Mr. Weekes

Perhaps THE most awesome 5th grade class in the whole world :)

[Mr. Weekes @5WatYIS]

YIS annual vander Poel charity fund raiser has started to raise money for a Xmas party+presents. Could you spare a little change? Thank you

[Mr. Weekes @5WatYIS]

The fox, the chicken and the corn problem rides again in Grade 5. Ask your child to explain it to you. https://t.co/BrSUNdyrNZ

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Cross Country Day at YIS on Friday 10th November. Students should come to school wearing their PE clothes. Leave YIS @ 08:30. Back for lunch

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Fresh Fruit Friday - Please remember to let your child bring in one piece of fruit to help support our local homeless people. Thank you.

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Ask your child how many breaths s/he has taken in his/her life so far! We worked it out today. How we did it - I’ll let your child tell you

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Food Fair Sunday - sign up for student clean up job time: https://t.co/wgySusgCYz Please be on time. Remember to have fun! Monday no school!

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This is the way to work at home. Great idea Vivienne. Did you make the cocoa yourself?

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NdG Tyson: "Test ideas. Build ideas. Follow ideas that work. Reject those that don’t. Follow the evidence wherever it leads + ?? everything"

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Finished our contrast + compare brain frame by working with a 1>2>4>8 thinking routine. Talked about Khan Academy! How’s it going for you?

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Short division today. Starting a 'compare + contrast' brain frame to work out the similarities + differences with inventions + discoveries.

[Mr. Weekes @5WatYIS]

Guessing when humans first appeared on earth - estimates ranged from 11 billion to 2,000 years ago! Answer = ?

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Lovely to have talked with so many of you today at the SPT conferences. CAMP/Expedition tomorrow. 8:00 on the playground. Buses leave 8:30!

[Mr. Weekes @5WatYIS]

Raffle tickets coming home today for the Food Fair. Please follow instructions inside envelope. Thank you.

[Mr. Weekes @5WatYIS]

Working on a personal narrative 2 (assessment). Mr W's model here (https://t.co/CfTGfsL4mn), but 5W students are doing it for themselves.

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Personal narrative 2 - mini modelling from a BIG event in Mr Weekes life https://t.co/NkvuU55cDZ then this week 5W students to plan + write.

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Maths work on multiplication. Dear Abby - solving problems. Learning Sudoku. Thank you for bringing fruit for Fresh Fruit Friday today.

[Mr. Weekes @5WatYIS]

Fresh Fruit Fridays start at YIS tomorrow (Sep 22) Please bring one piece of nice fruit to school. The fruit will go to feed people in need.

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Great day out @ Yamashita Park. And - how do you multiply? We looked @ the 'lattice' method today + a left > right way. What do you prefer?

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Sep 19: Day 1. Dog problem! Wheel of choices. Reflexive pronouns. Updated + finished personal narrative. Wednesday 20th = field trip to YP.

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Looked at what kind of conflicts are on students minds and possible solutions. Continued with million number mystery. Drama research too.