Talented “bucket fillers”

by | Oct 10, 2019 | The Grades

“Everyone is born with an invisible bucket. Your bucket holds all the love and happiness that you receive each day. When your bucket is full, you feel happy.” Grade 1 has been exploring this idea by creating and performing stories that show the joy of...

The beauty of cooperation

by | Sep 5, 2019 | The Grades

This week Grade 1 focused on cooperation. The children accepted the challenge to create an art piece with a partner. They worked on communicating and being open-minded by listening to new ideas before saying no. The children did a great job negotiating and putting...

Welcome back precious stones!

by | Aug 29, 2019 | Grade 1

We are happy to meet again for another exciting year full of learning and fun. This week we focused on noticing how we have changed and getting to know the new members of our class community. We have enjoyed working together as we organize our new learning...

The magical process of compost!

by | Mar 14, 2019 | Kindergarten 3 (ICS)

K3 students are becoming experts at composting organic waste. We have been learning why it matters to compost and how to do it during STEAM, as well as writing about it in a How-To Book to launch our procedural writing unit. To help our K3 writers think about all of...