Tennis Ball S.T.E.M. Challenge

This week at school in our grade one class we did a S.T.E.M. (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) challenge where the students had to design a structure that would hold up a tennis ball for at least 10 seconds and the higher the structure the better!  They worked together so well, nobody gave up, and through a lot of trial and error, each group was successful in their design.  Through respectful communication, they worked collaboratively on developing their problem solving, and critical thinking skills.  It was amazing!  You can see by the pictures how proud they were of their designs!

Pizza Day

Today we had pizza day! It was fun! -Ella

We stretched out the dough and put it on a tray. Then we put sauce and toppings on. -Emma

Yum!  Yum!  Pizza day was the best day ever at school! -Nolan

 The pizza was delicious! -Haley

We made pizza and ate it.  It was tasty!  We also made Pizzeria menus. -Carter

On pizza day we got to make pizzas and eat them at lunch. -Logan

The pizza was the best pizza I have ever eaten! -Alex

It was fun making the pizzas! -Alexis

When we were spreading the oil on the pan it felt gross! -Sadie

It was super slippery when we spread the oil on the pan.  I liked it! -Reid

This pizza day was the best day ever! -Paige

Pizza day was the best day ever.  My pizza was a taco pizza! It had taco meat on it. -Parker

Pizza day is the best! -Kayla

I love pizza day! -Ava

Pink Day!

Today was Pink Day in support of anti-bullying awareness.  I was very impressed that every student in our class wore something pink today!  We were also thrilled to have "Zeus", from the Harlem Globetrotters come and talk to our school about anti-bullying.  He was amazing!  Zeus told us about when he was a little boy and he got bullied and how it made him feel.  He talked to the kids about ways to deal with bullying and what they should do if they are being bullied or see someone being bullied.  He ended off his presentation with some really cool tricks and slam dunks!  It was awesome!

St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun Hunt

We made leprechaun traps and set them up to try to catch a leprechaun. -Alexis
When we got to school there was a big mess!!! -Logan
The leprechaun made a big mess, switched our shoes around, and gave us candy. -Parker

The leprechaun got paint on his feet and made footprints on our desks and Mrs. Bailey's desk.  He took his pants back and said "Thanks Love Lucky". -Paige
We looked for the leprechaun inside and out, but we didn't find him.  We even looked in the office. -Emma

Mrs. Bailey hid the paint but he still found it! -Haley
We saw some bubbles and green out in the playground. We think it was a leprechaun. -Reid
We found green stickers on the ground.  We saw leprechaun footprints in the office.  -Leslee

We were screaming because the leprechaun was here!!! -Ella
The leprechaun even made footprints on the door. -Lucas

The leprechaun made a big mess and he gave us candy! -Carter
I caught leprechaun boots at home. -Sadie
The leprechaun left footprints everywhere!  -Dane
We loved looking for the leprechaun and we found treats in our desks! -Sadie
St. Patrick's day was fun! -Nolan

We Love Dr. Seuss Books

 We ate green eggs and ham. -Carter

I got to try green eggs and ham for my first time.  I found out that I love them! -Paige

The egg yolk was just green food colouring. -Sadie

We made Cat in the Hat hats too. -Emma

Everyone thought the green eggs and ham were going to be disgusting.  I loved the green eggs and ham! Dr. Seuss is the best author in the world! -Nolan

 I didn't like the green eggs and ham! -Reid

I liked the meat! -Leslee

 I did not like the ham or the eggs. -Tegan

I didn't like the yolk in the green eggs.  Some people didn't like them and some people did. -Alex

We read The Foot book. -Emma

 Our foot monster had 5 legs and we added lots of stuff to it. -Alex

We made foot monsters too.  My table made a three-headed monster. -Ava

 We had lots of fun times reading Dr. Seuss books. -Logan


We had the best day ever! -Parker

100 Days of School

We made the hats yesterday and we got to wear them today.  Today was so much fun! -Lucas
100 day is the best!  My favourite part was making the necklaces. -Haley
100 day is the best because we got to walk to Mrs. Koch's kindergarten room. -Logan
100 day was the best because we made fruit loop necklaces and they look YUMMY! -Kayla

We did 100 steps from our classroom.  I ended up at Room 16. -Emma
100 day was lots of fun!  I liked doing 100 steps. -Alexis
We made necklaces out of 100 fruit loops and string. -Alex

We had to do 100 bounces with the bouncy ball. -Paige
It was the best day of my life! I liked doing the 100 steps! -Ava
100 day is the best day of my whole entire life!  I liked popping the balloons and bouncing the ball. -Reid

I loved popping the balloons, making the hats, making the necklaces, throwing the bean bags, and throwing and catching the ball 100 times. -Carter

100 day is the best! I really liked making the hats and the necklaces. -Parker
100 day is the best day ever!  I loved it so much!  It was also jersey day and pretty much everyone wore one! -Nolan

I love 100 day because we made hats and necklaces and we got to walk around the school 100 steps. -Sadie
I liked 100 day! -Tegan

New Years Countdown

We had a New Years countdown.  Then we got to blow our horns. -Parker

It was fun blowing the horns, throwing streamers, and the confetti. -Logan

We made resolutions. -Paige and Lucas

 We got to colour "2016" pictures and have lots of fun.  It's the best day ever! -Nolan

We had fun and we played. -Haley

 We got to blow horns and make resolutions.  It was the best day ever! -Carter

We had fun! I love 2016! -Ella

This is the best new year ever! This is the best day of our lives!  -Alex

We celebrated 2016! -Sadie

It was the funnest day of 2016! -Emma