The main highlight of this week was going to the Leighton Art Centre on Tuesday. It is located on the outskirts of Calgary, close to Okotoks, so the bus ride was a little lengthier than most field trips. Believe it or not, the children loved the bus ride. Throughout the day, the children had the opportunity to go on a nature walk, sketch with charcoal, engage in two art projects as well as play in the snow. The conditions that day were perfect for building snowmen and we had some dads with us who helped the children roll some very large snowballs. During Literacy Time this week, we have been writing personal reflections about the field trip. When you come to the Parent Interviews next week you will have the opportunity to see art projects, photographs and student writing. Our visit to the Leighton Art Centre was an AMAZING learning experience enjoyed by all!
I posted the photo above because it symbolizes, for me personally, what the Leighton Art Centre is all about - respect for the land and all of the creatures who inhabit it, preservation of the past as well as the development of personal creativity (no matter how old you are)!
We did a Colourful Carnations experiment in Science as part of our Creating Colour unit of study. The students added food colouring to water and placed a white carnation flower in each jar. They had to mix their own secondary colours (orange and purple). Green was already in the box. We also thought it would interesting to make black. After doing the experiment we wrote about our predictions and next week we will write about our observations.
We are all very curious to observe what is going to happen to these pretty white carnations over the next few days 😊 😊
Reminders:
- Parent Teacher Interviews are next week.
- Library Book Exchange is every Wednesday.
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