Check out what two of our SK students made today in celebration of their friendship! With the end of the year quickly approaching, it was truly amazing to watch them highlight the many things they enjoy doing with each other's company. A true testament to a wonderful friendship!

Ms. Schmidt: Can you tell me what you made together?

I.D.: We made a book about being friends forever.

Ms. Schmidt: What inspired you to make this book?

S.M.: Well, I'm going away to Ottawa next year and won't be here but we can still be friends by talking and emailing and facetiming and skyping and calling each other.

I.D.: We can send pictures to each other too and always be best friends still.

Ms. Schmidt: What do you like about your book?

S.M.: We worked together as a team to think of the words and draw the pictures. I.D. drew some and I drew some and I wrote words too.

I.D.: I like how we added detail to our pictures and a speech bubbles on the slide picture. I like how we are both authors.

Here is a video of them reading their book entitled "Me and You":

What does being a good friend mean to you?

Thank you to their parents for letting us post this captured video and we welcome comments below.

Our Artists in Action

While visiting Paintlounge last week for our collaborative team-building session, Ms. Theis and I also got inspired by a piece of Mother's Day artwork displayed on one of their easels.

Inspired Artwork: Photo taken from www.paintlounge.ca

After discussing with each other how we could recreate a similar work of art with our students, we didn't waste any time getting our creations underway this week! Not only did this open the doors for us as educators to teach our students a new art technique, but with each day new day, our students got to add something new to their artwork and watch their masterpiece come together!

Materials:

- 8 1/2 x 11 canvases

- tempera paint (various colours)

- paint brushes

- tissue paper (pink/purple)

- clear sequins

- glue

- brown string

The Process

Our Mother's Day Masterpieces

Each one is unique and created with love.

I would like to dedicate this blog post to all the incredible Mother's of our students! We thank you for being such active and encouraging supporters of your children and we truly hope you enjoy opening your "Special Envelope" on Mother's Day!  

We would also like to wish all of our followers, colleagues, friends and family members a Happy Mother's Day! Enjoy!

Collaborative Painting

What happens when you get teachers together and their Principal for an evening of painting?

The following words sum it up: 

innovation

collaboration

teamwork

inspiration

problem-solving

feedback

FUN

Take a look at our collaborative painting session that took place this past Friday at Paintlounge! It was truly a wonderful evening full of laughs, risk-taking and fun! I am so fortunate to work with such incredible people and I look forward to many more team-building sessions in the future!

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