Ms Courtney's Class

Sports Day We had a fantastic sports day on Thursday! All students participated and tried their hardest. Good Bye Pawan and Mohid On Friday we said farewell to Pawan and Mohid, both are returning to their home countries. We will miss you both and wish you the best of luck and happiness! Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope you have a wonderful and safe holiday. See you in 2018.

We concluded our How We Organize Ourselves unit this week. When reflecting on what the students learnt in such a short time it is very impressive. Next week I will share the summative assessment feedback with you on Seesaw. Students will be showing you their infographic at their 3 way conference next Tuesday. We finishing the unit with a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) challenge. Students working in small groups to create an Earthquake proof house using 1 piece of cardboard, some toothpicks and clay. All students had the same supplies and the same amount of time to build a 2 story structure. We tested their structures in a dish of jelly. 3 way conference planning We have been preparing the the 3 way conference next week. Students have been selecting work samples, refining reading goals and reflecting on their successes this semester and areas to improve on next semester. Buddies With their Grade 5 buddies the students are in the middle of creat...

UoI This week we spent time inquiring into how people prepare and respond to changes in the earth. We watched videos to find information and completed activities where students needed to share their knowledge with each other. Last week the students worked with all Grade 2 students and created presentations to teach each other about Tsunamis, Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Erosion. Here are the finished presentations. The students in each group decided on their own presentation format. Success Criteria On Tuesday the students co-created their assessment and success criteria. The students are gaining a deeper understanding of what they need to be able to do at the end of the unit and what success will look like. Spotlight on the Arts Friday morning Grade 2 had their Spotlight on the Arts. Thank you for coming to support your child. Parent information International Day Sign up to host a country booth A highlight of International Day eac...

What a week!! This week we celebrated book week with mystery readers, a visiting author, door decorating and a book costume parade. Here are some of our highlights from the week. Monday 10,000 pieces of popcorn I liked seeing the author. I liked it because he was funny. - Leah I liked the assembly, it was fun. - Micah I favourite part of this week was when it was the author coming to the black box and showed us popcorn. I liked it because the author showed us 10,000 pieces of popcorn. - Seo Won Ms Kelly - Our mystery reader I liked the mystery reader because it was my mum! - Molly Tuesday Mr Simon - our mystery reader I liked it when Mr Simon came in because his book was funny. - Lyna I like Mr Simon because he had a very funny book. - Johan Finding poems for Poem in your Pocket day Visiting Author presentation I liked listening to the author because he was interesting. - Brian Don't let the pigeon eat all the popcorn ...

We continued to understand the different ways the Earth can move and change this week. We looked at the fast and slow changes to the Earth as well as the layers of the Earth and tectonic plates. We created poems on either volcanoes or tsunamis. Book Week Next week is Book Week. We started preparing today by adding our page to the collaborative book that started in EY1 and will finish in Grade 5. Here is a overview of what will be happening next week. Monday Mystery Reader Opening assembly D.E.A.R - Drop Everything And Read Tuesday Mystery Reader Visiting author workshop Poem in your pocket day D.E.A.R - Drop Everything And Rea d Wednesday Mystery Reader Door decorating judging D.E.A.R - Drop Everything And Read Thursday Mystery Reader D.E.A.R - Drop Everything And Read Candlelight Read Aloud - 6pm Sleepover - Begins after the Candle light Read Aloud Friday Closing Assembly Mystery Reader D.E.A.R - Drop Everything And Read Book Da...

Dear Parents,  We have started our How We Organize Ourselves unit. The Central Idea is: "Humans prepare and respond to changes in the Earth."  If either yourself or someone you know has any experience with working for organizations who do this type of work or you have personally experienced an Earthquake, Landslide, Volcano or Tsunami and would like to be a guest speaker in our class please let me know. Students love the opportunity to listen to guest speakers and can learn so much from them.  Provocation We started our new unit on Wednesday with a provocation. While the students were at Foreign Language or Mother Tongue lesson we messed up the classroom and their bags. There was paper, books, pencils and furniture everywhere. We recorded the students as they returned to class and wanted to see how their felt and what their response to the situation was. Once the classroom was cleaned up we talked about the emotions we felt and how we responded. A...