Welcome!

Welcome to a new school year! We are so excited to embark on this learning journey with you. We hope you all had a wonderful summer.

Our classroom blog will be updated once a month. Please refer back to learn more about our full day kindergarten program, class inquiries and important school/class events.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday!

Mrs. MacRae, Mrs. Pignat, Mme. Lepage

Castle Inquiry

The students were very interested in castles. We began a new class inquiry and transformed our dramatic play area. We learned about the parts and construction of castles. We enjoyed reading various fairy tales and building our own structures.

Spirit Week

Spirit Week March 6 - 10

We take the time of Lent to teach the children about being a light in the darkness. One of the ways children can let their light shine is by helping others. The week of March 6 is a fundraising Spirit week. Each student is encouraged to bring in a loonie or a toonie each day and participate in the fun. Funds will go to our Lenten initiatives.

March 6 – PJ Day

March 7 – Stuffy Day

March 8 – Jersey Day

March 9 – Lion School Spirit Day

March 10 – Tacky Tourist

Happy Valentines' Day!

Making our Valentine's Day bags.

Family Literacy Day

Thank you to all of our amazing volunteers!!

Arctic and Antarctica Inquiry

Learning about Polar bears: what do they eat? Where do they live? What do they look like?

Learning about the Northern Lights and deepening our understanding by creating using pastels.  

Arctic and Antarctic inspired dramatic play. 

 Exploring Arctic foxes.  

Pyjama Patrol Fundraiser

Click here to learn more about the Kingdom Club's Pyjama Patrol Fundraiser that will be held February 6-17th.

Family Literacy Day

Dear parents/ guardians,

Friday January 27^th is Family Literacy Day. Students are invited to wear their pajamas and bring their favourite stuffed animal to school.

In the afternoon, 1:30-2:30 pm, we are celebrating by inviting parents to bring one of their favourite children’s stories to school. Parents will read their chosen story to a few students at a time. Please note stories should be around 10 minutes long.

If you are interested in volunteering, please let the classroom teacher know by Monday January 23^rd.  

Thank you!

Reading with Raz-Kids

This year students have access to digital resources online through Raz-Kids. There are many eBooks at just-right reading levels.

To access this amazing resource simply visit www.kidsa-z.com and enter the teacher name emacrae. Each child has an individual password that was sent home last week. If you need another password, please let us know.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! We hope you all had a restful break. We are looking forward to seeing everyone back at school tomorrow and anticipate a year of growth and learning ahead.

Spirit Week

Spirit Week  December 19-23rd
Monday	Christmas Morning Pajama Day
Tuesday	Christmas Cheer Favourite Christmas sweater, socks, red and green
Wednesday	Christmas Concert Wear a white shirt and any colour pants
Thursday	Christmas/Winter Wonderland Character Grinch, Elsa, Elf, etc.
Friday	Pajama Day

Learning about emotions and self-regulation

Self-regulation is a huge part of kindergarten. It is important for children to talk about their feelings to better learn how to regulate their emotions and deal with difficult situations. We began by conducting a "feelings circle."

We discussed how our face changes when we feel different emotions. Drawing different emotions: what does our face look like when we are happy, sad, scared or upset?

Graphing our feelings in French with Mme. Lepage. 

Some of us decided to make our own feelings emoji's at the art table, very creative!

Learning different strategies to calm our bodies when sad, anxious, upset or excited. 

Here are some of the books we have been reading as a class. 

Building Inquiry

We noticed the children's interest in building with wooden blocks increasing and began to wonder how we could expand their knowledge. We decided to create a construction zone, complete with a Site Manager, an architect table and plenty of building materials. We learned about building plans and blueprints and the importance of having a building plan.

We challenged the children to create a building plan, construct and paint their design. The results were amazing!

Learning about different buildings and structures around the world. 

Like architects and engineers, we decided to create our own design books. 

Our Pumpkin Inquiry

We began our fall inquiry on pumpkins by observing and describing them. We painted pictures and discussed their shape, size and texture.

 

 

Ask your child:

• How do pumpkins grow?
• What do pumpkins need to grow?
• What are some parts of a pumpkin?
• What does a pumpkin look and feel like?

Kingdom Club Food Drive

Dear Parents,

The Kingdom Club will be having its annual food drive for the Kanata Food Cupboard from October 24-28. We encourage you to bring in canned foods and non perishable food items [things that don't need to be refrigerated]. Other non-perishable items such as diapers, wipes and toiletries are also much appreciated! Our goal this year is 1,500 items, which is about 3 items per person in our school. This Halloween, help us to scare hunger!

We scare because we care

Here is a link to the Kanata Food Cupboard

Kanata Food Cupboard

Proulx Farm

Thank you to all of our parent volunteers who made our trip to Proulx Farms such a success! We had a wonderful time. 

Picture Day

Kindergarten to grade 2 students will be getting their school pictures taken on Thursday October 20^th. Please make sure your child is not wearing green as the photographers will be using a green screen.

Field trip to Proulx Farm

Just a reminder that field trip forms are due tomorrow; thank you for those who have agreed to volunteer.

We are looking forward to our trip this Friday. For more information on Proulx Farm, please visit their website at: http://proulxberryfarm.com/

Colour Mixing

Last week we began our first class inquiry - all about colours and colour mixing. We learned about primary and secondary colours with Mme. Lepage.
 

 

We created a classroom colour wheel together.

 

We conducted a colour experiment using food colouring, water and paper towel. We made predictions and documented our observations.

 

 Marble painting using primary colours.  

 

Marble painting using black and white.

 

 

We sorted and threaded different coloured beads to create a classroom hanging colour display.

 

 

We graphed our favourite colours and conducted classroom surveys.

 

 

 

We read the book Mix it Up.

 

We read The Black Book of Colours.

 

 

Ask your child:

• What are some colour words in French?
• What are primary colours?
• When colours do you make when you mix: blue and red, yellow and blue, red and yellow?

Family Tree

Just a reminder, we are still looking to create a classroom family tree. It is a wonderful way to create a sense of community and make our classroom feel more like home. Please send a family picture to school with your child.

Thank you!