Merci! Mr.Mike

Mr. Mike our custodian created an importu play while we were outside! 

Important Update

 Important update. Cookie dough order is delayed because of weather. They will be available tomorrow during parent teacher interviews.

We care We can

Preparing for the cold.

Please welcome Mme. Stephanie

Mme. Stephanie will be with us for 5 weeks from the College Boreal Early Childhood Education program. We welcome her to our classroom to learn and gain valuable experience. Stephanie will be interacting with the students preparing and planning activities for her course work.

Mme.Knapp & Mme.Allin 

Some learning stories.

One of the many amazing aspects of an inquiry based curriculum, is allowing our students to learn independently at their individual pace. Below are some examples of everyday learning we captured in our class. 

We have been doing an inquiry into trains ! We have been in the process of talking about what you need for a train station. We have brought in boxes and have brainstormed how to transform our classroom into a train station. We have been so excited we showed them that their is a Holiday Train coming to town. 

http://www.cpr.ca/en/community/holiday-train

Vista Spirit Wear

If you would like Santa to deliver Vista spirit wear on Christmas Day please have your orders in by Wednesday. We will keep your secret;)

The good old hockey game

A few weeks ago a group of our friends began playing a make shift hockey game with tubes and blocks we had in our class. They worked together to decide on rules for their game and even decided on team names. 

As their interests grew we explored different aspects of hockey. We learned about famous players such as Tim Horton and Bobby Ore. We learned how to make a hockey rink and measured out the lines on our carpet. As time progressed we added mini hockey sticks, safety gear, and a rubber ball. We learned the lyrics to a popular French Canadian hockey song to improve our hockey vocabulary. After a month of excitement we finished off our unit with an intense tournament. The cheers were so loud they were heard down the hall!

Our enthusiasm was felt throughout the school and our Vice Principal Mme. Lira graciously donated tickets to an upcoming Spitfires game. And one of our early years teachers, M. Fullerton donated autographed rookie cards by New Jersey Devils player, Adam Hendrique. The students were given raffle tickets every time they did a random act of kindness (filled a friends bucket). 

Congratulations to all of our winners! 

Pumpkin fun

Thanks to some great donations we spent some time exploring our interest in pumpkins! We decorated them with letters. Figured out different ways to measure them, learnt about shapes by designing our jack-o-lanternan. We worked together to gut our pumpkins and ate some tasty seeds. Finally, we cut up our pumpkins and dispersed them in our field for hungry critters. 

Our trip to Colasantis!

We had so much fun exploring Colasantis! Together we learnt about exotic animals from all over the world. Conquered a maze and found pumpkins, and had a wild time on some exciting rides!

A huge Merci to all of our parent volunteers who spent the day with us!