2020/2021
You Can Find What You’re Looking For!
The Grade 1’s really know how to take advantage of a sunny day. Their spring scavenger hunt sent them off in all directions looking for flowers, bugs, noisy things and smelly things, just to name a few. There was a lengthy list to complete so it was no easy task. L takes us along for…
Read MoreGrandparent’s Week
Whether you are a Grampy, a Dan Dan, a Nani, a Nana, a Ganny, a Bubbe, a Granny, a Popou, a Babooshka, a Dadu, a Dodi, a Poppa or a Grandma, we celebrate you! For those of you that are pre-Covid CGS families, you know that Grandparent’s Day is a very special event around here.…
Read MoreThe Human Body Explained
Thank you to SK parents Julia, Kevin and Erica (who all just happen to be doctors), for coming in to share their knowledge about the human body with the children over the last few weeks. The SK’s are right in the middle of their Human Body unit in Science and parent visits make an already…
Read MoreA Tongue as Long as Your Arm
Early Start headed to the zoo this week to visit the giraffes. The children had lots of fun asking great questions. Did you know that giraffe tongues are purple and as long as your arm? Woah. A giraffe’s spots also act like air-conditioning in the hot sun. Thank you to Hailey, the zoo leader, for…
Read MoreClouds in a Jar
The Grade 1’s loved their STEM activity this week. They made clouds in a jar! The activity paired nicely with their science unit on the water cycle. They’ve been learning that when water heats up it turns into water vapor and rises (evaporation) and when it reaches the atmosphere it cools down to create clouds…
Read MoreVirtual Ribbons
Kudos to the Student Government for doing a bang-up job of presenting the Term 2 Ribbons last Friday. We were fully virtual this time around but the Government brought a real sense of occasion to their classroom presentations. They were very well prepared as usual! Thank you to Michelle L for making sure the Government…
Read MoreFirst Nations Perspectives
A huge thank you to the ROM and their Indigenous Voices program for the excellent webinar the SK’s attended on Tuesday. The SK’s were there along with 15,025 other students across Ontario! Students tuned in to learn about First Nations perspectives on family, art and the transformative power of dance. J’net started off the teachings…
Read MorePizza Bag Steals the Beats
The JK’s and SK’s had an action-packed music class this week. Pizza Bag was up to mischief. The children were busy practicing counting beats and being quiet on the rests when Pizza Bag suddenly burst in and stole the beats. What the heck?! (Sorry about the blurry photo below on this but it was a…
Read MoreExtra Outside for Early Start
As most of you know the Early Starts are permitted to be at school during the lockdown. Preschools are governed under a different ministry and therefore follow a separate set of criteria for school closures during the pandemic. Keeping staff and students safe at school continues to be a top priority and one of the…
Read MoreTech Dance Party
Friday and Monday got a little mixed up at school this week. The Grade 2/3’s have been coding their own sequences using Dance Party on code.org. in Technology and they wanted to share the cool results with us. What a great excuse for an extra Dance Party to start the week! JK-Grade 3 signed on…
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