Ms. Bandarra's class blog

Today we worked together creating art to make a spring tree. We had sponged papers last week and today, as individuals and small groups, students created a variety of items to add to the tree by cutting and glueing papers. Our tree looks beautiful 🤩  The students were creative and worked collaboratively!

Today for our outdoor Wednesday theme we gathered items and created mandalas in small groups along with division 17. We discussed how mandalas needed to have a center, be round, have colour/patterns, and be symmetrical. We walked around the perimeter of the school block and created them at the magic forest. Check out their cool work!

On Monday it was Earth Day. We talked about what we appreciate about our planet and what we can do to help it. We made prints of Earth with a paper plate and paint. We also wrote an acrostic poem about Earth.

We have been learning about the water cycle. Students showed their learning by creating the water cycle with loose parts and naming each stage.

Here are some pictures of our class exploring the gymnastics equipment. We will be working on safety, balance and strength.

Students have worked for weeks on understanding characters, setting and creating a plot with a beginning middle and end. To make end this short unit students created a puppet show of their story. Here are some photos of students working on their setting as well as performing.

Yesterday we made observations of the potato seeds and today we planted our 5 seed potatoes. We made predictions about what our potatoes will look like after spring break and we will continue to observe the potatoes until harvest time.

We had so much fun skating today!

Some people went skating for the first time today and everyone had fun! Now some are ready to continue to work on their ice skating skills.

Thank you to all parent drivers and volunteers who helped us on and off the ice!

Today we were supposed to have had a day at Science World, but things changed.  Everyone showed their flexible thinking when plans were changed on the go and we still had a fun morning!

After a special skytrain ride to waterfront station on our own train we had fun at the playground by Science World.

Thank you to all the parents who came on this adventure with us today!

This week Alpha leadership students planned an activity and came to our classroom. They planned a beautiful art and writing activity in which students were “saying” or “thinking” attributes about who they are.
Each piece is unique and really shows who each student is. It was a great way to end our unit that celebrates diversity!