with Ms. Lai & Ms. Loungsay
Last week our class made some treats for the birds in our Parkcrest park. Ms. Paul brought in suet mixed with seed mix and we covered our pinecones with the mixture. We then went outside and hid the bird treats around our park for the birds to find!
During our nature walk, we found an owl pellet! Pellets are the undigested parts of a bird’s food, such as hair or bones, which are regurgitated (coughed up through the beak). We all thought that was pretty cool!
Merry Christmas Families!
Thank you for all your support and thoughtful gifts. We wish you all a holiday filled with warmth, love and happiness. We look forward to seeing everyone in 2022!
The story Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert is about the Leaf Man drifting around and it visited many places and saw a lot of animals. We don’t know where the Leaf Man is going because it goes where the wind blows. After reading the story, we created our own Leaf Man. As the children were building, we heard some interesting stories of where their Leaf Man has gone and what they have seen! A few leaf men went to the beach, some went to Parkcrest school, one went to the states and another one went to a pond. These leaf men can be anywhere! Look around next time when the wind is blowing. You might see a Leaf Man drifting by.
In discussions about Remembrance Day, we talked about what peace means to each of us. We talked about how lucky we are to live in a country such as Canada. Students were asked to reflect on what they are grateful for in their lives.
We had a virtual school assembly today. We stood and paused for a moment of silence to honour and remember the men and women who have served and continue to serve Canada in times of conflict and peace.
During the assembly, two of our students brought our class wreath to the gym, as part of the wreath ceremony. We created our poppies by stamping red paint with a heart shaped sponge, and then adding buttons!
We are scientists and we have been studying about pumpkins. We read stories, had discussions, made observations, and last week, we touched and smelled the inside of our class pumpkin! The children watched me carve our pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern.
We created a web of words that we thought described the inside of the pumpkin.
We measured, drew pictures, and counted pumpkin seeds. Our small pumpkin had many seeds, much more seeds than a bigger pumpkin! We learned about the life cycle of a pumpkin, and most importantly, we had a fun week!
Ask your child to tell you what they know about pumpkins.
We had an amazing experience visiting the Aldor Acres Pumpkin Patch in Langley! It was a beautiful, sunny day. For some of the students, it was their very first pumpkin patch experience. In the classroom, we talked about farms and animals, so this field trip was a great opportunity for them to explore and experience animal life cycles and their local environments.
The children were delighted with the animals. We saw so many – sheep, horses, piglets, chicks, bunnies, goats, llamas, donkeys, chickens, even a newborn puppy, and more! Some of us were hesitant at first to hold these delicate baby animals, but most of us got the chance to either pet or hold some animals.
After lunch, we all hopped onto a tractor-pulled wagon and headed over to the field to pick our pumpkins to take home!
At the end of the school day, we had a sharing circle and each student shared their favorite part of the trip!
Here are a few things that were said:
“I loved the baby bunnies!”
“Riding the wagon was the best!”
“the big, biiiiiiig goats!”
“the pumpkins – so many!”
“jumping on the hay”
“ride the bus”
If you ask your child to tell you what their favorite moment was, feel free to share their answer in the comments!
I would also like to say a big Thank You to our parent volunteers who were able to come and supervise groups of students. Thank you for helping out and sending me your photos.
Also, thanks to Ms. Gourlay for organizing and booking this trip!
Whether it’s leaves for hair, acorns and chestnuts for eyes or even sticks to make our lips, we had so much fun creating our very own nature self-portrait. This activity encouraged us to practice our planning skills, gave us an opportunity to experiment with textures, shapes and colours, and allowed us to be creative!
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