Calling for all Christmas Trees. 🎄 please drop off your Christmas Trees in our Outdoor Classroom. We love exploring them and using the branches and needles for our STEAM projects. A Very Merry Christmas to All 🎄🌟@STCBurlington @HCDSB @HCDSB_k

We Are Called to Love ❤️ What a wonderful experience celebrating Mass with the school for Catholic Education Week. @HCDSB @HCDSB_k

May is shaping up to be a busy month. 🐝 It is hard to believe but we will actually be staring our ABC Countdown on May 23 !! What an opportunity to reflect on the growth in my friends and remind them of all the challenges they have met because they are competent and capable.

We had a wonderful STEAM day yesterday. Thanks to N’s grandma we had some @homedepotcanada kits to work with. Between hammering, adjusting, painting and marvelling at what we had done we had quite a day. @HCDSB_k @hcdsbsteam

Today for Earth Day 🌎 we practiced our promise to God to be Stewards of the Earth 🌏 and picked up litter. Earth Day is recognized today but we think everyday is Earth Day 🌎 #hcdsbk @HCDSB_k

Once again St. Christopher is looking for your Christmas trees 🌲We love repurposing the trees to build forts, create new worlds, use branches for painting etc. you can just drop your tree over the fence whenever you want over the Christmas Season. 🎄🎄🎄

Today we light our first candle of Advent - Hope. We are called to hope and in children hope is very accessible. In Room 103 I see and hear hope in action every day. Today let us view Hope as simply and as profoundly as a child.

Preparing for Advent - getting ready to make our wreaths. Making the Pink Candle of Joy. @HCDSB_k

An observation during Morning Message that the helper has a letter no one else in the classroom, has led to an investigation. We found we had none, solo letters, partners, small groups and a few party letters - we are looking at you A and I 🎉🎉🎉 @HCDSB_k

When writing has a purpose children come to it with the expectation that they can do this - A is writing a birthday card with all the things she likes to do at a party. D is labelling out new dustpan and brush. Different writing forms for different purposes. @HCDSB_k

We use Morning Question for many things but one of the most exciting is when the children feel confident enough to come back and read it during the day. #emergentreading #purposefulwriting #hcdsbk

Forest Friday learning. Today we had a circle of life moment. A squirrel 🐿️ had been hit by a car and died. So we prayed We had just spoken about decomposing leaves in the forest so it was a great way to connect - we are born, we live and we die in a simple yet understandable way

Our third Family Friday of the year tomorrow. Welcoming all families who can join us for purposeful play.

Having fun and playing with the alphabet is a great way to introduce phonemes and graphemes. We have been having a lot of playing with sounds and then disguising the graphemes. #emergentliteracy #phonemesfun #iamnotthisletter

Today is a celebration of our motto “kindness is magic” World Kindness Day! It was so easy for my friends to think of kind acts that others have shown them. ❤️

We remember - this week the children discussed why ‘we remember’ and their reasons were well thought out and most of all hopeful. Let us pray that their hope is contagious, and that children everywhere can live in peace.

N is making familiar letters with loose parts he has found on our walk. What a great way to take his learning outside.

We had so much fun hosting the Halloween Dance-A-Thon Assembly today. A reminder that each $2 pledged gets a ticket for a chance at some awesome prizes ! Like a photo shoot where you can look like Superman or Hermione 🧙‍♀️🎃👻💀 @STCBurlington

My favourite season is here - Autumn We are settled in, we are getting to know each other more every day, walks through the forest take a bit longer as we gather a pile of leaves to jump into 🍁🍂🍁 celebrate the best of holidays - A day that centres around food and thanks 🦃.

Our Terry Fox run is a reminder to follow Terry’s words - ‘the answer is to help’. Thank you for all the Toonies for Terry that you donated and for joining us both physically and spiritually as we honour our Canadian Hero 🇨🇦 #terryfoxruninRoom103 @terryfoxfoundation