Week at a Glance

October 20th to October 24th

Barnyard Numbers Scavenger Hunt

Grade 1 and Grade 9 headed out to the barnyard on a scavenger hunt Tuesday! A few of the tasks students were required to complete are as follows:

Find the animal that moos. How many hooves are in the pen?
Find an animal for which a group is called a flock. Count the animals and write the number.
I'm not a spoon, but I help with hay. Farmers use me every day. Find me and count my tines.

Swimming Lessons Week 5!

October 15th, 16th & 17th

With the help of Miss Samantha, our class started a research project on turkeys. We will spend the next few weeks learning all about them! Gobble, gobble!

Outside in the barnyard listening to Miss Samantha answer our turkey questions.

Week of October 6th to October 10th

We have been learning about sorting and patterns in math. This week our class made AB patterns using objects we found in nature such as rocks, twigs, moss, leaves and pinecones.

Our class has completed a variety of Fall & Thanksgiving themed art and crafts so far this month. Here are a few samples of our amazing work!

Things are going "swimmingly" over at the Leduc Recreation Centre. Our class completed Week 3 of swimming lessons on Thursday, October 9th. On to Week 4!

Week of September 29th to October 3rd

Grade 1 headed out into the bushes behind the playground on Wednesday to participate in a Fall Scavenger Hunt with our Grade 9 Buddies!

Some of the items on our list were:

bird nest
moss
yellow leaf
fallen log
feather
ladybug
pinecone

Week of September 22nd to September 26th

On Tuesday, September 23rd in the afternoon our whole school participated in the Terry Fox Run benefitting Cancer Research.

This week our Grade 1 classroom completed a watercolour art project which involved drawing a sunflower with black marker and painting the sunflower and background with watercolour paints.

We began swimming lessons at the Leduc Recreation Centre! We will continue to swim every week for the next 8 weeks.

Week of September 15th to September 18th

Getting ready to peel & cut up potatoes.

Getting down to work!

Mr. Jeff demonstrating how to peel and chop.

With the help of Mr. Jeff and Miss Lisa, Grade 1 washed, peeled & chopped the potatoes we harvested from the garden and turned them into home fries. Yummy!!!

Listening to the story of how potato seedlings are grown in a greenhouse & planted on the farm.

On Thursday, September 18th, New Humble Community School travelled by bus to Great North Seed Potatoes for a tour of their facilities. Students were treated to a lunch of perogies, french fries and potato salad and then shown around the property by employees of the farm who explained how potatoes are grown, tended to and harvested. A special treat at the end of the tour was getting to harvest potatoes ourselves!

Week of September 8th to September 12th

This week our Grade 1 visited the school barnyard and garden with our Grade 9 buddies!

Our Grade 1 Classroom and Ms. Martinoff's Grade 9 class are buddies this year. So far we have read together and gone over the rules of the barnyard when visiting the livestock.