Grade 5 & 6 Trip to the ROM

 We all enjoyed our trip to the ROM last month. We were able to see many artifacts from the ancient Mesopotamian civilization and review what we've learned about them in class.

 

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Buoyancy in the Classroom

Our primary room had fun testing the buoyancy of classroom objects today.

The students were given a table on which they had to record their objects, hypothesize whether they would float or sink, and record their results.

We had some interesting results! 

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Going "Squirrelly"

Playschool is going "squirrelly". They are busily leaning some squirrel facts, searching for and organizing nuts and feeling pretty frisky.

These are pictures of the students with our very own resident squirrel friend.

 

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Math Manipulatives

The Primary room used manipulatives to represent their adding skills today! The Grade 2 students used base ten and one blocks to represent addition sentences up to one hundred.

 

Our Grade 1 students used a variety of manipulatives to demonstrate fact families up to twenty!

 Our understanding of addition was later practiced in our math notebooks using numerals. It was a great way to start our unit!

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Halloween Crafts

The Primary class has been making awesome Halloween crafts in class.  

They have Mod Podged their own mason jar jack o'lanterns.

Created pipe-cleaner spiders and popsicle stick webs.

And even painted some pumpkins!

 

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Autumn Baskets

The Junior Room students made decorative spooky autumn baskets in art class this week. They walked down to the nearby creek and field area and found natural decor for their arrangements. They then designed them to their liking and added their own Halloween flair to each one.

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Raking Leaves

 

Today was a fabulous opportunity to get out and experience a fall day.

A cool, overcast day, wearing boots and coats while raking wet leaves into a pile. We each took turns to participate in our action verse. Later, we ran to catch falling leaves disturbed by the wind. Some friends actually caught some!

 

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Private School Expo

This Saturday, October 18, Olivet School will be at the Private School Expo at Roy Thomson Hall. Come visit our booth from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Take the opportunity to speak with our principal, ask questions of our alumni, learn more about our curriculum and talk to registrars about the enrolment process.

The Private School Expo is a great opportunity to find a school that is the right fit for your child.  Visit Our Kids for discounted admission.
We look forward to meeting you there!

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Apple Picking

The Kindergarten and Primary Classes went apple picking last week at Orchalaw Farms.

 

They had fun playing in the hay.

 

Took a wagon ride out to the apple orchard.

 

They picked and ate apples for the rest of the day!

The Primary Class used their apples to make apple sauce, and it was delicious!

 

 

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Eat your vegetable harvest soup

Yesterday, Playschool had an opportunity to use their senses to explore a variety of vegetables. We washed, touched, smelled, cut and tasted many of them. Today, we enjoyed the "fruits of our labour" for snack, as the children enjoyed eating their vegetable harvest soup.

 

As well, the harvest store in the dramatic play centre has been very popular as children recreate their personal experiences at the grocery store and farmers market purchasing produce.

 

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Junior Room Fieldtrip

Last Monday the Junior Room students went on a special fieldtrip to their teacher’s house. They ate lunch together and then watched and interesting movie about Canada.