​This last week before the winter break has been a busy one for sure! With several projects and pieces of work to tie up, adverts and commercials to finalize and film, our second parent lunch and also spirit week. The class was certainly kept busy.

The students worked furiously this week trying to get their radio and TV commercials made in time for Fridays parent lunch where they would premiere for the fist time. It was certainly a lot of fun making them and trying  to include all the features we have learnt about persuasive writing into a short sequence and creative scene proved to be quite challenging.

For our second parent lunch of the year we took it out of the classroom and to the local Fred Meyers. As part of their current project, as well as making adverts and commercials, each student had to price and cost out how much it would cost to make their products and what ingredients they would need to make their product. Staying within a budget and being able to get the most bang for your buck as it were is a valuable life skill and one that this current projects helps teach. Students were set a limit of $20 and had to be able to buy everything they needed and then figure out what they could reasonable sell their product for in order to make a profit. All profits will be going back to the school to help fund future field trips.
Maybe an unconventional parent lunch but a fun and valuable one nonetheless.

Sadly, we do have to say goodbye to one of our students. He will be sorely missed. Some of these students have been together since kindergarten and have developed deep and meaningful relationships with their peer group. This was clearly shown as students prepared their own personal poems that conveyed their thoughts and feelings to their classmates, the school community and to each other.

Have a wonderful holiday break and Happy New Year!