Thoughtful Tuesday, June 22, 2017

A few key pieces to be mindful of this week 

Lost & Found Hello Parents and Guardians, As our school year comes to an end and our classroom’s are being tidied, our Lost & Found pile is growing! Please feel free to drop by the school and collect your missing items.  Any items not collect by June 30th will be donated. Have a nice day, Barb Rocca Administrative Assistant, Kenneth D. Taylor School Calgary Board of Education | cbe.ab.ca t | 403-817-3504 Orders Needed Dear Parents/Guardians: Just a friendly reminder that there are only a few more days left to order a yearbook!  This will capture all the highlights of our first year of learning and building a school culture. Currently we have 44 orders and we require a total of 176 orders before we can go to print. Please see the information on how to order here:  yearbook2017.pdf  Any additional funds collected will be donated to our playground fund. Cheers, David

KTS Year Book

Friendly Friday, June 9,2017

Hello Parents,

Please watch your child’s backpack for an order form for our Ken Taylor School Group Photo.  If you are interested in ordering an 8” x 10” color photo please return this form with payment  to the school prior to June 16^th, 2017.

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This afternoon the student's enjoyed an in-school field trip. Teacher's Pet came in and we painted some lovely butterflies. We then considered the lifecycle of the butterfly.

  

Reminder! Swimming starts MONDAY :) Please ensure you bring a change of clothes, towel and plastic bag. 

Great Book Exchange Thursday, June 8, 2017

Thank you to everyone who donated and participated at the Great Book Exchange today! Our Leadership Team did a wonderful job planning, organizing and hosting this event. 

Over $100 was raised! 

Reminder: Tomorrow is our in school activity - Teacher's Pet! Pleasure ensure you have paid the $5 fee :) cash or cheque is acceptable. 

TOMORROW IS CRAZY SOCK DAY!

Swimming starts Monday. 

Thank you! 

Wondering Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Today in Room 154 we created our own "Unity" Project. Students identified with various statements including:

"I am a global citizen"

"I am an artist"

"English is my first language"

"English is not my first language"

"I love sports"

"I have H.E.A.R.T."

"I am an ambassador"

"I am a swimmer"

"I love animals"

"I am a kid"

"I am a student"

"I love sports" 

We worked together to create a web to symbolize our connections and commitment to global citizenship. We all have various backgrounds and understand that we are responsible for considering each other. :)

Reminders: 

Tomorrow is the Great Book Exchange! Bring a quarter to buy a book.

Teacher's Pet is Friday - please pay $5 cash/cheque (payment due tomorrow)

Swimming starts Monday! 

School Photo Update

New Date - School Photo

Dear Parents/Guardians: Update:  our school photo today was re-scheduled for this Friday, June 9th at 10:00 a.m.  Parents of our afternoon Kindergarten class are welcome to bring their children to the school for 9:55 for the picture (please wait outside with your child on the soccer field).  There will be a flyer going home with your child should you wish to order a print of this photo. Thank you, David

Mindful Monday, June 5, 2016

As we dig deeper into global citizenship, we considered the following images during Social Studies today.









Mrs. Steckly was biking on the weekend and came across this art installation on St. Patrick's Island in East Village. We had been here before, and some us recognized this hill from our field trip.

We recorded our observations, inferences and wonders about this image, and then answered the question  "if the poles were humans, what would the web or yarn represent?".

After some individual and group reflection and discussion, here were our answers:
(at this point we knew the poles had some sort of messages on them)

Khushi – connection between them and their feelings for each other and relationship

Adam – people knitting

Kian – connection, maybe the bond of team

Suleman – vibrations to each other, strings connections

Rayme – a symbol of friendship because everyone would be holding it

Manar – harmony of the community

Zahed – their thoughts

Peyton – a heart, because everyone has heart, to be kind and nice

Asia – love or friendship

Giovanna – friendship

 Alvin – people of global citizens

Owen – parachute

Ivana – friendship or freedom, nature or family

Darya – relationships and love

Alice – Parachute

Zahra – spider web

Logan – holding hands

Cairo – connections and difference

Alyssa -  the names of people who died

Braeden – connection between the people and their relationship

Noah –  friendship and connections

We are learning as we observe and infer, there are no wrong answers. Each of our own interpretations reflect what we know and can help others view things from a different perspective.

We then read what some of the poles said:

We then learned the #unityproject was set up on the weekend for students to take string and wrap around 5 poles that they identify with. "Participants wind colourful yarn around posts that reflect their identities. Their yarn intertwines with others’ to create a web of interconnectedness." 

This week we will continue to explore this idea of global thinking and use the Unity Project to as inspiration for our own web of connections. 

REMINDERS:

 All library books due by Friday!

The Great Book Exchange is this Thursday! Bring a quarter to purchase a book :)