Little India field trip yesterday; Halloween today!

This has been a big week!
We had a great time in Little India yesterday. 10 parents joined us to make it a really fabulous day.
Spending $2 each in the bazaar was a highlight for many of the children.

They had to buy one diya (clay lamp), one Deepavali card and one peacock feather.
So many choices!! I think the most difficult part of the day was deciding what to do with the leftover change after completing their shopping tasks! Some children bought themselves a little trinket box, Ruoyan, Amber and Skye bought themselves an apple to eat, Nick & Hannah put their change together to buy a Deepavali decoration for the classroom. Aedan showed that he knows how to bargain because he kept telling the shopkeeper he only had 70c but wanted to buy the $1:50 whistle. Eventually, the shopkeeper caved in and let him have it for 70c!
You can find a lot more photos of the Little India day here
Harmeet's photos have been added here too.


Halloween was fun today too. Thanks to all the parents who worked so hard to make the party a success. You now have very tired, happy, sugar-filled children! I have loaded all my Halloween photos. Have a look for them here

Have a great weekend and enjoy the Trick or Treating. 
Debbie

So what's been happening in Grade 1?

It's been a while since I updated the blog due to conferences and holidays. It was great to have the chance to talk to you all in the conferences. The children are now working on the goals they set for themselves.

We were so happy to have Alexa Bruschke join our class this week. The other children have been particularly good about making her feel welcome. 

PUMPKIN PATCH We visited the Pumpkin Patch today for photos and a spooky story. The children have brought home a goody bag too. There are more photos here

WORD GAMES - thanks to all the parents who come in for an hour today to help with word games. The children learned lots of new spelling games in that time. There are photos of it here

Yesterday we celebrated Amber and Zara's birthdays.

Nick took the turtles home for the long weekend. He let them swim in the bath for a couple of days!

Chilean Miners - On Wednesday last week I had the children watch as the 3rd Chilean miner was brought up from underground. They were as spellbound by it as I was. Hannah drew and wrote about it in the weekend and I thought it was so sweet I should share it with you:

The wife is saying "He's safe." The miner says, "I'm OK."

A true story in my classroom today

I was reading a story and mispronounced the character's name. Instead of saying Madison I said Medicine. The kids laughed at me. 
I said, "Medicine? That would be a weird name!"
So Nick said, "Maybe her sister's name is Antibiotic!"

We are so proud of Mr Hoss

Yesterday all 786 children from Kindergarten - Grade 2 class stepped out of their classrooms at 8:10am to celebrate the National Distinguished Principal award that is being presented to Mr Hoss next week in Washington DC. He has been recognized as one of the top 3 International School principals for 2010. Their are tributes to him on display in our foyer. I've included a short video here of the children giving him three cheers. There are more photos here