School Cancellations - Updates as Available

Hi Families,

Teachers and staff are at school, taking each day at a time, planning next steps as information becomes available. 

Your patience and understanding as we also negotiate these unfamiliar circumstances is appreciated. The Alberta Government website, Calgary Board of Education website and Lake Bonavista School website are the best places to access information regarding the current situation.

Alberta Government: https://www.alberta.ca/index.aspx
Calgary Board of Education: https://www.cbe.ab.ca/Pages/default.aspx

Lake Bonavista School website: http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/LakeBonavista/Pages/default.aspx

My thoughts are with each one of you, as I know this is an unsettling time for everyone, for different reasons. 

Ms. Thomas

Lake Bonavista School Conferences

LBS School Conferences

Dear Families, Based on the changing provincial and local response to COVID-19, the CBE has given us direction to postpone our Student Led Conferences on March 19 and 20, 2020. All CBE schools have been given direction to postpone or cancel events that include populations from other schools and/or parents or other community members, such as Parent-Teacher Interviews, celebrations of learning, drama/musical performances, dances, athletic competitions, etc. This decision is effective from Mar. 12 until the end of March break. This decision will be revisited during March break to determine whether events should be rescheduled. Events outside of school hours that include the regular student and staff population of the school (school clubs, practices, etc) and scheduled field trips may continue at this time.   I know this may be disappointing news. Students and staff have spent a significant amount of time preparing for this event, but the health of our community is our priority. For the most up to date information about the CBE’s approach to COVID-19 and the actions we are taking, please visit our website. Answers to frequently asked questions will continue to be posted as information becomes available. Thank you. Take care, Carole Jones​​​​​​​ Principal, Lake Bonavista School

Math Shirts - Friday

March 9^th-13^th is Math Week at Lake Bonavista School. Students will be celebrating Math in our World by experiencing a variety of in school activities throughout the week. Math Games, Math Literacy, Math Artwork to name a few.  Additionally, on Friday, March 13^th students are invited to wear a math shirt, suggestions include numbers, shapes, patterns, arrays.

ArtFelt Studios - Volunteers

Hi Families,

We are still in need of a couple of volunteers for our ArtFelt Studios in-class felting activity on Monday, March 16th. If you are able to join us, and have a valid security clearance, please let me know.

Thank you!
Ms. Thomas

Friday, March 6th, 2020

Hi Families,

A reminder that this Sunday, March 8th is Daylight Savings. Don't forget to change your clocks! 

Thank you to the families that were able to join us for the One World Drumming sharing celebration today. We loved having your friendly faces in the audience supporting us! If you were unable to make it today, students will have the opportunity to share their learning with djembes at Student-Led Conferences on March 18th and 19th. 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Ms. Thomas

Thursday, March 5th, 2020

Hi Families,

Today we had another exciting opportunity to work with Ms. Durnford, who came to our class to talk about computational thinking, coding and debugging.

First, Ms. Durnford brought ingredients to make a sandwich, and asked the students to "code" her, giving step by step instructions to make the sandwich. The students quickly learned how detailed and explicit they needed to be, enjoying a few laughs along the way as the sandwich ended up inside-out, with a plastic wrapped cheese slice in the middle, and mustard everywhere!

You can try this at home by taking an everyday task, like putting cutlery on the table, or making a bowl of cereal, and having different family members "code" each other. Be warned, I hear the "code" for getting a child to clean their room, is very, VERY complicated ;)

Next, Ms. Durnford used Scratch Jr. to "code" the students, getting them to perform a sequence of 4-5 steps. After some practice, students worked in small groups to "code" each other, using the different movement blocks to create instructions.

Finally, when students showed success with task expectations, they were allowed time to explore the other features of Scratch Jr. Through collaborative exploration, they were able to discover and teach how to:

- change Sprites and backgrounds
- delete preselected Sprites
- rename Sprites
- adjust start points to have their Scratch story make sense
- add Sprites
- layer different programs for different Sprites
- create text/speech bubbles
- record voices or sounds
- edit characteristics of Sprites by changing colour and size
- loop code so action repeats
- group Sprites together so they all move together

At the end, students reflected on what they learned today, celebrating personal growth and success:

"I got better at debugging, and learned a little more about coding...like grouping Sprites, from other peoples presentations..."

"You need to use more detail in your steps when giving instructions for it to work, and people can follow the instructions in the right way..."

Thank you to Ms. Durnford for your expertise!

Have a wonderful evening everyone!

Ms. Thomas

One World Drumming Sharing

A reminder that there will be a sharing celebration for all students who have been participating in One World Drumming this week on Friday March 6 at 10:30 am:

• AM Kindergarten
• Rooms 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 13 and 17

Parents and Guardians are welcome to attend. There will be limited seating available.  Each class' performance will be approximately 5 minutes long.

Thank you to the Lake Bonavista School Council for making this possible.