Month: June 2018

Division 8 been learning about earning money, saving money, and using money to buy goods and service.  We can identify the values of coins (e.g., nickles, dimes, quarters, loonies, toonies) and can count multiples of the same denomination.

We have been exploring financial literacy by role playing monetary transactions at the grocery store and restaurant.  We can make a shopping list, look at flyers to see what is on sale, weigh our produce and pay for our groceries at the cash register.  We can order from a menu, add up the bill and pay for our meal.  Here we are at work!

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All children love Superheroes! 

Superheroes are always in control of themselves.  They can manage frustration, anger, anxiety and maintain emotional regulation while leaping over tall buildings and flying through the air.  This year Mr. Marquis, our school counsellor, has been visiting our classroom to help the children develop the strategies so that they can be superheroes of self-control too.   We have been working on calming down by using ‘lazy eight’ breathing, recognising how we feel and what to do about it, slowing down and being present, developing flexible thinking and having positive thoughts.

As described in the BC Physical and Health curriculum, Mr. Marquis has also been counselling the children in the following competencies:
• Describe ways to prevent and respond to a variety of unsafe and/or uncomfortable situations
• Develop and demonstrate respectful behaviour when participating in activities with others
• Identify caring behaviours among classmates and within families
• Identify and describe practices that promote mental well-being
• Identify and describe feelings and worries
• Identify personal skills, interests, and preferences

Life is a rainbow road, multicoloured with the most amazing hues, and contrasting with the darkest tones. – Ted Harrison

Division 8 has been looking at the artwork of Ted Harrison.  Ted Harrison is a Canadian artist who  painted many colourful landscapes of the Yukon.  We responded to his works of art by creating our dinosaur silhouettes.  We used bright colours for the sunset in the background and black paper to represent the shadows of the dinosaurs. 

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