April 29, 2019

Hello Families, 

Wow, we sure have been busy with all these field trips! We had a great day at Fish Creek Park today, everyone was able to stay warm and dry and the sun came out for us this afternoon. Because of the wet grounds, we changed our itinerary a bit to accommodate. We spent our morning exploring in small groups led by parent volunteers. In these groups we saw animals such as deer, pheasants, downy woodpeckers, northern flickers, robins, chickadees, herons and a horned owl in its nest!

After lunch, we split the students up into two classes (ours and Ms. Thomas's) and half the students did a sharing circle with the question, What can we learn from the land? while the other half of students did a walk alongside to learn about different Blackfoot oral stories from the Fish Creek Park area.  Then the groups swapped roles. We finished our day with a 5 minute sit spot, to sit and privately reflect upon and observe the land. 

Last week, on Friday, we begun our 30 by 30 Nature Challenge! This means, students will be spending a minimum of 30 minutes outside for the next 30 days in a row. For the grade 2's, this will be familiar from last year. On Friday, we went outside to meet the trees of Lake Boavista School, we collected some artifacts from Birch, Spruce, Crabapple, and Poplar trees in our school field. As we will be going outside every day, please ensure students are dressed appropriately to be outside daily for 30 plus minutes. 

This weeks word work will be coming home on bright orange/yellow paper and will be sent home tomorrow. In addition, tomorrow will be our draw for the April Laser Tag Reading Rewards challenge.

We are swimming on Tuesday and Thursday this week, please try to send some extra snacks as everyone has been extra hungry on swimming/field trip days.

Take care families, 

Lindsay Brown