with Ms. Lai & Ms. Loungsay
On February 28th, we encourage everyone to wear pink. By wearing pink, we are promoting kindness and friendship, and standing up to bullying. The original story behind Pink Shirt Day can be found here: The Pink Shirt Day story
The kindergarten students created their own pink shirts!
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We have been learning how to measure linear objects. After measuring books, toys and other objects around the classroom, the students decided that they wanted to measure a student. They chose one larger unit and one smaller unit. Soon, they discovered that it took a lot longer to measure him using the smaller unit (e.g. the snappy cubes). Reflecting on the problem, many students decided it was best to use larger units to measure larger items. The student we measured is 61 snappy cubes long, or 8 markers long.
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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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.
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.
Here are some of our winter hats! We painted the hats, and then added cotton.
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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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Inquiry-based learning allows students to take ownership for their learning. My role is to guide them and encourage them to develop questions that will allow for further investigation. Students ask questions, give their ideas and opinions, and make observations about a topic they are interested in.
We are fortunate to have some beautiful trees on our school grounds. During discussions about the weather and seasonal changes, the students were intrigued and had many questions about the falling leaves and changing colours.
In October, we started our tree inquiry project. The students went outside and chose one of the trees in front of the school.
Let’s see what happens to our tree in December…