On May 15th, some of Richland’s Grade 3 and 4 students participated in an S.S.A.F. Under-10 tournament at Sheppard’s Bush in Aurora, with 24 teams participating! The Richland Huskies showed great dedication, spirit and sportsmanship throughout the tournament and should be very proud of themselves. You made Coach Almeida and the entire School Community proud!
Our Grade 4 students have been exploring the many forms of ‘Structure’ through Science, Math, Literacy and Investigative Research.
The students have primarily explored the stability and movement of the Skeletal System in order to build their own strong and stable skeletal structures. They have also looked at structures existing in literacy (paragraphs, story elements, character development), created an atmosphere using a physical structure, created a containment unit for fog, explored structure at the Toronto Zoo through Mathematics, investigated the physical structure and fortification of castles, and examined societal structure.
Our SK’s noticed that the squirrels have been stealing all of the birdseed! What can we do?
On the sunny afternoon of May 11th, Richland students honoured their special Moms at our annual ‘Mother’s Day Celebration.’ It was a truly memorable event, where students and their Moms enjoyed the outdoors and beautifying our gardens together.
We hope that each and every one of our special Mothers had an enjoyable experience. Thank you to all of our Richland children for their love in sharing this most special afternoon with their Moms!
Our Grade 6 students have been investigating this very question through their number sense inquiry into decimals and fractions. Through their inquiry, they learned that math is everywhere, even in food! They recently worked with fractions to convert one of their teacher’s favourite recipes into one that worked for 10 people, and in the process, enjoyed a delicious smoothie together.
More than food though, they started to think about budgeting! After their initial foray into cooking, they took a step back to think about what it takes to budget for food, considering all of the other aspects of a budget. After considering the difference between a want and a need, and armed with a list of some of the costs of living, students created a personal budget for themselves, calculating their cost of living per month and per year. They were then asked to do the same exercise with an average budget and then on a minimum wage budget. With a day’s worth of their minimum wage food budget, students headed to the grocery store to create a healthy meal to feed the class!
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