by Celine ROWLANDS | Mar 12, 2020 | ECC, Front Page, The Grades
We are exploring our environments in this unit of inquiry. Our central idea is: Observing our surroundings helps us appreciate where we live and we decided to address two of our lines of inquiry which are: how we appreciate our surroundings (responsibility) and how we...
by Lauma KRONITE | Mar 5, 2020 | ECC
The Butterflies worked on developing their observation skills this week. We read a book I went walking and discussed what we might see outside. Then we split into two groups and went for a walk, took photos of our findings and compared them afterwards. We also...
by Celine ROWLANDS | Mar 5, 2020 | ECC, The Grades
Thursday mornings are dedicated to Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths. This week we decided to explore germs and why we need to wash our hands even though they may look clean. We used bread and ziplock bags for our Science experiment. We placed a dirty...
by Liezel BOSHOFF | Mar 4, 2020 | ECC, Front Page, The Grades
We went out to the farm to do some more research and observe our surroundings. The students observed with their 5 senses and took notes! The highlight of the day was when the goat ate one of the students’ notes?
by Celine ROWLANDS | Mar 4, 2020 | ECC, The Grades
In the classroom we have been focusing on being Communicators, Thinkers, Principled, and Inquirers. The students can choose which Learner Profile they have demonstrated and explain how they have exhibited it in their own words. They are able to describe their actions...
by Celine ROWLANDS | Feb 20, 2020 | ECC, The Grades
This week we were exploring motion. We explored it using balloons and the different ways we could make the balloon move. We took the balloons out side to see if the balloons moved differently from inside and why? The children concluded that the balloons flew better...
