Ms. Gardner's Grade 1 - 2023 2024

Reminders - Swimming Lessons This Week! We are so excited for our opportunity to take swimming lessons this week.  It will be busy and exciting for us, but also very tiring.  We ask that you please ensure your child has had an extra hearty and healthy breakfast each day, as our schedule will be off from our regular routine, and we likely will not be having a snack until we return to school at 10:45.   We had an excellent day at the Leighton Art Centre on Monday.  I hope that your child shared some of the many amazing things we got to do on our day.   Here are some of the highlights that kids had from the day.   Seeing the bones and the antlers - George Making some artwork and making some new friends - Eamon Getting to size the side of the caribou antlers - Andrew Playing Zombie tag in the forest - Marat Trying to create the echo - Clark Seeing my friends on the bus - Walker The nature walk and painting - Arlo Painting the rocky mountains and ...

  Dear Parents, I hope that everyone is enjoying the spring weather this long weekend!  Read below to hear about our week! Reminders: As a reminder, we will be going to the Leighton Art Centre on Monday April 22 for the whole day.   The Leighton Art Centre is located 30 mins outside the city limits.  The weather conditions are slightly different at the art centre compared to in the city.  Currently, there is still snow on the ground and temperatures are often cooler.  Please send your child dressed in layers(t-shirt, sweater, jacket), hat, mittens, jacket, and boots that will keep their feet warm and dry.  It is recommended that you pack an extra pair of socks and change of clothes in case it is needed.  As well, we will be active all day!  Please pack a sizeable snack, full leakproof water bottle, and lunch for your child.   Social Studies This week we have been building our background knowledge and learning about the founders...

Another week seemed to fly by in Grade 1.  Here is a look at some of the things we got up to this week. Thank you to everyone for their prompt return on all of our field trip forms for Leighton Art Centre and Swimming lessons.  We will be notifying and finalizing parent volunteers very shortly.  These experiences are great opportunities for our students and we are very excited.   Science  We checked in our Class Pet Tree, and continue to see that it has little to no change still, that we have observed and recorded over the past few months.   Social With our upcoming field trip, we began to have discussions and conversations around some various topics that will prepare us for our learning at the Leighton Centre.  We looked at urban and rural communities, by looking at our own community as well as the place where the Leighton Centre is located.  We discussed and identified differences and similarities between these 2 different types of com...