Last Week of School!


Wow! Last full week of Grade 1! This has been a truly amazing year and we love having each and every one of your children in our class!


Looking back


In UFLI we did a vowel team review and practiced all of the vowel teams we have learned. If you are looking for something to practice over the summer this would be great! 


We had a blast creating our animal habitats out of paint, paper and various materials that we may have brought in. We also created our animals out of plasticine. We hope you enjoyed our dioramas!


In math we continued on with solving our zoo mystery and some students moved onto a new mystery about superheroes. 


We celebrated the summer solstice by learning about Indigenous people that live way up north where there is sunlight for 24 hours on the first day of summer. It would be pretty neat to go outside at midnight and have it be light out! We also celebrated National Indigenous Peoples Day by reading a story called “Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox”. We learned a little bit about totem  poles and what characteristic each animal represents. We also went for a community walk in gym class to clean up neighbourhood litter.


Looking ahead


Next week we thought it would be fun to have a board game morning. If your child has a simple board game (i.e. trouble, candyland, monopoly jr. , etc) that they would like to bring in and play with their friends they are welcome to do so. Please bring it in on Monday as we will likely play them Tuesday or Wednesday.


Attached is the curriculum newsletter for the second half of the year. Enjoy learning about all the fun thing we have done!


June 26 - Report Cards Available on Powerschool

June 27 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL (early dismissal 12:00pm)

See below for our curriculum newsletter to learn all about the exciting things we have learned the second half of the year!








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