Category Archives: Alphabet Countdown

G is for GAMES

IMG_4910G ~ 2 days full of GAMES! We celebrated with the run through of Primary Sports Day on Thursday, learning 7 new GAMES as we went through all the stations, & then on Friday we had our annual SPORTS DAY!!

I had so much fun at the scorekeepers table with Miss Gatenby & I hope you all had fun participating in all the stations & competing in the tug-of-wars too! Congratulations to BLUE HOUSE on their big Sports Day win!
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E is for ESTIMATION

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E ~ JujubesM&Ms, Jelly BeansMike&Ikes… Count the Candies!!

We spent the morning using referents & good ‘ol fashioned thoughtful guesses to ESTIMATE how many candies were in the jars.

After all the Guessing Jar estimates had been counted, the winners were announced in the afternoon. Drumroll please………

Lincoln, Benson, Shathu & Cayla had the closest estimates with Lincoln making a perfect estimate!!
Well done to all Division 8 students for their excellent estimates! Can’t wait to enjoy the candies at another Alphabet Countdown day very soon…

D is for DINOSAURS

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D ~ DINOSAUR 
books, drawing books, matching games, pattern blocks, posters, toys & more! We spent the day learning lots about dinosaurs, doing different dino activities in the morning & then learning more about dinosaurs from Bill Nye the Science Guy in the afternoon.
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C is for CHALK

IMG_4763C ~ pinkorangebluegreen, white…sidewalk CHALK!
We got our creative juices going & decorated Nelson’s cement surfaces with our chalk pictures & writing. Thank you rain for holding off!

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B is for BUBBLES

IMG_4714B ~ bubbles, Bubbles, & MORE BUBBLES! Using hand made pipe cleaners & even our hands, we created hundreds of beautiful bubbles!!
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ALPHABET COUNTDOWN

new-year-countdown-smiley-emoticonMy favourite (soon to be yours too!) time of the school year has arrived!abc-countdownThe ALPHABECOUNTDOWN has begun!

For the rest of the school year we’ll be celebrating each day with a letter, or two. We’ll be participating in activities &/or dressing in something special to make our last month together memorable & lots of fun!IMG_4646Today we began with A & spent the day with our favourite stuffed ANIMALS!

Z is for ZOOM out of school & ZIP into summer!

Z ~ One last hour together as 2014/15’s Division 8 Grade 3s – marked our last day together this school year before ZOOMING out of Nelson & ZIPPING into summer! We watched Mr. Gurniak’s fabulous slide show of pictures from this year, we took photos for an upcoming When I Grow Up… post & Miss Watt shared one of her very favourite Dr. Seuss books, Oh, the Places You’ll Go.

Everybody went home with their own imagesFlat Stanley selves & I can’t wait to see all the places that you explore this summer! Love you Division 8, have a TON of fun this summer & I can’t wait to see you all in September!

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Y is for YIPEEE!!! …

IMG_8263Y ~ …It’s the Last Day of School!
We celebrated with YIPPEE, it’s YEAR END free time with games & yummy treats!

In the afternoon, a touching Graduation Ceremony – Well done Mr. Morrison, Mr. Phillips & Mrs. Dodd! – marked our last day full together for the 2014-15 school year.
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X is for (e)XPLOSIONS

X ~ Who doesn’t love eXPLOSIONS!?

We learned more about volcanic eXPLOSIONS v11242hwigy in the morning & then eXPERIMENTED with our own mini volcanoes in the afternoon!
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W is for aWARDS & WALKING to the WADING POOL

We celebrated the accomplishments of the Intermediate students in the morning during the aWARDS ceremony. Can’t wait to see you up there next year!

At recess, we WALKED with Ms Tsumori’s class to David Gray Park for a day of fun in the WATER & sun!!
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