Principal’s Blog - Topham Elementary

March 10, 2023 March 10, 2023- Practice Run Division 10 students practiced their student lead conferences on their big buddy class Division 1 and they were excellent presenters! Publishing Party Division 7 worked hard to create imaginative stories through lots of planning, editing, and writing. They celebrated with a red-carpet event where they got to read their stories to the class... Read more »
March 3rd, 2023 March 3, 2023- Diversity and Respect Over the past few weeks we have celebrated kids in all of their uniqueness! Well we actually do this every day but we highlighted it for sure over the past weeks! So many great conversations happening around the building. Division 10 Celebrating 100″s Day Students participated in so many extension challenges and... Read more »
February 24th, 2023 February 25, 2023- Science in Nature Division 7, as part of their science lesson with their student teacher Ms. Rochford, found all of the states of matter in the environment. Energy Efficient Our schools lights have all been upgraded to a more energy efficient ballast and light bulb. Here is Mrs. Davis’ class watching the workers while learning... Read more »
February 17th, 2023 February 17, 2023- Geometrical Shapes Mrs. Devries class has been studying properties of geometrical shapes and three dimensional shapes and structures. They created radial math art using folding techniques of only three shapes: triangle, kite and a samurai fold. Isn’t math amazing! The creations are so beautiful. Valentine’s Day Classes around the school celebrated friendship and kindness with... Read more »
February 10th, 2023 February 10, 2023- Ski Day #2 The grade 6’s and 7’s had day 2 of their ski program and it was another great day on the slopes! Walnut Grove Senior Secondary Visit Our grade 7’s are beginning to get ready for their transition to high school. They have had a site visit, where they were taken on a... Read more »
February 3rd, 2023 February 3, 2023- Math and Art Division 10 combined math and art while learning about 2D and 3D shapes. Unexpected Snow Day The kids had a few unexpected days of snow fun! Snow Program The grade 6 and 7 students had their first day on the mountain this week. Students either skied or snow boarded. The day was... Read more »
January 27th, 2023 January 27, 2023- ADST Challenge Division 7 took on the challenge “What is the longest paper chain you can make using a 4×6 index card?” Groups made a plan, made a prototype, measured their first chain, and made changes. In 90% of the groups, the second chain they made was longer. The longest chain was recorded at 283cm!... Read more »
January 6th, 2023 January 6, 2023- Math Talks Students in Miss. Harold’s class have a “math talk” each day to learn, discuss and solidify math concepts and to encourage students to explain their thinking. Students then move into math centres which again reinforce math skills that have been taught. Morning Routines Ms. Reynolds and Ms. Genge’s Grade 1 class settling into... Read more »
December 16th, 2022 December 16, 2022- Christmas/Winter Art All of the art around the school over the past few weeks has made my heart happy as I walk the halls! Thank you Topham students! What Brings You Joy Over the past two weeks, students and staff have been able to share what brings them joy. So nice to stop and see... Read more »
December 9th, 2023 December 9, 2022- Artifacts Division 4 looked at artifacts from the Royal BC Museum while learning about the contributions of the youth Asian community in the growth of BC. The artifacts they were viewing were from the town of Paldi which had a lumber mill and a large population of Japanese, Chinese and Sikh people. The kids had... Read more »

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