Kindergarten and Grade 1 Experiences at Rosser Elementary
Division 5 had a lot of fun this afternoon creating their lovely little gingerbread (Graham Wafer) houses.
I was very impressed with the generosity of the students with their sharing of their supplies with those who had none.
All students seemed to have a very fun time. It was a very nice ending to a very busy day of preparation for our Christmas concert.
We had some fun making reindeer on Friday. Students used their hands as ‘tracers’ to make the antlers. As with the students, each one is unique.
If you had sent in payment for this field trip you will be receiving your refund in a Rosser School envelope tomorrow. Please check the front pocket of your child’s Planner for this. If you paid by cheque it is being returned; if payment was in cash you will be receiving cash back.
This book should have come home today with all Grade 1 students. This has become an annual, generous tradition by TD. Please enjoy reading this with your child.
I was very lucky to be invited to hear the Burnaby District Children’s Choir, which is called “Key of Harmony”, perform their Christmas concert at the Brentwood Park Alliance Church this evening. Thank you, Maya F.!!
We are very lucky, at Rosser, that Mr. Phelps has taken on this job this year. It is great to be able to host this choir at our school as it makes it so accessible for our students. We have thirteen students (from Grade 1 to Grade 4) in the District Choir this year. Division 5 has three of these students in our class – Maya F., Ella, and Jackie!!
The choir sang a nice selection of Christmas songs intermingled with an audience participation sing-along of some Christmas carols. I think I am starting to get that “Christmas feeling”.
Last Friday our class joined most of our school on a trip to Michael J. Fox Theatre to see the Royal City Youth Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker. We travelled there via school bus. I was very impressed by how well behaved the class (actually the whole school) was on this trip. I had a great vantage seat to observe our class while they were watching the show. I really enjoyed seeing how enthralled they were with the action and the music. It was a truly spectacular show and a great experience for the students.
Hello all,
We are getting low on our supply of plastic grocery bags. These are used for students (weekly) to take home oversized library books that don’t fit into backpacks – especially on rainy days. We will be needing some for next week when I send home their Term One work. If you have any extras that you could donate to the class, please send them in with your child.
Thanks!
This afternoon I read the story, “The Polar Express” by Chris Van Allsburg, to the students. Many were already familiar with this story. Over the next week or so we will be exploring this book through a variety of activities including: class and small group discussions, sequencing the events, and illustrations. We hope to watch the movie as a wrap up to our ‘mini-unit’.
We have been enjoying getting our hands dirty in Art class!
Our Grade 1’s spent a wonderful afternoon yesterday creating nice, fat, jolly looking snowmen – and some snowwomen, as well!! Students built these snowpeople around a wooden dowel, attached to a baseboard, which creates a hollow form inside. They then made hats for them. I attached these after school when I took the snowmen off of the dowel so they could dry.
As our Grade 2’s had made snowpeople last year in my class, this year they created Christmas bells. Most of the students made these last week – two who were absent last week worked yesterday on their bells. We were very fortunate to have Mrs. Figueroa’s student EA (Miss M) come into our room as an extra helper. You can tell which are the most recently made due to the colour difference.
Once all of the pieces are dried they will be fired in the kiln, glazed, and then re-fired. Final touches will be added and then they will be ready to go home!!
Thank you for the great collection of donations that you sent in for our ‘baking’ basket! Mrs. Alves picked up our box today and was very impressed with the amount of items in it. She, and her helpers, will be putting the baskets together shortly and then tickets will be going on sale from the office. There will be a notice sent home with more details shortly.