Week 22 Update and Pictures February 5 to 9

Mango and Oreo Cookie getting so much love (and food!)

The pigs spent a lot of time out this week, just being a part of the class.

Chinese New Year inspired art and stories

The big collaborative Lion Dance

Discussing how to protect different species of animals

A collaborative effort to make a safe habitat

Mango snuggles

The children made an extension to the habitats they constructed.

A discussion about the difference between wild animals, farm animals, and pets

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Another great learning week, with so much going on! Please send in 5 dollars next week if you can for the Empty Bowls fundraiser. You can refer to the note attached to last weeks e-mail for details about this. The students will be making their bowls on Tuesday and will be buying and eating out of them on Thursday at lunch. You can still send in a home lunch (and still send snacks!) and they can still have the school lunch. Please let Ms. Aidah know if you want your child to ONLY have the rice or pasta with their bowl next Thursday

Our animal project is continuing to develop…discussions on the difference between wild animals, farm animals and pets, making habitats that are healthy and give animals what they need to live, the rights of humans and animals in the world…the concepts of protection, belonging and care are coming to the surface as the project continues.

Chinese New Year has inspired a Lion Dance creation to add to our “Snake and Dragon Hallway!” 

REMINDERS

*Please return the BLUE BAG and RED LIBRARY BAG on Monday.

*We are really low on fruit, granola bars and crackers. (We have VERY hungry children first thing in the morning!) Please feel free to send in some things for the class.

*Tuesday, February 13^th: Empty Bowls- A wonderful and amazing collaboration with high school art students for a good cause. See attached letter.

*Wednesday, February 14^th:  Valentine’s Day- We are going to keep this low key. We are not having a party, but if parents would like to send in some festive snacks with your children to share, that would be great! No need to do Valentine’s cards (unless this is something your family does anyway) as it is a lot for these young learners! We will be doing some fun things with them as a group. The children are welcome to wear pink, red, white!

*Thursday, February 15^th: School Chinese New Year Celebration- Students can wear Chinese New Year clothes or colors. We will see a lion dance in the morning and attend an ES show.

*February 16^th to 19^th: No School-Chinese New Year Holiday

*February 20^th: No School for Students-Teacher Inservice Day

*March 22^nd and 23^rd: STUDENT-LED CONFERENCES- The ELC will be participating in student led conferences this year (your child will lead you through some learning and you will have a conference with me.) You will get all of the details and how to sign up soon, but please do save the date for these days. If not done on one of these days, there will only be a traditional parent-teacher conference, as the student led conferences involve a lot of set up in the classroom. A note: Student-led conferences are an AMAZING thing to be a part of!

Week 22 February 5 to 9

87 new photos · Album by Lynsey Howitt