Sports day fun in the sun

Thank you to those who came to join fun sports in the sun :)

Along with the fun, it was a great time to observe the children's understanding in application of knowledge and skills

Self-management: gross motor, spatial awareness, and codes of behaviour

Social emotioal: respecting others, cooperating, and resolving conflict 

Thinking: application, and evaluation

Communication: listening, speaking and non-verbal

Mystery readers

I would like to dedicate this blog post to this semester's mystery and extend a big THANK YOU!

 

I have to admit the children were a little disappointed when we had to announce no reader on our last day of school before the December holiday - It's been a pleasure having you in our classroom to share your stories and cultures with us.

We look forward to having more Mystery readers visit us next semester. Please check for available dates in the google doc.

It would be great to have someone for January 15th and January 29th. 

For your convenience, I will update this post with future Mystery Reader slide shows as I get them produced. 


Mystery Reader #1

Mystery Reader #2

Mystery Reader #3

Mystery Reader #4

Mystery Reader #5

Mystery Reader #6

Reflection on who we are as learners and our 3-Way Conferences

I have to start by expressing how proud I am of our EY2 learners. The 3WC this week was evidence of their maturing minds in understanding how to see themselves as (lifelong) learners. 

Leading up to the 3WC the children were fully immersed in play, practice, and reflections. Their energy and engagement were motivating to see. While combining the objectives of our two units, Who we are, and How we express ourselves, the children were invited to work in either a small group with a teacher who would model or guide specific skills or they were encouraged to ask for and engage with the resources they found interesting. At the same time, each child had an individual 'chat time' with the classroom teacher to elicit their thinking and scribe their poster comments. The accuracy with which most of them were able to place or judge themselves was a pleasant surprise.




A few days before the 3WC's the children were keen to practice and share their work with their teachers, buddies, and peers.

While sharing to our peers, the children were given the objective to apply what they have learned about being good communications (presenters and listeners). with the goal to try to recall one thing they learned about a friend.

Huge congratulations to EY2 students for their 

effort and achievements at the conference.