Our Week(s) in Kindergarten - March 25 - April 5

Hi Families,

Thank you so much for being a part of our Spring concert - Under the Sea - we hope you enjoyed! We had a lot of fun putting it together! 
Since we were busy last week, enjoy stories from the past 2 weeks. 

Concert
That's a wrap! Our under the Sea concert was a success! We loved singing O Canada in sign language and singing Moana's song with all the Kindie classes but our favourite was our Octopus Song! We worked really hard to make our own hats and each got to choose a kazoo to wear as a necklace. We painted pictures of ocean animals to decorate the walls and did lots of practises and we think we did a great job!



Measuring
Ms. Tamaki has been teaching us about measuring. We have learned about length and height so far. We measured each other to see who was the tallest kid in class and the shortest kid in class. We also did a scavenger hunt to find long and short things.
                               

Textile Drive
Our Bag2Bag challenge was amazing! We filled more than half of the truck with used clothes and old fabrics and towels and sheets! We watched the truck get filled up and watched the driver weigh the truck to see how heavy it was. He put a scale under the wheel and drove over it! He gave us a cheque for $340 for our donations!!!


Blue Shirt Day
On Tuesday, It was Blue Shirt day for Autism awareness. We learned that it's ok to be different or to learn in a different way. We're all kids who love to learn and be at school and we can all be friends! We read the story Red, which was about a blue crayon with a red wrapper. He felt different and just didn't fit in at first, but he found ways to show what he was good at! 

Building Challenge
Ms. Tamaki has given us building challenges in our construction centre. First she asked us to build something taller than her structure. Next, she made a river and asked us to make a bridge to help the animals cross! What will she come up with next! 

Kinder Star Assembly
Thursday was our Kinder Star assembly. We sang 'Hello to All the Children of the World'. We like this song because we get to say hello in different languages! We also got to make flags! We really like painting!
                   

Growing Patterns
We worked with our pattern blocks this week to try to make patterns that grew. We started with simple shapes like trees and flowers and made them grow and grow! We made step 1 and step 2 together and then made the next steps on our own. For some shape patterns we could tell you how to make step 10!
               

Upcoming
Pink Shirt Day is April 10th - Be a buddy and not a bully and wear a pink shirt. Anyone can wear pink - boys and girls! We are all friends no matter what kind or colour of clothes we wear!




Parent Engagement - A Night of Modern Learning April 11th 6:30pm
Follow the bit.ly in the photo to register. Excellent speakers from the school, Board consultants, and experts will be hosting workshops to help adults learn about Modern Learning. What it is and how it is used in class and beyond!