Rowan's Law Day

 Today is Rowan's Law Day, possibly the most important awareness day on our calendar as the focus is on teaching/learning about head injuries, how to prevent them, and how to identify the symptoms.  As I mentioned in class today, everyone has a brain, and protecting it should always be a primary concern.  

We talked about the topic, watched the following two videos, and made some purple Hit, Stop, Sit t-shirts to help us remember, and raise awareness of Traumatic Brain Injuries (concussions).

Ask  your child about the symptoms of a concussion, and about Rowan's story.

A peek at the Classroom

 

Summer Fun

 

Scientists in the Schools Round 2

 Looking at forces acting on structures today using earthquake tables and a range of items.  Ask your child about what Michael talked to them about…

Scientists in the School

 Today we have a visitor from scientist in schools. She’s running a student through some experiments dealing with properties of air and flight. Ask your child about the four forces that affect flight, and ask what experiments they performed to try and test this out.

The Search for the Lirpa Loof

 Yesterday, the students in room 207 read about the Lirpa Loof, an invasive species of bird that is moving into this area.  I told them that I was sure I had seen some with the return of the tbirds this spring, and after reading that they enjoy sweet things, especially marshmallows, a few of the grade sixes went outside to see if they could attract some in the trees outside our classroom window. While outside, calling to the birds, and holding up tiny marshmallows in their hands with track them, many of them recalled that they had done similar things with chickadees. The grade 5 stayed inside looking out well some of the sixes called again again, but unfortunately, there was no success. Read the bird‘s name backwards and you’ll be able to understand why they were not successful.

Japanese embassy visit

Our class had the privilege of a visit from some representatives of the Japanese embassy.  They are bursting with facts about Japan…ask them about it.