with Ms. Lai & Ms. Loungsay
We have settled into our new classroom! You can see more photos of inside the classroom in students’ blogfolios (e.g. Fitness Break post).
We wish you and your family a safe and restful Spring Break! While we hope for warmer weather, please enjoy these Spring flowers!
Last week was an exciting week! We moved into our new classroom and we are loving our new learning and playing space. It was also kindness week! To show our friends how much we appreciate them, we brainstormed kind words to describe our friends. We also drew a portrait of our friends. Look at all the details and effort we put in to show our friends how much we like them!
恭禧发财 [gōng xi fā cái]
The story Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert is about the Leaf Man drifting around and it visited many places and saw a lot of animals. We don’t know where the Leaf Man is going because it goes where the wind blows. After reading the story, we created our own Leaf Man. As the children were building, we heard some interesting stories of where their Leaf Man has gone and what they have seen! A few leaf men went to the beach, some went to Parkcrest school, one went to the states and another one went to a pond. These leaf men can be anywhere! Look around next time when the wind is blowing. You might see a Leaf Man drifting by.
In discussions about Remembrance Day, we talked about what peace means to each of us. We talked about how lucky we are to live in a country such as Canada. Students were asked to reflect on what they are grateful for in their lives.
We had a virtual school assembly today. We stood and paused for a moment of silence to honour and remember the men and women who have served and continue to serve Canada in times of conflict and peace.
During the assembly, two of our students brought our class wreath to the gym, as part of the wreath ceremony. We created our poppies by stamping red paint with a heart shaped sponge, and then adding buttons!
Whether it’s leaves for hair, acorns and chestnuts for eyes or even sticks to make our lips, we had so much fun creating our very own nature self-portrait. This activity encouraged us to practice our planning skills, gave us an opportunity to experiment with textures, shapes and colours, and allowed us to be creative!
Please login to your child’s blogfolio to see their nature self-portrait!
We have been busy collecting natural materials from our Parkcrest forest to make nature art! Our class made pinecone mobiles, nature mandalas (a circular art form that is made using different objects and natural materials) and bugs. As summer is just around the corner, we encourage all of you to continue to collect and create nature art!