Special Events
Spring Break Fun
Are the two weeks of spring break stretching ahead of you with a sense of doom? Check out these ideas I found on a website for Spring Break fun at home. Have a campout in the yard. Pitch a tent and barbecue outside. Have a spa day. Get nail polish, glitter and lotions from the … Continue reading
100th Day of School
We’ve made it to the 100th day of school!! Yippee!!! On Wednesday of last week we celebrated our 100th day of school with a variety of fun activities. We made 100 crowns. We stamped 100 stamps. We did 10 jumping jacks. We had a 10 minute dance party. We built structures with 100 cups. We … Continue reading
Welcome Back!
Hello Everyone! Welcome to Division 8! We’ve had a very busy first few weeks–learning lots of new routines and slowly getting to know each other’s names…a very tricky business in Kindergarten! I’m sure many of you are noticing that your Kindergarten children are tired after their full day! Hopefully that’s a good thing!! We’ve had … Continue reading
Summer Fun
Hello Everyone, Here it is, our last day of the school year.😎 Although it has been a challenging time we have successfully made it to the end. Give yourselves a big pat on the back!! As we look ahead to the summer months (with joy and anticipation for many reasons) some of you might be … Continue reading
Painting Hearts
Yesterday our library story was “The Shape Of My Heart”. Then we spent our art time painting hearts💜❤💕🧡💗 on the new garden bins. This is a school-wide project that we hope to complete by the end of this school year. Painting hearts is more difficult than you can image…So…We started by creating a stencil. … Continue reading
Earth Day
We had a wonderful Earth Day yesterday! We started our day by doing a Neighbourhood clean up. What a great way to contribute to our community! Divisions 7, 8 & 9 headed over to the Skate Park, where we began our garbage adventure!! We worked our way back to the school collecting garbage as we … Continue reading
Sewing
In concert with our school wide “Project Of Heart” theme, we have been sewing Memory bags. This activity was inspired by the Indigenous story Shi-shi-etko. Shi-shi-etko gathers together many of the things of nature and places them into her bag of memories so that she will never forget her people and land as she prepares … Continue reading
Holiday Story Time
Your assignment this week is to spend some time together reading a story….Maybe you have a holiday favourite??? If you want a read aloud–Here’s The Night Before Christmas… Or How the Grinch Stole Christmas… Or maybe you have another favourite??? Christmas, Hanukkah, or Diwali–Whatever your celebration… Enjoy reading together this holiday season… See you … Continue reading
Lego Summer Challenge
Here is a great challenge for you to try over the summer…can you build all of the items listed before we meet again in September?? Have fun!
Bubble Snake Maker
Are you looking for a fun ADST project? This one combines liquids and gases together! It is super easy–and tons of fun to play with. Materials: bottle scissors * adult supervision is needed elastic band flannel, face cloth, or old sock bubble mixture (store bought is fine–or you can make your own) food colouring (optional) … Continue reading