Upper Canada Village

Volunteers!

We are getting close to the Grade 3 End of Year trip to Upper Canada Village!!  Thank you to everyone who is able to volunteer.  We could not do trips like this without your help so thank you again.

If you have signed up to volunteer, you should have received an email with a Google Form to fill in. If you have not done so, please be sure to fill that information out as soon as possible.  If you are unable to access the form for any reason, please let me know if you are able to drive to Upper Canada Village and if you will be meeting us at the school and following the buses up or if you will be meeting us at the park.

All volunteers will receive a list of students who will be in their group the morning of our field trip. Some groupings will be small, so feel free to join with other parents and create some larger groupings. Once we enter the park and get organized into our groups, we recommend taking a tour of the Village Gift Shop first thing and if students brought money they can either choose what they plan to buy or make their purchases first thing while the shop is quiet.  The Gift Shop is very busy towards the latter part of the afternoon and students may not have enough time to shop and purchase if it is too close to the time we will be getting on the bus.

Volunteers will receive a Park Map and will accompany their group around the park.  You will be able to tour the park at your own pace and visit each area of the park in the order you choose.  We will give a suggested lunch time, but the timing is ultimately decided by the group. We will also let all groups know the end of day meeting time and place and ask that volunteers ensure their groups are at the bus for departure and attendance.

Other important Information...

We recommend that if students choose to bring money for small purchases, we ask that it is a small amount and that they have a safe place to carry and store their money.

Students are to bring a packed lunch, sun hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothing and footwear.

If you are planning on driving to the park with your child or planning on driving your child home from the park, please let me know so I can record their attendance accurately.

We are looking forward to a wonderful and educational trip on Thursday!  Should any additional information need to be passed along, I will post all info on our class blog.  Please write me a note in your child's agenda if you have any other questions or concerns.

Have a wonderful sunny weekend!!

Mrs. Caluori

Check out the link below:

Upper Canada Village Website Link

Scientists in the Schools - Volunteers Needed

We are so excited to have Scientists in the Schools work with our Grade 3s on June 14th (3rd, 4th block)!!  So far I have 1 volunteer, but we are in need of 4-5 volunteers in total to help run the stations.


If there is anyone able to help us out it would be very much appreciated :).

Volunteers are asked to arrive about 20-25 min. ahead of time, so they can be trained on the station they will be in charge of.

Volunteers would need to arrive around 12:30 p.m. and our activities would begin at 12:55 (right after lunch recess).  The stations will run both 3rd and 4th block and all of the stations will take place in the Learning Commons inside the school.

Please write me a note in your child's agenda if you are able to volunteer.

Thank you in advance!

Mrs. Caluori

Important Dates!

Class Photos:  Tuesday May 24th PM - After Lunch Recess

EQAO
First block of the day
(May run into second block as well)
Please do not book appointments during these times.
Please arrive at school on time.
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Wednesday, May 25th
Thursday, May 26th
Tuesday,May 31st
Wednesday, June 1
Thursday, June 2

Monday, June 6

Scientists in the Schools
Tuesday, June 14th (Afternoon)

Upper Canada Village
Thursday, June 23rd (Early Arrival, be at school for 8:00 AM - Bus leaves at 8:15 AM)

Plants!

We have launched our new Science Unit: Plants!  Yesterday we recorded our wonderings about Plants and thought about which wonderings we were interested in exploring further.

Students worked hard on recording their three top wonderings and designed an informative Plants title page in their Science notebooks.  Some students had a little bit of time to begin researching some of their inquiry questions.  For example, one question the students were excited to find out was, 'Is coral a plant?'.  

Today we watched a short video clip about Plants and started our first Plant Experiment.  The Grade 3 classes at St. Cecilia are participating in the Tomatosphere project.  We planted two groups of tomato seeds.  One group of seeds went to space and one group did not.  We will observe and record the date of germination and submit our data.  At this point we do not know which seeds went to space.  The students recorded their hypothesis on whether or not they think the seeds from space will grow or not, in their Science notebooks.  We are excited to see what happens!!

When our tomato plants are ready, we will plant them in the St. Cecilia garden bed.

To learn more about the Tomatosphere project, click the link below!

Tomatosphere Project Info

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's of 3D!!

The students really enjoyed recording messages, writing Mom a letter, planting seeds to give the 'Gift of Thyme' and making special cards.

I hope all of you wonderful moms are enjoying your special day today with your amazing children!!







Click on the link below for a special Mother's Day message!

Happy Mother's Day Message from 3D!