Week of April 17th

EdAppHack results are in!

First off, what an amazing experience the EdAppHack-athon was! From beginning to end I was so impressed with all of your ideas and the work you put towards pitching your idea. I'm posting some photos from the day and wanted to congratulate the creators of HOURS4U who will be moving on to the next Hackathon on May 4th! Well done ladies!!!

Hours 4 U - helping Ontario students get their 40 hours

Writy - learn to cursive write

Food Police - for those with food restrictions

Tiny Feet - track your carbon footprint in a fun way

DD on the Go - get a designated driver to drive you home in your car 

My Motivator - to keep you in a positive space

Offline Map - for the adventurer 

The Closet - support and networking for the LGBTQ community

Last week we had a visit from author Kenneth Oppel. We are currently reading his novels so it was wonderful to hear about what inspires him and how writing has always been a big part of his life.

We also took an anti-bullying pledge on our Pink Shirt day last week. I put your hands on our classroom door to show our commitment to stop bullying when we see it.

Earth Day Celebration - April 22nd
On Friday at 2:00 we will participate in a neighbourhood clean up for Earth Day. We will be picking up garbage - with glove on - along Seaforth Avenue and possibly West Lodge.

Photography Club - Monday
Please bring your cameras to share your photos

Girls Fit Club - we will train Wednesday after school

Math
We will complete our patterning unit with a unit test on Tuesday.
Get set for our second unit on Geometry!

Language
We will continue our Kenneth Oppel novel study unit. Please read the assigned pages and complete the discussion questions.

Science
We will continue to look at water accessibility and begin to discuss solutions to the problem. This week we'll also learn about what happened in Walkerton and North Battleford in reference to water contamination.

History
Both grade 7s and 8s have a project assigned. We will spend classroom time on completing these tasks.
Grade 7 - Historical Significance of various groups/individuals
ID Cards due Monday
Grade 8 - Factors that lead to Confederation

Important Dates
April 21st - Mindfulness Workshop - Period 6
April 25-29 - Autism Bake Sale - proceeds to Autism Ontario

May 1st - Final Camp Wahanowin installment due

May 4th - Family STEM Night

May 6th - First Fit Club Zumba workshop

May 17th - Girls Fit club 5K run

May 18-20 - Camp Wahanowin

June 2nd - Kids, Cops and Computers Celebration day

June 6 - Grade 8 Guidance presentation

June 10th - PA Day

June 27th - Grade 8 Graduation Celebration Lunch