Beware readers! Our pumpkins have exploded! Confetti have flown out of the heads of our pumpkins! Perhaps our pumpkins have too many great ideas!

  Division 16 is learning this poem for our Halloween assembly (Oct. 30). Please practise this poem with your child. 5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on the Gate Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate The first one said “Oh my, it’s getting late.” The second one said “There are witches in the air!” The third…

Today, Division 16 went to Laity Pumpkin Patch (South side). The students participated in a variety of stations and ended the day with picking a pumpkin. Thank you to the parent volunteers who came and helped out. This field trip will supplement our Science unit on pumpkins.

Happy Thanksgiving Division 16! Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in October. It is a time to be thankful. We discussed reasons to be thankful and made thankful turkeys with our big buddy class (Mr. Spink’s class). What are you grateful for?  

Me! Me! Me! Have you heard that before? Well… they get to embrace their egocentric side by learning and sharing about themselves. In class, the students drew themselves using a Sharpie to create a black and white self-portrait. Some fun facts about each student are included. Check out the drawings!   Here are some close-ups:…

We have been learning about sorting in Math this term. The class was asked to find items with solid colours and sort them into different colour groups. Colour groups were: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, and black. The students enjoyed looking around the classroom and collecting items of various colours. Take a…

Last week was the first full week of school for the Kindergarten students. They are learning the rules and expectations of the classroom and school. The students are also learning how to recognize, write, and create their names. For last week’s literacy activity, the Kindergarten students explored and used different alphabet letters to build their…

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom “Chicka chicka boom boom! Will there be enough room?” This classic book by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault introduces alphabet letters to the reader. The lowercase alphabet letters take turns climbing the coconut tree. Will there be enough room up there? After reading the story, the students created Chicka Chicka…

Terry Fox is a Canadian hero who is known for trying to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. Every year, schools recognize and celebrate Terry Fox by doing a Terry Fox Run to fundraise money to help fight cancer. Our Terry Fox happened on September 18. Thank you for your donations.  …

We are excited to introduce UFLI Foundations as part of our literacy program. UFLI is a structured phonics program that helps students build strong early reading and spelling skills. Through short, engaging lessons, students will learn how sounds and letters work together to help them read and write words. During our UFLI lessons, students will…