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SJSD Youth Forum

What a great day at the SJSD Youth Forum year end windup. The KARE Team had a lot of fun and learned a lot from the Me to We leaders, as well as, the other schools throughout the division. The amount of things that were accomplished this year in our small school division was amazing! I'm especially proud of our KARE Team members who did an excellent job presenting first!

Well done Heritage!

A long time ago.....in a music room far, far away

The kids are learning the theme song to Star Wars on recorder. It was really cool to hear them practicing in the halls. Check out the girls performing at our YouTube channel

Fun With Science!

Today we had a successful science period with both Grade 4/5 classes. It was exciting to see the anticipation on the students faces when we began the "Elephant Toothpaste" experiment which had failed earlier in the year. Mrs. M had made a perfect volcano for our foam to shoot out of in a very limited time. As we added each ingredient the kids became more excited. And......it finally worked! After the first successful trial we tried another one in a clear container for the kids to see. It was a lot of fun!

My "New Math" Analogy

The other day I walked into my colleagues room in the middle if one if her parent conferences. They were discussing "old school" math and "new math." First off, I find those terms kind of comical because they are not correct. Never in the Math curriculum did it ever say that the standard algorithm is the only way to teach equations. I began thinking of the differences of thought between how we as parents were taught and they way things are now. Analogies came to mind. My favourite one I came up with had to do with cooking. Think of it this way, if you want something cooked fast and efficiently you use a microwave. If you want the best results you slow cook your food using the best techniques possible. In other words, if you take time to learn the strategies in math, or cooking, you get better results. If you want things done fast then use a microwave.

What's Up! Heritage March 6, 2013

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Winnipeg Music Festival

Heritage school choir did a great job at the Wpg Music Festival today! The other schools did a wonderful job as well. It was a great afternoon.