Dear Families in Division 10:

It was a pleasure meeting with you at Parents as Partners.  I look forward to us working together to best support our community of learners.  They are an enthusiastic, eager group ready to tackle their learning journeys.

Now that Autumn is here, please make sure you send your child to school with appropriate clothing for a variety of weather.  Outdoor recess and lunch time are valued at Clinton.

Our first community building field trip will be on October 3, at Laity Pumpkin Patch. The experience will help students to connect with what they are learning through their novel study, Charlotte’s Web, their seasonal and science observations as they relate to our classroom inquiry as well as their understanding of the harvest and plant growth.

The students recently participated in the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope, are participating in story and conversation related to Truth and Reconciliation with a focus on Every Child Matters and have shared their respect for Diversity and Inclusion.

We will soon begin our Math Flights, Word Quiz work and Reading Stamina sessions. Our first library time will be Tuesday, September 24 and students will be able to take out 2 books each week following story time.

We also welcome Ms. Rempel to our classroom in the afternoons and we look forward to Mr. Dosanjh being able to work with small groups and one-to-one with students as they move along their learning journey.

The year is underway and as we say good-bye to Summer and hello to Autumn, we quote Charlotte, from Charlotte’s Web, with the word “salutations!”

We ended our Spring Fling with Sport’s Day.  It was a good day for a Fire Fighter Splash Down at the end of all of the events.

Summer came early this year, on Thursday, June 20 and we enjoyed our time at Queen’s Park.  The Sportsplex provided us with some flying, jumping moments. Click on the link below:

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After the ribbon cutting opening ceremony of the Clinton Little Library on Friday, hosted by our buddy class, we moved to the front of the school with all of the grade 2/3 classes to celebrate the Summer Solstice.  We also acknowledged National Indigenous Day, the first full day of summer, the full moon and the seasonal cycle.

Mrs. Enchelmaier did an interactive story read.  Students created all of the summer sound effects for the story.  It was followed by all students gathering round a circular parachute to connect us to the seasonal cycle.  The rainbow colours reminded us of diversity and inclusion.  We all worked together to get the summer beach balls off of the parachute.  It was a great way to end the Grade 2/3 seasonal gatherings.

Tuesday, we will head to Ron McLean for our final park picnic.  Some of the other grade 2/3 classes will join us.

It has been a wonderful seasonal cycle of learning, adventures and joy.  We have come to our final blog post for the year.

Please look back on our full year and enjoy all of the moments from the Autumn Equinox, Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox to our now Summer Solstice.

Please also take a moment to check out the garden display box as Divison 10 not only cleaned out the garden but they added some sketches for the summer season of the garden.

Happy Summer!

June has brought us lush green lettuce in our courtyard garden containers.  Division 10 was fortunate with the weather as little watering of the plants was needed. Each student was able to take a full bag of fresh, organic lettuce home with them and we are hoping for the roots to grow another batch of leaves for us to harvest in a few weeks.

Spring and Summer give us opportunities to play outside and what better way to support student engineering design skills than to have opportunities for Division 10 to build their own playgrounds.  STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math) project boxes allowed for groups to engage in playground building designs.  It was wonderful to hear the many conversations and see the creative ideas.

We have now completed our playground creation and they are on display in the hallway.

Division 10 also earned many house team points for all their colourful support with the team spirit days.  A sea of red, a day of blue, a colony of yellow and green team spirit was shared in Room 15 this week.  Thanks to all who participated.

We look forward to Sport’s Day tomorrow.  Students will be dismissed at 1:00.

A very happy Father’s Day to all those who take on a father-figure role in the lives of the children in Room 15.  We know that you all ROCK!

We are nearing the end of our seasonal cycle in Room 15 as we head toward Summer and the end of the 2023/2024 school year.

We would first like to thank our parent community as without parents as partners, our year would have been much different. 

We would also like to acknowledge June being Pride Month and our school raising of the Progressive Pride Flag.  Division 10 wore light blue to represent harmony and serenity as we encourage diversity and inclusion. 

And finally we would like to congratulate Ms. Minoza on completion of her UBC student teacher practicum, here at Clinton, in Room 15.  The students have had wonderful experiences with Ms. Minoza as their teacher.  More importantly, Ms. Minoza has gained so much from them.  It has been a very full third term and she has appreciated her time with Division 10.  We ended her practicum with streamers, party favours and a movie afternoon with popcorn. 

As we move forward with the next few weeks, please keep in mind of the upcoming events.

Tomorrow, Friday, June 7 is a Pro-D Day.  

Monday – Red Day  Tuesday Blue Day  Wednesday Yellow Day  Thursday Green Day

Friday, June 14 is Sport’s Day – students will be dismissed at 1 p.m.

