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Gill-Ville …
June 2011
Mark your Calendars…
Jr. Area Comp .
Character Track & Field:
PD Day – No School
Friday, June 3rd Education:
We will be participating in
During the month of May our school track and field
IPRC Meetings we spent time talking events during the
June 7th & 9th about “Balance”. To lead a afternoon of June 10th and
balanced life is to make the morning of June 13th.
choices that are good for We will also travel to
Party in the Park
your mind and body. We Southwood S.S. for the
Tuesday, June 14th can show balance by area meet on June 17th.
eating healthy and trying a Please remember to wear
Gateway Lunches variety of activities. We’re sunscreen, loose
proud of Braydan, our May comfortable clothing, and
Weds, June 8th & 22nd
Student-of-the-Month bring a hat and water
winner! During the month bottle on the event days.
Track and Field of June we will be looking
Track - June 10th pm at all of the keys and
Field- June 13th am deciding on our Code of
Conduct award winner at
Area Meet – June 17th the end of the month. Our
Code of Conduct award
Medieval Times will be presented at our
Toronto Trip grade 6 graduation on Canada
June 28th. Connections
Monday, June 20th
Live Meeting :
Canada Connections
Live Meeting On Friday, June 24th we
will travel to Franklin P.S.
Friday, June 24th Medieval Times in Kitchener to meet with
the 4 other classes
Report Cards
Year End Trip: involved in our Canada
Monday, June 27th Connections project. We
Just a quick reminder that
will share a bus with our
$20 for our Medieval
grade 6 friends from St.
Grade 6 Graduation Times Dinner and
Andrews P.S. in
Tournament admission is
Tuesday, June 28th due by June 16th. On the
Cambridge. This is such
an exciting chance to
day of the trip, students
meet with the students
Beach Day Spirit Day will need to be picked up
we’ve only seen online
Last Day of School at the school at 4:45 upon
during our video
returning from Toronto.
Thursday, June 30th conferences each month.
 Collaborative Story
Writing Projects:
We have finished writing the last
2 collaborative stories for this
Canada project. We have also illustrated
our sections. The next step is to
Connections record ourselves reading the
Project Update: story using voicethread. One of
our stories is complete and we’re
working with 11 other classes in
Our final online video conference
North America to finish up the
was a great success! During each
remaining 3 stories.
presentation students shared
ipads to participate in a back-
channel chat with the students
from the four other classes. You
can read a transcript of this chat
by visiting this link:
http://todaysmeet.com/Northern
Canada/transcript

Our class made inukskuks out of

stones and took pictures of them You can see our story about a
in front of an online image of Louisiana fisherman and his son’s
various places in the 3 Canadian encounter with an alligator and
Territories. We also asked some some other swamp creatures by
grade 9 students in Nunavut to visiting this link:
answer some questions about life http://writeyourstory.wikispaces
in the territories. We used google .com/Story+++29
forms for the first time. You can
see the questions we asked them
by visiting our Canada
Connections project wiki page:
http://canadaconnections.wikisp
aces.com/Territories+-+May

We used the pictures and this

information to write a story about
an inukshuk traveling around the
territories trying to find his way
home. You see our story online,
narrated by Rachel, Kara, and
Zach, by visiting this link:
http://littlebirdtales.com/tales/v
iew/story_id/17561/
You can read our fourth group
story about April Fool’s Day
pranks by visiting this link:
http://writeyourstory.wikispaces
.com/Story+++35
Technology Updates:
D.I.Y. Where I Live App Project:
Our class has connected with Ian
Chia, an educational software
developer in Australia. Ian is
going to help us write the code
and finish up the work required
to make an iPod/iPad/iPhone app
that can be downloaded from the
iTunes App Store (hopefully by
the Fall). This project has MANY
parts that we’re learning about as
we go. We began researching the
parts of Cambridge and the types
of attractions, accommodations,
and special features that are
found in Cambridge communities.
Our visit to the Cambridge
Visitors Centre was a fabulous
way to gather resources and ask
some questions. Back at school
we’ve been writing contact
information and summary
paragraphs for all of the places
we want to highlight in our app
that is geared towards tourists
and students around the world
that want to learn more about
our city. We have also talked
about our title and button design.
Over the next two weeks we will
be driving around Galt, Preston,
and Hespeler on days when the
weather cooperates. During
these excursions we will be
stopping frequently to mark
global positions and take
photographs. I have created a
teacher blog where I am writing
about this experience. If you
would like to follow along this
learning journey with us you can
visit this new blog site:
http://blogs.wrdsb.on.ca/gillk
Livestream Video Broadcasting:
Our first test of the livestream
broadcast had a delayed start.
Once we were able to get going
the broadcast went well. We
learned about the volume
feedback and minor things to
work on next time. During our
second test of the system, there
were some technical difficulties.
We will likely test the system
again later in June with news
updates about our app project.
Teddy Bears Around
the World Project:
Gill the Goldfish, our class
mascot, has posted the 6th and
7th blog on the Teddy Bears
Around the World blog site!
These two posts describe special
presentations about medieval
life. Our visiting stuffies, Blue
Bob and Ella, make guest
appearances in the posts as well
Visiting the following link to read
our posts:
http://www.langwitches.org/
blog/travel/teddybearsaround
theworld/
Gill, Ella,
and Blue
Bob are
checking
out
medieval
siege
weapons
like the
catapult
and
trebuchet
Travelling Mascot
Project:
G2 (Gill II) has arrived in Port
Hardy, British Columbia. Our
friends in Mrs. Soltau-Hellar’s
class have converted him into a
Vancouver Canucks fan! You can
follow his updates on his special
page on our project wiki:
http://gillthegoldfishgoesglobal.wiki
spaces.com/G2+in+BC+Part+2
Lil Gill is currently on a castle
tour in Ireland! He has left for
over three weeks of fun as he
tours all of the sites in Ireland.
We won’t hear about his
adventures until he comes back
to us. Stay tuned to our wiki for
information about this vacation.
http://gillthegoldfishgoesglobal.
wikispaces.com/Lil+Gill%27s+Iri
sh+Castle+Tour
Gill (the original) has recently
arrived safely in New Zealand.
We’ll be watching the wiki to see
the exciting things he’s doing
there. You can follow along by
visiting this page:
http://gillthegoldfishgoesglobal.
wikispaces.com/Gill%27s+Kiwi+
Quest
Lil G just left with our bus driver
last week for an 8 week trip to
the Yukon. We won’t see Lil G
until the Fall when we return to
school. Check back on the wiki
site in September to learn about
this awesome vacation. This will
be the page link to visit:
http://gillthegoldfishgoesglobal.wiki
spaces.com/Lil+G+in+the+Yukon
Flickr Photos:
Don’t forget to check into our
Flickr site to see all of the trip
photos and pictures of us
learning recently!
IPRC Meetings:
Just a reminder to our graduating
students, that IPRC meetings will
take place next week. Students
moving onto to W.G. Davis will
have their meetings on Tuesday,
June 7th. Students moving on to
Lincoln will have their meetings
on Thursday, June 9th. All of the
students remaining in our
program for one more year will
be receiving waiver forms (at
your request). Please sign and
return those forms as soon as
possible.
It’s been an amazing
year in Gill-Ville!