Tuesday, 27 May 2014

Fire Drill

We had a fire drill today! The children did a wonderful job getting outside safely.

Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Zero Day- A message from the library!


Dear Families,

 

It is that time of year again that we need to start looking at getting all the books returned to the library.  Zero Day is Friday June 13th which means that ALL Student books must be returned or lost books paid for by the end of the school day. 

I will be posting a chart outside the library starting June 2nd which will show each class how many books they have out. There will be a challenge to see if we can have every class to Zero by the end of the day on June 13th.

Starting this week we will begin decreasing the loan limits for each class. 

May 19-23 Grade 3-6 will be allowed only 3 books at a time.

May 26-30 Grade 1-6 will be allowed only 2 books at a time.

June 2-6 All Grades will be allowed only 1 book at a time.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to give me a call or send me a message.
 
Thank you,
 
Ms. Fenwick

Ask your child how they filled a bucket today!


Scenes from a pond....




The children have been enjoying using pond life creatures, rocks, blocks/sticks in shallow water.  They have been role playing, building homes, sharing materials and working together to enjoy this centre!




Poem May 20-23




Wednesday, 14 May 2014

The Lego Challenge!


We challenged the children to build something they have never built before out of Lego! As a prompt we talked about building letters, names or community buildings. Once the construction began the children took the idea to the next level and decided to create a Lego Art Gallery. Communicating with friends, problem solving, sharing materials and dedication are just some of the wonderful skills the children used during this activity. 




Exploring Our Environment in our 30x30 Challenge!








Wishing rocks for 30x30




30x30 Sketch Books










Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Probability

We started to explore the concept of probability in everyday contexts through pictures and songs.

We then moved onto "grab bags". The children packed a brown paper bag and thought about which item they would 
most likely pick out.

The children then drew the contents of their bags and graphed the results as they pulled out one item at a time. As they worked away, we had great conversations about what they would probably pull out and what would be impossible to pull out.