February 21st - 24th

Wowzers - it sure was cold this past week! 

Thank you for making sure that your child came to school each day with warm winter clothes and a happy heart 💗

We have spent the last 3 weeks stretching, balancing and moving our bodies in lots of interesting ways! Our gymnastics unit was lots of fun and a great opportunity to see the students challenge themselves and build their confidence. As the weeks went on it was really evident that the students were refining their gymnastics skills! 

We worked on learning and practicing - 

• types of movement (forwards, backwards, sideways, galloping, skipping, jumping, rolling, crab walk, etc.)
• levels of movement (high, medium, low)
• balances (bridge, table, boat, superman, tree, etc.)
• climbing (motorbike grip, 3 on a tree) 

Learning Intention:

- Children investigate movement of the body

- Children explore spatial awareness in a variety of physical activity contexts

I Can:

- Practice moving in relation to the location and proximity of people or objects

- recognize that spatial awareness helps people move safely during various physical activities

- Practice movement in any direction from one point to another

- Demonstrate movement of the body in creative ways

 

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February 13th - 15th

 

Happy Family Day!

This past week was a short one...but a very busy one!!! 

Learning Intentions:

- Children examine healthy relationships in learning and playing environments

I Can:

- describe and practice friendship

The Monday/Wednesday Kinder students did a fantastic job at their assembly - thank you again to the families who were able to come and join us! Together with the Grade 2's, students highlighted the importance of kindness and Pink Shirt Day, which is coming up on Feb. 22nd. Thank you to both Kinder classes for their hard work on making kindness posters to put up around the school and for creating the beautiful Kindness Tree as a place where everyone can share their acts of kindness!

 

We have been talking about relationships based on shared interests, shared experiences, and by always showing kindness and mutual respect towards others. Healthy relationships can help us feel loved, cared for, respected and valued. Our classroom community is a safe place for ALL of our feelings - as we continue to practice supporting, comforting and cheering each other on. We remind each other to stand tall and be proud, to try our best even when it is hard, and to never give up!

 

 

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We will continue to do gymnastics until Feb. 24th 

Please make sure to follow the 'Head To Toe - Ready To Go!' 

February 6th - 10th

This past week we spent lots of time talking about kindness. With Pink Shirt Day coming up on February 22nd, we also talked about bullying. We watched a short story about the origin of Pink Shirt Day and talked about the importance of standing up for each other. 

The Story of Pink Shirt Day

We also read 'You Hold Me Up' written by Monique Gray Smith, a beautiful story encouraging us to show love and support for each other and to always consider the well-being of others. We talked about what the title might mean and after doing a picture walk, students decided that it meant taking care of others and and making them feel special. 

Students wrote in their journals about different 

ways that we can show kindness and help hold each other up.

Learning Outcome: Children recognize...

- personal boundaries can be communicated through words and actions

- boundaries can be communicated to set expectations for how a person would like to be treated

- personal boundaries are connected to an individual's body and personal space

I Can:

- describe personal and physical boundaries found in familiar contexts

- practice ways to express, request, obtain or refuse consent relating to personal boundaries

- talk about ways to respond in uncomfortable and unsafe situations

Together we role-played and acted out different scenarios to help students better understand the difference between behaviour that is RUDE (inadvertently saying or doing something that hurts someone else), MEAN (purposefully saying or doing something to hurt someone) and BULLYING (intentional aggressive behaviour that is repeated over time and involves an imbalance of power). We talked about having boundaries and 'personal bubbles', the importance that others respect our space and to make sure we remember to show respect towards others. We practiced using actions and strong voices to say "Please Stop" or "No Thank you" when somebody is disrespecting us and our personal boundaries.

January 30th - February 2nd

This week in Kindergarten we read stories, role-played, created, discovered, imagined, adventured, asked questions, found solutions and left Heartprints 💗

Learning Intention:

- Children investigate shapes

I Can:

- Identify familiar 2-D shapes (triangles/circles/squares/rectangles)

- Describe a shape using words such as;  round, flat, curved, straight

Students worked in small groups looking closely at a variety of shapes. Their first task was to identify some of the attributes of the shapes they had in front of them. Students were quick to notice the different colours and types of shapes, and easily sorted the shapes into groups based on those two attributes. When challenged to find alternative attributes to sort the shapes by, students had to look a little more closely and think a little more deeply to come up with some other ways. In the end the students came up with sorting rules based on - colour, shape, size and thickness.

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What exactly was in those big green boxes...

...it was Beautiful Art!

Students were excited to see what treasures came from the boxes and if their predictions were right! We will be looking more closely at these beautiful works of art this upcoming week, learning a little more about line, colour, texture, shape and pattern!

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