Omega students are learning about the life cycle of a butterfly first hand. We watched caterpillars eat a bunch first. One day, we found one caterpillar in its chrysalis. By the end of the day, all five of our caterpillars were in cocoons! We will wait excitedly to see the beautiful butterflies emerge!
Middle school and High school students attended the Christmas Cheer Board. The Cheer Board relies on groups such as schools to prepare food hampers to many needy families during the holidays. The students genuinely enjoyed the experience knowing that an hour of their day was so meaningfully used to make a difference for 250 Winnipeg families.
At Prairie Blossom School, we are happy to share how our elementary students are engaged in this year’s reading program. They feel interested and motivated to keep a daily reading log to see how many books they will have read by the end of June.
Students took inspiration from the illustrations of Canadian writer and illustrator Barbara Reid for an art project. Barbara uses plasticine, a type of modelling clay, to create relief images which are photographed for her books. Students chose an image from a Barbara Reid picture book, and then created their version of it.
Meadow Lane Colony School had a very successful Reading Olympics. Students had fun creating avatars of themselves to use on the Olympic podiums. The students quickly climbed up the podium, with some students having read for over 2000 minutes that month! As well as competing with Kelsey School students, Meadow Lane students also began competing with their teachers to see who our most prolific readers were. Our champion reader was Samara who read for over 86 hours!