Kindergarten and Grade 1 Experiences at Rosser Elementary
We had a very busy week (February 13-15) with our Valentines celebrations and those of the Lunar New Year.
Our class performed a song (with divisions 4 and 6) and we also did a poem (What Colour Were the Dragons) on our own at the school-wide assembly.
Our lovely lanterns have been hanging in our classroom.
We enjoyed a delicious potluck luncheon. Thank you to all who donated food to our feast!
Wow, have we ever been busy!
We have finished our Christmas concert🎄🎶, had a fun (and snowy🌨❄️) field trip to Heritage Village Museum), and today created our gingerbread houses! In between we actually did other school work, as well😏
Here are some photos from today:
Tomorrow we will have our Pancake Breakfast thanks to the PAC! Between Recess and Lunch we will be doing our school-wide bingo. In the afternoon we will be enjoying a Christmas movie🎬
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas 🎄and a healthy, happy New Year🎉
P.S. I hope you all enjoy your clay Christmas presents 🎁
Students created beautiful poppies.
We began with a directed drawing lesson where the students drew a large poppy on white paper. They then traced these with black China markers (a type of grease pencil). The centre circle was solidly coloured in with green waxed crayons. Students then painted the petals red. This all happened on Friday. Today, when the paint was dry, students traced over their outlines, cut the poppies out, and glued them onto green construction paper.
The complementary colours (red and green) really pop when put together!
These are on the bulletin board at the back of our classroom. They look amazing!
This is an article from the newspaper on the occasion of the 25th anniversary run – 12 years ago. Below is a photo of a map of Canada with the route that Terry ran highlighted in Sharpie marker.
As a class we discussed who Terry was, what happened in his life, and what he did to seal his place in our hearts forever. We used these books as a starting off place.
We were fortunate to have Kirsten Fox (Terry’s niece via his older brother, Fred) come to our school the previous week to discuss Terry, how the family remembers him, and how he affected their lives. In class we talked about the people in our school and families that we know who have dealt with, or are still dealing with, cancer. Students each decorated a paper shoe which stated who they were running for; these are on the wall in the gym.
Students also decorated a paper t-shirt and wrote about Terry. These two papers were attached, back to back, onto a green construction paper. These are hanging in our classroom.
As a school we were very pleased to raise a good amount of money. I don’t know the exact total but I believe that it is more than $700!! That is amazing for our small school! Thank you to all who contributed to this fund.
We had our first House meeting on Monday where the three colour groups chose their team names and decided who would be on the Banner and Cheer committees (these are for Intermediate students only). Our second House meeting is on Tuesday, May 9th. At this meeting the Cheer leaders will be teaching the rest of us (in each House) the cheer that they have created. Our third – and last House meeting before Sports Day – will be on Thursday, May 18. The goal of this meeting is to practise the cheer again, and then to do a first run-through of the House relay. This annual part of Sports Day is the final event towards the point collection to see which House wins – and is a lot of fun for all.
Please ask your child to tell you which House they are in so that you can know what colour t-shirt they should be wearing for Sports Day.
If your child wishes they can be a part of the Bike Parade. They can decorate their bikes with streamers, etc. and bring them to school that morning. These are usually stored in either the Music Room or the Gym. We will let you know closer to the date. Please ensure that they are wearing a helmet.
Also, please note: pizza is delivered to the students in their classrooms shortly before noon and students are dismissed at 12:15 on that day.
I hope you can come and join us on Sports Day. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for some good weather!
This Thursday evening is the Opening Night at the Burnaby Art Gallery. The event is scheduled from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. I hope you get a chance to get there to see our contribution to this wonderful event. Division 1 and 2 also have their work on display there.
As this holiday will happen while we are on Spring Break we spent some time during the past two weeks doing some Irish activities.
We read some stories and did some art. Students wrote out three wishes for what they would like if they caught a leprechaun. They chose their most favourite wish and then created a shamrock depiction of that wish.
We also created layered shamrocks with three sizes of shamrocks on construction paper which were coloured with oil pastels in the shades of blue and green, with some added bits of gold/yellow.
We also have some ‘wee folk’ visiting the classroom. They seem to like ‘hanging around’ …
May the luck of the Irish be with you. I hope you all wear some green on March 17th – you wouldn’t want to get pinched …
On Tuesday, February 21st we celebrated the 100th day that we have been in school – not counting weekends and school holidays. We did all sorts of fun activities including: making Fruit Loop necklaces with ten groups of different colours; headbands with crowns that they did 20 sets of five tally marks on, as well as counting by fives on coloured dots; 100’s day booklets; and our posters – shown here on the bulletin board.
After such a busy day we celebrated 101st day with a watching of the Disney classic cartoon – 101 Dalmatians.
Next week, on Tuesday, we will be celebrating Valentine’s Day. We made holders for these today.
A letter will be coming home tomorrow with a class list for your child to use, if they are making valentines this year.
We had a very busy day celebrating the Lunar New Year. We began our day by making Chinese dumplings. A huge thank you to Mrs. Schwarz and the moms who helped us do this fun activity.
We presented our poem – What Colour Were the Dragons? – with our Grade 2’s leading the choral recitation and the Grade 1’s doing the echo. The Grade 1 students held the dragons that they made. These are the ones used by the Grade 2’s from the poem.
Divisions 1 and 3 performed their version of the Dragon Dance.
For lunch we enjoyed a fantastic feast!! Thank you to all who sent in food for our potluck.
