Category: Art

Dazzling December

Dear Families,

We enjoyed the amazing performances at last week’s Winter Concert! It was wonderful to see so many families join us for this event. The kindergartners did a fabulous job singing and dancing with instruments! And thanks to Ms. Vaesen for coordinating everything.

We had a fun few weeks of Christmas events, songs, stories, and art projects. From Twin Day to PJ Day, door decorating, ornament-making, and Santa visiting our classroom after pancake breakfast, we have not had a dull moment! We hope you enjoyed your Christmas presents from the children.

Happy Holidays to you and your family! Wishing you and your family a restful and joyous season. We will see you in the New Year on January 8th!

Happy Diwali

 

Diwali is also known as the Festival of Lights! We learned Diwali is India’s biggest holiday of the year! Diwali is a 5 day celebration.  People decorate their homes and meals are shared with families and friends.  They also celebrate with fireworks and gifts are given to children.

 

Diyas are small type of lamp or candle holders lit on Diwali.

Remembrance Day

In class we talked about the importance of Remembrance Day.
It is a day to honour soldiers, veterans and families who have
sacrificed their lives for our freedom.
Each class made a wreath for the wreath laying ceremony at the assembly.
We talk about why the poppy became a symbol for Remembrance Day and we made our own representations of poppies.  Here is an invitation to create poppies with loose parts:

We painted poppies on our hands

 

 

 

We also read “The Peace Book” by Todd Parr and talked about what gives us peace.

I feel peace when I am…

“loved”

“loved by my mom”

“with my brother”

“with my family”

“playing with my friends”

“playing with my mom”

“with my teachers”

“my dad carries me”

“getting hugs”

“nice”

“kind and sharing toys”

“with my cats”

“watching T.V.”

“with my hamster”

“at a park”

A Fa-BOO-lous Halloween

Division 12 had an eventful Halloween!  We had princesses, superheroes, video game characters, scary witches, vampires, black cats, a giraffe and even a Starbucks mocha frappuccino, enter our classroom!

 

We created some fabulous art, including these friendly zooming ghosts!

 

Every year, we look forward to the creative and humorous jack-o-lanterns that are created by students and their families. They were on display outside the front entrance of the school.  During our afternoon parade, we had a chance to walk by and view them.

 

We read a funny book called, Room on the Broom.  We then watched the Knowledge Kids’ movie with Ms. Gourlay’s class. We noticed and compared the similarities and differences between the book and the movie, and noticed many interesting elements that were added to the film-version.

The school-wide parade was fun and exciting! We ended in the gym for a dance and sing-a-long.  It was a fa-BOO-lous and spooky day with many treats!

 

Making connections; ask your child:

What was a favorite costume that you saw and liked?

What is your favorite thing about Halloween?

Apples!

Our class has been learning about apples this term! Here are some highlights from our apple exploration.

 

We used our sense of smell, sight, touch and hearing to explore the apple trees in our park.

“The bug is eating the apple!”

“Ew! The apple smells bad!”

“This one is rotten.”

“The tree is bumpy.”

“I hear something inside!”

“I hear nothing.”

 

We used our sense of taste to find out which apple is our favourite – red, yellow or green.

“The red one is crunchy and hard.”

“The Green one is very sour!”

“The yellow is really good!”

We found out most people like the red apple! It’s a tie for the green apple and the yellow apple.

 

We did an experiment to see if the apple will sink or float.  The predictions were 10 for it will sink and 5 for it will float! We were pretty excited to see it float!

 

 

Making colour patterns with apples

 

 

Making art with yarn

Welcome to Division 12!

We had a wonderful start to the school year!  September was full of school events. In our classroom, we read stories and played games. We are learning how to write our names “the kindergarten way,” starting with an upper case letter followed by lower case letters.  We are learning routines and school procedures, and most importantly, we are having fun!

What Animals Do in the Winter?

 

Our class learned animals make behavioural and physical changes to survive in the winter.  Some animals sleep through the winter by finding a cozy place to hibernate; some animals migrate to warm places; and some animals adapt to the climate by growing thicker fur and changing colours.

 

 

We created a class diorama.

 

 

 

Animal Research Project

 Each table group chose their animal (bears, snakes, monarch butterflies, arctic wolves, and beavers) and we looked at books to help us find information about our animal.  We then shared the information to the class.  Please ask your child to share some information about their animal with you.

 

 

 

Arctic Animals Art

 

 

 

We went on a nature walk to look for holes animals could live in.  Here are some of our predictions:

“A hole! I think a spider lives here.  I see spider webs. “

“I think an owl lives in that hole.”

“A squirrel’s home.”

“A bird is in the hole.”

“Maybe this hole goes to that hole. Animals can go out there.”

“A worm! I see a worm!”