Last week's Kindergarten Science Experiment Still waiting for our butterflies to emerge Dear Families, Our final days this month are going to fly by. The children love their grade one visits and teachers are excited to spend time with our Kinders. The children are beginning to imagine grade one with these amazing educators and come back saying I love Ms. Anderson's hot wheels game or Ms. Cowan plays Go Noodle!!! We will continue with the grade one visits for the next two weeks and the children will meet our third grade one teacher, Ms Clarke. I love that grade one is viewed as a new adventure by the children. This week I will send home a hard copy of our Learning At A Glance which summarizes the second term. Report cards will be emailed to families this year.  Your child will find out the grade one placements the first week of school once the number of divisions has been approved by the school district.  As expected the final eight days of school are busy with school activiti...

Good morning and happy Saturday. I hope that you have some awesome plans. Our family is heading out to the Duncan Market for some fresh produce and a visit with friends followed by dinner at a local farm. Weekends are the best aren't they. This week we were fortunate to meet Nanaimo Science at the seashore for some tide pool observations using dip nets, buckets and shovels. The Kinders enjoyed using the digital microscope as well as viewing the mini habitat that the scientists set up for us. The reorganization of our block centre combined with a refresh of our loose parts, especially the yarn cones and cardboard tubes, has resulted in some amazing stories - space travel, school, deep sea fishing, car tracks and many more. If you are interested in knowing a little more about loose parts I have recently posted a mini slideshow. Just follow the link below for access. Playing with Loose Parts Our family science is winding down and has been very popular with the children. I love all of ...