Dear Parents,

On Thursday afternoon, grade two students will be bussed to Forest Grove for Primary Days of Music. They have been practicing hard at school. Please click here to view the words and songs to practice at home.

Mr. Douglas would like children to wear solid colours or the pink Be Kind shirt that many wore on Pink Shirt Day.

Thank you!

Tomorrow is Pink Shirt day. Everyone is invited to join our school assembly at 9:00 in the gym. Our class, along with the other primaries, will be singing a couple songs. As well, some students have volunteered to share their How to Be A Good Friend writing. Hope to see you tomorrow!

Our little scientists have been learning about the water cycle. Yesterday was super exciting because we had an opportunity to go outside to study snowflakes. Can you spot the “perfect” snowflake with clearly 6 dendrites? Click on the image to see a larger one.

We have some new vocabulary words: condensation, evaporation, precipitation, transpiration, water vapour, cloud, runoff.

Students know the words to the Water Cycle song. Watch the video to practice with the music (no words):

Today, we watched Bill Nye explain the Water Cycle. Please feel free to watch again at home to reinforce learning.

As scientists, it is important to be curious. What do you wonder about water and the water cycle? Please feel free to ask your questions here by making a comment on this blog post. Thank you for your questions!

Dear Parents,

All the kids seemed extra happy on Valentine’s Day. One student exclaimed, “This is the best day of my life!” 

We hope you have heard all about our Stone Soup making experience. As part of our ADST curriculum, students all had an opportunity to cut various vegetables which they really enjoyed. Great success when no one cuts their finger! We have deemed that they “passed the test” and are all ready to help chop vegetables at home now so feel free to solicit their meal prep skills. Children were encouraged to try different vegetables and give ones they had already made up their mind they didn’t like another chance. We discussed what having a closed mind versus open mind meant. As a result, some discovered they have a new liking for mushrooms! So many of them really enjoyed the vegetable soup, shouting, “This is sooo yummy!”

Core Competency connection:

• I can keep an open mind to try new things.
• I can contribute to my classroom community by helping out.
• I can use tools in a safe manner.

Thank you so much for your contribution to our soup! Your ingredients made it taste simply delicious! And thank you to Manoj’s mom for helping us out in the morning; we appreciate your time. 

Dear students,

What did you think about making our Stone Soup? How did you feel about cutting the vegetables? How do you think making Stone Soup helps to bring people together like in the story we listened to? What is your “I Can” statement? 

We would love to read your reflections on our soup making day!

Thank you, Ms. Chan & Ms. Cowan