WE Walk For Water

WE Walk For Water

Hello everyone! ME to WE is hosting the fundraiser; We Walk For Water on May 10th. This campaign is about raising money for those communities without fresh and clean water sources.  Some people have to walk miles to be able to get to a water source and some of these sources are contaminated. This causes many young children, majority of them being young girls, to be unable to attend school and get a proper education. We are asking everyone at CJP to bring a loonie or a toonie for donations for the We Walk for Water campaign. Just $25 will allow one individual to be able to access clean water for life. Everyone deserves access to clean water, but not everyone can afford it.  

 
 

The Water Walk will take place on Friday May 10^th on the outside field rain or shine.  Instead of using actual jugs of water or pebbles, students will bring their backpacks outside.  Students will hold their backpack over their head and walk around the field to complete laps. This symbolizes the long walk to water that many young children face in other countries.   

 
 

Some facts to inspire you to participate in the We Walk for Water fundraiser: 

·       42% of health care facilities including hospitals and local clinics in Africa do not have access to a clean and non-contaminated water sources. 

·       Nearly 900 children die per day due to diseases caused by contaminated water. 

·       By 2050, 1 in 4 people will live where there is no fresh water 

Hats On! For Mental Health

Please join us on May 1 in wearing hats to raise awareness at CJP!

Thanks for your support!

Dear families,

It was so wonderful to see all the families that came out to share in the learning from our most recent artist residency. CJP students have been working hard at learning the style of hip-hop and the choreography and we hope you enjoyed our performances. Thank you to the parent association as well as our lovely choreographer/instructor, Zam.

And thanks to all of you who continue to support our learning everyday!


Ms. Tang and Ms. Youngblood

Music Monday

 

Dear families, 

Please join us on Monday, May 6^th at 10:00am to celebrate Music Monday!

For those who may not know, Music Monday was created by the Coalition for Music Education as a way to raise awareness for the importance of music education. Together, schools and other musical organizations across Canada sing the Music Monday anthem on the first Monday each May. This year, the Music Monday anthem is Hymn to Freedom by Oscar Peterson. Students have learned about the history of this song, its meaning and the people it impacted. Please ask your child for more information! 

 At CJP, it is tradition to have an outdoor concert on Music Monday. This year, our concert will be on Monday, May 6^th at 10:00am on the CJP field. Families and community members are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blankets to watch comfortably from the field. If you have any questions, please contact Miss Nair at canair@cbe.ab.ca.  

Have a wonderful Wednesday.

Ms. Youngblood and Ms. Tang 

Sound Kreations Information

Hello parents,
Tomorrow, Wednesday April 24th, are our Sound Kreations presentations.

Room 11
Rooms  11 is performing during the 5:15 show. Please plan to bring your child/ren and a blanket to be ready to start the performance at 5:15.

Room 10
Room 10 is performing during the 6:30 show. Please plan to bring your child/ren, and a blanket, to be ready to start the performance at 6:30.

Intermission is from 6:00 - 6:30

PLEASE, if at all possible, have your child here for their performance. Every child has worked hard over the past three weeks to learn their dance and prepare for their performance. Each class is performing separately, and the dances are designed to be presented by a larger group. We are hopeful that the majority of students will be in attendance from each class. Thank you for your support.

Costumes
Sound Kreations has requested that the students where jean overalls and a white shirt or jeans and a white shirt for their performance tomorrow. If you can please have them also where a bright running shoe.

We are looking forward to see you all tomorrow evening.

Have a Terrific Tuesday,

Ms. Youngblood and Ms. Tang

Our Week at a glance - April 11- 18

Hello room 10 parents and guardians,

We wanted to share some of our learning from this week.


" We painted pysanky eggs for Easter." Maryum

"Today for Math we cut fruit to learn about fractions and than we ate the fruit." Justin

"We had Social Studies and we are learning about Tunisia." Joe

"In math the fruit we has was apple, bananas and oranges." Zac

"There was symbols for our pysanky eggs and different colors that represent stuff." Julia

"This week we have been working on our opinion writing." Truly

"In grade 4 math we are doing math problems that are fun because we get to find out what problems don't work." Lachlan

"The teacher called it  a ballast problem a ballast helps ships balance." Ben

"In French we are learning how to sing Oh Canada in French." Simon

"Our teacher let us pick our own good fit books." Kai F

"In learning commons room 10 and 11 had materials to hold up really heavy books." Kai F


"Music Monday is on the first Monday of May (May 6)" Ava


Have a great weekend and enjoy the warm weather- Ms Y

Sound Kreations

Special Guest Next Week

Dear families,

We've had a very busy week! At the beginning of this week, the grade 4s had a special presentation on cyberbullying and cyber-safety. In our classrooms, we've decided to continue and extend this learning. Room 11 students are working on Public Service Announcements (PSA) to show our understanding and persuade others to use devices thoughtfully and responsibly. We can't wait to show you on Thursday.

