Day Of Celebrations.....

Today, we concluded the week and prepared ourselves for the Spring Break with several celebrations, including the celebration of Navroz (New Year) commemorated by various communities around the world particularly by Shia Muslims.

NAVROZ CELEBRATION:

Ariana sharing the Iranian tradition of "Haft Seen" or Seven items beginning with the Persian alphabet "S" that are placed on the table as part of Navroz celebration.  Each one of them symbolizes some form of blessing in the new year ahead. 

 

Ms. Salima and Khushi sharing the Navroz celebration by Ismaili Muslims around the world, where an egg is used for decoration as well as in cooking signifying new life or beginning of a new season.

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ms. REBECCA: We also celebrated Ms. Rebecca's (early) Birthday today.  Students created a card for Ms. Rebecca and shared her favorite chocolate cupcakes!!  Now we are ready for Spring!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newsletter: March 21st, 2014

This week in the Upper El.....

ARTiculating through ART:

 

Students glazing their pottery work 

Creating Zentangles

 

 

 

Scientifically Speaking!!

 

This week in Science, students were making observations about muscles.  They looked at a model, practiced working their biceps and triceps, and used a mirror to identify which muscles were used for different facial expressions.

 

Did some BODY say Skeleton?...



 

 

Working up those muscles...

 

 

 Mirror, Mirror, in my face...

 

 

Signs of Spring...

Upper Elementary students enjoyed the perfect spring weather today by spending few minutes outdoors this afternoon.

Congratulations Cate!!

 

Each year the Birmingham Museum of Art celebrates Youth Art Month or YAM with a special exhibit of area student art work. For the month of March, all teachers from public and private schools in the Birmingham area can enter one piece of artwork to represent their school. This years' choice was "Tree of Dragon Life" by Upper Elementary student Cate Dawson. Cate's colorful painting on canvas was selected by Ms. Bev with help from Ms. Joan to represent our school. Cate is a very talented student with fantastic artistic abilities.  It is a very hard decision to choose just one piece from all the beautiful art created this year.  

 

A reception was held earlier this month in honor of all the hard working and talented students.  The exhibit will be available for viewing the entire month of March.  You can enjoy the exhibit as a family outing to the museum and prepare to be amazed by all the talented students from the area.

talented student with fantastic artistic abilities. It is a very hard decision to choose just one piece from all the beautiful art created this year. The exhibit will be available for viewing the entire month of March and a reception will be held in honor of all the hard working and talented students. You can enjoy the exhibit as a family outing to the museum and prepare to be amazed by all the talented students from the area. Congratulations to Cate Dawson!

 

Newsletter: March 14th, 2014

Summer Camp: The Musical...

Students have been humming the enchanting tunes of "Summer Camp"; our musical production.  Come join us on Tuesday, March 18th at 7:00pm at the JBMA Gymnasium.  Your presence will be immensely encouraging to the participants and teachers.  Here's a peak at our rehearsals:

On the Calendar!!

Dates To Remember:

March 18            Spring Program @ 7:00pm

March 21            Data Log, Graphs & Conclusion due (5^th and 6^th grade only)
March 21            Dismissal @ 1:00pm (No Aftercare)
March 24-28     Spring Break
April 1-7              Book Fair (8:00am-3:30pm at JBMA Library)
April 7-9             Field Trip to Camp McDowell

Welcome!!

Welcome to the Upper Elementary Class Blog:

 

At JBMA we believe in constant evolution.  Our latest venture in this series is our own classroom blog.  We hope that this will serve as a one-stop spot for weekly happenings and updates, project/assignment deadlines, photos, reminders as well as any form of communication for students and parents. 

Celebrating Pi Day

Pi Day:

On Friday, March 14th (3.14) Upper Elementary students celebrated Pi day by decorating plates with Pi symbol and fitting A LOT of digits from the irrational (never ending) value of Pi.  Here are a few pictures from last week:

Saim and Dayton displaying their Pi Plates.

 

Living the Life of Pi