Friday, October 8th: NO SCHOOL for students
Professional Development/Grading Day
Friday, October 15th NO SCHOOL for students
Professional Development/Grading Day
Thursday, October 21st: NO SCHOOL for students
Student Conferences
Friday, October 22nd: NO SCHOOL for students
Student Conferences
2021-22 School Year Calendar
What’s happening in the Puffin Nest?
We are so delighted to have our Puffins back in the nest!
We are working on building community, learning routines and developing/establishing our classroom rules and expectations. During our first week, we also spent time getting to know each other and building community with lots of fun activities.
Our Puffins created maps of the classroom, built towers from post-its, and engaged with a STEM activity based around “Fred the Worm” and his misadventures. Students worked to put a “life preserver” on Fred (without using their hands) so he wouldn’t drown while whitewater rafting! Next, they designed a transportation device to lower Fred down to the ground as slowly and safely as possible.
Our goals this week:
- Learn and practice classroom expectations
- Brainstorm ideas for how we will help each other to be safe, able to learn and feel happy (aka: class guide)
- Encourage each other to explore ideas and take risks while having fun
- Practice flexible thinking and problem solving
- Work on our communication and collaboration skills
On Wednesday, we visited the Backyard Garden for our first Out & About. Our focus was again on classroom community team building.
Check out our "Class Guide" big ideas below!