Rocks and Rings, Descriptive Mermaid Writing, Racing Liquids, First Nations and Buffalo Perspectives

November 22, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Royal Oak School students will have the opportunity to participate in an on-site activity called Egg Farmers Rocks and Rings presented by Curling Canada from November 30th until December 6th, during Physical Education classes. Curling is a fun sport to learn and participate in and aligns well with the Alberta Physical Education Curriculum. The aim of the physical education curriculum is to enable individuals to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to lead an active, healthy lifestyle. Curling is one of many activities that individuals may participate in for many years.

This program introduces students to the Olympic sport of curling and features a variety of drills, relays and team-building activities. It is taught using unique indoor floor curling equipment that helps to provide a true curling experience without requiring ice. For more information on this program and to check out some cool videos check out their website at www.rocksandrings.com

The cost for this program will be $2.35 per student. Please pay online using your MYCBE account by Thursday, November 29th. The MYCBE account accepts credit or debit payments. If you do not have an account set up, please contact the main office. If necessary, payment arrangements can be made by contacting school administration.

The program will run during the current Physical Education schedule and students will attend with their class. Each class will have two 30-minute blocks during this residency.

Please remember to pay online no later than Thursday, November 29th. Thank you for your continued support.


Sincerely,


Helen Hennick
Royal Oak School
Physical Education Specialist

https://www.curling.ca/about-the-sport-of-curling/getting-started-in-curling/rocks-rings/

Descriptive Mermaid Writing

This week we have been working on improving our writing by adding more descriptive words into our sentences. The novel study we are working on (Search for Delicious) has a character named Ardis who is a mermaid. Everyone was so captured by this mermaid and excited about meeting her in the book that we decided to do some amazing descriptive writing using pictures, classroom generated word banks and sentence starters.

Ask me how I made my writing more double scoop by adding more descriptive words. 

Racing Liquids

Today we finished our Racing Liquids science experiment to test how a liquids Viscosity impacts it's flow?

If a liquid is very viscous (thick) it will move ________
If a liquid is not very viscous (thin) it will move ______________

Ask me what I know!


INQUIRY
The Impact of the Canadian Pacific Railway on the Buffalo and the First Nations People:

This week we have been looking at the voices of the First Nations people and the animal that was so important to them (the buffalo). We have explored a series of photographs and talked about what we think is happening and why. 

We listened to a quote from a Cree First Nations man. Tomorrow we will continue to talk about this and if we think their voices also need to be heard in the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway. 

An aging Cree man is credited with saying that, “they took our land, they plundered our soil; they would have killed the last beaver if they could have found it; they destroyed the buffalo that was our food and took everything they could sell. They left only the bones, but wait and see what comes next; as soon as they find out how to sell them, they’ll be back to get the bones too”