Month: November 2018

We are excited about our upcoming trip to Burnaby Village Museum on Thursday, December 6th!

Thank you to those who have volunteered to drive and supervise. We still need a couple more volunteers. Please return your permission forms and let me know as soon as possible if you can drive and supervise on this trip.

Our class has been enjoying our BIG buddy time on Thursdays where we work on the Core Competencies. It is so wonderful to see the older students leading the way and supporting our younger learners. Last week we worked on Social Responsibility. After reading The Smallest Girl In The Smallest Class by Justin Roberts. The students discussed how they could make a positive difference in the world. With their buddies, while tasting wonderful brussel sprouts from the community garden, students worked on creating their own Social Responsibility board game.  Some of the ideas generated from the students were:

-you threw garbage on the ground …..go back three spaces

-you helped a person on the playground that you didn’t even know….go forward two spaces

-you always recycle….go forward five spaces.

During the week of November 11th, the students worked cooperatively on giant peace poppies and peace poems which they then read at the Remembrance Day assembly. During that week, the students took part in discussions. Some of the questions that were discussed were…..

What are symbols of peace? What is peace to you? What does a poppy represent? What does it mean to be a ‘free’ country? How can I (we) make a difference in world peace? Why and what do we ‘remember’ on Remembrance day?