Nature Art

 

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!

We have BEAN busy planting!

We have been learning about plants! We planted three types of beans. We planted the Runner beans and Bush beans in our class planter.

We sprouted the Pole beans in our “sprout houses” (in Ziploc bags). We sprayed water in our bags and taped them to our classroom windows so they can absorb the sunlight. In days, our beans began to sprout! We noticed that the seeds absorbed the water and soon, we saw roots pushing through their seed coats. We documented this and what we have learned in our Plant Journals.

We soon transferred our seedlings to soil in our class planter. Within days, they began to grow, grow, grow! We will continue to water our beans and watch them grow. The Pole beans can grow up to 20 feet tall!

 

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Bug Community

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Our class has been learning about important community helpers and services that make up a community.  We took the information we learned and built five different communities for some lucky bugs! Each group brainstormed what their community needed, collected materials, built it and then they named their community.  These lucky bugs can choose to live in Bugland, Bug Town, Bug City, Winch Street Town or Fun Town!

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I Am From

 

In one of our lessons in Indigenous Cultural Enhancement with Ms. Ditta Cross, she taught us the importance of exploring one’s own identity.  She shared an artifact that showed her connection to her family, her traditional territory and her ancestors.  She also shared a story about her artifact and how it connects her to her family.  Ms. Ditta Cross encouraged our class to write a poem that will tell others more about ourselves.

Our class brainstormed objects that are special to us, our favourite food, a tradition that we like to do or celebrate and something special people say to us. We then created our own poem and painted a background with our favourite colours.

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