Last week we talked about small spaces and climbing with you. Did you get a chance to try engaging in climbing activities at home? Our Shale friends are becoming much more adventurous in their climbing endeavours and they are showing their natural disposition of persistence. In the Alberta Curriculum Framework, the learning disposition of persisting…
Boo! Dress up is something many Sandstones friends love to do, so Halloween was a perfect opportunity to do dress up as our favourite characters or animals or even super heros! We went on a parade to show off our awesome costumes to our senior friends at Ottewell Manor, Ottewell Terrace and Ottewell Lodge. We…
Goodbye October and Hello to November! On Monday, Jasper was taken over by superheroes, animals, a dinosaur, a minion and a pirate! Halloween was an exciting, fun filled day. The children started the day with a costume parade with all the seniors at the 3 buildings. Jasper lead the parade that was filled with cheers and laughs…
Class photo proofs are in! You should have received your child’s order form yesterday. Orders are due NOVEMBER 14th. You will receive the photos back in time for the holidays! Orders can be dropped off in the office. Thank you! 🙂
Reminder Cookie orders are due on NOVEMBER 10th. Order forms can be handed into the office! Thank you in advance for helping to support our fundraisers!
Movement on an incline plane; what does this mean to a Quartz child? In the simplest terms it is a ramp that we can place objects at the top and watch them slide all the way to the bottom. The educators decided to introduce the idea of inclines on Monday after we had been consistently…
This week in Sandstone classroom we continued to explore the concept of building through our active play in the block corner. We have been exploring the idea of transportation though building by using the big blocks to make all types of vehicles such as fire trucks, pick up trucks, race cars, and even buses. We…
Another week in Shale gone by so fast! This week we noticed a lot of our little Shale citizens really took a liking to climbing and exploring small spaces. Small Spaces Since we were doing a lot of locker exploring, we decided to set something up in our classroom to give the children a space…
UP, UP and AWAY!!! From driving through a vast variety of terrains to voyaging into outer space, this week our friends dove into the world of exploration whether it be on land, in water or out of this world inside deep space. Our focus has remained on the construction and expansion of our world views…
Once again we have teamed up with Dieleman Fundraising to sell cookies and other goodies to raise money to Primrose Place Family Centre. You should have received your Simply Delicious Gourmet order book and form in your child’s locker. ORDERS ARE DUE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10th – this will ensure that we receive the order in…