Sunrise Story (JK)
This week in our music room, JK students explored the element of the form in music through a Reggio-inspired activity that focuses on the process of Responding. I played the composition “Sunrise” from the Grand Canyon...
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The Language of International Baccalaureate (IB)
Our Grade 4 class settles into the routines and expectations of Grade 4, we begin our IB journal through the lens of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Learner Profile: INQUIRERKNOWLEDGEABLETHINKERPRINCIPLEDOPEN-MINDEDCARINGRISK-TAKERBALANCEDREFLECTIVE What these attributes provide us with...
Back to school fun and learning in Visual Arts
Back to school fun and learning, while developing skills in Visual Arts! Grade 8. Drawing contours and form contours while exploring line and enjoying nature on a beautiful September day! Grade 7. Converging lines...
Hibernation
The grade 1 students were learning about hibernation before the school year by watching videos, having discussions, creating art pieces, reading stories and doing research. Reading Response: The students wrote a response on an...
Senior Kindergarten Sharing the Planet
As part of our inquiry we have followed the children's lead, and carried out some planting before the end of the school year. The children chose either beans or flower seeds to...
Honouring 215 children
#EveryChildMatters Our school week in Grade 5 was given the title of 'Orange Shirt Week' to honour the 215 children who lost their lives at a Residential school in Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation in...
The Beauty of Butterflies
Our Junior Kindergarten children were excited to begin learning about butterflies. We began by looking at a video that mentioned that there were over 20,000 species of butterflies in the world. https://youtu.be/QH_G1dSdPes We then...
We Can All Be Water Guardians and Keepers!
The Grade Two students had a chance to welcome Asha Frost, an indigenous healer who talked to us about the importance of water and how sacred this resource is to the survival...
How To Save our Planet
In collaboration with the Grade 2 IB theme Sharing the Planet, the grade 2's viewed the David Attenborough video entitled "How to Save Our Planet". We connected to how our actions affect...
Paper Tower Structure Building Challenge
Our grade 5 students put the learning theory of constructionism into practice by building knowledge through the construction of paper tower structures. Their task was to create the tallest tower possible with only...