Important Upcoming Dates
Thursday, November 24th: Term 1 Ends
Friday, November 25th: Professional Development Day (No School)
Monday, November 28th: Comfy Cozy Lit Day (Wear your PJs!)
Thursday, December 1st: Christmas Concert, 7:00pm
Monday, December 5th: Term 1 Progress Reports Published
Friday, December 16th: Formal Day (Wear your Sunday Best!)
Friday, December 16th: Last day of classes
December 17th – January 8th: Christmas Break (No School)
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Participants: ALL Gr. 6 and ALL Gr. 7 students; Gr 8 Band Term 1 Elective students; Worship Team Members; String Orchestra Members
Dress: All students – white tops, black/dark bottoms
Arrival Times: all participating students should arrive at 6:30 pm (and no later than 6:40pm) and gather in their classrooms.
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Raising Digitally Responsible Youth
Have you ever wondered if you should grant your child their request to play Valorant? Have you been curious about how your child knows the location of his/her friend at any given moment (hint: Snap Map)? Have you wondered about the meaning of current social media lingo such as ‘wig’, ‘AMA’, ‘IMU’ and ‘stan’? Have you felt overwhelmed by the task of raising responsible digital natives when you didn't own a mobile phone until you were in your 20s?
You’re not alone!
Safer Schools Together has the resource below available for parents. In it, you will find answers to many of the questions above.
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STEAM and the Learning Commons
Mariel Jones and Stephanie Jenden
STEAM
The results are in! The bridges were put to the test and many survived! Students had to test the strength of their bridge by successfully driving their cars across it, as well as have their bridge hold up a 10lb weight. We’ve attached a short video of one successfully passing the weight test!
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WeRead Community Challenge
November 4th, we started the WeRead Community Challenge! This challenge looks different for each student involved, but the one thing that’s central is community. When students read a featured book, they collect a sticker and are invited to join our monthly community book party!
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Candle Making
We are starting our candle making activity this week! Stay tuned for an update in the next newsletter. There was such a high interest in this activity that we are planning for another one for the spring!
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Poetry Contest
This month we held a poetry contest, looking for poem submissions that addressed the question, “Why do we remember?”. We had some amazing poems submitted and it was a tough choice! We had initially said we would pick two poems but couldn’t decide and went for three! These are our winners with their poems, as well as our display of their poems in the Learning Commons.
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Grade 6 Math Term Booklet
Cheryl Cheung (Grade 6 Homeroom Teacher)
From using numbers to artistic expression, our Grade 6 students truly embraced the meaning of demonstrating our learning. Grade 6 students recently completed their multiples and factors unit where they creatively represented their learning of greatest common multiples (GCM), lowest common factors (LCF), and factors and multiples using different strategies. This activity provided students the opportunity to go beyond the traditional learning methods engaging students to present their learning in a variety of different ways.
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Remembrance Day Assembly
Angela Laing
On November 10th, students gathered to remember the sacrifices of veterans; ways in which they can be peacekeepers; and the freedom that we find in Jesus.
Many students worked together to lead our assembly. Thank you to our Grade 8 Band, string players, cadets, singers, actors and Last Post oboe player.
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MC Learning Update
Grade 8 Socials and Science Simulations
Chris Finch, Vice Principal of Learning
Recently, our Grade 8 students have participated in active learning through simulation games. Simulations help us to experience concepts in a more vivid and experiential way that a textbook simply can’t offer! They also engage students in critical thinking, as they must consider the limitations of our simulations and how they compare to situations in the real world. Read on to learn more about our Social Studies Roman Warfare and Science Treadmill of Life simulations!
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Roman Warfare Simulation
Melody Lim and Jacob Chiarella (Social Studies 8 Teachers)
On November 7, the Grade 8s participated in a Roman battle experience to simulate what it would have been like for the Romans and Gauls to fight against each other at the famous Battle of Alessia. They built shields, practiced formations, and followed their fearless appointed leader into battle as their opponents hurled sharp spears (pool noodles) and treacherous arrows (dodgeballs) at them. Fortunately, no blood was shed on this battle day!
The students reflected then on what they learned about Roman warfare during this simulation, what was effective about their Testudo formation, and why they were so successful in battle. They also reflected on the differences between our simulation, and the real experience of Roman soldiers on the battlefield.
Both the Roman and Gallic soldiers fought valiantly during our battle! We hope the students had a fun time learning through experience about Roman warfare. We encourage you to ask your child what tactics were successful in battle, and which were not!
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Treadmill of Life Simulation
Chris Finch and Charissa Hielema (Science 8 Teachers)
On November 1 and 2, Science 8 students participated in a game called the Treadmill of Life. The purpose of the game was to simulate the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration, which plants use to convert sunlight into a form of energy that their cells can use. Just as a person running on a treadmill must keep moving to avoid falling off, cells must constantly carry out photosynthesis and cellular respiration to keep themselves alive.
Students were divided into teams and competed in a relay-style game to produce as much energy as possible for their cell. They taped together bean bags and bouncy balls to simulate how photosynthesis creates sugars, while other teammates tore these items apart to simulate how cellular respiration breaks down sugar into energy. Afterwards, students reflected on how accurately our game represented what cells actually do to stay alive, and they shared many insightful connections.
Our hope is that this fun and frenetic game helped to take an abstract science concept and make it more understandable and engaging for students!
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MC Athletics
We officially wrapped up our volleyball and tripleball season with our Grade 6s and 7s competing at the Annual CESS Tournaments. We had a huge success this past week at each of the tournaments and the coaches saw how each team has improved greatly!
A huge thank you and shout out to Mrs. Uy, Ms. Cheung, Ms. Hirsch, Ms. Burton, and Mr. Lai. Thank you, coaches, for all of your hard work and for volunteering in coaching this term. We appreciate you helping the players improve on their individual skills, helping them learn how to compete as a team and to be encouraging to one another.
Grade 6 Girls - placed 6th overall out of 18 teams
Grade 6 Boys - placed 1st overall out of 10 teams
Grade 7 Girls - placed 1st and 2nd overall out of 12 teams
Grade 7 Boys - placed 1st and 13th overall out of 16 teams
Congratulations, Eagles!
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Volunteer Hours
If you have volunteered and have not reported your hours,
please complete the form here.
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