2019/2020
Can The Gingerbread Man Escape the Fox?
The SK’s adore their STEM sessions and this week was no different. Their challenge: To help a gingerbread man escape from a fox without getting wet. First, they had to complete a sink and float experiment to understand density and buoyancy to ensure their raft wouldn’t sink and cause the gingerbread man to dissolve. The…
Read MoreEarly Start Goes to the Beach
Last Friday was such a fun day in Early Start – they went to the beach! The children showed up with their favourite beach toys ready to play. Liz even had a sun lamp on to give her that beachy, sunshiny glow. Some Early Starts were lucky enough to take a real dip after their…
Read MoreFather’s Day Food Drive
The Principal’s Club met yesterday for the last time this year. It was such a fun meeting! The children invited a parent (their dad if possible) to join them to help make posters for their final event of the 2019/20 school year. As many of you know, the CGS community supports Zandée and her work…
Read MoreVirtual Sharks
The Grade 2/3’s had a virtual trip to Ripley’s Aquarium on Tuesday via Zoom. The aquarium staff lead them through a live shark feeding! Pretty neat. They also met the resident turtles and learned all of their names. More field trips are coming up for the senior students on Friday with Snapology.
Read MoreThe Best Place to Start is with Ourselves
I have struggled to know what to write to the CGS Community about what has been going on in the United States, and even in our city, this past week. I have struggled to share the right words, the right sentiments, the right advice, the right direction this should take and maybe I won’t get…
Read MoreBringing Norval Home
Our Grade 2/3’s were supposed to be on their Norval sleepover yesterday and today. The children LOVE this trip and look forward to it all year, sometimes for several years. It is a real right of passage for CGS students when they reach Grade 2. Not being able to go to camp this year has…
Read MoreEarly Start is Ready to Read
Early Start has been working on CVC words and expanding their list of sight words for the past month. The children have been so excited about their learning that we thought it would be a great progression to introduce CVC readers. It has been a wonderful success. We created a ‘Ready to Read’ lesson video…
Read MoreSnapology Crowns for JK
We had our first virtual field trip this week with Snapology. The JK’s were the first up. The goal: to build a lego crown. They did some warm-up building activities to get their creative juices flowing and then moved on to their crowns. Some children branched out and made wands, thrones and castles. Austin was…
Read MoreSearching for Cereal
The Grade 1’s took on a fun project this week. They were tasked with going on a “cereal box scavenger hunt” as part of their media studies unit. Each student brought a box of cereal to their lesson (as it turns out Multigrain Cheerios is quite popular in our class!) We also discovered there is…
Read MoreOlympic Day Spirit
Olympic Day was a huge success last Friday. After a round of live, well-attended dance parties and a very enthusiastic school cheer, the students were on their way. The pictures came flooding in! First, the neighborhood scavenger hunt had students searching their surroundings for everything on their lists. (We were happy to see the rain…
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