We were very fortunate to have author and YIS teacher Trevor Kew visit our classes this week. After asking the students what they like to do in their free time, Mr Kew told the students about his passions which include soccer and reading. This eventually led to Mr. Kew’s clear message that one should “write [...]

This was our final week of inquiring into Life Cycles and all students have clearly demonstrated their understanding of the Central Idea: All living things go through a process of change. However, the debate of what to do with our frogs continues… Please take a look at the 1S VoiceThread Life Cycle comparison project and [...]

A big thank you to our grade two captains for showing us how to “Move Your Body” Beyonce style today. This dance will be used to show team spirit at Sports Day on Friday. To follow are a couple of instructional videos created by our grade 2 captains. Please share the videos with your child [...]

The excitement continues in 1S as this morning we discovered our first frog! The students were ecstatic with this discovery however they knew that our current tank, while seemingly lovely for tadpoles, probably did not provide a suitable habitat for a frog. Luckily we were able to borrow a smaller fish tank from Ms Czubak [...]

1S had an exciting week of measuring, playing math games and continuing our inquiry into living things. On Monday we invited KP in to share our learning about the life cycle of a frog and to show our class tadpoles. 1S students were eager to show their knowledge and the kindergarten students listened intently. On [...]

One of the first things 1S students did when they entered the classroom after Spring break was to go straight to the fish tank to see if our tadpoles had survived the 2 weeks while the students were away. Peering into the tank, the students were happy to see lively and considerably larger tadpoles swimming [...]

1S had a fantastic start this week to our new Unit of Inquiry: All living things go through a process of change. On Monday we headed to Homes to buy some seeds. On the way back we walked through the Minato Mieru ga oka park and were delighted to find many different signs of Spring [...]

Click below to view the 1S Family Recipe Book. The students enjoyed drawing the pictures of their recipes and had fun creating enticing titles and designing the appearance of the title. Many thanks, 1S parents, for submitting the recipes and for your wonderful support all throughout our Unit of Inquiry. Enjoy! Open publication – Free [...]

1S has been involved in some wonderful reading experiences lately. Our big and  very friendly  grade 9 buddies visited our classroom to listen to 1S students read last Friday. It was truly wonderful to watch how attentively the grade 9 students listened and interacted with the grade one students. On Tuesday we had a fantastic [...]