Drills, buddies & fall colours!
We had 2 fire drills, a hold and secure drill, a bus evacuation and a lockdown drill... all in one week! I emphasized that these were just that, drills, and that we need to practice so that we know what to do in the event of a real event.
Students met their grade 7 buddies this week! There was such excitement among everyone! I was very impressed with how patient and kind the grade 7’s were and how excited they were to have a kindergarten buddy. We read a story titled, “I Wonder”. It’s a wonderful story about how the world is full of wonder and we all wonder things, whether we are old or young. The grade 7’s helped the kindergartens write something they wonder about and helped them with an illustration. I heard so many inquisitive “wonders”, from how does the moon change shapes, how are TV’s built, and how do trees get so big.
Another focus this week was on fall colours. We explored how the color yellow mixed with red makes orange, and yellow mixed with blue makes green. All of these are fall colours. We read a story about how fall leaves become “hard and crunchy” when they hit the ground. We did a beautiful fall art project that involved students painting a brown tree trunk and crumpling up tin foil and dipping this in fall paints to create a beautiful fall tree. It was a great sensory project as it allowed students to crinkle up the tinfoil which sounds just like the crunching of leaves underneath our feet.
Today we wore orange to remember those that were affected by residential school. “The orange shirt story”, is the name of a book that talks about the story of why we wear orange shirts.
Next week we will turn our focus to Adoration and Thanksgiving and all the things we are thankful for and how we show our thanks.
Mrs. Croft
Students met their grade 7 buddies this week! There was such excitement among everyone! I was very impressed with how patient and kind the grade 7’s were and how excited they were to have a kindergarten buddy. We read a story titled, “I Wonder”. It’s a wonderful story about how the world is full of wonder and we all wonder things, whether we are old or young. The grade 7’s helped the kindergartens write something they wonder about and helped them with an illustration. I heard so many inquisitive “wonders”, from how does the moon change shapes, how are TV’s built, and how do trees get so big.
Another focus this week was on fall colours. We explored how the color yellow mixed with red makes orange, and yellow mixed with blue makes green. All of these are fall colours. We read a story about how fall leaves become “hard and crunchy” when they hit the ground. We did a beautiful fall art project that involved students painting a brown tree trunk and crumpling up tin foil and dipping this in fall paints to create a beautiful fall tree. It was a great sensory project as it allowed students to crinkle up the tinfoil which sounds just like the crunching of leaves underneath our feet.
Today we wore orange to remember those that were affected by residential school. “The orange shirt story”, is the name of a book that talks about the story of why we wear orange shirts.
Next week we will turn our focus to Adoration and Thanksgiving and all the things we are thankful for and how we show our thanks.
Mrs. Croft
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