Well, 2V just wrapped up their skating for the year! It always amazes me at the amount of improvement I see from their first skate time to their second time! Some can (alright I won’t fib,  everyone can) out skate me. There is some serious skating talent though on the rink!

I really want to thank all those parents who came and helped tie skates for one or both dates!  You have no idea how much I am appreciative of your volunteerism! Thank you so much!

Enjoy the fun little slide show!  😎

As my students like to say… until next time!

Love,

Mrs. V

Another fun and exciting week at school! We learned a lot more about the traditions of the Acadians, Ukrainians and Inuit people.

In Acadia we learned a little more about their clothing. 2V do you remember what the boys wore and what the girls wore? We also listened to some Acadian music with accordions and fiddles. Colby was then able to bring an accordion from home so that was exciting to see first hand and feel it! We learned a few more french words. 2v what is the french word for wooden shoes? I call them Klompen from part of my Dutch heritage. We also got to hear a traditional story about Gabriel and Evangeline.

We learned a little more about Ukrainian clothing, food and music as well. I got to join Miss Taylor to see one of her student’s Ukrainian performances which was really neat. We read a traditional story from Ukraine about why Dogs chase Rabbits.

In Iqaluit we read about The Polar Bear Son and learned a few Inuktitut words as well.

We learned about a Canadian artist named Ted Harrison who likes to paint pictures with warm and cool colours up North. We drew our own mountain scene and then chose to paint it either with warm or cool colours. Their art turned out so beautiful. Everyone who has passed their art, student and teachers alike have complimented them on their job well done.

We ended Friday off after T.W.A.S writing with Maker Spaces. This is a program run in the library that you can sign your class up. There are buckets of different games and materials to explore with. A small group and I created a cups tower. It got to be pretty high and then crashed! Good thing we took a picture before it fell down!

That’s all for this week! Next week we look forward to skating!

Love, Mrs. V

This week at school was another exciting week where 2V worked hard.

We had a blast exploring water as we began our next unit in Science. Below is a short slide show of what they did.

In Social we learned some more about the traditions from our families and also Inuit traditions. Where do mothers like to carry their babies? We also got to practice some Inukituk words. We learned about throat singing and drum dancing. Below is video about Inuit drumming and traditional throat singing.                                                      

Have a wonderful Valentines Day everyone!
<3 Mrs. V

We has a wonderful short week at school and because of that you may have noticed there was no spelling test or T.W.A.S from your child.

Mrs. Wilton came in to show us some of her costumes from her days in Ukrainian dance. Her mother made all her costumes and we were all excited to learn a little more about different dances from the different regions of the Ukraine. Ask your child who brought dance to Saskatoon when the a Ukrainians came to settle there.

We also celebrated Winter Walk day on Wednesday.  We walked with our older reading buddies from 3T which they all enjoyed.  It was the perfect day and we had a fantastic walk. 

Hope you all enjoyed the extra long weekend!

Love,
Mrs. V