Spring Arrival

The days are seemingly longer and a tad bit warmer with the arrival of spring. The children keep remarking how great it feels to not have to bundle up quite so much. I do implore you to send them in with splash pants and rubber boots when you do retire their snowsuits completely as our school yard is quite messy come the full melt and the gravel that was spread throughout winter to help with the ice is still all over and can really hurt when the children inevitable wipe out on the pavement.

While the buds are yet to appear outside, our Tower Garden was amass with greenery waiting to be harvested. As you know, we opened a day long 'Veggie Market' as a provocation to our Math unit on money. First, the children voted (using tally marks) on the name of our class store, calling it 'Produce for Pets'. In literacy, the children worked on creating a variety of signage, from a store name, to Open/Closed Signs, Hours of Operation, and in creating Shopping Lists. They then took turns working with a partner in our actual 'Market'. With support, one would be the store clerk and the other the customer and they would shop, using real coins, for their preferred produce to take home. Using ten frames to help them calculate, they would total their spending amount and change to be received, and then switch places to repeat the process. We tried to ensure fresh, 'organic' produce came home, though to be honest it was a bit wilted by the end of the day. The money raised went toward a small donation for our Lenten initiative of supporting the Ottawa Humane Society. 

Check out some pictures below.

Speaking of Lent, here at St. Anne we are celebrating our Lenten Spirit Week. All children are invited to donate a toonie towards improvements of our Ottawa River through Ottawa River Keepers. 

April 1	April 2	April 3	April 4	April 5
Dress in the Colour Purple for Lent LENT	Wear blue for World Autism Day Awareness Day	Hat/Hair Day	Jersey/Sport Day	PJ day Optional - Bring in a donation of new PJ’s for the PJ patrol

We were also so fortunate to enjoy a show from Junkyard Symphony, who came to perform for all the primary classes on Friday. Mrs. Wong got in on some of the action.

Let's have a rocking week!