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!

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Valentine’s Day

This week, we celebrated Valentine’s Day! It was a wonderful opportunity to talk about kindness and generosity. Many students brought treats and cards to share.

Many students dressed up for Formal Day and got their photos taken. At lunch, there was a school-wide dance party!

The day before, we baked cookies! We rolled out the cookie dough and cut out shapes using cookie cutters – hearts, circles, ovals, and lips! And baked them in the oven.

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We baked over 50 cookies and shared them with the staff.

On Valentine’s Day, we decorated our cookies with icing and different coloured sprinkles.

In the afternoon, we had a hoot creating our owl treat bags!

These bags were full of treats by the end of the day.

Torch Relay Run

Last week, our school had a torch relay run to celebrate the opening of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Each class chose a torch bearer who led us on a run around the field. Thanks to the leadership students for organizing the event.

Winter Trees

We created winter trees with oil & chalk pastels. We drew the trees with markers, and then used the pastels to add snow. We used our fingers to blend the snow on the tree branches, creating a soft effect. I love how each piece of art work is unique. Some students even added ornaments to make it look like a Christmas tree. Please come and take a look at this bulletin outside our classroom.

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Jellyfish with our Big Buddies

Inspired by the origami jellyfish we saw at the Vancouver Aquarium, created by a local artist, we decided to create our own jellyfish. Thanks to our grade 4/5 big buddies from Mr. Boulanger’s class, as well as Ms. Mitchell, for helping us with this fun craft!

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The kindergarten students had many unique questions about jellyfish! We learned that jellyfish or jellies live in all the oceans. A jellyfish is an invertebrate made mostly of water. It has no heart, brain or bones. But it does have millions of stinging cells in their tentacles. When the tentacles capture food, toxin is injected into the prey. A jellyfish can sting you!