Mr. Kearney

Today is #TransDayOfVisibility. This annual awareness day is dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of transgender and gender nonconforming people, while raising awareness of the work that still needs to be done to achieve trans justice.🏳️‍⚧️ More: glsen.org/activity/trans…

Math this week has featured a variety of models and methods to think about how whole numbers and fractions can be multiplied or divided.

Mr. Potato head vs Aquaman was our match up today. Who would you rather have as a boss? We are developing our paragraph skills by providing support for our opinions as well as persuasive techniques to get the class on board during each match up. Who would you pick and why?

Snow day! Lots of drifting snow out there please be careful!

It’s a snow day! Icy conditions out there once again. Please travel safe.

Snow day due to icy roads. Please drive safe if you have to be out there.

It’s a snow day today! Please drive safely if you have to be out there.

Last week we spent some time thinking about metric measurement and the best way to compare sizes in different units. In small groups we discovered that converting them all to the same unit made comparing much easier!

Parachute fun in grade 5. Students took ownership of the activities and worked as a team to make “the mushroom”

All buses are canceled today due to road conditions. Please drive carefully if you have to go out.

It’s a snow day today. Buses have been cancelled. Drive safe if you do have to go out

Working on creating our own pixel art style GIFs. Later we will find the fraction, decimal, and percent of each colour we used. Lots of creativity and conversation around this project!

The Indigenous giant map is here this week. We had a great first lesson exploring it yesterday.

This is a sad day for democracy and the rights of all working people across the country. It is an absolute abuse of power and a shameful attack! #onpoli #IStandWithCUPE

Not sure you can call something constitutional if you use a provision of the constitution to ignore the constitution.

Our adventure in fractions began today. How many ways do we already know to represent one?

Happy Diwali to all that celebrate!

@SCDSBequity October is proclaimed to be Islamic heritage month by Candian Parliment in 2007. Everyone is welcome to join and learn more about Islamic Heritage. #IslamicHeritage #IslamicHeritageMonth #IslamicHeritageBarrie #IslamicHeritageCanada

Today is International Pronouns Day. #PronounsDay seeks to inform & educate about the proper use of personal pronouns. Together, we can transform society to celebrate people’s multiple intersecting identities. Check out our #booklist: bit.ly/3Tkwa8v

Practice those smiles! It’s picture day tomorrow.