In addition to our classroom learning, we have a very special guest coming on Wednesday, April 10 at 11:00. Paul Davis will be taking time out of his busy schedule to answer questions that our students have about technology use and share his expertise on the subject. If you were not able to attend his event in January, or you would like to learn more, you are welcome to come to CJP to listen in.

Thanks for your continued support in our learning and have a great weekend!

- Ms. Tang and Ms. Youngblood

We are all treaty people / As long as the sun shines

Today, we were fortunate to have Quest Theatre come and present a play to our school about Canada's history with the First Nations and signing treaties. This is what we learned:

The newcomers were really mean and they signed this treaty and broke the treaty and started to take over and kill First Nations. - Megan S.

The newcomers had a bad disease. - Kai F.

The disease is small pox, which is related to chicken pox. - Kellan

We learned how the newcomers signed a treaty and before they signed each treaty, and they gave First Nations whiskey. They had water in their cups instead of whiskey. There were eleven treaties signed, altogether. - Henry

Even though the First Nations signed the treaty, the newcomers didn't keep their promise and they would still take their other land.  -Megan G.

The newcomers set up trading stands and traded whiskey and other things for buffalo pelts. - Simon

The newcomers, as they came, they changed how the first nations people spoke, ate, dressed and what kind of houses they lived in. -Artie

The newcomers came on ships. -Matilda

Thanks for learning with us!

-Tang's Gang and Youngblood Youngsters

Blue and Purple Tomorrow- April 4

Hello Familys,

We hope you are well and enjoying the sun. We wanted to inform you that tomorrow April 4 is wear purple or blue day. To support people with Epilepsy and Autism. We discussed in class today about how we can support these individuals.You may wish to discuss this at home in more detail. Come tomorrow wearing your best purple or blue shirt.

Have a wonderful evening.

Ms.  Youngblood and Ms. Tang

Tuesday, April 2nd

On Thursday April 4th, students and staff are encouraged to wear blue and/or purple in support of Autism and Epilepsy awareness. Both of the official awareness days occurred independently within the past week and they hoped to bring understanding and acceptance to the challenges and the joys that those with Autism or Epilepsy experience.

Today the grade 4s had a presentation about cyber bullying and being safe on the internet. We found a website to tell you if you have a secure or unsecure password. Click here to check it out! Did you know if you spend too much time on social media it can be bad for your brain, health and eyes. 

Remember, your kids are more important than your computer and electronics. - Artie

We tested our materials for building and solving the water problem. Don’t forget to continue to look for materials at home to build with.

The grade 3s got to make paper helicopters. Cut out a rectangle and cut to the middle with scissors. Split the wings out, one to the right and one to the left. Then under the wings, leave a little rectangle. Cut a bit, fold it in (both sides). Put a paperclip on the bottom and then you have a helicopter. - Kellan

In math, the grade 4s started planning out what foods to put in our meal plan and we will start calculating soon.

Today we practiced soccer in gym, while room 10 got to play badminton.

School Rocks!

Welcome back! We hope you've had a fantastic spring break! Here's what we are up to:

The grade 4s are starting a new project in math. - Megan G.

The project is about feeding homeless people and see how much money it takes to feed someone for one day, and then how much it takes to feed them for a week. - Megan S.

We started planning out our inventions for the water problem. - Artie

We are working on building a prototype to see if we can help solve the water problem in four countries. - Matilda

Please try and find materials and stuff to build with! - Megan S.

In gym, we practiced badminton. We learned how to serve properly and hit. - Bennett

We also had the entire gym to ourselves because room 10 was outside practicing soccer. - Isla

Tomorrow we get to go outside to play soccer. - Parker

We are starting a new thing in math (grade 3); division! - Alex