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We had a lot of fun preparing for Hallowe’en. We learned about the life cycle of pumpkins, talked about the steps to carving a pumpkin, and designed our jack o’lanterns. Our big buddies helped us carve but we cleaned out the pulp and seeds mostly by ourselves!

Today, we started our day in the gym for the whole school parade. So many fantastic costumes! Then children rotated through three stations throughout the day. They listened to a story and then used their creativity to work on some art related to the story.

Our PAC parents were busy all morning popping popcorn for the entire school. Thank you very much for being so generous with your time! We are blessed to have you care so much about our kids at University Highlands.

We hope you had a wonderful evening of Hallowe’en festivities with your friends and family!

Dear students,

What was your favourite part of our pumpkin learning or Hallowe’en festivities at school? What did you appreciate the most? Please ask your parent to help you write a response as a comment on this post. Thank you!

Sincerely, Ms. Chan & Ms. Cowan 

[metaslider id=2765]  Check out our glittery spider webs! Can you spot where the spiders are? 

First, children followed a directed drawing of a spider web. Next, they chose how they wanted to paint their web sections. Then, glue and glitter helped to make our webs pop. Lastly, the spider was added if we wished.

Thank you to the families who supported our Bake Sale fundraiser by donating baked goods and for purchasing the delicious treats for your child. Please read our thank you letter that we wrote together as shared writing.

We also would like to thank Nesters for their donation of pumpkins for every child in the school. They were delivered yesterday. When you visit their store, please feel free to ask your child to thank them for their support. We will be carving the pumpkins tomorrow with our big buddies in the afternoon. 

Without the support of our PAC and parents, many of these events would not be possible. A special thank you to the parents who donated their time and effort to planning and organizing these events. We appreciate you!

Family Reading time will be tomorrow at 8:55 am at our regular time. Please feel free to join us! After our reading time, we will be showing our Wreath of Gratitude video for parents who may not have seen it when it was shared at our last Celebration of Learning. Hope to see you tomorrow morning!

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We started our inquiry into spiders by thinking about what we wonder about them. Many thoughtful questions were shared. We loved witnessing how one question asked would spark another one! What other questions might your child have that we can add to our web of questions? We would so love to see you add new questions as a comment to this post! 

For our first experiment, we discovered how it might be possible for a spider to be able to walk on their own sticky web. By using masking tape and some oil on our finger, we got to experience how to make the tape feel less sticky. Although spiders don’t actually have oil glands, some spiders do have a special chemical coating. This gave them a sense of what it might be like for a spider not to stick to their web. Ask your child about our experiment! To learn more, click here to go to Wonderopolis to read or listen to Why Don’t Spiders Get Caught in Their Webs? or watch this video which offers three reasons why:

Students also made their own beautiful glittery webs. Stay tuned for their art to be shared soon. Next week, we will be sorting the questions to help us dive into our inquiry further. There’s still a lot more to learn even about their webs!