Awesome Learners!

I would like to thank all of the parents who volunteered for our field trip last week to City Farmers. We have begun our preparations for our raised planter boxes. The students are making scale drawings of the plot of land in our backyard space. It sure is handy knowing how to calculate the perimeter so we can figure out how much wood we will need. We are planning on having at least 5 planter boxes in our space. Each bed is going to be approximately 3ft by 5ft. According to Bill Hall, from City Farmers, the height should be 1ft tall. The boards are going to be 2x6in in dimension. Ask your child how much wood we are going to need in all. We are going to be building them as soon as we get the wood. If you would like to donate 2x6in pieces of wood let me know. We don't mind using recycled wood, as long as it is in good condition.

Last week we held our History exhibition night and community outreach. The children worked very hard on their presentations. I was surprised that only small percentage of parents stopped by to see our displays. I know that many of us have busy lives so if there are other times than right after school to view student exhibitions, please let me know so I can set up an alternative time for people to come in. Even just 15 minutes of your time would mean a lot to us!

Our next project that we are beginning, we will be looking at our physical science standards though the lens of the foods we eat. I will be asking students to bring in food labels so we can begin analyzing what elements our foods are made up of.

We also need donations of disinfectant wipes (we are out).