Dear families,

It has been an absolute pleasure to teach your children this year. Watching them emerge as readers, writers, mathematicians, and witnessing them growing into lovely humans has brought immense joy to my world this year. They are special little people that will always hold a place in my heart!

My daughter created a slideshow for the class. We watched it today but I wanted to share it with you so you can also watch it with your children at home!

Have a wonderful summer! Enjoy all of the special moments that summer allows!

xo Ms. C

PS This slideshow may require a few moments to load. Hope you enjoy it!

Our last Friday of the school year!

Potato Harvest

Today we harvested our potatoes. We found 79 potatoes that grew from 4 seed potatoes. They were very tiny this year so we were not able to cook them at school. Your child brought home a few potatoes to show you.

Bunny Visit

I was so excited to bring my pet rabbits to school on Thursday. The class was very excited to help build an enclosure for the rabbits and decorate it. They were very respectful and caring to the animals. They had so many interesting questions about the rabbits.

Things to remember:

Please return all book bags on Monday.

Please bring a large shopping bag on Tuesday so we can pack up all of our belongings to take home.

Thursday is the last day of school. Dismissal is at 10am.

Sports Day!

Thankfully the rain held off for Sports Day! The students looked like they had a great time participating in some cool activities and creative relays. I’m so proud of them for trying new things and for exhibiting great sportsmanship.

Go team!

Bunny Visit

I am hoping to bring my pet bunnies to school next week for a one day visit after we build an enclosure for them in our classroom. I want to run this idea by you first in case anyone may have allergies or other concerns. Please email me directly if you have a concern about the bunnies visiting our classroom.

Early dismissal on Monday at 12:55. Please pick up on time as we will be in administrative meetings all afternoon beginning at 1pm.

Please keep up with the home reading! I will hand out new book bags on Monday June 19 but I would like all books returned by the following Monday June 26.

Have a lovely weekend!

It’s June!

My apologies for not posting an update last week. I will fill you in on all the details for the past 2 weeks in this post.

You will probably hear from your child that we have been having some exciting “plumbing” issues in our classroom. It seems the pipes are backing up so we spent part of the morning in another classroom so that the plumbers could fix the issue in our classroom today. Phew-glad that’s fixed!

Bridge Building

We were fortuante to have a lesson from Mr. Carinha (a previous Brantford parent) who introduced “bridge design” to us today. Over the next few weeks, we will work on building a popsicle bridge and then test it’s strength on June 26! Here is a photo of 2 volunteers testing strength of a beam bridge.

Sierra Club Visit

Last week, Melissa from Sierra Club visited us to talk about life cycles and place based learning. We released our butterflies that day too! What an amazing moment it was to watch our butterflies fly away. The students were so excited to see that our little caterpillars had moved through their stages to become actual butterflies!

Sports Day on June 16

Sports Day will be on Friday June 16. Your child will be able to tell you what colour house they belong to. They are encouraged to wear clothing of their house colour. Dismissal will be around 1pm on that day. Parents are welcome to watch the events on the back field.

Pro-D Day on Jun 5

There will be no school for students on Monday June 5.

Have a beautiful weekend!

Happy Long Weekend!

Foxy and Friends Story Workshop

The class has been very busy writing stories with the characters from the Foxy and Friends books. This week, the stories needed to include a problem and a solution. We “built” the story then wrote the story using words.

Symmety and Butterfly

We have learned all about symmetry this week and then created these beautiful “symmetrical butterflies”.

A reminder that May 22 is Victoria Day so schools will be closed.

The PAC Carnival committee could really use the support of parent volunteers so please sign up to help if you can.!

Have lovely weekend!

Our caterpillars arrived!

Our tiny caterpillars arrived earlier this week. We have enjoyed watching them grow every day. Only a few more days until they turn into chrysalises!

Hungry Caterpillars

We created caterpillars in the style of Eric Carle from his book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”.

Outdoor Learning

We went to the park for “Outdoor Learning” today. The class was amazing at listening and being safe at the park. We read the story “Not a Stick” and used our imaginations to think of different ways that sticks can be used.

Now that the weather will be improving please sned your child with a hat and appropriate clothing to enjoy the outdoors. Many kids were wearing sweatshirts and sweaters today-they seemed to hot to enjoy the outdoors.

