Music Monday, Mental Health Week, Mosaics!

This week was a whirlwind of activity... I will give you the information in pictures.

Music Monday
Monday was a celebration of music. Due to the inclement weather we held the celebration indoors. As it was pointed out to me...the electrical microphone system does better without rain. Good plan. The band did a great rendition of 'Don't stop believin(g)' by Journey! Our primary students sang wonderfully as well! 
My view from the gym equipment room:

Mental Health Week
Part of a teacher's professional learning involves the understanding of the holistic needs of students. Helping students develop 'resilient' strategies will ensure further academic and social/emotional growth moving forward. While we often talk to students about feelings and read books that discuss issues in a child friendly way, it is important to help students develop strategies to manage their anxiety or frustration levels. A great strategy introduced this week was to simply take a walk.The whole school went on a long walk down Berwick Avenue. It was a beautiful day and everyone felt better for having gone outside and enjoying nature.

 Caterpillars Arrived! 

They arrived and are growing daily! They have begun to shed some skin, create webs and in one unfortunate case of cannibalism....eat each other. Luckily there seems to be only one carnivore in the group!

Wondering what happens next? Here is a time lapse video of Painted lady butterflies as they go through their complete metamorphosis! Click here

Mother's Day
Hope every Mom enjoyed their Mother's Day gifts. The students were very excited to create these for you. 
Blackboard painted candle holders! Lot's of fun :)

As one student said, 'We can decorate this for every occasion, just by washing it off and drawing new designs!" 

Mosaics
The mosaic project has started! In the square, the grade 8 students at our school started their mosaic squares . Each grade has a colour and a theme. If you look to the right in my twitter feed you can see some of the projects started. I think the school will look amazing once all the artwork is mounted on the walls. I've been cutting mosaic pieces like crazy. It's a big project but the results will be so worth it. Our grade two students will start on March 19th and our colour is blue.