Week 8: Investigating Force and Motion

What an engaging week it’s been in Grade 5! In our Unit of Inquiry, we continued to delve deeper into our new unit, exploring how a scientific understanding of forces and motion can help us solve problems. This week, students investigated whether heavier objects fall...

Week 6: Taking Action Together

Although this week was only four days long, Grade 5 managed to pack in plenty of learning and exciting activities! A highlight was our focus on the five different types of action we can take, and how these connect to our Unit of Inquiry on understanding and managing...

Week 4: Connecting our strategies to everyday life

This week in Grade 5, our Unit of Inquiry on Who We Are moved from exploring emotions into finding practical ways to manage them. After trying out different mindfulness and stress-relieving techniques, students reflected on which strategies worked best for them and...

Week 2: Exploring “Who We Are”

What an exciting second week in Grade 5! We launched our first Unit of Inquiry, Who We Are, with the central idea: understanding and managing our feelings helps us build a healthy self-concept and develop resilience. We kicked off with a playful provocation—Miss...