HOMEWORK for January 27
LANGUAGE ARTS
Book talks due next Wednesday, February 3
Read 20 minutes a night
FRENCH
Finish ideal house, label and colour - for Monday, February 1
6 SCIENCE
Using the list of electrical safety tips we learned about in class today, make a brochure that you could use to inform people who are unaware of these dangers. Include as many as you can. Draw and color pictures. Label and explain. Make your brochure bright, and easy to read. Take your TIME, and do a good job!
As well, the Grade 6 Science class will be going to the Huntsman Marine Laboratory on March 16-17. I plan to have a parent meeting next Tuesday night, February 2, at 7PM regarding this trip. This is the notice I sent home with the students today.
Dear parents,
I am writing this to you to bring to your attention an exciting opportunity that your child in Grade 6 Science will be able to participate in. It is called an “Ocean Discovery Program”, and has been developed by the Huntsman Marine Science Centre in St. Andrew’s, in consultation with the Department of Education. It effectively covers the majority of outcomes in the provincially prescribed life sciences unit of the Grade 6 Science Curriculum in a rich and engaging way. The program offers pre-and post- activities and a 2-day overnight program at the Huntsman Marine Science Centre.
Last year, Miss Ward took that group of Grade 6 students, and they found it to be a worthwhile and valuable experience. I am excited that we are able to be part of this opportunity again, without a cost to the school or to the students. It is supported financially by the Department of Education, School District 10, and the Huntsman Marine Science Centre.
This program covers 2 days, March 16-17. We would leave first boat on the 16th, and would be back in time for the 1:30 ferry from Black’s Harbour on the 17th. We will be staying in the dormitories on campus. Meals are covered except for lunch on the first day. Students would also be required to have items needed for the sleepover.
Huntsman has budgeted one adult for every 10 students. For Grand Manan they can cover the cost of three adults/chaperons; extras are $70.20 each.
Activities include: Plankton Lab – Life in a Drop of Water; Invertebrate Lab – An Introduction to Classification; The King of Crustaceans – Lobster; Intertidal Zone Exploration at Brandy Cove; Right-side UP Behaviour Experiment; and The Challenges of Measuring Biodiversity.
The exact order of activities may vary depending on the exact time of low tide and when we can explore the intertidal zone.
As you can see, this is an extensive program, and designed to cover much of the Science Unit.
We will have a parent meeting next Tuesday, February 2, at 7PM, here at the school, for questions, concerns and comments about this trip. Please feel free to come, or to contact me in some other way. My number is 662-8630, and my e-mail address is Patrick.Cook@nbed.nb.ca.
Thank you for your time.
Mr. Pat Cook
