Class Photos

Class photos have been scheduled for next Wednesday, November 8th.

Please have your child wear their white dress shirt for their yearbook photo!

Happy Halloween!

What a spooktacular Halloween! 

Thanks to our parent council for the fun dance-a-thon and our trick or treat bags. And thanks to Lila's family too!

Bravo!

We had more amazing box projects come in today....

 

Wen Shuen's unicorn

Xin Tang's TV

Ji In's helicopter

Tsuki's police car

Keizer's shark

Gyan's Lightening McQueen car

Medha's puppet theatre

Liam's robot

It's Banana's!!!

Our Halloween Dance-A-Thon and class party are next Tuesday October 31!

Whooo are you going to dress up as?

It's Not a Stick

A stick is just a stick unless it's not a stick. From fishing rod, to pirate ship, to slaying a dragon to making unicorns, our kids know a stick is never just a stick.

 

Happy Deepavali!

Diwali or Deepavali is the festival of lights celebrated every year in autumn. It's one of the happiest and most popular festivals of Hinduism, it spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair. Its celebration includes millions of lights shining on housetops, outside doors and windows, around temples and other buildings in the communities and countries where it is observed. The festival preparations and rituals typically extend over a five-day period, and include creating rangoli, buying gifts for family and friends and lighting fireworks.

Today we were fortunate enough to have our own Deepavali celebration in class with two of our most incredible moms! They made murrukku with the kids and even sent some home to share with parents.

Thank you Ms Benitha, Medha and Gyan's moms for sharing some of your culture with us!

 

Legoland

We survived our first field trip to Legoland! I don't know about the kids, but I feel like this guy....

Thanks to all of our amazing parents who showed up today to help us keep everyone safe! It would not have been such a success without you!!!!

It's Not a Box

 It's not a box, it's a monster! Our first box project is in and it looks exactly like the plan. 
Incredible job Calvin!

Happy Birthday Batman!

Our favorite superhero turned 5 today! Thanks for the beautiful cake and batman goody bags Keizer!

A Park Full of Math Games

Set in a playground full of adorable-looking cartoon animals, Park Math makes learning to count, add, subtract, finish patterns, and sort items a lot of fun. Hosted by a blue bear wearing a backpack and roller skates, this easy-to-use math app entices kids to learn by involving them in fun playground activities. It has seven educational games that can be played on three levels of difficulty. Play it free on your ipad!

Our Biggest Mystery Reader Yet!

Many thanks to Inez's dad for his riveting rendition of Roald Dahl's Goldilocks and the Three Bears. A wicked little tale that had us all in stitches!

Check it out here by clicking Malcolm's pic!

Reading Buddies

Today we met our new Reading Buddies from Mr Thorne's grade 5 class. Each fifth year student took 2-3 of our kinders and read to them. They did an amazing job of engaging them, asking them questions and even testing their comprehension.

Can't wait to see them again next week! 

Ms. Tracy

Ms. Tracy, XinTang's mom made it another special day in our class by being our Mystery Reader. The kids all love it when she comes in and shares her stories with us!

Autumn Moon Festival

The Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival or “Zhōng Qiū Jié” is one of China’s most important festivals, and a special time for families to get together to give thanks for a good rice harvest. It is similar to our Thanksgiving Day in Canada. In ancient China, emperors would make offerings and sacrifices to the sun in spring and to the moon in autumn. Today at Sunway, we celebrated by making lanterns and moon cakes!

Here is one version of the legend:

A long time ago in China there were ten suns in the sky. Because of this it was very hot! The blazing suns dried up the rivers and there was a serious drought. People were running out of water to drink and the crops in the rice fields were withering. A famous archer, Hòu yì, was summoned to shoot down 9 of the suns in the sky. He did it successfully and was rewarded a “pill of the immortality.” Hòu yì went home and gave the precious pill to his wife, Cháng’é, for safekeeping. A visitor of the archer’s, however, heard about this pill and wanted to steal it from his wife. As the visitor was about to steal the pill from her Cháng é swallowed it.  After she took the pill Cháng é felt lighter and lighter.  Then she started to float. She flew all the way to the moon. When Cháng é got to the moon she coughed up the pill and the pill became a rabbit. The rabbit was the only companion Cháng é- the Moon Fairy had on the moon and is named the “Jade Rabbit.”

Class Pet

Meet our new class pets, Mr. Ryan and Lion snail!

Can you spot them both?