September

The fun continues… Here’s a little glimpse of what we have been doing.

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We made friendship bracelets to remind us to be kind to our friends.

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Morning reading and morning exploration help set our day to a good start.

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We were all very excited to explore in our Parkcrest forest.

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We learned Terry Fox is a Canadian hero who raised millions of dollars for cancer research through his Marathon of Hope event. We were honored to have Terry‘s niece come to Parkcrest this year to inform our community about Terry Fox’s inspiring legacy. Our class participated in the event by running around our field and raising money for cancer research. We raised over our school goal of $1500. Looks like Ms. Ralph will be kissing a fish!

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For Truth and Reconciliation Day, we learned the day honours the children who never returned home and survivors of residential schools. We brainstormed words every child should feel and have…

On September 24, an Indigenous Elder and Elder Latash came to our school and led the handing over ceremony of the Two Sisters Mural to Parkcrest.

All About Plants

Our kindergarten class has been learning about plants. We have been learning about the different parts of a plant, how they grow, and the importance of plants in our world. We are having a wonderful time exploring and discovering with our friends!

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We planted pretend flowers.

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Celery and seed observation

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Observational drawing and Van Gogh inspired sunflowers

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Runner Beans

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Flower shopping with pretend money

When I’m 100 Years Old

We celebrated reaching the 100th Day of School in late February. One of the writing activities was asking the children to imagine the future and what it could possibly be like to be 100 Years Old! Here are a few samples.

September and October

The Kindergarten year is off to a busy start! We have been learning, playing and establishing our classroom routines. It has been great to see friendships forming among the children as they get to know each other! Here’s a little glimpse of what we have been doing.

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Learning to recognize and write our name

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We learned Terry Fox is a Canadian hero who raised millions of dollars for cancer research through his Marathon of Hope event. Our class participated in the event by running around our field and raising money for cancer research.

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For Truth and Reconciliation Day, we learned the day honours the children who never returned home and survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. We also learned a Powwow dance and saw a Powwow performance.

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Playing with numbers 0-10

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Learning about pumpkins

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Ask your child to share their Leaf Man story with you.

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We had so much fun at the pumpkin patch! Ask your child to share their favourite part of the field trip with you.

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We had a great time celebrating Halloween together! Thank you for all the yummy treats!

Jack-o-lantern art

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Halloween Stations

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What will happened to Candy Corn when we put them in hot water, vinegar and Bubly? Ask your child about the candy corn experiment.

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Exploring Measurement

We have been measuring objects using non-standard units (e.g. blocks, shapes, paper clips) to help us understand measurement concepts such as length, height and capacity.

Scavenger hunt- We had to find objects that are exactly or to the closest number of hearts.

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We compared the lengths of objects and then we ordered them from shortest to longest or longest to shortest.

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We Measured things found in nature with our heart rulers.

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We measured how wide the trees are with Kindergarten kids!

Math

Math in the Fall was all about exploring with numbers and making patterns using different materials. These mathematicians were busy counting, comparing, building and writing numbers!