Today we got our science groups and started getting organized for our ecosystems investigation. We will be building small ecosystem in class and will be studying them over the next several weeks. We will be the stewards of these ecosystems and need to make sure we care for them well and meet all the basic need of the organisms. While collecting the components needed, be sure to remember the criteria we built in class. See below to review the behaviour expectations. We also got back our unit evaluations for math and the results are posted on Fresh Grade. In the afternoon, we got our KBC groups and got started on our second inquiry. See Fresh grade to see the learning focus for this second inquiry! Also, a big welcome back to Ms. Chonan and Mr. Collins who will be here at Laurier for the nest two weeks!! #TheLearningNeverStops

Division 1 and 2 went on a field trip to Stanley Park on Friday. Before leaving, the students co-created criteria with the teachers so we could set the behavioural expectations for students during our first field trip.  They took photos for the ecosystem's photo essay of blue herons, geese, ducks, wood shavings left over from a beaver, different habitats and ecosystems, biotic and abiotic elements, individual organisms, populations, and communities among many other things.  It was a great opportunity for students to connect their learning in school with nature. ​

Today we had an engineer come and teach hour class the basics of coding. We spent the morning learning about algorithms and codes. We even got to use a coding website to program  some games that we could play. Students then learned how to change the code to manipulate the rules of the game. It was a morning of great fun and learning. In the afternoon Mr. Collins read to us and then we watched some videos on ecosystems to build our background knowledge. We will experiencing what we learned today on the field trip tomorrow!