This term, the JK children have learned how important it is to help save our Planet Earth. During the first week, we focused on recycling and the children shared their knowledge about what they already knew about the topic, such as turning off taps while brushing teeth or turning off lights when no one is in the room.
The JKs love getting their parents involved in their learning so their home activity was to make something using recycled materials. At a special show and tell, each child brought in their project and explained what it was and how it was used. Click on ‘Read more…’ to see lots of photos.
We also held an Earth Open House. We invited other classes into our room and the JKs talked about their recycling projects.
In JK this week we donned our chef hats to cook up some playdough!
To celebrate Fathers’ Day, PreSchool and Junior Kindergarten held a “Pirate Papas” event. Children and dads alike entered into the spirit of the occasion and dressed up in their best pirate outfits. The scene was set for our motley crew as they listened to a story about a pirate boy and his pirate papa. Next, with a song, the search for booty began as they set off on a hunt around a desert island in search of a hoard of golden nuggets which was rumoured to have been hidden by another band of pirates! Once they were sure every piece of hidden treasure had been found our pirates returned to their ship for a hearty snack. What a great adventure! Click on to see more photos of the Pirate adventure!
To celebrate Earth Day and all we have recently learned about plants, the Preschool and Jr. Kindergarten enjoyed a Garden Picnic at the wonderful home of one of our parents. During this field trip the children were able to plant seeds, observe different kinds of lettuce growing (and tasted some too), as well as tomatoes, peppers and more. The children then had a lovely play swinging, sliding, climbing, and bouncing on a trampoline! They enjoyed singing songs together and listening to a few stories on a blanket under the trees. It was a perfect way to celebrate “How things Grow” and to enjoy Earth Day. See more 
The Junior Kindergarten are learning about people who help them in the community. One of their dad’s is a plumber and he came in to talk to them about his job. He brought in lots of water pipes, levers, switches and tools for them to explore and connect. Together, they made a model of a simple desalination plant, which changes salt water to fresh water.
