Valentine’s Day 2023

  Our CGS Hearts were FULL this Valentine’s Day!! This year’s Valentine’s Day was a whole lot of fun! Full of treats in the classrooms from friends and teachers, and at our Teddy Bear Picnic Party hosted by the Principals Club. The whole school was full of love, happiness, and most of all warm-hearted kindness.…

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So Far in Black History Month

This beginning of February has been a busy one celebrating Black History Month. We have a whole month of activities planned for all ages to recognize and remember Black Leaders across the world. We have different focus themes for every week in February along with bipoc readings, art projects, special guests and an entire booklet…

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CGS Term 1 Ribbon Awards

CGS Term 1 Ribbon Awards Assembly This week we celebrated our Term One Ribbon Ceremony where we came together as a JK-Grade 4 student body to recognize our hard working, kind and courageous friends. Our Student Government hosted the ceremony.  They had been working hard, so came well prepared to run the event. We are…

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Lunar New Year Lion Dance Assembly

  This week we had the most amazing guests join us in our 2023 Lunar New Year Celebrations. Cheryl from our Early Start program organized the whole school for a performative experience of a lifetime. CGS was starstruck with the group performance of the Chinese Lion Dance and a collaborative Wushu Movement Piece. We are…

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Crafting Away with Love

Our Early Starts are crafting away and getting an early start on Valentine’s Day! Crafting is such an important part in our Early start programming for practicing their motor skills for holding different utensils like pencils, paintbrushes, and glue sticks. It also allows the creative right side of their brain to connect cognitively with the…

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A Snowy Day in Early Start

A Snowy Day in Early Start Our Early Start class loved the snow this week! With the exciting weather, our youngest learners used the snowy day as a focus for their learning. The Early Start classes worked very hard on a cross curricular activity this week using the classic book “The Snowy Day” by Ezra…

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Lunar New Year Celebration

Lunar New Year at CGS CGS had a wonderful time celebrating Lunar New Year this week! Students and staff wore red and each class learned about Lunar New Year throughout the day. The classes read Lunar New Year books, did a variety of crafts, and learned about how the holiday is celebrated around the world.…

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Grade 2-4 Spotlight

Grade 2-4 Spotlight Our grade 2-4 class has been busy this week! They started the week with a STEM activity based on their inquiry into simple machines. The students built cars using wooden clothes pegs, straws and buttons. The class worked hard to make their cars functional and the results were great!   Later in…

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Welcome Back!

Welcome Back! We are so excited to welcome all of our wonderful students back to school! After two weeks off, we are spending our time reconnecting and getting back into our routines. Our students were very enthusiastic to be back with their friends and share their stories from the holidays. We eased back into the…

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CGS Summer Camp

Week 1 CGS Summer Camp had a fantastic first week. The summer weather was just perfect – sunny and hot! Our campers learned about fairies and wizards, volcanos and dinosaurs! They wrapped up their first week with an adorable Teddy Bear Picnic and Park Adventure Day – spending the beautiful day outdoors and bringing their…

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