The field trip to Grouse Mountain was PHENOMENAL despite the constant downpour of rain throughout the day!  (Many kudos to our stalwart parents and volunteers who braved the wet weather!) After a long bus ride we arrived at the Grouse Mountain Tram.  It was exciting to all squash into the Skyride tram and head up to the Alpine Station. We could feel the swaying, bumps, and shakes as we headed up the Mountain, but it was so rainy and foggy that we couldn’t actually see how high we were!  Our morning was spent in an authentic Pacific Northwest Coast Longhouse, where we both watched and participa ..read more

Although we didn’t get our daffodils from the Ministry this year (they somehow left us off the list!), Mrs. Boekhout had saved lots of the bulbs from last year AND she bought some special “Happy Canada 150” red and white tulips that came right from Holland!   In the Fall, we learned about bulbs and how they grow.  Then we planted our bulbs.  We also learned about the life cycle of Mason Bees.  They are Solitary Bees, so they don’t make a hive.  The females almost never sting, and the males can’t sting at all!  That’s nice!  Mason Bees are one of the first insects to come out in Spring, and the ..read more

Another FANTASTIC Evergreen Cultural Center Art Program was “Cyanotypes”… sometimes known as “Sun Prints”.  The first step is to arrange some interesting shapes on the special photographic paper.  Then you have to wait patiently while the sunlight does its magic!  We saved our wonderful prints as a “Mother’s Day” gift! What a wonderful learning artistic experience! Here’s a little snippet of our learning! https://classroom2kids.edublogs.org/files/2017/09/cyanotypes-1v01tcf-1pr0xdd.mp4 Where did your Mom put her Cyanotype present ..read more

Every year our class has a VERY special project to do… tracking the TRASH around Nestor School!  We pick up the trash in partners first.  One partner collects the litter and the other partner writes down “what kind” of litter it is.  After 4 days, we tally up ALL our results.  That’s a lot of MATH!  Then we figure out how  Nestor students are doing as compared to previous years.  We make BIG posters and prepare a presentation for the whole school to hear our findings.  Later on, we start delivering the Earth School trophies and certificates to those classrooms who have sent in their “Earth log ..read more

The 100th Day of School is always a big event!  Our class celebrates with fun “Math Stations” where we do all kinds of activities to do with “100”! Here we are in action! https://classroom2kids.edublogs.org/files/2017/09/Hundred-Day2-28b8fyb-tkrwiw.mp4  What was YOUR favourite part of 100 day ..read more

We celebrated a birthday for Dr. Seuss by reading some of his books and watching videos on the week of March 2… Dr. Seuss would have been 113! We couldn’t pass up going to the Evergreen Theater production of Seussical the Musical... especially since one of our own class members, Kaitlyn,  was in the production! We were delighted to see some baby ducks on the way.  Earlier in the school year, the whole school saw a “LunchBox Theater” production from Dr. Seuss as well! What a great year for Dr. Seuss in our class! https://classroom2kids.edublogs.org/files/2017/09/lunchbox-theate ..read more

Oh my… somehow I missed posting Mickey Mouse’s Birthday on November 18th!  (He turned 88 this year, so he’s not as old as my Mum!)  We did a step-by-step Art Sketch project to celebrate!     Here are our sketches! https://classroom2kids.edublogs.org/files/2017/09/sketches-2afuu3r-1vrla9h.mp4 Who is YOUR favourite “Mickey Mouse” character ..read more

We are SO lucky to have the Evergreen Cultural Center so close and so full of wonderful Art Programs.  This time we learned how to make clay masks!  Later on, we painted them back in the classroom.  That was the MESSIEST Art Project we have ever done! We had to paint the masks black and then rub the top layer off… there was BLACK PAINT EVERYWHERE!  In the end, the Masks were AMAZING! Here are the finished products!   Create your own slideshow design What was YOUR favourite part of making your mask ..read more

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We were lucky to have a Coquitlam Express Hockey Team member come to our class!  The team is committed to the value of books so we were treated to a reading of a “Brady Brady” hockey story.  Everyone got a signed poster of the team. Have YOU ever played hockey before ..read more