Reminders, Math, Halloween Updates, Voices of the Past and the Weather!

Reminders:

There is no school tomorrow Friday October 26th. It is a Professional Development Day for staff. See you Monday October 29th! 

Volunteers Needed
Next week Wednesday October 31st is our first day working with our Artist in Residence. Our class will have our first session with the artist from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm this day. It would be good to have 2 or 3 parent volunteers for this session in order to support the students in their learning. If you are able to volunteer for this time please email me directly at imlagrana@cbe.ab.ca

The other dates needed are:

Tuesday November 6th 9:45 am-10:45 am
Monday November 12th 9:45 am-10:45 am
Thursday  November 15th 9:45 am-10:45 am




Halloween Update:
Royal Oak is excited to move in a new direction this year! In place of Pumpkinella, students are invited to wear their Halloween costumes on October 31^st. Please have students come dressed in their costume in the morning (PM Kindergarten, please come ready in the afternoon!). Please have your child practice getting in and out of their costume so they can independently dress for washroom breaks. We ask that costumes do NOT include: masks, weapons, accessories, or blood/gore. Regular learning activities will continue throughout the day. Students will get the opportunity to share their costumes with each other by participating in a parade in the halls. In keeping with learning about healthy eating, please do not send any special treats or snacks to share. Our Staff is looking forward to the 31st!

You are also welcome to wear black and orange if you do not want to wear a costume. 



Voices of the Past Inquiry

We have been talking about the past and how Calgary came to be. We started by looking at the perspectives of First Nations, Settlers, Missionaries and Police. We looked at jobs that were important in the past. This week we have been extending this look at History by asking "Whose voices have we not heard". The students came up with Children and Women. 

Yesterday we looked at children and talked about Children's voices/roles in the Past vs Present:

Today we looked at the Canadian Pacific Railway, particularly the Chinese immigrants who came to work on building the railway in hopes of a better life.

We read a book called Ghost Train by Paul Yee about this experience. 

We posed the questions to the class: 

Did you know about the Chinese immigration story to Canada?

Do you think it is important for us to remember this history? Why? Or Why not?

We will continue this discussion next week and look at some other voices that might be missing or not so present in our history books or understandings of the past.

Weather

We have been investigating the weather by visiting the website:
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/weather/alberta/calgary

It is a great website to look at forecasts and talk about temperature. Every week two kids from the class are our weather helpers and it is their job to go to the website, find the daily weather, and forecasts and explain their findings to the class.