What can we build?

by | May 15, 2025 | Grade 2

For our UOI, the students chose to build either a complex or simple machine and we had the opportunity at the beginning of the week to enjoy a gallery walk of what had been built. During this process of building, the students need to use their social, self-management...

Building simple machines

by | May 7, 2025 | Grade 2

Four our current unit of inquiry: How the world works, the students have been identifying where they can find simple machines and how the features of those machines make their lives easier. This past week they have worked in small groups to build a variety of complex...

Student Led Conferences

by | Apr 24, 2025 | Grade 2

What a delight it has been to witness the students in Grade 2 share their learning with their families this week! I heard laughter, questions, excitement and joy during these conferences and I hope you enjoyed finding out more about your child’s academic, social...

How the world works

by | Apr 19, 2025 | The Grades

This week we began our new unit of inquiry with tuning into forces: what is pushing and pulling? We were given pictures of activities and with our partners needed to decide if they were a push, pull or both action, then we added these to a Venn diagram. This will form...

Sharing the planet

by | Apr 10, 2025 | Grade 2

I hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable Eid celebration last week. Maths: this week we have begun working on 2-digit number addition. We have completed the entry task of analysing a story problem, then creating our own questions for the problem and afterwards choosing...