Tales Of A 4-5 Something

Every year 4-5 takes a mystery trip. We don't know where we are going and we find out when we get there. Sometimes we go to the beach or a lake. The teachers kick off the conversation with absurd ideas. Sometimes it is an exotic place or a spot that doesn't even exist. This year they told us we were going to a bean factory, (which was knocked down) a farm that had a rare and elusive invisible sheep called cloud sheep, and that we would be working for the Morton Salt Company picking salt off the salt hay on the marsh. The teachers told us that after we help with the beans and salt we would get credit on the labels of the containers and we would get to bring home the wool of the cloud sheep. Last year's kick off was even more absurd. They told us we were going to a donut farm to plant donut seeds which were cheerios, go to have tea with the late Queen in England, go on a treasure hunt, and visit the cheese museum. After telling us where we were going the teachers gave us a pa...

We are Kat and Suzy! We are going to be bringing you this information about Grandparents and Friends Day!!!!! On May 2, 2025 at 8:47 our Grand Friends came to Waynflete. We go to share what we are doing in school like RQs, which stands for research quest. That is a research project where we read, take notes, and write an essay. But that's not our focus of this blog so we will get back to Grandparents and Friends Day. We did some writing together, shared some math, and gave tours of our classroom. Our grandparents and friends were happy to see us and they said school was different for us than it was for them. We also had Pachanga with our grand friends. We all sang songs together like when people from Nancy's home station went up and showed everyone the motions to peace like a river in sign language! And that's a wrap! by Kat and Suzy

Every year in 4-5 we go on about 4 to 5 field trips. Our most recent field trip was to the marsh. We went there because we’re studying marshes and the water cycle. We get to learn about the ecosystem, wildlife, plants, water and how humans can make a difference. We also got to go to the  Water Festival  at USM!  Every year we also go on a Mystery Trip. We do not know where we are going and our teachers give us hints that are really helpful. They say we might plant donut seeds or go to the cheese factory. Wherever we end up it will be fun.  By Ava and Ruby

4-5 is learning about the central nervous system. We learned about the spinal cord, nerves, and the brain. We had two neuroscientists come and talk about the nervous system. They were both dads of kids who are in 4-5. Each neuroscientist made a slideshow and talked about how the nervous system works. David, one of the neuroscientist dads, talked about this super super powerful computer called El Capitan and how it compares to the human brain. What do you think is more powerful? Jake, the other neuroscientist dad showed us how reflexes worked and fainting goats. Both of them talked about what was exciting about their work. That's our blog! Addison and Baxter.

We have Spirit week once every year in April. Spirit Week is where we have days that you can dress up as the assigned day.  For this year's Spirit Week we had Decade Day on Monday. We could dress like people from any decade. One person dressed like a cave man. Tuesday disguise/character day and some people even changed their names. (HAHA). Wednesday was sports/no backpack day. Most people wore jerseys and people brought crazy stuff from lacrosse bags to kitchen bowls instead of backpacks. Thursday was Wild Card Day which you could do anything you wanted to do. People dressed up as a dinosaurs or bookworms and one person even dressed up as Donald Trump. And last but not least Friday was pajamas and stuffie day!We wore pajamas and slippers and brought all kinds of stuffies. Look down for pictures! by Ruby and Jane   Monday: Decades Day! Tuesday: Disguise/Character Day! Wednesday: Sports and No Backpack Day Thursday: Wild Card Day Friday: PJ and Stuffie Day