September 28, 2018

Hello Families, 

We have had a busy week with lots of fun events happening at Lake Bonavista School. We introduced our brand new multi-aged color groups, where each student is a member of a color. In this group, we will be participating in school wide events, with students in all grades, Kindergarten to Grade 6. For our first activity, we got to know our group members and made hand prints in our colors . Two other teachers and I are members of the purple group, but there are also blue, red, yellow, green, and orange groups with different teachers!

It was also our 2018 Terry Fox Run on Tuesday. Students had a challenge of running as many laps as possible in a challenge against Andrew Sibbald school. The school which earns the most laps per student will have a chicken dance from the opposing schools principals at the next assembly! This was a great incentive for students to run a lot of laps! We also talked about the bravery and strength of Terry Fox, and how he was the kind of person who would never give up.  After the run we completed a visual journal page, where we learned to lace up (using string) a paper running shoe. We talked about the big concept of empathy!

Today our school participated in Orange Shirt Day, and attended an assembly hosted by two grade 3/4 classes. Orange Shirt Day is a big, tricky concept for our little ones. We did some exercises in class to evoke some feeling, for example, taking away a favorite item and never getting it back, or discussing what it would feel like if school was no longer a safe place to be. Please remember the official Orange Shirt Day takes place on September 30th. 

We finished off our loose parts color wheel and it looks amazing! :)

I look forward to jumping into October and continuing with our MindUp learning! Our class and Ms. Thomas's class are leading the  whole school October assembly (most likely in the morning on October 25), parents and guests are welcome to attend! I will keep you posted on the official date once it is finalized. 

Take care and enjoy your weekend!

Lindsay Brown