Friday 31 January 2020

3 Way Conference Schedule and Still Life Painting


See it clearer here!

Now that the report cards have been sent out, it is time for us to get together and have a little chat about how the students are progressing. Thanks to doodle.com, reserving conference times has become a very stress-free process; which is exactly what I need as I've been busy writing reports and organizing all of the school club activities for the second term.

Clubs in the 2nd Term

Speaking of Clubs...if you or your child has not joined up for one or more of the clubs being offered at DSK in the 2nd term then wait no longer as some clubs might be cancelled in the next couple of days. So please sign up here!

New Unit

Out new unit, "From Farm to Table" began last week. This week we literally focussed on food by taking a close look at some fruit in order to paint some still life paintings. We began by reviewing some colour theory about mixing secondary colours, and also examined a variety of famous still life throughout the ages. Then we passed out some fruit and let the 4 groups arrange their fruit however they wanted. Next, the students sketched the fruit in pencil, and then today they had the chance to add some colour with paint! We have some very talented artists in our class! They also made sure that the real fruit tasted as good as it looked!



Also our Invention Convention last week was a huge success. Check out the previous blog post from earlier this week!




Sunday 26 January 2020

Invention Convention

Last Friday, the Grade 2 students were so excited to present the inventions that they created as part of our unit on how "Our needs, interests and curiosity lead us to new discoveries and ideas." Thank you to all the parents, teachers and students who come to our Invention Convention!

If you missed it, here are some highlights!


Sunday 19 January 2020

Welcome Back! Looking Back!

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great Winter Holiday and is ready to be back at school, I know I sure am! Looking after two kids 24 hours a day is much more stressful than looking after 14 kids for 6 hours a day!

Invention Convention

Since returning to school, the Grade Twos have been busy finishing up their invention projects from our second unit of the year and will be ready to present them this Friday, January 24th in the Grade 2 Class from 2:00 - 3:15, at The Grade 2 Invention Convention. Everyone is welcomed to come and see what useful and interesting ideas the students have come up with.





















3 Way Conferences
An email has been sent to you via the Doodle website, please choose a timeslot for the 3 Way Conference to be held between Monday, February 3rd and Thursday, February 6th. If you or your spouse has not received an email, then please use this link to sign up.





Cold and Flu Season
Being January, cold and flu season has begun and with that in mind, it is time for me to request that each family sends in one tissue box to help us deal with the sniffles and sneezes! Thank you kindly!

Clubs for Term 2
We will have an assembly this Wednesday, January 22nd in the MPR just after Wake Up Shake Up from around 9am to give the different teachers a chance to explain the clubs that they'll be offering this term. Please come check it out! The Online Application Form to sign up for clubs will 'Go Live' on Wednesday.

Carol of the Bells
Looking back at last term, one of our biggest successes was the Grade 2 performance of Carol of the Bells during our DSK Christmas Market on the last day of classes in 2019. The energy and enthusiasm that the students bring to music for both singing and playing instruments is evident in the energetic performance they put on. Well done Grade 2! If you weren't there to see it in person or would like to watch it over and over again, please check it out below!