The month
of May has been a delightfully busy one here at Olivet School! With 2 spring
concerts, a handful of fieldtrips, Mississauga Marathon 2k run and even our
first ever 2nd Hand Sale!
This year
we purposefully have separated the younger and older students’ musical
performances. Last year this was done for us by an unfortunate power outage
during the concert which forced us to postpone the older student’s portion of
the concert (as it required a/v support). It worked out so well in the end that
we decided to plan it that way this year.
We have
already had the Playschool and Kindergartener’s concert, at the beginning of this
month, and it was lovely. As always hearing the songs of little children is
beautiful and uplifting (not to mention cute and sometimes even a little silly).
I think my absolute favourite part of the younger student’s concerts is when
they wave to their moms and dads! You can just see the absolute delight they
have of being on stage to impress their parents. Many of their songs involved
hand actions and even some dancing that were very enjoyable.
Later this
month we will have the musical “Rock Solid” put on by the older students. All
families and friends are welcome to attend. I always enjoy the older students’
portion of the concert. They have the opportunity to really shine! Many of our
students (especially some of the quieter ones you wouldn’t expect) rise to the
challenge of singing a solo or taking on a larger speaking or acting role in
these performance. All friends and family are welcome to see their performance
Friday, May 30, at 6:30 in the downstairs hall.
May has
been (and still is) a busy month full of fieldtrips and of course the students
love them! Last week the Grades 3 and 4 met up with our sister school (Carmel
New Church School, located in Kitchener) at Medieval Times to supplement their
medieval studies in history class. They enjoyed watching the tournament and show.
The kids even dressed up as lords and ladies from back in the time!
The
students in the upper grades still have one or two more fieldtrips this month,
which they are sure to enjoy. It is always great to be able to supplement
classroom lessons with outside of the classroom experiences.
The Olivet
School students took part in the Mississauga Marathon. It is a great
opportunity for students to run a 40km marathon! The students run during their
action time during the months of April and May to work up to their 38km and
then they go and run the last 2km in the Mississauga Marathon and are cheered
on by parents and friends. It gives the students a great sense of
accomplishment and often the students come in the next day to school proudly wearing
their participant medals.
This past
weekend we had our first ever parent initiated 2nd Hand Sale. The
volunteers worked hard in the weeks leading up to the sale planning and getting
others on board. In the end many of the families of the older children did much
to help with the success of the sale. We sold 2nd Hand items
including antiques, there was face painting, $5 grab bags for kids, face
reading, a coffee shop and even a gallery showing our students’ art! The sale
raised $2,200 for the school and did a great job of promoting the school in the
neighbourhood. A great big thanks goes out to our parents for running this
fundraiser for the school!
As you can
see we have been busy here, at Olivet School! For more information about Olivet
School please visit our website at www.OlivetSchool.ca.
Last week
the Kindergarten students learned about dinosaurs! The students had the
opportunity to be archeologists and carefully chip the dinosaurs out of the ice
using a hammer and pick. The students made a mural of giant dinosaur footprints
that was hung on the wall by their class for all to see. Each Kindergartener painted
their dinosaur footprint however he or she liked. Dinosaur puzzles were done on
the floor of the classroom. Kindergarteners went on a fieldtrip to the nearby
creek to hunt for fossils and then came back and made some of their own by
making impressions on play dough!
