Volunteers Needed

Parents are needed to be on hand to answer questions and share experiences with incoming families.

If your child is currently in Kindergarten (or was last year), the 2014/15 Kindergarten parents would love to hear from you! 

If you are able to volunteer your time on the evening of Tuesday, 27 May, please email sturino@gmail.com.

Spring Concerts in May - Mark your calendars!

 

 Please join us for Earl Beatty's

“Springtime in Canada”

 Concerts

on

Wednesday, May 14th, 2014

in the gymnasium

Concert #1 ~ Kindergarten

5:45 pm – 6:15 pm

Performances by:

 ♫ all Kindergarten classes

Concert #2 ~ Grades 1 to 8

6:45 pm

Performances by:

 ♫ All Grades 1-3 classes  ♫ Choirs  ♫ Ms. Kostro’s class

  ♫ Ms. Swire’s class  ♫ Band  ♫ Ms. Harrison’s class

Ms. David's Class Discovers Their Trees Are Changing!

This winter, students made some very interesting observations when they took a look at the classroom trees.

Tree One 

“Some branches are yellow at the end and the tree is getting bigger”. – Quintin 

"It looks like sticks”. – Carter

“It’s growing new skin and bark”. – Maddy

Tree Two 

“The bark is hard”. – Carter 
“ The bark is bumpy”.  – Ruby

 

When we asked the students why trees have bark, Grace F. replied: “To protect the tree”. We also asked our students what did they think would happen if trees didn’t have bark. Maddy said: “The trees would fall down”. Lia said “The tree would be squishy”.

Daniel extended on the idea of bark and told everyone that inside the tree there’s sap. He further explained that sap is sticky and we use it to make maple syrup.

Tree Three 

“Dandelions have something sticky inside them, maybe it’s sap”. – Jessica

“The bark on this tree is smooth”. – Daniel

When we asked the students why they thought the bark on this tree was smooth and not bumpy like the other tree, Quintin shared “Because it’s only a baby tree”.   

February Growth

                                       

“There’s lots more red branches this time on our tree. It’s growing more branches”.  – Grace F.

Seasonal Changes in the Earl Beatty School Yard!

Here is a post from Kindergarten teacher Ms. David on a great class project that gets her kids outdoors and learning from the natural environment at Earl Beatty!

The students in our class expressed curiosity towards the changes that are occurring in our schoolyard. We decided that we would choose a “classroom” tree and watch how it changes throughout the year.

We went outside and walked around our schoolyard looking for the perfect tree. One student reminded the class that we need to choose a tree with “soft” leaves and not “piney” leaves. She explained that “evergreen trees are always green and will not change much”.

Students finally decided they wanted to observe 3 trees in our schoolyard:

Tree One:

Tree Two:

Tree Three:

After we decided on our 3 classroom trees, the students recorded their observations on their clipboards.

Students will continue observing their three classroom trees without the year. 

We look forward to seeing how these trees change as the school year progresses!