Happy Summer!

 Now, go have a

 fabulous, excellent, 

                        relaxing, readtastic, 

                        mathtastic, epic 

                            SUMMER!!!

Bye-Bye!

Memories...

Here we are on the very first day of school!

 

Check out the Year-End Slideshow - click here!

Shakespeare's Alive!

 What fun 6-1 had performing Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night!

Field Trip!

 What a fun field trip to Rainbow Stage to see The Hockey Sweater!

Poetry Party!

 Students created a Poetry Anthology with all the poems they wrote this year.

What a cool keepsake of Grade 6!

Reading Celebration!

 Students celebrated their reading today!

 Each student shared how many books they completed this year 

and their favorite book of the year!

Field Trip!

 Students had the chance to explore the Manitoba Museum, enjoy (half of ) a Planetarium show and learn about the Winnipeg General Strike through an outdoor tour.

This Week in 209!

 Here's what's happening this week:

Monday: National Indigenous Peoples Day activities

Tuesday: Field Trip to the Exchange District and the Manitoba Museum

Wednesday & Thursday: wrapping up topics and celebrating the end of the year

Friday: Silly Grossout Morning, Transition Time, Class Party!

This Week in 209!

  Here's what we'll be working on this week:

Mathématiques: working with decimal numbers and angles

Français: daily reading, practicing the vocabulary of comic strips, creating an original comic strip, preparing and presenting an oral presentation

English Language Arts: daily reading, writing persuasively, learning about Shakespearean language and preparing the play 12th Night

Sciences de la nature: learning about the application of Bernoulli's principle 

Sciences humaines: learning about and discussing the impact of Residential Schools and the Winnipeg General Strike

**Any students away from in-person learning should check out the School at Home page of the blog for work to complete.**

Field Trips!

 Students have received permission forms for the following two field trips:

Tuesday, June 21st: Walking Tour of the Exchange District & The Manitoba Museum & Planetarium!

Tuesday, June 28th: Rainbow Stage Production of The Hockey Sweater!

Both of these field trips are FREE!

Kindly sign and return the permission forms.

Science = Fun!

 This afternoon students had the chance to create their best paper airplane by following printed directions or by following directions online. 

Students then competed in a class competition to see whose airplane would fly the farthest.

CFOO!

 In Français, it's time for our FINAL CFOO (Le Club Fabuleux des Orateurs et Oratrices)! 

This is a public speaking "club" that will help students improve their oral French skills through short speeches.

This time around, students can choose any one of the presentation options that they have not already presented. They will prepare their short oral presentation, fulfilling all of the criteria (listed on the pages they have in their binder).

Students should also keep in mind eye contact, volume and expression during their presentation.

The CFOO Presentations will take place on Thursday, June 16th.

*Click here for printable pages  CFOO

This Week in 209!

 Here's what we'll be working on this week:

Mathématiques: working with decimal numbers, learning about angles

Français: daily reading, oral comprehension, practicing the vocabulary of comic strips, creating an original comic strip, preparing an oral presentation

English Language Arts: daily reading, writing persuasively, critical thinking, learning about Shakespeare and the play 12th Night

Sciences de la nature: learning about the application of Bernoulli's principle and creating paper airplanes

Sciences humaines: learning about and discussing Residential Schools

**Any students away from in-person learning should check out the School at Home page of the blog for work to complete.**

Google Doodle!

 In Social Studies, each student researched a Canadian province or territory.

Using the results of their research, they had to create a Google Doodle including the following details:
-the flag 
-the flower 
-the population
-a symbol representing the capital city
-a symbol representing a tourist attraction
-a symbol representing an interesting fact
-any additional symbol

Can you guess the province or territory of each 

Google Doodle?

Happy Rainbow Day!

 École Ness celebrated Pride this week!

This Week in 209!

 Here's what we'll be working on this week:

Mathématiques: working with decimal numbers, problem solving and equality

Français: daily reading, oral comprehension, learning the vocabulary of comic strips

English Language Arts: daily reading, writing persuasively, critical thinking, listening & viewing

Sciences de la nature: learning about the four forces of flight and their effect 

Sciences humaines: researching one of Canada's provinces and territories and creating a Google Doodle

**Any students away from in-person learning should check out the School at Home page of the blog for work to complete.**

Field Trip!

 6-1 had the chance to visit the brand-new 

Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada!

Students learned about the forces involved with flight 

through an entertaining lecture.

Students then had the chance to experience a guided tour of the museum and the multiple aircrafts and even got to sit in a vintage airplane!

What a great field trip!

This Week in 209!

 Here's what we'll be working on this week:

Mathématiques: working with decimal numbers and equality

Français: daily reading, oral comprehension, learning the vocabulary of comic strips, adding dialogue to a comic strip

English Language Arts: daily reading, writing persuasively, critical thinking, listening & viewing, Speechtastic presentations

Sciences de la nature: learning about the Bernoulli principle and its applications

Sciences humaines: researching one of Canada's provinces and territories and creating a Google Doodle

**Field Trip to the Aviation Museum on Thursday!**

**Any students away from in-person learning should check out the School at Home page of the blog for work to complete.**

P.O.O.F!

 This afternoon, students had the chance to reflect by completing a POOF(Positive Observations on Friday) page.

We shared our answers with the class, and 

now students have been asked to share their page with someone at home.

Happy Friday!

Field Trip!

 6-1 is off on a field trip on Thursday, May 26th!

We'll be heading to the brand-new Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada to learn more about flight and have a guided tour.

We'll be leaving at 12:45 p.m. by bus and will return to school at 3:15 p.m.

The school is covering the cost of this field trip so all students need to do is hand in their signed permission form!