Baking = Math

The mathematics of baking often goes unnoticed, but not in grade 5. This week, the grade 5 students baked cookies and did math homework based on the recipe. It was good fun and math friendly!          

Gr 5 Inquiring into Interpersonal Conflict

Grade 5 has been inquiring into different types of interpersonal conflict as part of their current unit of inquiry, and group work has been an important part of the process. Grade 5 was also able to assist some secondary school students with a research...

Grade 5 Presentations 

The students of grade 5 have brought the forces and motion unit to a conclusion by first presenting their proposed playground equipment to the grade 4’s and then the best of the best to Mr Tomalin.  The students demonstrated excellent presentation skills...

Designing Simple Machines

The grade 5 summative assessment for their “How the World Works” unit is fast approaching.  Here are some pictures of students designing and presenting their design concepts for scientifically oriented playground equipment.    ...