May 24, 2019

Hi Families,

We had a wonderful field-trip to Arts Commons yesterday, participating in workshops on masks, and indigenous drumming. Thank you to the volunteers who were able to join us for the day!

Our final Fish Creek Park visit continued to match our expectations for weather and experiences! Thank you to all the volunteers who helped make our series such a success! During our walk-alongside we viewed Ms. Thomas' favourite plant, Wolf Willow, and learned about it's different uses, as well as explored some evidence of insects, wood ants and a goldenrod gall fly.

We had some hairy, crawling friends join our classroom at the end of his week. Most students have predicted they are caterpillars and that they will soon transform. Watch the blog for updates!

Next week, we are back to routine! Lots of fantastic learning still to happen this year, especially as we bring the learning form our field-trips back to the classroom and make connections throughout the curriculum, and developing writing and art projects. As always, our learning is cumulative, so when your child misses time in the classroom, it leaves gaps in their understanding as they are not present for supporting activities, rich conversation and micro-teaching moments. Please do your best to encourage full attendance in these last few weeks before summer holidays!

Reminders for next week:
- Independent Spelling Program will resume on Monday. Look for lists in your child's folder, if applicable.
- Please send Home Reading for exchange.
- Library exchange on Wednesday.

Enjoy the weekend!
Lindsay Brown