Someone New in Grade Two

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Golden Week holiday and is ready for the final month and a half of the school year. This is an incredibly busy time of year with many events popping up as the school year starts to wind down.

Although the year is coming to an end, we actually had a new student start last week. We are extremely happy to welcome Miller to our class! She has been busy getting to know the other members of our class and has been making her presence felt in by actively joining in the lessons and she hasn't been shy to share her thoughts and ideas.

Before the holidays, we had completed our unit on shelters, and the students demonstrated their learning by creating some shelters of their own out of materials found in different environments. Their amazing models are on display at the top of the stairs on the second floor, please take the time to check them out if you happen to be in the school.

Last week, we also began our 6th and final unit of the year under the transdisciplinary theme "How We Express Ourselves." Throughout this unit, the students will be inquiring into how "Our uniqueness is expressed in creative and artistic ways." We began by defining the word uniqueness, and then drew self-portraits and wrote about what makes each of us special. Then we compared ourselves to a classmate to find similarities and differences between us, to truly uncover what it is that is so different and special about each of us.