Diversity
A Sparkling Diwali Delight
Our CGS festive spirit reached new bright heights as we learned about and celebrated Diwali, the festival of lights, in all our classrooms this last week. The occasion was marked by valuable lessons about the significance and history of Diwali, decorating and creating our own Diya crafts, themed stories, and a visitor from one of…
Read MoreAnd Thats a Wrap on Black History Month!
What an outstanding month we’ve had Recognizing, Remembering and Celebrating Black Leaders from all over the world! Some of our staff members, Jessi, Simon and Sophia, worked tirelessly to provide such incredibly engaging content and activities for every class here at CGS. As we had 4 themed weeks planned with different educational books and…
Read MorePRIDE at CGS
Students were greeted by a wonderful Pride display when they arrived at school this morning Early Start Our Early Start classes learned about all types of families. They read the story ‘Daddy, Papa and me’ during their circle time. Junior Kindergarten Our JK class made construction paper flags to celebrate Pride day at CGS. Their…
Read MoreCGS Highlights
Junior Kindergarten: Courageous! The JK’s created beautiful birds along with a nest using watercolour, pastels and paper pieces. The CGS character trait for the month of May is ‘Courageous’. The JK nests were made to help reinforce the importance of having courage to take risks – like a baby bird taking flight! The students discussed…
Read MoreAsian Heritage Month Continues at CGS
Early Start The Early Start classes worked on some beautiful Chinese lanterns this week. Learning about the countries of Japan and China for Asian Heritage Month, the classes have been busy reading stories, watching videos and even learning some mandarin! These beautiful Chinese lanterns are adding to the classroom decor. Junior Kindergarten For many South…
Read MoreAsian Heritage Month and Mother’s Day
Junior Kindergarten Our JK class is getting ready to celebrate Mother’s Day! The students are learning about all the many kinds of Mothers and what makes them so special. They are writing a special poem for their Mother and making some beautiful portraits. Even the JK teacher, Sara A., showed off a beautiful drawing of…
Read MoreSpirit Week Wrap-Up
Spirit Week Doors and Bulletin Boards Each class had a special word for the week – Sensational / Passionate / Incredible / Resilient / Inspirational / Team – and decorated doors and bulletin boards with their word theme. The office joined in the fun too! Welcome Greeters and Decorations Every day started with some of…
Read MoreOur classrooms this week
Early Start To wrap up their Black History Month learning, the Early Start listened to two wonderful stories this week. ‘I am Enough’ by Grace Byers is a beautiful story teaching us that although we are all different, we are enough. In the story ‘Hair Love’ by Matthew A. Cherry tells the story of a…
Read MoreOur classrooms this week
The Early Start class is continuing their Black History Month curriculum. Today they read the book ‘I am Strong’ featuring the life of Rosa Parks. The Early Start classes read the story and had a lively discussion time. They showed their solidarity with a display of their strong muscles. The reading time was followed by…
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Early Start The Early Start class learned about Kwanzaa this week. They learned about the 7 Principles of the 7 day African-American celebration. Unity, self-determination, working together, sharing, purpose, creativity and faith. They read the story of Kwanzaa and based their phonics lesson on the letter ‘K’. It was a very exciting day when the…
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