2020/2021
When We Were Alone
The Grade 2/3’s have been reviewing their Indigenous Perspectives lessons this week. They started off with vocabulary and what Indigenous means, remembering that the term includes three groups of people – the Métis, First Nations and Inuit. They talked about what they learned about Residential Schools during Orange Shirt Day earlier in the school year.…
Read MoreAbout the Author
This past month the Grade 1’s have been working hard on creating their own original story. They had to make story maps and storyboards, write a first draft, edit it and then make a good copy. They also created About the Author pages. The Grade 1’s are officially published! Two students even went as far…
Read MoreThe Great Outdoors
“Let me paint a picture for you. Close your eyes and imagine you are in the great outdoors. You are standing in front of a marsh surrounded by fresh air and the smell of water lilies. All of a sudden, a red winged black bird flies over your head toward a group of tall pine…
Read MoreMy Time with Terry – Fred Fox Comes to Visit
Our very dear CGS friend Fred Fox came to ‘visit’ last Friday. He came to us live from the Terry Fox Foundation in Burnaby, BC. It was so great to see him and to hear more about his relationship with his extraordinary brother Terry. We have heard Terry’s story so many times at CGS but…
Read MoreAmazing AGO Journeys for SK
The SK’s have been very busy over the last several weeks learning amazing new things about Art & Culture from the AGO. They’ve had three extremely enriching and engaging workshops – Art and the Environment, Art and the Senses and, most recently, Indigenous Art and Artists. This last session was perfectly timed for the start…
Read MoreCoding Takes to the Sidewalk
How cool is this? The Grade 2/3’s took their Technology coding project curbside. The sidewalks have never looked so smart! Codes had to include 10 commands and a P1 or P2 (if the children wanted more challenge). P stands for Procedure. These commands are used to extract a common set of instructions or patterns from…
Read MoreA Trip Down Memory Lane in JK
The JK’s have been on a trip down Memory Lane this week. It’s hard to believe we’ve reached this time of the year already! We’ve been reviewing short vowels, rhyming and punctuation in Language arts. In Math, it’s ten frames for addition and reviewing numbers 1-20, both recognizing and printing. On Wednesday morning, to get…
Read MoreRight Direction & Safe Passage
The Grade 1’s learned about Inukshuks this week. They learned that they were first created by the Inuit and represent a beacon for those looking for the right direction and safe passage. An Inukshuk in the shape of a person signifies safety, hope and friendship. While stone figures resembling human forms are often referred to as…
Read MoreCGS Virtual Talent Gets Real
Lights, Camera, Action… Press Play! This year’s Talent Show went virtual. Thank you so much to the students and families who submitted videos. Talents ranged from piano and singing to skateboarding and drawing. Even Sally, Mani’s kind, soft-spoken teaching assistant turtle, sang a song! For those of you familiar with this annual show, you know…
Read MoreToad Abodes
This week in SK we started off with frogs and ended with toads. It’s been a very powerful unit for the class. First up was the life cycle of frogs lesson. To build on this inquiry unit, we headed out for a field trip to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority for their ‘Frog Watch’…
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