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 Exploring Gravity Through Art! This week, we began an exciting new art project where your child learned about gravity and its influence on art, inspired by the drip art of artist Jen Stark. Students started by using thin Sharpie markers to draw fluid, organic shapes like drips and swirls, focusing on smooth, controlled lines. They also outlined their shapes with both thick and thin Sharpies to add depth and variety. We discussed how gravity works as a non-contact force, pulling liquids down, and how Jen Stark uses this in her art to guide the flow of paint. It was amazing to see the creativity come to life as the students experimented with their designs. Although we made great progress, the project isn’t quite finished yet! Next time, we’ll add the final touches with oil pastels, blending colours inside the drip shapes to bring their art to life. I can’t wait to see the finished pieces! Science I can indentify contact and non-contact forces I can investigate the properties of non-...

Hello Grade 4 Families! It has been an exciting few weeks in Grade 4 and I appreciate how flexible and kind all of your children have been during this transition! Your children are all extremely kind, welcoming, and wonderful individuals. I have enjoyed getting to know all of them! In English Language Arts, the students have been engaged in experimenting with words and figurative language as they write a variety of poems. First, we looked at similes and the students wrote poems about themselves. The students showed wonderful creativity in representing themselves with ideas such as:       I am as artistic as Vincent Van Gogh, letting my brush glide across the page.      My legs are as long as the tallest tree trunk, still growing to this day.      I am as emotional as stormy clouds, crying when someone is mad at me.      My imagination is like a tornado, always spinning ideas. Do you recognize your child in any of the simil...