Thank you to everyone who was able to pop by Thursday morning for our Open House!

Also, thank you to all of the moms and grandmas who were able to make it to our Mother's Day Tea!

Our focus this week will be to continue to explore living and non-living things and graphing.

Happy Mother's Day and I hope everyone had a chance to enjoy the lovely weather this weekend!

Over the past few weeks it has been very busy! Sorry for not updating the blog in a little while! Unfortunately, between technical difficulties and a very busy schedule, the blog has taken a seat on the back burner....BUT..... 

              IT'S BACK!!!!!! :)

Thank you again to everyone who sent in contributions for our class basket fitting with our gardening theme! Baskets will be on display from May 5-16 and raffle tickets can be sold from now until May 16 as a St. Stephen fundraiser. If your child sells all of the tickets in their booklet and you wish to sell more, please let us know so we can send home another booklet. The draws will take place May 16 in the afternoon and winners will be notified by phone.

This week is Education Week! 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	Catholic Graduate Expectations Presentation 9:45-10:45	Kindergarten Students to visit Book Fair in the morning  (only students who bring money will be brought to the Book Fair)	Open House 8:00-9:00 Book Fair 8:00-9:00	Easter Mass 9:45-10:45 Mother's Day Tea 1:00

Below, please find some pictures from the past few weeks.

Our class garden.

Here's what we've found in our new "Deconstruction and Reconstruction Centre"! 

Do you know what the inside of a phone looks like?

Making music in nature.

Checking out our new class visitors.

Exploring what we can do with light.

More exploration of structures.

Making pictures with pattern blocks.

Exploring with water. Will it sink or will it float?

Entrance to our cave.

JD says, "Miss Hodgins, can you take a picture? I'm being Jesus in the tomb."

Thank you so much to the Junkyard Symphony for coming to our school today to teach us about more ways to recycle and to show us an amazing performance! It was an awesome afternoon and everyone had a wonderful time!

Here is a link to their website: http://www.junkyardsymphony.com/

Here is a link to the Games section of the website: http://www.junkyardsymphony.com/main.html
Some students have already said that they would like to try to make games like this too!

Missing Splash Pants

We are still looking for a pair of blue, Joe Fresh splash pants that are either a size 5/6 or 6/7. If you happen to find them, please let us know. Thank you in advance!

Just a reminder about our annual gift basket fundraiser. Our class theme is Gardening. As stated in the latest St. Stephen News and Update email: "Please forward items for gift baskets no later than April 25 to your child's class. Baskets will be on display in the school from April 28 to May 9th, at which time tickets will be sold and the draws will be made."

As well, if anyone has happened to find an extra pair of black splash pants, please send them back to school since one of our students lost a pair last week.

Earth Week Colours:
Tomorrow is wear white day (to represent air)
Thursday is wear brown day (to represent earth/dirt)
Friday is wear red, yellow, and/or orange day (to represent energy)