The Pumpkin Patch

We had an amazing experience visiting the Aldor Acres Pumpkin Patch in Langley!  It was a beautiful, sunny day.  For some of the students, it was their very first pumpkin patch experience.  In the classroom, we talked about farms and animals, so this field trip was a great opportunity for them to explore and experience animal life cycles and their local environments.

The children were delighted with the animals. We saw so many – sheep, horses, piglets, chicks, bunnies, goats, llamas, donkeys, chickens, even a newborn puppy, and more!  Some of us were hesitant at first to hold these delicate baby animals, but most of us got the chance to either pet or hold some animals.

After lunch, we all hopped onto a tractor-pulled wagon and headed over to the field to pick our pumpkins to take home!

 

At the end of the school day, we had a sharing circle and each student shared their favorite part of the trip!

Here are a few things that were said:

“I loved the baby bunnies!”

“Riding the wagon was the best!”

“the big, biiiiiiig goats!”

“the pumpkins – so many!”

“jumping on the hay”

“ride the bus”

If you ask your child to tell you what their favorite moment was, feel free to share their answer in the comments!

I would also like to say a big Thank You to our parent volunteers who were able to come and supervise groups of students. Thank you for helping out and sending me your photos.

Also, thanks to Ms. Gourlay for organizing and booking this trip!

 

Terry Fox Run

Welcome to Division 12’s class blog! Our first month of school has flown by, and our new kindergartners have settled nicely into their routines.

Last week, we participated in the school Terry Fox Run! After our virtual Terry Fox school assembly, we did some stretching, and then went outside to run some laps on our field.

Thanks to students, families, and friends for supporting our Terry Fox fundraising efforts this year. It was a fun day!

A Halloween Mystery

On Halloween, a bumble bee came to our classroom. But where was Ms. Loungsay?

We also had other visitors… a pirate, a fireman, Elsa from Frozen, a unicorn, super heroes and more… But where were the kids from Division 10?

We created a class book all about our costumes!

 

While we were not able to welcome parents and pass around treats for one another like other Halloweens, our school still managed to celebrate with some fun festivities. We had an outdoor costume parade and went to view the amazing annual pumpkin carving contest. Our students did a wonderful job!

Hatching Chicks!

We have been learning about chicks and oviparous animals (e.g. animals that lay eggs) this term. With Ms. Gourlay’s class, we hatched some eggs!  We had three eggs in an incubator and we looked through a special scope that allows us to see inside the egg.  Students completed a Science journal, where they made predictions and recorded their observations.

eggs in the incubator
making a prediction
after the eggs hatched

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Photos of individual students will be uploaded to their blogfolios for Term 3.