For the last few weeks, we have been discussing being healthy, specifically looking at good nutritional habits. We are asking the students to think about what foods are healthy and unhealthy. Some foods, like chips and pop, most of us can identify as unhealthy, and vegetables/fruits are a healthy classroom favourite. Some foods however, are harder to identify as healthy and unhealthy, as families make different choices and have different dietary needs and preferences. We encourage you to have conversation together, and maybe give some new (healthy!) foods a try!
Please enjoy our T-charts where students had to manage and evaluate food options...
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We are planning on starting each Friday morning with a nature walk to areas close to our school. These excursions will be weather dependent, but we are a hearty group so please dress for the weather with good walking shoes/boots! Here are just a few areas of the curriculum we are exploring while we go out and explore!... • expresses interest in new ideas and experiences • asks questions to satisfy personal curiosity • shares new learnings with others • develops an awareness of the importance of sharing the responsibility for caring for the environment • aware of the five senses and how they are used to explore, investigate and describe the world • explores and investigates objects and events in the environment • shows awareness of similarities and differences in living things, objects and materials • demonstrates awareness of the properties of objects and events in the environment • recognizes changes in weather and some ways people and animals adapt to the seasons • describes a variety of homes; e.g., for people, animals, birds • recognizes familiar animals and their characteristics and surroundings • identifies familiar shapes and symbols in the environment and community • identifies familiar sounds in the environment and community; e.g., school, home, weather, animals and machines. We have been watching the weather and the changing seasons, looking at what the plants and animals are doing. Our community walk took us to the community garden and the adjacent forest, as well as the look-out ridge and playground close to that area. We used our senses to explore. Here are some photos of our chilly walk this week! A frosty plant in the garden. This plant is still alive underground! The squirrels have been busy eating the seeds from the pinecones and sprucecones. So many observations were made in the woods. Wrinkly berries to feed the birds, squirrels and other animals. Old leaves to feed the insects and worms (Nature's cleaner-uppers!) It was a trek to get up this hill, but what a view!
Happy New Year kindergarten families! To bring in the New Year, kindergarten will be learning about nutrition. Our curriculum specifically states that students will learn to recognize appropriate nutritional habits, and also recognize that nutritious foods are needed for growth and to feel good/have energy (eg nutritious snacks).
We will be using the "Power to Play" program, where the mascots in the program are two kids, Brock Lee and Coco Lait (lol). We will not focus on the different food groups, necessarily, but rather on healthy vs unhealthy foods, and understanding good nutritional choices. To further this unit of learning, we will be participating in a field trip to Loblaws grocery store in Sage Hill on Friday, January 18th. On this day, a dietitian will lead the students through an excellent program called Nutrition in our Aisles. Field trip forms will be sent home asap with more information. Please sign these forms in full (all sides) and return back to the school in order for your child to participate. We also require volunteers to help us with student:adult ratios, so please consider attending with us. |