What’s Hatching?

Division 7 and 8 are studying a new theme this month. We are little scientists and we are learning about oviparous animals. Last week, three eggs arrived at our school. We will get to see how these eggs hatch!  The eggs are slightly larger than the ones we usually eat at home. They will take approximately three weeks to hatch.  The eggs are safely stored in an incubator in Ms. Gourlay’s classroom.  We will visit them every 2-3 days to make an observation about the eggs and write down some notes in our observation booklets, as scientists do.

eggs in the incubator

Ms. Gourlay and I are keeping it a secret.  What animal do you think is inside?  “Hopefully not a dinosaur,” said a kindergarten student.

Spring flowers!

We painted the backgrounds and experimented with changing paint colours. We added white or black to make a colour lighter or darker, and mixed some colours together to make new colours. Then we made flowers and added them to our paintings.

Let’s hope these flowers bring on some warmer weather ahead!  These are now on our bulletin board in the hallway.



 

We Love to Play

We have all heard about the benefits of play!  We know that the more kids are given frequent opportunities for free (as well as structured) play, the more attention they will pay to academic tasks. Play encourages teamwork, problem solving, which benefits both academic and social skills.

Last week, the kids decided to build a large structure using the straw connectors. Mr. M., our wonderful school counsellor, frequently visits our classroom. He has such a great connection with the kids. It’s nice to see them laughing, as they work together.

our school counsellor
our school counsellor with the kids
puzzle time
puzzle time

The Mobile Dairy Classroom Experience

Daisy the Cow

Today, Daisy the cow and the Mobile Dairy Classroom visited our school.  Daisy is 6 years old (which is equivalent to our 60 years old) and weighs 1600 pounds!  The amount of food she eats in a day is equivalent to us eating 1375 bowls of cereal!  We saw a milking demonstration and milk was pumped into a milking jar.

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Website: https://bcdairy.ca/dairyfarmers/initiatives/mobile-dairy-classroom-experience