Moving fast...

Things are really moving at a fast and furious rate in room 308 these days...

In math we are blazing through activities dealing with volume, having really gotten into surface area in past weeks.  We are looking ahead to a return to patterning, and algebra.  Students are encouraged to practice multiplication and division skills at home, when they have a chance, as these are useful in the completion of most of the problems we are now encountering.  (ask your child about dominoes and sticky notes, and math, and see if they have stories to share).

Yesterday we had a special visit from the Youth Orchestra, which included our own Kenny on double bass.  After that we had another of our Growing Up Organic workshops, where we planted a seed bed in our garden.  During the lunch break we had CSOR rehearsal, where a reporter from CKCU radio did some recording, and later interviewed a couple of our students.  This interview will be on CKCU radio next Tuesday morning, at 8:30, and we hope to listen in during class to catch the show!  It will also be available on their website following the show, so keep posted for info on that, which will come home in our agendas.  

And that sounds like a big day...but no...not by a long shot!  During the last block of the day our class took part in the CLIC workshop that we had arranged.  The class did themselves proud with excellent comments and observations during the reflective portion of the workshop, and really showed their strong knowledge of design and photography.  Then it was out in the field to capture images.  Today we had our second part of the workshop, and there were some great stories being told through the lense.  The topic was their 'memories' of Churchill, and the objects they chose to photograph were really interesting.  Hopefully we will be able to share some of these images later in the year.

Forms for next week's Churchill School of Rock went home today (see the article in this issue of the Kitchessippi Times - an image is below).  All students will either perform, or attend the event, May 8th, at Nepean HS.  The daytime show is noon, and the evening show is 7pm (and is being filmed by Rogers TV).  See the information packages coming home.  There is a lot of pertinent info for School of Rockers, including media release forms for Rogers, and information about Westfest.  We will need volunteers, so please let me know if you are able to come for the walk, and help on the date.

Alpha Biographies are finally going to be submitted.  They are due tomorrow (Friday is acceptable).  Anyone who needs an extension I just ask that they approach me and we can sort out an appropriate due date.  Forms went home today concerning the binding of these projects.

We have confirmed that we will have a Mock  Trial workshop in our class on May 11-12.  This is a great program, run by local lawyers, who will give students a chance to see how the legal system works, through a staged trial right here in our classroom!  I have had the program in several times in the past, and students really come away from it with great experiences.

We are looking for anyone willing to donate a nutritious snack for the Choir, for them to eat following the daytime concert, prior to the walk back to Churchill.  We need the students to maintain their energy levels for the evening show.

Finally...we are looking for anyone who has experience working a soundboard, as we need some experience to help us mix sound for the concert next week.  An arrangement we had hoped on, has fallen through.  Please let Ray know if you, or someone you know, is able to help us out for the sound check Tuesday, and the two shows on Friday.

Cheers,

Ray