Hats On! For Mental Health day - tomorrow!

On Wednesday May 1st, plan to wear your favorite hat to school for the "Can We Talk?" Hats On! For Mental Health day. 

On this day, Albertans are invited to wear a hat to raise awareness of the importance of good mental health. Participating schools will relax their hat rules and encourage students and teachers to build understanding by wearing hats to school. 

Spring Changes around CJP

Students in Rooms 6 and 13 spent some time this week exploring the Discovery Garden. We noticed many new buds growing on the trees, green grass poking through on the ground, and fuzzy pollen on the branches! We are such excited about being able to spend more time outside now that it is warming up!

This weekend, we encourage you to take some time exploring nature - can you find any other signs of new life around your home?

  

Music Monday - May 6

Dear Families,

Please join us on Monday, May 6^th at 10:00am to celebrate Music Monday! 

For those who may not know, Music Monday was created by the Coalition for Music Education as a way to raise awareness for the importance of music education. Together, schools and other musical organizations across Canada sing the Music Monday anthem on the first Monday each May. This year, the Music Monday anthem is Hymn to Freedom by Oscar Peterson. Students have learned about the history of this song, its meaning and the people it impacted. Please ask your child for more information! 

At CJP, it is tradition to have an outdoor concert on Music Monday. This year, our concert will be on Monday, May 6^th at 10:00am on the CJP field. Families and community members are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blankets to watch comfortably from the field. If you have any questions, please contact Miss Nair at canair@cbe.ab.ca.  

Boat building supplies needed TOMORROW!

From the Learning Commons...

Please remember to gather and bring your boat building supplies for tomorrow (Wednesday)!

Thank you!

Ms. Hoogers

Sound Kreations performance - Costume Request

Please be reminded of your opportunity to join us this Wednesday, April 24 to see students perform the dances they have been working hard on for the last few weeks.

Room 6 will perform between 5:15-6:00

Room 13 will perform between 6:30-7:15

If possible, students are asked to wear the following costume: blue jeans, white t-shirt and black jacket, cardigan, zip up sweatshirt, etc. If your child doesn't have a black outer layer, a black t-shirt will also be great! 

We hope to see many of you there!!

Ukrainian Pysanky Eggs

This week students started learning about their next Canadian community: The Prairie community of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan! They were taught that a large number of Ukrainian people moved in and around Saskatoon in the early 1900's, and that many Ukrainians still live there today! Easter is of particular importance to this group of people, and one of the things they do to celebrate is dye Pysanky eggs.

Students used pastels and paint to create their own Pysanky eggs. They also spent time writing about their eggs, identifying the symbolism of the colours they used and reflecting on different aspects of their work. Look for these amazing pieces of art coming home today!

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Tomatosphere seeds update

Students in Rooms 6 and 13 have been observing the growth of our tomato plants carefully.
We have been recording how many seeds have germinated and have been caring for our seeds daily.
At the end of two weeks, we will be comparing our results between the classrooms and making conclusions. There have been some interesting theories about whether space seeds or earth seeds will grow faster!

What do you think?  Are the "space" seeds the L or the M group?
And why?



In addition, Room 13 has been experimenting with "window seeds" - this was started when a student pulled a seed out of an orange he had for snack and wondered if it would grow. We started collecting seeds from the food we ate and tried to get them to grow in plastic bags in our window.  Some of our results were very surprising.