Falling Fast

 Quarter One is Done

Time zooms by and my grade ones zoom with it. I have an amazing bunch this year that keeps the laughs going. All of my students are at least bilingual if not tri or quadrilingual which makes for fun observations and discoveries about how things are said or what they mean. Two thirds of my class are from India and I am getting used to being called Mam. My favourite is Miss Robinsonmam.  

We celebrated two major activities as an elementary this quarter. In early October we had planned a day in the woods with the entire elementary. This day was supposed to be a fun exploration of the forest, doing scavenger hunts and team building activities. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate. We had a series of weeks with heavy rains which caused major flooding in parts of the country and made a day in the woods not possible. So what do you do when it is pouring outside? You have pyjama day instead! We had indoor adventure day and did a bunch of team building activities indoors.

Our second major event was at the end of the quarter and was Reading Day! Leading up to reading day we had spirit days where we dressed up in fun hats, dressed as a twin. Wore our CISP gear and favourite sports team gear. 

We ended the week with dress as your favourite book character for Reading Day . This year I did Olivia by Ian Falconer. She is a pig who likes to wear red dresses and black and white stripes. This is one of my favourite days of the year. The entire school participated in games and activities to help build community amongst our secondary and elementary students. 

This year our school theme is This is my Village and I serve them. Finding ways we can serve one another in our school community.

Updates from Grade Three

One our biggest challenges this quarter is still being with out our 3rd grade teacher. I've had an amazing sub team that has been holding the pieces together. Please pray for Miss Lambert who has currently raised 82% of her needed support. If you would like to help get her here by making a donation click here.

Outside the classroom

In October we celebrated Thanksgiving. We had 23 people squish around the table and enjoyed wonderful fellowship and food.

After Thanksgiving we went out on the town to explore the Signal Light festival where different artists display artwork that uses light displays.

Who is Jesus?

So far this year my favourite thing has been watching the love for Jesus grow in my students. This year most of my students had very little exposure to the Bible. Some not even knowing who Jesus is. It has been neat to watch the ones who know who Jesus is share their knowledge with the others and the enthusiasm in learning who is this Jesus and that there is a God who loves them no matter what.