we are special, amazing and caring learners. We have put our writing up in our classroom and anytime we need a little pick me up, a little reminder of how special we are, we can re-read our writing. We would love for you to think about different characteristics that make you the person you are!

Sean, from the Green Action Centre visited us this past week.  He rode the bike you can see in the pictures to AEW from downtown.  On it he had all the supplies he needed to make smoothies for about 250 of our kids!  Once the mix was in the blender, the blender was connected to the bike, someone hopped on and pedalled the bike…Voila!!  Smoothie!

Sean also shared ideas around how biking and getting places without cars is good for not only our bodies but also the world! Thanks for sharing great information and for the tasty smoothies!

The B.E.S.T. bike program has returned to AE Wright this year.  Mr. Obendoefer is the lead instructor and he has asked us to share this video with families!

CAN-BIKE // Traffic Skills 101 from Manitoba Cycling Association on Vimeo.

 

Here are some pictures of what our kids were doing this week with Mr. Obendoerfer!  Once they are comfortable on the bikes, and understand the rules of riding, the instructors take the students onto the streets and learn to ride safely.

Room 10 picked up 41 pounds of garbage from our school grounds! We found a lot of snack wrappers, juice containers, newspaper, and straws! Please reduce the amount of garbage you use, reuse containers, and use the garbage and recycle bins! We only get one earth!

Thanks for our hard work room 10!

Room 8 has been learning about what it means to be brave and the power it has.  At our assembly, we told everyone some of the ways that we can be brave including “talking in front of people”, “getting out of your comfort zone”, “asking someone to play” and even “dancing in front of people”. We decided to do a Flash Mob of the song Brave, by Sara Bareilles to show AEW how big our brave is by getting up and dancing for everyone to see. We even invited some students and staff to participate in our dance so they too could show their bravery! We are continuing to talk about all of the ways in which we can be brave and looking at people around the world who are showing their bravery too in many ways.

We have been incorporating *sungka, a traditional Filipino game in our Math lessons. The playing pieces of sungka, which serve as our own hands – or manipulatives, have helped us understand the tangible representations of abstract concepts related to numbers. It has been an effective way to practice counting and to learn addition and subtraction. Aside from good eye-hand coordination involved in this game, the players have enjoyed interacting with each other and all their classmates watching the game. Sungka has also given us a wonderful opportunity to connect with the joy that our ancestors felt when they played this ancient Filipino game.

* Sungka” is a Filipino version of the board game called Mancala. It is a traditional Filipino game played by two participants. It is played on a sungkaan (a long canoe-shaped board) The objective of the game is to amass stones, marbles or cowrie shells in the player’s home base (bahay) by continuously distributing the shells around smaller holes until the player runs out of shells to distribute. The person who collects the most shells in his or her home base (bahay) wins.

The students of Portable 5 had an opportunity to share some of the work that they’ve been doing around the human body.  Students worked hard to learn about various body systems and senses. They brainstormed questions around their topic, then did a lot of research. They created display boards about their learning and designed experiments and demonstrations connected to their topics.  Thank you so much to all of the teachers and classes who came through the mini-gym today to hear about their learning and to try their demonstrations.  A special thanks to Ms. Pogson and Mr. Parm for all their help with set-up and clean-up!

The students of Room 17 are worked very hard on their production of Beauty and the Beast for our upcoming French Café (Café Dix-Sept!). We are so thankful to Ms. Brenda and Rob Herriot for volunteering their time to help guide the production. They had nothing but awesome things to say about the student’s work ethic and willingness to learn. The production at our December 21^st school assembly was a huge success!

 

Rm 17

 

Winter Gardening.

The student in room 21 have been learning about alternative ways to grow plants indoors during the cold winter months.  We are growing different kinds of lettuce without any soil.  We learned that plants need four basic things for growth and development: light, water, nutrients, and air.  When there is no soil to provide nutrients, they must be added into the water.  In our deep water culture system, plants rest above a container of water with their roots submerged.  The water is aerated and enriched with nutrients to encourage plant growth.  Students are learning to value growing their own food and exploring ways that science and technology can help enhance the process.  When we consider recent outbreaks of tainted romaine lettuce in North America, learning about methods of food production become even more important.

Mr. Tryon

 

In our class we have been learning about microorganisms. We have learned that microorganisms can be both helpful and harmful. To help us see where microorganisms might be living, we swabbed multiple surfaces in our school and used agar plates to grow the microorganisms. Take a look at the agar plates after a few days.

-Mr. Camaclang