Fort McMurray Car Wash Fundraiser at St. Gabriel School!

Day/Time

June 5, 2016 from 9:00am to 2:00pm

St. Gabriel School1400 Roselawn Dr.Windsor, ON
N9E 1L8

Event Description

Students from St. Gabriel School will be hosting a car wash/bake sale/bbq in the school parking lot on June 5 from 9 AM to 2 PM. All money raised All money raised at this event will be donated directly to the Canadian Red Cross for the relief effort in Fort McMurray Alberta. There will be set prices for food items but only donations will be accepted for car washes. 

See you there!

Highlights Kindergarten April 2016

We have had so much fun enjoying the arrival of spring. We took a spring walk around our yard looking for signs of spring, taking pictures to build our spring word wall. We have loved our outdoor recesses, bike riding, climbing, bubble blowing and playing in the sand box.

Our big idea for April was "How do we care for our world?" In honour of Earth Day.

Literacy:

We learned about the importance of protecting endangered animals and our responsibility to all animals as we read "Panda Kindergarten". We explored the results of one person doing one small thing to show care for the environment and how it can inspire others while studying "Someone Cared For A Flower". We noticed the importance of messages on posters and how posters can be a great tool to spread news. We created posters to remind fellow students and staff to care for our world through recycling programs, planting trees and flowers, walking instead of driving, picking up litter, not wasting water and electricity, etc.

Mathematics:

Kindergarten students have been exploring a variety of adding activities with the help of books, manipulatives and songs. We have had some challenging questions for students to work on with friends during play. There have been a wide variety of solutions and some very creative ways to solve these math problems! Great work! Ordinal numbers and positional language have also been introduced this month.

We will be exploring patterns in our 100 chart and skip counting in May. 

Religion:

We have been sharing bible stories about creation and Noah's ark to emphasize our responsibility to love our earth as it is a beautiful gift from God. 

Science:

We saw a rainbow in one of our stories and students were interested in how rainbows were made. Through exploration with prisms, reading books and drawing and painting, water and food colouring experiments we enjoyed recreating many rainbows. We learned the order of the colours through song, and use of ordinal numbers. We have also planted many seeds. We are experimenting with growing seeds with and without soil. We know all living things need water, air and sun to grow well. 

Thanks to all of the families who sold school lottery tickets, donated items for the prize baskets, and joined us for the annual pasta dinner. Your support is greatly appreciated!

Congratulations to our April WOW Winners!

Our April theme was gentle spirit!

During the WOW assembly our kindergarten class was featured in our very own music video!

Click on the link below to watch!

http://youtu.be/S6P6HmU1aM4

Highlights of Kindergarten March 2016

Technology 

Senior Kindergarten students are learning to log into skill building websites independently. Many enjoy learning Mathematics and practicing their literacy skills on Starfall.com. All students have access to iPads daily and enjoy listening to stories, math fact games, alphabet awareness activities while learning to use technology.

Literacy: During March children were read a variety of Dr. Seuss stories, enjoyed videos, stories about the fun surrounding the arrival of spring and all of the signs of spring. We practiced our counting in many of our number story books. We are listening for rhyming words, continue to make predictions about our books, make connections to things we already know or have experienced, identify why a book is fiction or non-fiction, parts of a book and tracking. We are reading word families, matching rhyming words, and continuing to build the list of sight words we can read. We learned how to make lists and why people need to make lists in everyday life.

Science: We have been identifying changes in our environment with the change of season (finally!), and will continue to explore our school neighbourhood looking for spring in all of its glory. We have been reminded that we experience things with all five senses so we will also be listening, smelling, touching and maybe even tasting!

Religion: During lent we learned more about the life of Jesus and the many miracles He performed while on earth.  Our lenten season has concluded and we celebrated Holy Thursday with Stations of the Cross. Our Kindergarten Lenten project was well received with many children performing random acts of kindness at school and at home. For each act of kindness we added a kernel of popcorn to our jar and we celebrated with our popcorn party.

Health: Food Groups

We have been learning all about the importance of healthy eating and our four food groups. Children are able to identify foods and the group where they belong. Our bunny brunch was a huge success. Thanks to all families that sent in veggies as we were able to enjoy them twice and then made soup with the leftovers! Please see the link for a reminder of the suggestions of the Canada Food Guide.
http://hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php

Our class is investigating the question "How do we care for our World?" during April. We identified that we have a responsibility to protect animals. We had a visit from The Humane Society to teach us about dog safety. We learned to always ask permission to approach a strange dog, how to be friendly and read their emotions. 

Reminders of upcoming events:

1) April 4 Spring pictures and Autism Day (wear blue)

2) April 11 raffle tickets due back

3) April 15 basket items due (craft supplies)

4) April 20 pasta dinner

Thank you to all who showed your support today, World Down Syndrome Day!

Kindergarten Highlights January and February

While old man winter played the hot and cold game with us, our students learned to be very independent in their dressing in outdoor clothing! We are very proud of their determination and independence! 

Dramatic Play

We built an ice castle in class for the students to enjoy. Even when it did not look much like winter outside it was pretty frozen inside. They often listened to books on tape, read winter stories and had fun with their imagination! 

Literacy 

Our winter word wall helped students write stories, practice printing and making lists. Our two biggest ideas in literacy have been ways to solve problems and the importance of friends. Through a variety of books, songs, and discussions we have developed lists to support our learning. Our role playing activities have helped us build important skills to use with classmates. We continue to learn Pals letters, sounds, and sight words. We have begun using these in our written work as well. Students have also been introduced to stories that are fantasy and fables. 

Mathematics 

Measurement 

Students spent time exploring the concepts of size using longer than and shorter than during play. We used a variety of manipulatives to measure with non standard units.

Numeration 

We continue to represent numbers daily sometimes using tally marks, ten frames, number lines, skip counting, sets, 100 day. Students are learning numbers that come before and after.

Lent

We are dedicated to doing many acts of kindness during lent and the good deed tickets are piling up! Keep up the good works! We have been sharing stories of the many miracles Jesus preformed on earth while he was teaching the people about his Father's love for all. We look forward to Holy Week and the passion of Christ.

Guardians Give Back

Thank you to all who donated to the cereal drive. Our Kindergarten classes donated 50 boxes of cereal to a Breakfast program!