- events and activities are added with most current item on top -
We're off to Rotary Park on city transit with our Grade 4/5 Buddies! (June 7)
Heading to Grey Mountain Elementary for the "Fun Run" (June 2)
Visit to the Wildlife Preserve (May 29)
Bear Aware with Yukon Conservation (May 26)
Worm observation (May 24)
Decorating clay flower pots with our Big Buddies from 4/5SM (May 5)
Visit from the Whitehorse Fire Department with Kindergarten classes to talk about fire safety and take a peak at the inside and outside of a fire truck (May 2)
Completed pottery pieces by Kindergarten classes (facilitated by artist, Patrick Royale)
First Nations Culture Week Activities (April 17-21) - see activities below.
"How Raven Brought Fire" craft
Culture camp - learning about traditional tools
Hand games
Button Dolls
Gym class - learning about wheelchairs for sports including basketball (April 12)
Pottery creations workshop with artist, Patrick Royale (April 4)
A visit from Beau! Welcome to the Elijah Smith family, Beau. (Ms. Megan's new addition)
Gravity! Making and flying paper rockets (March 30th)
PJ and Stuffy Day (March 3)
Math lesson using manipulatives (March 2)
Heritage Day - creating a dog sled team mural for the hallway. A special visit from the Can Can Dancers (Feb 23)
Pink Shirt Day - say no to bullies, say yes to kindness (Feb 22)
Valentine's Day (Feb 14) - sharing valentine treats
YNTEP student teachers visit to share the story of Raven and the Light and create a felt art piece (Feb 10)
Building 3D shapes (Feb 8)
"Read to Someone" (Feb 8)
Learning about Symmetry (Feb 7) - creating symmetrical butterflies using loose parts
Celebrating 100 Days in School (Feb. 3) Activities included: froot loop necklaces; sorting and glueing 100 objects; paper crowns; estimating of how long a line of 100 toy animals will be when placed in a row.
Eagle joined us at Hillcrest Park (Jan. 27)
Dressed up to celebrate Lunar New Year with a K-3 luncheon in the Multipurpose room (Jan. 27)
Ready for "Duct Tape" day at school. (our class made duct tape bracelets/arm bands our of duct tape and TP rolls) (Jan 26)
A visit to Ms. L's home in Hillcrest as part of our Northern animals theme. We looked at animal skulls, skins, fur (Jan. 19)
Northern Landscape Dioramas. Day one: design the sky; day two & three: decorate the landscape with natural materials. Here are pics of the creation process and pics of the finished products (Jan 18)
Northern Landscape Story Workshop - create a northern scene and story using one image as your base (Jan. 17)
Daily 5 "read to self" activity (Jan. 5)
Classroom Christmas Tree
Christmas Concert Evening (Dec. 9)
Food Drive organized by our class and our Grade 2/3KU big buddies - thank you to the community for donations for The Food Bank (Dec. 1)
Miss Mac during her practicum in our classroom teaching a craft lesson (Dec 9)
Creative Stories Zoom session with Marty Chan from Edmonton (Nov. 30)
Ted Harrison-inspired art project (Nov. 29)
"A Snowy Day" craft project using shaving cream and glue (Nov. 18)
Story Workshop - creating stories using loose parts (Nov. 15)
Healthy Teeth Zoom session (Nov. 7)
Warming up with Hot Cocoa art project (Nov. 4)
Halloween Day fun in Kindergarten (Oct 31)
Monster Parade (Oct. 28)
We are young readers - "read to self" (Oct 20)
Dressing for Yukon weather - We are ready for outdoor fun!
Grade 4/5 Big Buddies (Mr. Mulhearn) join us for STEM challenge. Build a tower/structure that can hold a bucket. How many rocks can your bucket hold without collapsing? (Oct 14)
Fly like an eagle (Oct 13)
Friendly builders! (Oct 13)
Orange Shirt Day Recognition - Every Child Matters (Sept. 27)
Kindergarteners played in the field to recognize Terry Fox day (Sept. 20)
Building a Community (Sept. 14)
Anyone need a firefighter?! Fire Drill practice (Sept. 8)
Say my name, say my name (Sept 2)
Language Learning with students from 2020/21 school year. Counting to 10 with: Aria (French); Sargun (Punjabi); Cola (Mandarin); and, Tadura (Dakwanje teacher, Southern Tutchone)