We have been busily getting ready for the Christmas concert.  In between our regular academic subjects we have been using our ‘theme’ time to enjoy our fairy tale unit, and also to have some fun with Christmas crafts.  I won’t tell you the main one – as it is the children’s Christmas present to their families – but we have also spent some time making our class Christmas tree with some very special unique ornaments which, I hope, will become longtime family keepsakes.  You will see them at the Christmas concert.  We have also made some other fun ornaments for your Christmas trees.

Student also had fun last week making paper chains for decorating the gym for the concert.

We look forward to seeing you all at the concert on Wednesday, December 16th.  The children have been working very hard.  I am sure the show will be very nice.

On Thursday, October 29th we met our Division 2 buddies in the gym and had fun carving our pumpkins.  Some of us got more into it than others.

In the end they all looked great.

The pumpkins were all lined up on the stage and made for a very nice surprise when we came into the darkened gym for our Hallowe’en Assembly the next morning. They were all well lit from within with flame-less candles!

We had a good Hallowe’en day with the assembly/parade and all the great goodies that were brought into the classroom.  Thank you to those who sent in treats.

Last Friday, September 18th, students had the great experience of ‘shucking’ an ear of corn.  We all went out to the undercover area and peeled back the outer leaves, and removed the strands of silk, from our corn.  These were then put in a container to be later boiled by our parent volunteers.

In the afternoon we honoured Terry Fox through an assembly and by running our Fun Fitness route.  We were lucky that the rain was light. Terry ran far longer each day and it was often in much worse weather conditions than we had on Friday!

After the run we all enjoyed eating our corn!!!

Our Hundreds Day celebrations started with students counting their steps (in groups of hundreds) during our morning fitness.  Calendar was rather exciting when we bundled up our 10 groups of 10 straws into one large ‘hundred’ bundle. Naturally our Number of the Day was 100. Students had a lot of fun coming up with math statements where the answer was 100, as you can see from the photo.

The day continued with the making of headbands (on which the students needed to put 20 stickers and write the numbers on – counting by 5’s) to which crowns were attached. On the crowns students were to make 10 groups of 10 marks (stars, dots, tally marks, etc.).

Students also worked on their large 100’s Day Poster. These will be put up after Spring Break. The highlight of the day was (as it usually is) the making of their Fruit Loop necklaces.  Students worked at the green side table where they collected Fruit Loops in groups of 10 (same colour) and then added them onto their string.  They needed to make 10 groups of 10 and to ensure that each coloured group was not next to a same coloured group.  Of course, a few Fruit Loops were harmed (eaten) in the making of these necklaces:)

During P.E. students learned just exactly how long 100 seconds can be when they are seeing how many: double footed hops; hops on one foot; frog leaps; jumping jacks, etc. that they can do in that time frame!  Suffice it to say that they were rather tired out at lunchtime!

All in all, it was a very fun-filled day for the students.  I am sure that you heard all about it when they came home.