Week at a Glance

We began investigating how to create a balanced meal that provides our body with a range of nutrients. Students then had to create a budget to see how much it would cost approximately to create this meal. 

Students had the opportunity to try some uncommon fruit this week and expand their taste buds! 

Students had the opportunity to try some uncommon fruit this week and expand their taste buds! 

We connected our earth systems unit on climate and weather with investigating how different animals adapt, both physically and beheviourally to survive. 

Students took their diagnostic tests to see how their math score has grown in the last month of school. They then proceeded to make a goal for where they want to be at the end of the yar. We also set out our writing goals for our combining sentences unit. 

We started a new art project while investigating famous artists. Students are learning about value through shading and water resistant materials like oil pastels. 

As we continue exploring weather and climate, the grade 5 class is all having the opportunity to be a meteorologist and do the daily weather report! There is even a student cameraman to record their report that is then shared with the class. 

Students are working on creating models of iconic ancient architecture. They are using these to recognize how ancient architecture has influenced the design of buildings today!  

We follow the rule of seven in our classroom which states that you need to handle information seven times before your mind remembers it. One of the strategies we have been using for parts of speech is songs! 

I could not be more proud of the leadership skills the grade five class has shown so far. No matter the task from moving chickens, unloading feed, cleaning garbages, or doing compost they are always excited and willing volunteers! 

We discussed the experience of residential schools in Canada and the purpose of Orange Shirt Day. Students created a collaborative poster to display in our school for September 30th. 

New Humble School picture day with a barnyard humble herd twist!

We created beautiful monochromatic paintings of landscape scenes using only our natural paints that students harvested the materials and created on their own! 

We have been working on creating natural dyes this year. When exploring what we can use our beets from the garden for and students mentioned how they thought you might be able to paint with them. They were challenged to find other items to make dyes out of too!