Our Queen’s Park field trip will be Thursday, June 2o, our grade 2/3 summer solstice get together will be Friday, June 21 and Division 10 will be having a picnic at Ron McLean park on Tuesday, June 25, weather permitting.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Here we go again.  Hopefully, the links below will work and you will be able to have a glimpse at our Trestle Tree experiences as well as our Byrne Creek adventure.

The watermarks of the platform I am using as a trial will be visible but I know that your interest will be seeing your child in action.

The first link is about our Stream Keepers Salmon Release and information if on a prior Blog post.  The second link will connect you to the active moments currently taking place in the gym.  A previous Blog post also highlights information related to the day the photos were taken.

If for any reason these links do not work, I will continue to find ways to open a window into our Division 10 World!

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Dear families of students in Division 10:

My apologies for the last 2 blog posts and links to photos/videos.

The videos are a showcase of our Trestle Tree and Salmon Release experiences and they are only visible to me.  I will continue to find alternate ways to show and share on the BLOG.  Thank you for your patience.

What a beautiful day for releasing salmon.  The wonderful weather, the natural beauty of the forest and the support from those who care about the salmon cycle and the local ecosystem made for an exceptional learning experience for all connected to Division 10.

Thank you to Joan Carne for organizing this opportunity through the Byrne Creek Stream Keepers Society.  Thank you to Isaac who shared his knowledge of the salmon.  Thank you to Mrs. Wilson for supporting us on the adventure.  Thank you to Ms. Rempel for supporting Mr. Weisbom’s class of grade 6/7 students.  Thank you to Marcelle, Emma’s Mom, for joining us and also treating the class to ice cream treats at the park during our picnic.  Thank you to Emma for sharing salmon keychains with the class at the end of our journey.

And thank you to the Coho Smolt Salmon who courageously braved the creek bed and swam with energy to move on to the Fraser River as part of the cycle.  The salmon begins as an egg, then alevin, fry and parr.  As a teenager, smolt, they hang around the creek for a little bit and then move on to the river.  Eventually, the salmon move as adults to the Pacific Ocean.  After a few years, they return as spawning salmon to begin the cycle all over.  3000-5000 eggs may only have 2 adult male/female salmon return to spawn.

We all felt extra-special in being able to support the local watershed area, ecosystem and habitat of the salmon.

Please click the link below to see our Tuesday, May 14 journey.

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The Trestle Tree Apparatus is here in the gym and Division 10 has been enjoying the opportunity to roll, tumble and hang.  Hip Hop Lessons will soon start and we look forward to a great school wide performance on Friday, May 24 in the afternoon.

Until then, enjoy this little video sharing some daring division 10 moves. Please click on the link.

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For our Moms, have a great Mother’s Day Weekend and Go CANUCKs Go!

Below is the link to see all of the photos related to our recent experiences.  There has been a change to the size of photos that can be shared on the BLOG so I am now showing and sharing photos through a sharepoint link.  Thanks for your understanding.

Take a look at our Spike Ball experience.  The weather was chilly but Coach Zack encouraged many learning opportunities with our new sport.  Thanks to the PAC for supporting these lessons for the students.

Thanks to the Leadership Team for organizing a Twins Day that turned into a Triplets Day for many of our students.  We had much fun at Clinton School with our twinning.

Sock It To Them we said when we went wandering around with socks over our shoes to collect seeds from the outdoor garden space.  Our Watch Our Socks Grow experiment is in our classroom window.  The moist socks have demonstrated the process of evaporation, condensation and accumulation while also, hopefully, supporting a habitat for seeds to grow in the warmth of the sun.

We will see what happens.

Now, please click on the link below.

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May is now here and we want to take the opportunity to thank you for visiting the classroom for Student Led Conferences.  It was wonderful to see how the students showed and shared their classroom activities and experiences.  Please look for the bean plants to come home tomorrow.  The plant pots are organic and can be planted right into the garden or into a planter box.

As we move toward the weekend, there is only one thing we can say and it is…

GO CANUCKS GO!

Non-fiction studies have began with the guidance of Ms. Minoza.  Students have been exploring their curiousities, wonders and questions.  They have worked in groups and independently experiencing the aspects of non-fiction text.  They have done a text pass and spent some time in the library with Ms. Hossack, connecting to the non-fiction material.  They have learned about text boxes, table of contents and glossaries.  They will continue to work with non-fiction material as they dive into their water cycle and plant lessons.

Geo-shapes and solids have also been part of the learning this week.  2D shape cities were created, a 2D shape scavenger hunt happened outside and students were able to move onto 3D solids, making a solid city of modeling clay.

We ended the week with recognizing the Sikh festival of Vaisakhi.  We worked with our buddies to create Rangoli chalk drawings.  Rangoli drawings are created on the ground, at the front doors, of houses in India during celebrations and festivals especially Diwali.  The shapes symbolize harmony and good fortune.

All of our adventures are captured on the link below.

Happy Vaisakhi!

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