Week 7

Weekly Greetings!
Last week was full of special events, starting on Tuesday with the first "Instant Challenge" for this year. We competed with a number of schools across the state to build a ping-pong ball launcher with a few specific supplies.  The students can see other classes through the internet on our SMART Board, and everyone has a set amount of time to complete the challenge.  I have included a few pictures of the groups in our class working together to make the launcher.

In Science, the class has continued to study types of soils and this week's focus was how water can change soils. Below are pictures of student investigating how fast each soil settles when in water.

On Thursday, we started the day with an assembly to recognize the student of the month for the whole school. Alexis Dillard had won that honor and will be sharing a pizza party with our class this week sponsored by the school. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera that morning but there is a photo posted on the Walter Northway School Facebook page...

Later that day, the class left for Tok to compete in the final Cross Country race. In the Kindergarten through 3rd grade group, Terrence Nutting-Titus took first overall, and Brandy Jimmie took 2nd in the girls group along with Alexis Dillard taking 3rd place! All of the students in our class except two that were absent, participated and finished the half mile course. I am very proud of them all!

After the group raced, we spent some time on the Tok playground before the awards ceremony. Fortunately, it was a nice day despite the cool breeze.

By 2:45pm, there were a lot of people assembled for the awards ceremony and the bleachers were pretty well filled.

Three out of the six places for Kindergarten through 3rd grade, were taken by our students! I cannot wait to see how well they do next year!

This will be another full week, and please look over the extra sheet attached to your child's homework on Monday that explains the concepts to be covered in reading and language arts.

Have an awesome week!
Kind Regards,
Julie Brown