Bike to School Day- Tuesday June 4th

Dear Families,

We are excited that CJP will be participating on Bike to School Day on Tuesday June 4th. Students are invited to participate by biking from home to school or driving closer to school and biking the rest of the distance. Bike to School Day helps students become active and engaged with the outdoors. CJP has participated in this project for a few years, to encourage students to build a healthy lifestyle while having fun! More information can be found at: http://calgarybiketoschool.weebly.com/

If your child is choosing to participate please ensure their bike and helmet is clearly labeled with their first name, last name and room number. Students will be storing their helmets inside their classrooms. 

Please do not bring your bike in through the front doors. There will be two outdoor doors connected to the gym for students to drop their bikes off. Grades K-3 will enter through the west door (door closest to staff parking lot) with their bikes. Please be courteous to staff by not parking in the staff parking lot. The other entrance for grade 4-6 will be the the door closest to the front entrance of the school facing Northmount drive. Both doors will be marked with a sign and pylon. The students will enter the door and drop their bikes off inside the gym by their designated classroom spot marked with a number. Please note which door your child takes their bike in, they will be exiting through this door at the end of the day to meet you outside. Due to the volume of people participating, students are asked to independently bring their bike in and out of the gym. Teachers and volunteers will be assisting students in parking and retrieving their bikes. 

We are looking for CBE approved parent volunteers to help usher the students into the doors, help park their bikes and cheer them on! If you are able to volunteer in the morning from 8:45am-9:20am and/or 3:45pm-4pm please email
chwross@cbe.ab.ca 

Thank you,
CJP Bike to School committee

Room 10's week at a glance- May 21-24

Hello room 10 families,


We wanted to share a little bit about all the amazing learning we have done this week.


We went to Bowness park to connect our learning to nature- Braxson

We had readers theatre- Andre

We finished our persuasive writing- Truly

To learn more about our Bowness park trip please see our Bowness park blog post. - Ben

In grade three math we are moving into how to tell time and how to hours into minutes.- Kai F

In grade 4 math we are learning about decimal addition and subtraction. Using base ten blocks. -Sam

"In science we are working on building toys that stop the usage of one use plastic." Kai Q

"In P.E we played kick ball outside." - Zac

" We had lockdown practice this week." Ben

"We are learning about the food guide." Andre

" We are learning about food marketing. Especially how it targets children because they are much more vulnerable." Henry

"  We are doing a project mapping out how the character Edward Tulane changed in our read aloud." Julia

The students and I had such an amazing time at Bowness park it was the highlight of our week. I hope you all have a great weekend and enjoy the sunshine" - Ms. Youngblood

Things to know for next week:
- The volunteer tea is next Tuesday May 28 2019 from 9:30-10:30. If you have volunteered and like to join please email Ms. Youngblood to RSVP.
-Please bring in materials for building our things that move


Sincerely,

Youngblood Youngsters

Our Field Trip to Bowness park

Hello Families,

Today we went on a field trip to Bowness park it was a wonderful day of learning and enjoying the sun. Here are some things we did today:

"We took pictures from birds eye view and ants eye view." Zac

"We looked for things in Nature." Landon

"Birds eye view is viewing from the top facing the ground ants eye is putting the camera on the ground and facing up." Kai Q

"We read a book about Haiku's and wrote a Haiku." Justin

"Today with Darcy at Bowness park we learnt the indigenous friendship dance." Kendall

"For Math and Science we made a chart and looked for the things on the chart." Truly

"Ms. Youngblood taught us poetry for our first station." Henry

"A Haiku is a Japanesse type poem." Kai F

"Ms. Tang taught us how to take certain pictures." Ben

"We had three stations math/science, poetry and photography." Kai Q

"Darcy told us how his culture got the name blackfoot nation." Ryleigh

"Darcy told us what the signals are when enemies are coming and predators." Zac

"We learnt about the smoke signals only one is animals if its continual enemies are coming." Henry

"Darcy told us why they were called blackfoot." Jacob

Us listening to Darcy tell us Oral stories.

The river was so beautiful and calm today. It was such a sunny day.


We want to thank our 4 wonderful volunteers for coming without you it would not have been the same.