Badminton

For our P.E. lessons this week, we have been learning how to use a badminton raquet and birdie. If you have this equipment at home, it would be great to practice at home too!

Story Workshop

The students did an amazing job writing butterfly stories this week.  Keep up the great writing!

Special Helper book

For our next round of special helper, the students will share their special talent. Thh talent can be as simple as telling a joke or doing a cartwheel. They will write about their talent in a special book the night before it is their turn to share.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Reminder that Monday May 22 is a holiday so school will be closed.

Geometric Solids, Butterfly Life Cycle, and Bike Safety

We have started exploring with geometric solids (3 dimensional objects). Students have been learning the names of the shapes and comparing the number of faces, edges, and vertices. The students brought home a little book that they can share with you about 3D Shapes.

Butterfly Life Cycle

As we wait for the arrival of our caterpillars next week, we have been leanring about the stages of the life cycle. The students should know the following vocabulary: chrysalis, molting, probiscus, metamorphosis.

Here is a song we have been learning this week (to the tune of Itsy Bitsy Spider):

Bike Safety

Constable Fraser and Constable Wong visited our school today to teach us about bike safety. Ask you child more about the presentation.

Have a lovely weekend!

Hello families!

Thank you very much for joining us for Student Led Conferences. The students were so excited to share their learning with all of you! It was wonderful to have families join us IN the school this year after a three year break!

New student

Please join us in welcoming a new friend to our classroom named Sejune. He will be starting school on Monday.

May calendars were sent home today so have a look at the events happening in May.

Please make a note that school will be closed on Monday May 22 for Victoria Day.

Enjoy the beautiful weather on the weekend!

April Showers bring May flowers? Let’s hope so!

Thank you for sending your children prepared for the weather. The forecast looks like we can look forward to warmer temperatures next week so we can get outside and begin some outdoor learning lessons!

Student Led Conferences

Thank you to everyone who returned your yellow slip requesting your conference time.

Please see the groupings listed below. You will notice that we will have a large group at the 2:00 to 2:30 slot. If you would like to join one of the later groups instead of the 2pm group please feel free to do so.

Your child will be sharing their portfolio and other learning documents with you. They will guide you through a list.

2:00 – 2:30: Jessie, Hailey M., Keidi, Michaela, Justin, Milania, Henry

2:30 – 3:00: Miranda, Rihaan, Lucas, Zoe

3:00 – 3:30: Selihom

3:30 – 4:00: Anni, Helena

4:00 – 4:30: Psalms

4:30 – 5:00: Eloise

Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday! Please remember that we will have a Scholastic Book Fair in the library for you to visit before/after your student led conference time.

Whale Study

We have been learning about whales in our classroom. When you visit you will see some of the activities that we have been working on.

Did you know that a blue whale is 22 kids long? We measured the length of a blue whale by lying down in our hallway!

Burnaby Art Gallery Workshop: Forest for the Trees

Julia, from the Burnaby Art Gallery, visited our classroom and shared various artists’ representations of trees. We then participated in an art activity where we created a tree silhouette against the sky.

Earth Day

We have been learning about ways that we can take care of the Earth (including reducing, reusing, and recycling) as we lead up to Earth Day on April 22.

Reminder: School is closed for students on Monday April 24 for a Pro-D Day.

Have a lovely weekend!

Let’s look at our week:

Bhangra

Today we had our first dance lesson. We will have 3 more lessons and then have a school wide performance next Friday afternoon. They did such a great job!

Literacy Week Activities

This week we particiapted in some literacy activities including “swapping teachers” to read us stories, cozy reading with stuffies, wearing “words” and the book swap. Keep up the amazing reading!

Summer Session

Summer session in Burnaby provides learning opportunities for students during the first 3 weeks of July. Many of the courses are completely free for Burnaby students. For those of you wanting to register your child for Summer Session in July, registration begins on April 11. Check out the SD41 homepage for links to more information.

Money in Math

We are learning about different coins and learning how to add small amounts of money. I encourage you to work with your child counting nickels (by 5’s), and dimes (by 10’s) to add a small sum of coins.

A reminder that school is closed on Friday April 7 and Monday April 10.  Wishing you a peaceful long weekend! Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate!