Hello Grade 5 Parents,
Here are some updates regarding the events mentioned in the previous post:
1.) Heritage lunch is POSTPONED – It came to our attention that Middle School will be having their Theme Week lunch next Friday, and will require full use of the kitchen. We’ve decided that it makes most sense to reschedule the Heritage lunch for Friday, April 17. We will provide further information after Spring Break. We apologize if this change causes any inconvenience.
2.) Refugee focus in Socials – after learning about our own family stories of immigration to Canada we will now delve deeper in our study about refugees next week with:
- Movie – next Wednesday we will watch most of the documentary titled “God Grew Tired of Us.” It is an award winning National Geographic film that shows the journey of the “Lost Boys of Sudan” (you can learn more about this group of boys by googling that term).
- Speaker on refugees – next Thursday, (March 12) we will have Loren Balisky, the director of Kinbrace, a local charitable organization right here in Vancouver (located on Commercial Drive) that supports refugees in various ways. For more information, check out the website at kinbrace.ca.
- We are planning on doing a small fundraising event in the Grade 5 classes in order to raise money for supporting refugees through Kinbrace. We are still working out the details, but we will have an in-class event next Friday (we thought it would be better to have the fundraising event after they have become more informed about refugees on Wednesday and Thursday as it may have greater impact). We will let you know more details soon.
3.) Dear Day this Friday, March 6, 2015. We will have a drop-everything and read day on Friday. Students should bring their own reading material, a small pillow, and healthy snacks, peanut-free.
4.) Heritage projects – Students have completed their heritage posters that are now displayed in the hallways and in our classrooms. Students will be doing brief oral presentations, summarizing what was most important or memorable about what they have learned about their family heritages.
If you have any questions or feedback regarding any of these happenings, please contact me.
Mr.Wu