THANK YOU- Room 10

Sincerely,

Youngblood Youngsters/ Tiny Humans

Bowness Park

Today we went on our field trip to Bowness Park! We learned how to do photography and we learned about the 5 rules of composition: point of view (ant's eye view and bird's eye view), lines and patterns, rule of thirds, symmetry and balance! Stay tuned to see some of our master photographs.

We also learned about writing haikus! Did you know there are 5 syllables, 7 syllables and then 5 more syllables to make a haiku?? That's a lot of syllables! We wrote our very own haikus about nature and animals. Ask me about my haiku.

We did math and science where we went around and found animals, waste, creepy crawlies and bugs, people and dogs and kept track of them because scientists track their observations!

In addition to this, we got to see Darcy Turning Robe again! He shared with us about healing, friendship, how the name of their people went from Weasletribe to Blackfoot and the history of the land.

We are exhausted but we had a great time. Thanks families for your support in our learning!

-Tang's Gang

Materials Needed

In order to address the curriculum outcomes for the Building Devices and Vehicles that Move Science unit, we are planning on collecting materials for our final project.

The project is focused on creating innovative and creative toys (recycle items) that do not require batteries or electricity. Students will take on the role of toy designers and will design toy prototypes that incorporate simple machines to meet curriculum outcomes.

To facilitate this process, we would appreciate it if you could contribute some of the materials for this project. These elements should be common, recyclable items that are listed below:

• Wooden skewers
• Tetley Tea Tins
• Round lids (e.g. pop bottle, milk jug lids,)
• Cardboard (e.g. cereal boxes, corrugated cardboard)
• Plasticine
• Duct tape
• Straws
• Paper towel rolls
• Tissue boxes
• Wrapping paper rolls
• Paper/plastic cups
• Plastic bottles

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child’s classroom teacher. Thank you for your ongoing support in our learning!

-Ms. Tang and Ms. Youngblood

Volunteer Tea

Save the Date (for a field trip!)

Hello families,

The grade 3/4 team at CJP are busy at work planning a field trip for Wednesday, May 22 to Bowness Park! We will be engaging a variety of activities across the curriculum that help us to learn from the land.

More details to come next week, however we will need some volunteers to facilitate this amazing opportunity for our students. Please email your classroom teacher if you are available on Wednesday, May 22.

Thank you all for your ongoing support in our learning!

- Mrs. Ma, Ms. Warkentin, Ms. Tang, Ms. Yong and Ms. Youngblood

Recorders

Hello Families,

Recorder Forms are coming home with your child!

Your student need to bring their recorder to school starting on Tuesday, May 21st. If you need to order a recorder, please have your money and order form in to Ms. Nair by Tuesday, May 14th. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Nair at canair@cbe.ab.ca.

- Ms. Nair

IRIS Goals

Hello families,


I hope you are all enjoying your weekends. On Friday Room 10 has updated their IRIS goals. We have discussed SMART goals and creating measurable goals for the end of the year. Please take a look at your child's goal and ask them how they are going to achieve this goal by the end of the year. Maybe it is a goal that can be worked on at home as well. Your children have also posted lots on IRIS please take a look at all their great work that they have posted.


See you Monday.

Ms. Youngblood

Room 10 pajama and stuffy day

Hello room 10 parents,

Because room 10 has gotten over 70 golden tickets we have deiced to do a class pajama day to celebrate. If your child could please come wearing pajamas and a stuffy that would be greatly appreciated. We had a class discussion that the stuffed animals are their responsibility to take care of and will not distract learning.

Thank you for always supporting your kiddos.

Have a terrific Thursday.
Ms. Youngblood

Music Monday

Hello Families,

Thank-you for being patient and flexible with our Music Monday dates and times. We have made a decision. Due to the weather, we will have 2 Music Monday concerts on Monday, May 6th inside the gym. Half of the school will perform in the morning and half will perform in the afternoon. Our morning concert will start at 10:00am and the afternoon concert will start at 1:45pm. Choir, handbells, and other small ensembles will perform at both concerts. Please bring blankets, so that you can sit comfortably!

Our class will be performing on Monday MORNING. We hope you can join us!

- Ms. Tang and Ms. Youngblood

Reminder - Grade 4

Reminder that tomorrow we have a check-in for division.