April 11th Edition of
The K/1 Class News
Hello families, here are a few highlights from our week. The solar eclipse went unnoticed due to the weather, but we live-streamed for a little while.
“Mr. Cucumber”, aka Quentin Harris, visited to start our school pole carving project. This is a very special opportunity to learn about traditional Indigenous protocols in carving and the meaning of poles of Coast Salish communities. This is a beautiful project that we are doing together as a school community.
The class was very excited to “candle” our chick eggs to see how they are developing. At day 7, we could see veins, a small red dot (the embryo) and an air sac. So cool! We are now studying life cycles and even brought in real eggs to use to compare different weights in math.
We continue learning how to say out numbers 1-10 in Hul’q’umi’num, breaking words down to hear individual sounds and Mrs. Cheryl taught about the 13 moons in Art.
Ask your child to tell you about the different musical instruments they are learning about in music class!
Our class was asked by Byron Farm to be a part of a pumpkin growing project! We planted pumpkin seeds from the pumpkin patch we visited in the fall and will then return the plants to be grown for this year’s crop! A great way to observe the life cycle and perhaps see them full size when we go back next school year!
Forms for the Spring Showcase were due on Thursday. If your child is doing a performance, please facilitate lots of practice time over the weekend and following week so they are prepared to show me they are ready.
Important Dates to Remember:
April 15th – Bake Sale (send a loonie or toonie for a treat if you wish)
April 22nd – Earth Day
April 23rd – Book Fair and dress like a book character day!
April 23rd – Hatch Day!
April 24th – Field Trip to town (Fire Hall and Thrifty Foods)
April 25th - Spring Showcase 1pm (parents are welcome to come watch!)
April 25th – Mrs. Cheryl’s last day!
May 7th – Class/school photos
Warmly,
Ara Van Riel
avanriel@sd64.org
