Mrs. Versteeg and Miss Mammarella's ELP Class

Niagara Falls Art Gallery

We had a visit from Niagara Falls Art Gallery. The students participated in a painting workshop. The end result will be a present for Father's Day.

Mrs. Hellinga asked if she could bring some materials into the classroom one day for our Art Centre. She brought in some wire, wood planks, and beads and guided the students as they were making their own creations.

Creative Manipulation of Materials

A few girls decided to build a house out of our "Block People" and brought some of our house centre furniture into their house to make it "more comfortable". It's great to see their creative juices flowing!

Yoga Visit

A student in our class donated a yoga session for his birthday. What a lovely gesture! The kids had a great time with Claire and left the gym feeling great!

We put some pictures of yoga poses into duotangs and the students have continued to enjoy trying them out in the classroom.

Popcorn Awards

Congratulations to two friends who received their Popcorn Awards for identifying all 30 of our Kindergarten Popcorn Words! Way to go! We have a few students who are very close to getting their reward - keep working on it!

Can you find the pattern?

Two of our classmates made a pattern using our "Block People". Can you figure out what it is?

"I Can Believe in Myself" World Record Participants

On Tuesday, May 6th, our class participated in attempting to set a word record for the largest online book discussion in 24 hours. The book we discussed was "I CAN Believe in Myself" by Miriam Laundry. It teaches children to make decisions that promote confidence, happiness, and responsibility. It's about a little girl who is afraid of speaking in front of the class. After she realizes that everyone is afraid of something, she finds the inner strength to believe in herself to overcome her fear. As she learns to believe in herself, she also pushes her classmates to believe in themselves. After reading the story, we challenged ourselves to think of something that we CAN do!