April 8, 2019

The first group of the Kindness Pod went to Open Minds today. Ms. Low set off first thing this morning to the Glenbow Museum. The kids came back really excited and had many great things to share - the highlight seemed to be an airplane and the news that they get to go behind the scenes later in the week.

The students left at school enjoyed blocks of literacy (reading, writing, story telling) and math (we are starting 2D and 3D shapes). Gym this week is the start of gymnastics. We also spent time talking about the Nursery Rhyme books we are making for our Roots of Empathy babies.

We look forward to working with our Open Minds groups this week.

April 5, 2019

Today we started our day in literacy groups. We had a quick snack and body break outside, followed by math groups. The highlight of the day for most of the kids was Wonder Time. Please ask your child what they participated in for Wonder Time.

April 4, 2019

Today was another exciting day with the highlight being our Coulee walks in the afternoon. The morning was filled with literacy and math. In the afternoon both Museum groups and the Zoo group headed into the coulee to look for signs of spring and human impact. The Museum groups were also instructed to think about story and what the coulee would have looked like in the past. The Vivo group explored the Tipi Forest playground and looked at different types of play spaces. 

Parents Night Out

Hello EHS Parents!





We will be having our first Parents Night Out coming up at the Last Straw. Book your babysitters and come out for some Tune Trivia with KISS 

Entertainment.  There will be prizes, a 50/50 draw and food and drink specials. You can make your own team, or meet some new people and 

have a great time with them!

Sign up at the link below. $10/ online ticket. April 7th, 5:30-9:00pm. All proceeds go back to the school! Prospective parents, current parents, 

and friends are all welcome. Buy tickets from the convenience of your laptop/phone. Unfortunately, no payments at the office will be accepted. 

Here is the ticket link!

If you have any questions please email Julie at ehsspecialevents@gmail.com. 

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April 3, 2019

Today was another busy day. We jumped into Literacy groups right after Ignite. From there we split into our math groups as we continue to work on various math strategies for addition. After lunch half the pod worked on creating tree art. The other half of the pod created yarn art outside on the fence. Students had another session of Roots of Empathy where they learned about the different ways people communicate. We ended the day in our Open Minds Groups.

April 2, 2019

Today was a busy day for the Kindness Pod!

Both of the Museum Open Minds groups had a special guest today. 

This afternoon many of the students went outside in our school yard to look for human impact.  They photographed what they saw and put on their plastic gloves to pick up waste. 

On Thursday we will be going into the coulee to continue our Open Minds work.  Some of the students will be looking for ways that humans impact the plants and animals in the coulee.  Some groups are looking for ways that kids can play in the coulee and how it impacts the coulee. 

April 1, 2019

Welcome Back!

We hope you all had a great spring break.

Today after Ignite we had a presentation by Mrs. Kinsman about our new We Are Canadian Kids initiative.  We are learning about what it means to be a Canadian kid and how we can show kindness at school, especially during our lunch break where we are working hard to show kind, respectful behviour.  Whichever Pod wins the secret challenges will get a chance to use the new blue blocks for an afternoon before the rest of the school.

Today the Wild Rose and Mountain View students had a chance to write and share about all of the fun things they did during their break.

This afternoon the Wild Rose and Mountain View students continued to learn about Alberta's history and how the Blackfoot used buffalo for their clothing, instruments, tools, shelter and food.

The zoo group are learning about documentaries in preparation of making a documentary about the animal they will study for the week while they are there.  They have been discovering the purpose of documentaries and what they could include.
So far the students have come up with:
1.  Interviews - talking to the camera
2.  Teaching people about a topic that is interesting
3.  Sharing photographs, artifacts, research and information

The Zoo students have been asked to try to create a short (2-3 min) documentary about something around their house they are interested in.  Students can email the video to njcox@cbe.ab.ca or share the video on google drive to njcox@educbe.ca

The Glenbow Museum group went outside to journal about what we see, feel, hear and smell.  I looked for rocks.  They felt smooth and smelt weird.

In the Vivo group we did the "Don't Walk in the Hallways" initiative.  We could do any move we wanted other than walking but we had to be quiet.  We were also working on our heart maps.  I added my family and things that I like.

Upcoming Dates:
Coulee Walk - Thursday 4th in the PM
Glenbow Museum School (Low/Shephard) - Monday 8 - Friday 12
Glenbow Museum School (Le) - Monday 15  - Thursday and the following Tuesday
Both of these groups are still significantly low on parent volunteers.  If you are available, please let us know or sign up below:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e084badac2dabff2-open