This week started on a creative exploration using glass as the medium. Thanks to Clay for Kids, we learned how to make beautiful glass fusion art. We were able to use our book "The Tree in Me" as our inspiration. We discovered how to make a glass birch tree and choose which season we wanted to represent. The students were great at listening to some very detailed directions and showing a growth mindset while taking on this new art form. We are all excited to see how our glass panels turned out once they have been heated in the kiln. 

I can show my ability to learn and try a new way of representing an image using a different art medium.

I can accept and apply feedback 

I can share materials 






For the past few weeks, we have also been working on a Social Studies project that helps us understand and highlight landmarks that make our city unique. Each of us chose a specific landmark in Calgary and expressed our appreciation for that landmark, sketched it and discovered an unknown fact about it. To connect this project to literacy, we also took the opportunity to learn how to write a proper letter. We then used this information to inform a student from Nova Scotia about a landmark they should visit should they ever make it to our city.

We look forward to hearing back from our new penpals and perhaps learning about their favourite places to explore in Dartmouth.  

I can write a proper letter

I can research a landmark in the City of Calgary

I can express my opinion in a piece of writing. 

I can demonstrate how to do a water-colour wash in my painting 

I can follow the editing checklist






Some important dates to keep in mind this week: 

Tuesday, December 14th

-School Spirit Day wear your Ramsay shirt to school.

 - Student council Winter craft sale (students bring money if they wish to purchase a craft.)

Wednesday, December 15th 

- Holiday Sweater Day

- Community Walk 1:20-2:50 Please bring appropriate outdoor clothing

Thursday, December 16th

-Library book return

-Christmas hat day

Friday, December 17th

-Pyjama day

-Last day of classes before the Winter break.

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