A message from Mme Forbes

Monday (June 22) during second block (11:20) is Water Day. Please send sunscreen and an extra set of clothes and/or bathing suit for your child. This event is weather permitting!

Bienvenue Mme Forbes!

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Mme DaSilva and I would like to welcome Mme Forbes back to Cathcart. She will be teaching our class starting Wed. June 10th. 

It has been such a pleasure working with your children and getting to know them so well. I couldn't have asked for a better year at Cathcart.

Have a great summer and I hope to see you all again!

Mme Kirkland 

On danse avec les rubans!

As a dance activity we watched some videos of dancers with streamers. After discussing what we noticed about their dance styles and techniques we went outside with our own streamers. Our students loved this activity! Many were keeping the beat with their feet or by waving their arms up and down or left and right. Such a fun, outdoor, gros motor activity!!

Le camping

Many of our students have shared that they went camping for the May long weekend or will be going soon. We've decided to turn our dramatic play centre into a campsite! Our students are packing their bags for their camping trips, roasting marshmallows and star gazing!

Great in the moment discovery!

During some outdoor play on the climber, we were able to catch and hold this painted lady butterfly! We watched her drink from the dandilion and we all took turns holding her. This sparked an interest and discussions. We have since adopted some caterpillars into our class and hope to watch them transform in the weeks to come.

Chef Suzanne

Last week we had a very exciting cooking lesson with Chef Suzanne! We made chocolate cupcakes and learned some new french words for cooking utensils and ingredients. Thank you to parents who came to help out!

La pluie

Here's a song we've been singing on rainy days. It goes to the tune of Frère Jacques.

Tombe la plue (x2)
Du ciel gris (x2)
Sur mon petit parapluie (x2)
Flic, Flac, Floc (x2)

C'est la pluie (x2)
Dans nos rues (x2)
Qui tombe sans cesse (x2)
Sur nos têtes (x2)

Aurevoir Mme Skye!

During the last few months, we have been lucky to work with Mme Skye, a CYW student from Lambton College. Tomorrow is her last day in our classroom. We will certainly miss her! Merci Mme Skye!

Multiculturalisme

We have been discussing multiculturalism and how we are different. Here are some ideas that our students came up with!

L'animalerie

We currently have a pet shop (animalerie) in our class. Our students are enjoying learning about animals, some responsibilities of taking care of them and shopping for pets. We even have our own poisson!

On measure l'aire!

We are learning to measure surface area. Here was today's problem to solve!

After comparing the three note pads, discussing their size and how they differ, we measured l'aire using small square tiles. Our conclusion was that Mme DaSilva should use note #3 for her message to Mme Skye! Bravo!

La périmètre

We are learning about measuring the perimeter of objects inside and outside the classroom. Here are some of our recent activities:

Measuring table top shapes inside

Measuring our own chalk shapes outside

Notre jardin d'hauteur

We measured our height using yarn and put the flowers we made on top as a measurement activity. It is fun to compare our heights!

Les mantes

We are currently investigating praying mantises! We have a nest in our class and are hoping some will hatch in the next few weeks. This investigation has lead to discussions on camouflage, predators and other insects! 

Le chef à l'école

Cher parents,

On May 6th at 11:20 we will be participating in a hands on culinary experience at Cathcart. We have sent a news letter home with more information. Please return the permission form as soon as possible.

Merci beaucoup!

Course des poussins!

As a measurement activity, we have been racing wind-up chicks and using links to measure the distance they've gone. Our students are measuring and counting en français!

Nos arbres eucalyptus

Some of our students have taken an interest in rainbow eucalyptus trees (les arbres eucalyptus). We've built our own miniature version of them for our classroom!

Les plantes

We are beginning an inquiry on living things versus non-living things (vivant, non vivant). As an introduction, we've been investigating plants and what they need to survive. We have brought in many plants and often compare them to other living and non living things around our class or in the community. 

Notre système solaire

Our système solaire is all finished and hanging! Some students enjoyed lying under it and looking up at the planets we made!

Sunripe on Monday

Bonjour!

Just a reminder that on Monday (March 9th) we are going on a field trip to Sunripe! We will be walking there at about 9:15 and coming back and returning at about 11:00.

Please send us permission forms asap.

Thank you to parents who have volunteered. I will draw names for the 5 parent spots and send notes home to confirm.