Using Laptops in the Classroom

The Grade 5 and 6 class love learning with laptops! Having laptops in the classroom gives the students the opportunity to work on their computer skills and learn how to use programs that will help them in their studies.  One of the biggest achievements the students have made was learning how to use video editing software.  They have filmed and edited several enjoyable features that they have shared with the rest of the school.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

 

The Kindergarten class experimented with sweet potatoes.  They wanted to learn how sweet potatoes grow. 

For the experiment they defined their purpose, materials, hypothesis, method and recorded the outcome.

Aviation

The Grade 5 and 6 class is learning about aviation.  They have a whole assortment of planes to explore the different elements that contribute to successful flight.

Decorating Candles

For a family Easter gift, the Grade 3 and 4 class decorated candles.

Us Mural

The Kindergarteners worked as a team to make an "Us" mural for "Uu" week.

After it was finished, they reflected on the process.

Capacity

The grade 2 class explores capacity in math class.  This student predicted how fill the glass would appear after putting in 1/2 cup of juice.

 Although is does not look it, all of these glasses have the same amount of juice in them!

 We invited the Grade 1 class to have some "capacity juice"(fruit punch) in fancy glasses with us.  They were surprised to learn that all the glasses had equal amounts of juice in them!

Our Best Handwriting

The grade 3 and 4 class has been making progress on their handwriting! It gets neater and neater each week.

Kindergarten's Morning Message

This is an example of a morning message that the Kindergarten students read as a class every morning.  It is interactive and allows the teachers to review concepts that the students are learning.

Learning about Possessives

 

The Grade 3 and 4 class is excited to be learning about possessives!

This colour-coded chart sure made things easier to understand.

Rain and Water

 Playschool friends are discovering lots of things about rain and water!

Victoria Day

Happy Victoria Day!

Eleanor Rigby Recorder Duet

The grade 5 and 6 class wanted to learn how to play the song Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles after hearing the song in their classroom.  Their music teacher made it happen.  The final product had separate parts for each student and sounded truly wonderful.

Simple Machines Continued

Continuing with our study of simple machines, we experimented with levers.  Where is the fulcrum? Where is the load? And does the nearness of the load to the fulcrum affect the amount of force or effort needed? We know the answers to these questions in the grade 3 and 4 classroom!

Forest of Reading Program at Olivet

Look at all the books that the upper grades have been reading through the Forest of Reading Program.  After every student has read every book they each get to vote on the various favourites.

Boomwhackers

The grade 1 and 2 class work together to make beautiful, harmonized music with "Boomwhackers". They each hit their long plastic tubes on the floor to produce a certain note!

Simple Machines

The Grades 3 and 4 are learning about simple machines. How is an inclined plane used to move a load up or down? Is a longer incline better or a shorter one? How does friction impact movement on the inclined plane? These are the questions the students are investigating.

Math Fun

The Grade 1 and 2 students have a great time playing a math game together!

"Nn" is for Noah's Ark

The Kindergarteners are colouring their alphabet bible story page.  “Nn” is for Noah.

Math Class

Understanding math is easier when students are allowed to manipulate concrete objects. Here the students are making arrays to demonstrate multiplication and division.