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Kindergarten Registration for the 2012/13 school year is ongoing. Please drop in our office to register and visit the following site for more information:
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Let’s Create an Opera
Tropical Trap
If you think you are experiencing an unusual buzz of energy in Glendale School, you are quite right! School-wide rehearsals began on April 19th and will continue right through until the performances on May 9th and 10th. We are certainly making a lot of joyful noise in the gym as we work through our opera one scene at a time under the guidance of our director Aaron Coates.
Many volunteers have already put in hours of hard work, doing the behind-the- scene jobs. We have very fortunate to have such talented parents bringing their magical touch to our costumes, props, set, etc. Thank you volunteers!
Grade 1/2 Science Centre Field Trip
The Grade 1/2 community enjoyed a wonderful field trip at TELUS Spark, the new Calgary Science Centre in February. Apart from participating in the Floating and Boating program, students also had the opportunity to explore the exhibit galleries which are full of fun and engaging hands-on science activities.
Students at the Exhibit Galleries
Students building boats using found objects;
Students having an “indoor recess” at the atrium
Grade 3/4 Calgary Zoo Field Trip
On April 11th and 13th, the Grade 3/4 Community ventured to The Calgary Zoo to support our learning in the “Animal Life Cycles” unit for Science. Students had an opportunity to explore different species, various habitats and ecosystems from throughout the world, and examined the traits that make each animal species distinct from one another. We partook in an excellent program entitled “Lifecycles of the Young and Slimy,” where students participated as members of a wetland ecosystem in order to explore the life cycle of the Northern Leopard Frog, a native to Alberta. Each student got to dress up as either a different stage in the frog’s life cycle, a predator, another animal in the frog’s ecosystem, or as one of many human elements, positive and negative, that impact wetlands. Students learned how all species are connected within the context of an ecosystem, and how each is a provider for the next in the web of life. Students also learned steps they can take to protect our environment through positive choice-making and building an awareness of the needs of our environment. We are now continuing our study of animal life cycles via observational research and data collection, with our mealworm adoption study. Here come the beetles!!!
Grade 5/6 Glenbow Downtown Field Trip
The 5/6 Learning Community is proud to share this year's inquiry "Veils" to you through our comprehensive website. And this year it is Bigger and Better Than Ever!! Here is the link to get direct access to our site: http://projects.cbe.ab.ca/glendale/showcase/2012gr56. Or, alternatively, you can always access it through the Glendale Home Page. Feel free to save it as a bookmark. This year's inquiry on "Veils" has led us into the past and future as we discover all of the ways we filter the world around us. Through our novel studies, our discussion and analysis of Shakespeare, discussions of the Renaissance, our continuing deep relationship with the Glenbow Museum and the Edward Burtynsky project, and finally to our stop motion animation movie project, we have delved into how the world is shielded from us by the many veils we have. Please come and visit our website. Look at all the student work that is presented to you showing the incredible journey we've been on together and you will understand what we're talking about. Over 232 people have already visited our website from all over Canada and places in the USA and exotic locations like Korea and Brazil! Our website is going places, we are very excited you decided to come along for the ride as well!
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