What's New in One and Two? June 29,2016

Reminders - Last Day of school party - Thursday, June 30 in the afternoon
                     SNACKS - Anyone who would like to bring something for our party

WHEW!  We've almost made it.  Tomorrow is the last day of school (for this year).  I wanted to thank all of the parents who helped out in our classroom this year, drove on field trips, helped with hot lunches and PIP events, send in supplies for projects, helped with reading and homework and supported our classroom activities in so many way.  I appreciate all of your help and kindness. 
God's blessings to all of you and may you have a safe and enjoyable summer. 

I hope you found the last couple of art/science projects in amongst all of the things your child has brought home this week.  There should have been four pieces of pottery and a butterfly mobile. 
Keep an eye out over the summer for any class books and return them in the fall.

The best homework for over the summer is to read, read, read, everyday and keep a summer journal (writing and pictures) of what they have done everyday.

Here are some photos of our last field trip to Oak Hammock Marsh.

 

 

 

Here is a photo from our Great Canadian Cereal Box Car Derby.

 

 

And photos from our last visit with baby Fiona.

 

 

Talent Show participants -

And finally, some photos from Sports Day.

What's New in One and Two? June 13 - 17, 2016

REMINDERS - Scholastic Book orders are due on Wednesday, June 15
                         - NO SCHOOL on Friday, June 17
                         - PIP barbeque on Thursday, June 16
                         - Field Trip to Oak Hammock Marsh - permission slips

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!                                   Emerson                                  June 22
                                                                       Riel                                          June 27
                                                                       Chris                                        July 17
READ-A-THON
Thank you to all of the families who supported our Read-a-thon.  We had lots of fun reading outside as a whole school and choosing which literacy baskets to try to win.  Congratulations to all of the winners!

 

SPRING CONCERT

I have a few photos of the Spring Concert.  But mine are of the dress rehearsal which took place outside at an earlier time.

 

 

BABY FIONA

Mrs. Culley and baby Fiona came for their second "Seeds of Empathy" visit.

 

 

BUTTERFLIES

Our caterpillars have now all transformed into their chrysalis stage.  We just have to wait now (a week or 10 days) before our butterflies emerge.  These are Painted Lady butterflies and we will release them after observing them for a few days.

 

ART

Our "Japanese Bridge and Water Lily Pond" paintings have been hanging up on the hallways bulletin board since the Spring Concert.  Hopefully you had a chance to see them.  These painting are inspired by the artist Claude Monet and his water lily paintings.



We have also been working on a number of clay pieces for art.  We made a pinch pot, a coil pot, a clay animal and a cross medallion.  These pottery pieces are off to the kiln to be fired.

 

OUR TRIP TO THE AVIATION MUSEUM
We had a great field trip to the Aviation Museum.  Thank you to all of the parents who drove and stayed with us.  We learned a lot about Position and Motion.  The highlight was building and testing our own Lego vehicles (using wheels and axles).
Thank you to Lawrence's dad for sharing these photos with us.

What's New in One and Two? May 16 - 20. 2016

REMINDERS  - May 18, Wednesday - Wear your BSLS school shirt (Grade 2's - violin field trip)
                          - May 19, Thursday - Make a HAT DAY (at school)
                          - NO SCHOOL on Friday, May 20 and Monday, May 23
                          - SPRING CONCERT and EVENING of the ARTS - Wednesday, May 25

ABORIGINAL PEOPLE of the NORTHWEST COAST
We have finished our study about the NW Coast aboriginal people.  We learned about how they lived long ago and a little about the history from the time of the European contact up to today.  We made small totem poles, decorated canoes, designed button blankets, practiced weaving a bookmark and made a group totem pole with our own animal crest designs.  Here are a few pictures of our projects.

 

MOVIE PARTY

We had lots of fun at our last class movie party.

 

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR
The book fair is now open during the lunch recess time (12:20 to 12:50).  The children may purchase books (and other items) during this time or with their parents during the Evening of the Arts Concert next week Wednesday.

FIELD TRIP
There is another up-coming field trip booked for our class.  This trip is to the Aviation Museum where we will be participating in a program called "Stop and Go".  This program is all about Position and Motion, which is also our next Science unit.  We will be going on Friday, June 3rd in the afternoon.  We will need parents drivers for this field trip so keep this date open if you are able to help us out.

GREEN DAY
On Monday we cleaned up our playground and went for a nature walk.