Our Concert Week!!

Hi Families,

What an exciting week we have had! Thank you so much for coming to our concert and supporting us! We hope you enjoyed the show!

Here are some stories from behind the scenes!

Videos
Many families sent information about different countries that we have been to or where our family is from. We researched these countries and learned about different dances from these areas. We chose our favourite 5 videos to show you at the concert. You got to see Bhangra, Irish Step Dancing, Merengue, Shaolin Monk Dance, The Hora, and Tinikling. 

Decorations
Our class made all the signs, words, and messages that you saw on the walls for the concert. We shared different languages that we speak and we learned some new languages too!
                    

Costumes
We watched different videos of hula dancers to prepare for our performance. We planned and made different grass and straw outfits to wear. We made our own head pieces too!
                   

Hawaiian Roller Coaster
While we watched hula videos, we learned different actions can tell a story. We chose some hula actions to match our song and made some of our own moves too. We all helped to make the moves for our dance! Can you tell which moves are our favourites?

Millions Dreams
We have had so much fun learning this song because we got to visit other classes to go and sing with them. Our class was partnered with Mrs. Harcharik's class for our part. Each class chose a special dream for the world. We voted to choose our class dream:
We dream of a world full of love, kindness, and respect.

Dress Rehearsal Surprise
Thursday afternoon we practised the concert for the students at the school. They loved it! After the concert our big buddies surprised us with a BIG card and a message! We love our big buddies!
                     

Family Performance
We were so excited to perform for you last night. First, we were a bit nervous because the lights were all off but then we were ready to dance and sing. We even saw some of you singing O Canada with us!
          

Snacks and Crafts
Many families sent in food donations and we made head bands and bracelets to sell at the concert. 

(Thank you for making our evening a success and for being such amazing families!! It is a pleasure to work with you!! - From Ms. Boag and Ms. Ancona)

Our Week April 16 - 20

Hi Families,

Our concert is one week away and there is lots happening in our classroom to prepare!
Please remember that our concert begins at 6:30 but the doors to the gym will open at 6:00. Seating is first come, first serve. 
There will also be snacks and refreshments being sold starting at 5:45 as well as arts and crafts made by our students.

Here are some stories from the week.

Plastic Bag Challenge!
Monday is the last day to bring in plastic bags to recycle. We have so many it is amazing! We will give them to Walmart on Monday after school to recycle. 
                  

At the Zoo
This week at the zoo we focused on animals that use camouflage in different ways. We learned about zebras, lions, cheetahs, foxes, and rabbits. 
We also read the book 'Felicity Floo Visits the Zoo' and made a book of our own. 
             

World Book Day
Today Black Walnut celebrated World Book Day! Our class dressed up as Pete the Cat. We read and listened to Pete the Cat stories and we even made a play to retell our favourites! We think we will perform it at our Kinder Star assembly on April 30th so stay tuned!!
                         

Concert Preparations
We are so excited to perform for you next week. We were busy making costumes for our Hula dance this week - we look amazing!! We also made signs and posters to decorate the gym. You are going to LOVE our performance!

Our Week in Kindergarten April 9 - 13

Hi Families,

With our concert just 2 weeks away (April 26th 6:30pm) we have been busy dancing and singing. Thank you to those families who have sent in their 'Dance Around the World' page. So far we have learned about the Philippines dance 'Tinikling' and the Kenyan dance 'Chakacha'. Tickets for our concert went on sale this week on cash online so be sure to order!

Here are some stories from our week!

Plastic Bag Challenge
We have a bag challenge this week. The whole school is bringing in plastic bags to recycle. We collect bags from different classes. We count the plastic bags and put them into a big box. When the challenge is over we will take the bags to Walmart and they will recycle them and turn them into new things!



Pink Day
On Wednesday it was another pink shirt day! We made a buddy chain. We each made a buddy message on a small paper and then we put them together in a chain and put them on the wall.
 Our buddy chain is taller than Ms. Boag!!


At the Zoo
Everyday this week we have learned about a different animal. Today was zebra day. We learned that zebras can kick to protect themselves. Their kick is powerful and it can break bones! So look out for zebras!! Earlier this week we learned about elephants and how to be a zookeeper. A zookeeper has to cut the elephants toenails and clean them!
        

Big Buddies in the Makerspace
Our big buddies met us in the makerspace. Some buddies had made surprise toys for us and other buddies helped us make bows with twist ties. We always love seeing our big buddies. We made lego creations and paper airplanes. and some of us got to visit with Ms. Stevens pet guinea pig named Grace. Ms. Darlow also brought some neat suction shapes to build towers with.

3D Shape Books
We made towers with 3D shapes. We learned some 3D shapes can slide, roll, or stack. 3D shapes are fat not  flat. Ms. S gave each of us a 3D shape book so that we could put things that we have learned inside. Today, we are going on a 3D shape walk to find shapes around us.

Planetarium
The Planetarium came to visit us! We went into a dark tent and we saw stars and planets shining on the walls of the tent. We had a scientist named Olivia. 

Our Week April 3 - 6

Hi Families,

Here are some stories from our 2 short weeks at school. 

It's a Zoo!
We have been busy making different animals to go in our zoo. Now we have started to think about what a zookeeper does in the zoo. We are researching our zoo animals to see what the zookeepers do to take care of them. 
                          

Elephants and Polar Bears
We watched a video about elephant zookeepers. They clean the elephant's feet, look in their mouths, and cut up celery and apples for the elephants to eat.
                         

