Thursday, February 27, 2020

Field Study Correction

Sorry everyone Kamp Kiwanis is supposed to say May 13th, 2020. Sorry for the mistake!!

Also, next Friday at 11:00 am is our Celebration of learning. Please join us in our grade 1 classrooms to see how we have been exploring cause and effect.

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Field Studies

We have many fun and exciting field studies planned for the spring. Here is a list with dates of what is coming up. If you are cleared and able to volunteer we would LOVE to have you. Please e-mail me at sdmccaw@cbe.ab.ca

March 31- Leighton Centre
April 7- Bow Habitat
April 13-Camp Kiwanis
May 26- Hull’s Wood
June 23- Ann and Sandy Cross

Photography

Room 9 and 10 have been working with our artist in residence Ms. Sara learning about photography. Yesterday we learned that the most important element to taking a photo is light. Today we learned about how different views can portray our subject in different ways. We practiced shooting pictures with our view finders that were "Birds eye view" and "ants eye view". We have one more session with Ms. Sara and then in the spring she will be back to help us complete a special project.







Friday, February 7, 2020

Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area

This week grade 1 students had the opportunity to visit the Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area. Here we explored the landscape, learned about the animals that live their and learned how winter impacts the animals and vegetation in this area. We experienced what it would be like to be an animal like a vole or a mouse in the winter, staying warm in the subnivean zone (layer between the ground and the snow) and learned where the best place to build a burrow would be in order to survive winter. We had fun sliding down the "penguin slide" and looking closely and the different shapes of ice crystals. Thank you to the amazing teachers at Ann & Sandy Cross and to our volunteers who make it possible to go on field studies such as this!





Grade 1 Celebration of Learning

The Grade 1 students are hosting a Celebration of Learning on March 6th, 2020. Families are welcome to come visit the grade 1 classroom on this day from 11:00-12:15. Our focus is Cause and Effect. We are inspired by Rube Goldberg’s work on cause and effect machines. 

Valentine’s Day

We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Wednesday afternoon. Your child is welcome to bring in a valentine for each student. You can either just get your child to fill in the from section or they can personalize each valentine.

Room 10 Names:

Rita
Oliver
Andrei
Taylor
Audrey
Manuel
Talia
Bowen
Anna
Kosta
Charlotte
Sophia
Seamus
Graham
Alex
Henry
Matthew
Wesley
Ibrahim
Spencer 
Zoe

Mrs. McCaw
Mrs. Crowe
Mrs. Hynes

Welcome to Room 10!

 The students of room 10 have had a very busy first couple of weeks of school. We have been working on settling into the rules and routines ...