Forcing Spring Bulbs

In the fall we were learning about plants, so we went to a local plant nursery to see the many types of plants we could buy. We bought some spring bulbs, planted them and then put them in a cool dark place over the Christmas holidays. On January 3rd we took this basket of bulbs and placed it on the windowsill. First we observed that the white shoots turned green and then we watched it grow and grow and grow. This is what it looks like after just 2 weeks!! Luckily for us, we all don't mind the interesting smell of Paperwhites!!

Il Fait Froid!

Ms. Williams is being rather silly demonstrating items that we wear in the winter during French circle. On a serious note, Playschool is learning the names winter clothing items and words related to winter. Take a look at the display board outside of the Playschool room for our French and English winter words.


Mrs. Parker and a friend are getting in on the fun of a French game reinforcing the French vocabulary.

Open House

At Olivet New Church School, we believe education is an extension of the home and optimum learning happens when a child's affections are fully engaged.

Over the week of January 17th to the 21st, 9:00am to 12:00pm, you are warmly invited to visit the classrooms to look and listen while class is in session.

Please make an appointment with Sandy Bradfield, our Office Manager.
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Kindergarten

Primary Room

Junior Room

Senior Room

Splatter-Painting

Kaylin and Jasmine are splatter-painting to create beautiful Christmas
wrapping paper.

Kaylin and Jasmine have wrapped up some very special Christmas gifts using
their own spatter-painted paper.

Christmas Party

The students at Olivet New Church School had a great Christmas party on Friday, December 17. They played games, won prizes, exchanged gifts and had a lot of fun!

Weaving Creations

Kaylin and Jasmine made beautiful wall hangings by weaving yarn on a shoebox. It took a lot of patience and skill!

Happy New Year!

Have a happy and healthy new year!

Merry Christmas!

The Letter of the Week is Mm

Playschool merrily made marvellous Christmas cones crafts.

Merry Christmas!

Pen Pals in Nunavut

Jasmine and Kaylin are very excited to have pen pals in Nunavut. They are looking at photos of their pen pals and friends at Nuiyak School in Sanikiluaq.

Worship Books

The Kindergarteners just completed their first Worship Book of the year and can be seen here showing their favourite stories from Exodus. They all have such creative pictures!

Monday Afternoon Safari

The Afternoon Kindergarten students are going on Safari to explore the great outdoors with Ms. Williams. I wonder what they will see today!

Making Cranes

After reading the book "Sadako and the Paper Cranes" we discovered that origami is not as easy as it looks. After many attempts, we did make some very nice cranes, but we will not try to make 1000 of them!

The Sun Life Financial Museum and Arts Pass program

There are many good reasons to visit a Toronto Public Library, and now there is another one! Did you know that you can get free passes to local museums and art galleries and similar venues? The Sun Life Financial Museum and Arts Pass program is working to broaden access to Toronto's many cultural venues by giving Toronto families one-time-use free passes to these venues.

For more information please visit http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/museum-arts-passes/venues.jsp.

Junior Room Science Experiment

In science the Junior Room is learning about plants. In this experiment we observed that the white carnations turned colours after spending some time in water with food dye. The same thing happened with celery, so we cut up the stems and then looked very carefully at what we saw inside. It was amazing to see how the Lord has provided the plant with everything it needs to survive.

Sharing the Lord's Love Around the World

Playschool has been learning about ourselves, our families and cultures around the world. As a school we participated in Operation Christmas Child, a Christian outreach organization that reaches out to needy children of all faiths around the world.

Playschool collected enough items to fill 10 boxes for 6 boys and 4 girls!

Deborah filling her car with 31 ONCS boxes. Little school with a BIG heart!

Author Jean Miso Comes for a Surprise Visit!

On Tuesday, November 16, Jean Miso, author of "We'll Never Forget", visited Olivet New Church School. She graciously read portions of her book and sang the accompanying song. We are tremendously honoured that Ms. Miso surprised us with her visit and then spent time with us helping to make the book come alive.


"We'll Never Forget" is a wonderful book written to honour those who have served Canada both in war and in peacekeeping missions. It is suitable for all ages, as there are two stories running side by side; one is a lovely picture book illustrated beautifully by Asher Sadeh, and the other is a series of mini biographies of a variety of men and women who have served Canada in the military. The artwork is enchanting and the photographs accompanying the biographies work to bring the stories alive. The fact that the book comes with its own CD only adds to the multidimensional qualities of this very special book. For our Facebook friends; "you will "like" this book!!"

A short video of Jean Miso, musician, music composer and author, demonstrating the hand signals that go with the chorus in the song "We'll Never Forget" featured in her book of the same name.

If you are interested in learning more about Jean Miso or purchasing your own copy of "We'll Never Forget," please visit her website at http://www.jeanmiso.ca/.

Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

The Royal Winter Fair offers SO many learning opportunities. Kaylin and Jasmine enjoyed tasting different foods and drinks; seeing animals, demonstrations and products from around the country; touching animals, leather, feathers and fur; smelling animals and food; and hearing the sounds of people and animals at a country fair, ~including hearing bugs munching on potato plant leaves!!