Polar Express Pyjama Party

Today we wore our pyjamas to school! We were very cozy!

In the morning Mrs. Lowe started reading the book, The Polar Express.  We decided it would be fun to ready the book inside a train. We brainstormed a list of things we would need and Mrs. Lowe and Ms. Janz helped us to make our very own train.

In the afternoon we read the story in the train and then we made our very own train snacks out of marshmallows, Fruit Loops, and a Smartie for a light.  Then we got to eat them with hot chocolate.

When we were finished our snack, we watched The Polar Express movie in a special movie theatre with couches and pillows. It was really comfy! 

Last Week Reminders

Last Week of School Reminders

Tuesday: Early dismissal at 3:10.

Wednesday: Afternoon concert starts at 1:30pm. Evening performance starts at 7. Students may be dropped off in our classroom at 6:30pm. I will most likely need some help getting them ready in their costumes.

Costumes: Students are encouraged to wear black or dark colours (for both the afternoon and evening shows). If they have black gloves, please send them. They will be wearing a special bear crown (we have these ready at school) and a paper bear “tummy.”

When students arrive at school on Wednesday evening I will ask parents for help with pinning their tummies on and painting black noses on.

Donations: For our Winter Concert performances, we will be collecting non-perishable food items for Christmas Cheer Board and/or a silver collection for the Philippines Typhoon relief. 

Thursday: The students have requested to have a pyjama party. They may wear their pyjamas all day. Please make sure that your child is dressed appropriately for the weather with sleeves and pants or tights (if they are wearing a nightgown).

Friday: We will be having a small Christmas party in the afternoon. If you would like to send a nut free snack for our class, please let me know.

Happy Holidays!

C. Lowe

Setting our Sculptures Free

Today we got to make a whole bunch of new ice sculptures. They turned out so beautiful! Before we went home we got to set them free.

It was so nice to run around outside, even though we couldn't stay out for very long.

Icy Experiment

Today we decided to take advantage of the cold weather and do an icy experiment.

First thing in the morning we filled up six yogurt containers and one milk jug with water. Then we added food colouring. We only had the primary colours to we had to mix them to make other colours.
Then we put the jugs outside and waiting to see what would happen. At the end of the day Ms. Janz brought our containers up so we could observe what happened.

We noticed that:
-The water turned to ice.
-The ice slid out of the yogurt container easily, the milk jug ice got stuck.
-The milk jug water wasn't frozen solid. We could see water and air inside.
-When Mrs. Lowe made a hole in the ice, we could see water coming out and air going in and making bubbles.
-The ice was starting to melt. We think this could be because it it warm in our classroom, or because of the lights.

Tomorrow we will make more ice sculpture. This time we will:
-Label the jugs so we know what colours we put in.
-Freeze the jugs in a safer place (some were kicked over today)
-TAKE PHOTOS!
-Use timers to keep track of how long it takes for ice to freeze and melt.

Here's what some students had to say:

We worked very hard on it and we put colours in it. - Dante

We were really careful and someone kicked it and said they were sorry. - Denise

We put water outside so it would freeze - Chase 

We made beautiful ice sculpture with coulors like green and orange and black - Cassie 

The kids were sorry they broke our guiding - Gabriel 

I like the when the block broke - autumn 

Mrs lowe poked a hole in the ice with scissors - Ellie 

It was very cool because I was picking a piece of ice from the brick and I wrapped it up and it was melting - Ethan 

Cosmic Kids Yoga

These days it is VERY cold in Winnipeg and we have not been able to go out for recess in a while. With no end in sight, we decided to use our bodies and brains to go on a yoga adventure.

We used YouTube and SafeShare to watch a Cosmic Kids Yoga video.



Mrs. Lowe was very proud that even though we had a small space, all of the students participated and respected the space of others.

Here's what the kids had to say about it…

Every part was my favourite. - Chase

I liked the part when we laid down on our belly. - Autumn

I have that at my house. - Ken 

I liked the part where we were sleeping. - Denise 

I liked when we were fish. - Ellie

It was an adventure! - Cassie

I liked when we were laying on our backs and when we were mermaids. - Bryce 

I liked doing yoga. - Jericho 

I liked the part when we were surfing. -Kyle 

It was fun when we did the mermaid move. - Nevaeh