with Ms. Lai & Ms. Loungsay
Last week, the pumpkin patch came to our school! Each student chose a pumpkin to take home.
In class, we read stories about pumpkins, including the story, The Very Best Pumpkin, by Mark Kimball Moulton. We discussed how pumpkins come in all shapes and sizes.
The students had so much fun at the pumpkin patch last week! We saw numerous animal displays and enjoyed the petting zoo areas. We saw goats, sheep, llamas, pigs, newborn bunnies and more. Some of the students got to hold bunnies and pet piglets! We also took a tractor-pulled hayride and each student got to pick a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch.
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Here are some of their favorite moments from the field trip:
“holding the bunny rabbits”
“the big horse”
“going inside the farm”
“picking my pumpkin”
“climbing the big pumpkin”
“the bus ride”
Please ask your child to tell you what his/her favorite moments were. Feel free to comment on this post.
A big thank you to all parents who volunteered to supervise students, and families who came to join us! Thank you for helping out and sending me your photos.
Inspired by the origami jellyfish we saw at the Vancouver Aquarium, created by a local artist, we decided to create our own jellyfish. Thanks to our grade 4/5 big buddies from Mr. Boulanger’s class, as well as Ms. Mitchell, for helping us with this fun craft!
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The kindergarten students had many unique questions about jellyfish! We learned that jellyfish or jellies live in all the oceans. A jellyfish is an invertebrate made mostly of water. It has no heart, brain or bones. But it does have millions of stinging cells in their tentacles. When the tentacles capture food, toxin is injected into the prey. A jellyfish can sting you!
What a fun day it was! The children arrived at the Aquarium with wonder and curiosity about the world of sea animals. We saw sea lions, frogs, salamanders, turtles, jellyfish, and more. We saw playful sea otters, jumping dolphins, and African penguins shorter than us. At the Discover Rays pool, children were able to touch the stingrays who glided just beneath the water’s surface. Some of the children were shocked by their moving chair and sprays of water during the 4D movie, Coastal Predators.
We are scientists who observed, questioned, analyzed, and discussed what we saw. The children left the aquarium tired (and many of them napped on the ride home), but inspired to learn and care for our environment. Over the next few weeks, we will continue to discuss our observations and study about animals that live under the sea.
This was the first time ice-skating for many kids! It was cold, but we managed to get 4 & a half classes, as well as some parents, on the ice. A few tears, but still lots of fun! Thanks to parents for the rides and for helping to tie skates.
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Today, Daisy the cow and the Mobile Dairy Classroom visited our school. Daisy is 6 years old (which is equivalent to our 60 years old) and weighs 1600 pounds! The amount of food she eats in a day is equivalent to us eating 1375 bowls of cereal! We saw a milking demonstration and milk was pumped into a milking jar.
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Website: https://bcdairy.ca/dairyfarmers/initiatives/mobile-dairy-classroom-experience
We counted our seeds! There are 494 seeds in our medium-sized pumpkin!
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