Ms. S brought in a paper polar bear for us to see and it was so big! It was as big as our carpet! We did not know that polar bears could be so big! We have been working in small groups to try to measure our polar bear in different ways. So far we have measure using cards, shapes, and dominoes.
     

3D Shapes
It is fun learning about 3D shapes. We have a 3D song that we like to sing everyday. We have looked for different 3D shapes in our classroom and have tried to build our own. 

Shape Shadows
At the construction centre we all got to build a tower using 3D shapes. Then we put a flashlight behind our tower so we could see the shadows. We put paper on the wall and then we drew our shadows to make our towers into art.

             

Getting Ready for the Concert!
On April 26th at 6:30pm it will be our Kindergarten Concert 'Rhythm of the Night'. We have been busy learning about dances from around the world and we have decided to do a hula dance for the concert! Our song is called Hawaiian Roller Coaster - be sure to ask us to show you our cool moves!

Our Week - March 19 - 23

Hi Families,

Welcome Back!!! We hope you had a restful March Break! We were excited to share stories from our March Break in our sharing circle and we wrote stories for our Special Books.

March Break Journals
Each Day this week we have had students share their March Break Journals. They each take a turn to show pictures and answer questions. 

Eye Tests
Our Bluejays has their vision screening this week. They all had a photo taken of their eyes with a special camera. Then they did different tests wearing glasses or with one eye closed.

Graduation Photos
Our Bluejays were very excited to bring home their Graduation photos to show their families. Please remember to place your orders by March 29th!

It's a Zoo
We have decided to close our Aquarium and are creating a zoo! We have made different animals from egg cartons and now we are making them homes.

Ramp Challenge
As we begin to explore shapes we have started to make ramps in our construction. We are trying to see what shapes will roll the farthest and the fastest. 

Spring
Spring is here! We were happy to see that there is no snow left! We went out to the forest with our big buddies today to look for Spring changes.

Welcome Ms. S!
Ms. S has joined us this week from UOIT. She is teaching us about 3D shapes. 

Our Week Before March Break! March 5-9

Hi Families,

We wish you all a safe and happy March Break! Remember that your child has a March Break Journal that he/she can write stories in. Or feel free to send us a postcard!

Here are some stories from the week.

Birthday Balloons
This week we sorted ourselves based on our Birthdays. We made Birthday Balloons this week to go on our wall to show our sorting. Now we can see when our friends have birthdays!

Nature Walk
Owl Game - Ms. Boag was the owl and we all had 10 seconds to hide while she closed her eyes. If she called our name we were caught! We also spent some time listening to the forest and looking all around. We each chose a quiet sit spot where we could draw things that we thought we interesting.


Superhero Costumes
Some people knew that they did not have superhero costumes so this week we made our own costumes! We used paper, string, paint, pencil crayons, plates, crayons and more to make our costumes!
                       

Superhero Shapes
After a Chickadee noticed that Batman's logo is an oval shape we decided to look for more superhero shapes! We drew them into our shape books!
                           

Big Buddies
Our Big Buddies came to visit on Thursday. Together we made superheroes and side kicks. We used a blank person shape and then we coloured them to turn them into superheroes. We gave each superhero a power and a superhero name.
                       


Superhero day
Superhero Day is special because we get to wear costumes. It is fun to pretend to be superheroes and to to make superhero poses. We had many Wonder Women, Supergirls, Spidermen, and Batmen! We named superheroes and sorted them in different ways.

One of our Bluejays brought a game for us to try! It was called 'Pin the A on Captain America'! We really liked this game!
                

Our Week - February 26 - March 2

Hi Families,

Here are some stories from the week...

Olympics
The Winter Olympics finished on the weekend, but the Black Walnut Olympics finished on Wednesday! We were very happy that our class country of Slovenia finished the race! We learned a lot about winter sports and had fun learning new ways to exercise. 
                              


It's a Zoo
We read the story Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell. It is a funny story with a patterned text so we enjoyed helping to read the story. After reading, we decided to make some of our own animals that we can tell our own stories with and then we can make a zoo with them.
                   


Pink Shirt Day
On Wednesday, we celebrated Pink Shirt Day by wearing pink and red.  We practised being a buddy not a bully and made our own T-shirts with messages. 

Here are some of our thoughts on being kind:

Being kind is talking to people and helping them get to the snack table
Being kind is not grabbing. We should be nice sharing and ask nicely
Being Kind is reading a book to a chickadee and helping them
Being Kind is not breaking things. We should be kind and gentle and careful
Being Kind is playing with everyone and not being mean. Try to make a new friend each day.

                      
                          
Shapes! Shapes! Shapes!
This week for our nature walk we used clipboards and pencils and went on a shape walk. We stopped in different places and looked for shapes in the world around us and drew them into our shape books.
When we got back to class, we added some different shapes to our math centre to play with and explore. 
       
                                
Letter Book
We took down our Chicka Chicka Letters this week and put them together in a book. It was fun to look back on all the art we received and we already love looking at our new class book. 
                     



Chicks
We had 4 special visitors on Wednesday. One of our Bluejays brought in some chicks that she and her family are taking care of. She told us that they came out of eggs and are now growing big! We watched them eat and drink and we listened to them peeping!


Grad Photos
Our Bluejays looked fantastic today for their SK Grad photos. You are going to love them!