Weekly Update

Hello parents and students!

The students have been hard at work with their Arctic inquiry work. We have been watching videos, reading books, doing research on the computers and studying maps. This week we met with our kindergarten buddies and together the grade 2 class and the kindergarten class made models of the animals we have been studying. The students work will be displayed in the kindergarten ABC museum with write ups about the animals they studied. I'll be sure to post pictures once that is completed!

In our Arctic inquiry work are focus is now on the communities, way of life, the people and experiences of living there. This week the students discussed the similarities and differences of Calgary vs. Iqaluit and I encouraged them to keep thinking over the weekend and we will continue our discussion on Monday. This week we will be taking a look at Inuit art and the meaning behind the pieces and what they do. The students will soon get a chance to create their own art inspired by Inuit creations. (more to come on that soon!)

Ms. Theobald our music teacher at Chaparral mentioned that some of the students would love their own copy of the song they have been working on, unfortunately she does not have enough paper for the 500+ students at the school to have their own copy. So here is a document with the music and words to the song Land of the Silver Birch if your child is interested in their own copy.

Ms. Q