Business Project Update - Save the Date May 5th

Team 15 has been working hard on our business project through Entrepreneurial Adventure!
We have been working on applying for jobs in our company and almost everyone has been interviewed. We researched different charities to support through our business as a class and narrowed down our options to three causes: helping people with cancer, helping abandoned animals, and helping kids stay fit and active through sports. We needed to pick one cause and one charity to support.

After more research and presenting in teams, we voted and decided on Manitoba Underdogs Rescue to help abandoned animals. This charity is run by volunteers and the animals stay in foster homes with families until they're adopted. This means that the money we raise will all go toward helping animals (paying for food, vet bills, toys, and more) instead of paying employee salaries and the costs of running a shelter (because there is no shelter)! Ms. Smith, our business partner, gave us the idea. She will come to work with us twice this week, so we can get a jump on our business plan.

We also decided on a date for our Family Fun Night, which will be our big fundraiser.
Mark your calendars: Thursday, May 5 at 3:40 p.m.!

Check back soon for more updates!

Parent Council Art Auction

Team 15 hopes you will support the Parent Council Art Auction! We created and donated two colourful pieces to the art auction, including the polar bear art featured in our last blog post, and the elephant below. The money raised will go toward Parent Council projects, such as improving our playground.

Please, check out the auction at:   http://linwoodschoolpc2016.eflea.ca

Questions: linwoodparentcouncil@gmail.com

The auction closes this Thursday (March 24) at 3:30 p,m. 

Happy bidding!

Lost Polar Bear

Each class at our school made a piece/pieces of art for the Parent Council Art Show and Sale. One of our pieces started out as an abstract painting. We used acrylic and interference paint on cardboard to give the painting the feeling of a dream. We then outlined the colour/value changes in the painting with black pen to make the contrast stand out even more. In the end, we decided we didn't have much of a focal point, which means our eyes didn't know where to focus when looking at the painting. We decided to turn our painting into a polar bear because it reminds us of Canada and we think many people buying art would like the image of a polar bear. We chose the design and Miss Cichosz helped us by cutting it out and putting it together with hot glue and black tape. The polar bear reminded some of us about how polar bears are losing their habitat because the ice is melting in the Arctic.

Painting our Grandmother Rocks

We have been learning about how to have a sharing circle with Richelle Scott, the Indigenous Education Teacher for our school division. To bring sharing circles home to our families, we are painting our own grandmother rocks to pass around our family sharing circles, as part of communicating our thoughts and feelings with our family. We learned to paint the rocks with only two or three colours and to keep the design simple, so that the small rocks will stand out. We are also going to add a symbol for one of the Seven Sacred Teachings to our rocks. Once we finish preparing the rocks, we will write a letter to explain their purpose, and take them home to our families.

Project Fair (March 10th)

We had a fabulous time seeing the projects at Project Fair! The students in our class were a bit nervous for the judging, but did a great job! Thank you to all the families who supported us in the Project Fair and to the school staff and volunteers who made it possible.

Check out the Linwood School Blog for a listing of award winners: http://linwoodschool.blogspot.ca/

Living Prairie Museum Presentation (end of February)

My apologies for getting behind in blog posts. It's time to do some catching up!

Our class went to a presentation by the Living Prairie Museum with the other Grade 4/5 classes. All the classes at school went during the same day. The presentation was organized by Parent Council. We learned about the prairies, especially in Manitoba, and how this habitat has been destroyed over time. We saw a bison skull and we also got to touch furs of prairie animals, including wolf, fox, skunk, raccoon, and snowshoe hare! They were donated to the museum by a trapper. We learned a lot and were excited to take part!