We spent time reviewing all of our classroom rules, routines, and good habits to start off the New Year. Students also set goals for themselves to work on to make 2018 even better than 2017! The class finished our latest read-aloud book, Pippi Longstocking. Students voted...

Let's Measure - T-Rex The children were interested in how big a T-Rex was, so we researched the size and found an estimated size of 6m x 12.1m.  The children then measured it on the playground. See pictures below: [envira-gallery id="1072"]  ...

Grade 2 News 1/12/2017 We’re Back… Grade 2 came back after a nice long break and were ready to get right to work. We had a very smooth return to school. We began the week with some reminders about classroom rules, roles, and responsibilities. We ended the week...

Grade 2 News 1/12/2017 We’re Back… Grade 2 came back after a nice long break and were ready to get right to work. We had a very smooth return to school. We began the week with some reminders about classroom rules, roles, and responsibilities. We ended the week...

The Leader In Me and Roots and Shoots ASAs provide opportunities for elementary students to learn about leadership skills,  global citizenship and being stewards of the environment. This week, in light of the colder weather, the students took the lead and learned how to make...

It was a great first week back from holiday. The elementary students were excited to be in school with friends and teachers. Whether reading non-fiction and learning strategies in class or being inspired by Picasso and Van Gogh to paint in art, it was delightful to...

We kicked off a new unit in writing this week on persuasive opinion writing. Each student brought a collection of items to school. To begin our unit, students judged his/her own collection and chose a favorite item. Students wrote his/her opinion and used the word "because"...