Teacher's Blogs
One Liners
One of the things I love about teaching grades 1 and 2 is that when things start getting serious…. the students have a way of reminding me not to bother. This was the case on our City Hall field trip, as I alluded to earlier. “It’s a dandelion! ” “It’s a pufferfish!” “It’s a disco …
Student Art Awards
This autumn, four KCS students received awards from the Students’ Art Gallery at Hotel Dieu. Congratulations to Naomi S. (Gr. 4), Ian H. (Gr. 4), Jubilee B. (Gr. 5), and Naomi D. (Gr. 6), whose artwork is a beautiful representation of the colour that God uses to decorate the fall season! The students’ artwork is …
A Busy Couple of Weeks
Over the past two weeks students from Grade 7/8 class have been part of two large events. We are blessed to have coaches from the KCS community but I still get to be part of the day and it always great to see the students interacting outside of a classroom setting. On November 15, KCS …
City Hall
We have recently started a new social studies unit about our local community. To help the students better understand the idea of citizens and local leadership, we took a field trip to City Hall. Before our tour we took opportunity to explore Confederation Park, a worthwhile outing for us all. During our tour, we …
The Attributes of God
By learning about the attributes of God, the Grade 7/8 class has also been considering how they can praise Him for who he really is, and learn to more closely reflect his attributes themselves. During our classes, they each chose an attribute as the theme for an original piece of art which included paint, collaged …
Reading Day
Reading Day is a much-anticipated tradition in the Grade 3/4 classroom. The students come to school prepared to snuggle in for an entire day of reading (minus recess, of course!) They wear their pajamas, and bring in sleeping bags, comfy blankets, and pillows to lounge on. They also bring their stuffed animal friends, snacks, and …
Fulfillment
We have been enjoying learning about the life and times of Moses in Bible class. This week we talked about the ten plagues and about the Passover. Yesterday we were able to participate in a very basic version of the Passover meal. It was a very sensory experience for us all to see how the …
Resurrection Project
The 2018-19 Grade 7/8 multimedia painting entitled “Resurrection” has spent the last 4 months at the historic St. Marks Anglican Church in Barriefield. Thank you to Fr. Haynes Hubbard, his wife Susan, and his son Caspian (one of the artists) for their support during this project, and for giving the artwork its first home! The painting …
Sculpty Dragons
This week, the Grade 3/4 Class crafted tiny dragons using Sculpty modeling clay. This project was a lesson in creativity, and also patience, listening, and extreme fine-motor skills! Thank you to former KCS student and Sculpty expert Katie Dove for planning and leading us through this project.
We Remember
Today, after much preparation, conversation, and thought processing, our class was honoured to lead the Remembrance Day assembly. I was very pleased with the respect our class, and the entire student body, showed as we remembered veterans and those affected by war. To close our assembly, each student placed a poppy on a cross. In …