1) In late November, the grade 6's took part in a large math workshop called "Mathletics". The grade 6's were designated as the coaches for the day-long event, helping grade 3-5 students to practice, play and learn a large variety of math skills. The gym was full of students and the grade 6's took their roles as leaders very seriously during the event, coaching the younger students throughout the event. Over the course of the 2 day event, students at St. Gabriel's answered over 5000 math questions! It was great to see the Grade 6's working with their younger peers and motivating and cheering them on through the event.
2) Recently, the Grade 6's have attended two guest speakers. The first was a gentleman speaking about the importance of energy conservation. The students learned about various ways to conserve energy along with the importance of conserving energy in today's society. This was a great follow up to our electricity and energy Science unit.
The 2nd guest speaker the students recently attended was Albert Dumont. He is an Algonquin elder who came to school to talk to all the grade 6's about the Aboriginal culture. He told great stories about his personal life and explained many questions the students had about the history of First Nations peoples in Canada. This tied in perfectly with some of the materials we have been learning about in Language Arts.
This past week, the 2nd News Show of the year also took place. Information on sports team, news around the school and some talents were shared with the students. In addition, a school sing-along to the Advent song took place, led by a grade 1 student.
We are currently in the middle of our Christmas hamper initiative. Each homeroom has been asked to bring in a certain non-perishable food item to contribute to hampers. These hampers will be delivered to families in need in our community to start their holidays off in the right manner.
