Hour of Code

Computer Science is FUN! We are participating in this week's Hour of Code.
Watch this video to find out more.. 

Hour of Code

Can't Stop The Feeling - Go Noodle

As a part of our Physical Education program, we are learning this new dance. It is such a happy song! The characters are from the movie The Trolls. 

Bill Nye The Science Guy

What an exciting world we live in! We are learning about the 3 States of Matter during science class.
Today we watched Bill Nye The Science Guy explain the 3 States of Matter and do some really cool science experiments.

Watch the video HERE

Aboriginal Games Presentation

On November 15th, we learned some Aboriginal Games presented by 2 ladies from The Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre. Thanks to the Swan Lake Conservation District, who helped pay for the Ecovan visit to our school, we learned some new Aboriginal games. 

In these games we learned different skills the Aboriginal peoples would use while hunting and canoeing. We learned the importance of listening, observing as well as balance and agility. 

We had a lot of fun while learning. 

Melting

Have you tried Go Noodle yet?

This morning we were talking about the 3 states of matter and tried this really cool
new Go Noodle Flow video about melting. 

Try it here today! 

Remembrance Day

This week in Social Studies we are focusing on learning more about Remembrance Day.

Why is Remembrance Day important? 

Some books we will be reading include ...

The Peace Book by Todd Parr 


Some songs and videos we will be listening and viewing are ...

'Soldiers Cry' by Roland Majeau 

Standing Strong & True

We Will Not Forget 

The many faces of Al Simmons

Al Simmons came to visit our school this morning to perform the famous Opera: The Barbour of Seville. We were so impressed with his talent! We had such a great time! Thank you Al! 

Scratch Garden

Well, we found some really cool learning videos from Scratch Garden this week. Some of our favourites are ...

The Vowel Song 

The Patterns Song 

The Punctuation Song


Have a great weekend! 

Number Gator

Greater or Less Than? 
How confusing! 

Watch this short video 

Number Gators

A Walk In The Park

It was a beautiful day for a walk in the park.
Park of our Phys Ed program is walking every morning
in the Legion Park. This morning we saw a blue jay. 

Cosmic Kids Yoga - Star Wars Style

Yoga for kids! The videos are really easy to watch, and the stories are geared towards what is interesting for kids. On Monday, we are going to do some yoga Star Wars style!

Cosmic Kids Yoga 

Try this at home! 

Poems & Pies Presentation October 31

The grade 2 classes are putting on a "Poems and Pie" presentation on Monday, October 31st at 11:00 in the gym. Hope you can attend. 
After the presentation, you are welcome to bring a lunch and eat with your child. After lunch, we will be having pie for dessert.
We will need some pies for dessert. If you are able to make a pie, please put a note in the agenda. We would like the students to bring their Halloween costumes to school and get changed at recess. Costumes will be taken off at noon and can go home with parents.
We will be having a small Halloween party after last recess. We will be doing some crafts and watching a Halloween safety video.
If you have any questions, please call or send a note.

Counting Seeds

Part of our math class today was counting by 10s. First, we estimated how many seeds our pumpkins would have, then the fun of "gutting" them and finally, counting the seeds. Tonight, some students will be going home with some of the seeds to roast for snack on Monday. 

Digging out the guts of the pumpkins....

That was FUN! 

Then came the counting.... 

It's Pumpkin Tasting Time!

Today we finished up talking about our 5 senses and tasted pumpkin puree. As you can see, the students liked the pumpkin cookies I made (with chocolate chips) better than the plain puree. I am including the cookie recipe for you if you want to try these at home.