Week of Oct. 21 in Grade 1

2019-10-20T15:06:20-03:00October 20th, 2019|

Week of Oct. 21 in Grade One We had a great time learning all about pumpkins on Friday. We read The Pumpkin Patch Parable by Liz Curtis Higgs, did pumpkin language arts and math activities, and cleaned out the inside of two pumpkins and will be tasting the cooked seeds on Monday. Due to [...]

Week of Oct. 15th in Grade 1

2019-10-13T15:05:18-03:00October 13th, 2019|

Week of October 15th in Grade One I’d like to wish you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for! As we continue to learn about our local community in our Social Studies class, we will be focusing on practical ways we can make a difference and [...]

Week of Oct. 7th in Grade One

2019-10-05T21:57:03-03:00October 5th, 2019|

Week of Oct. 7th in Grade One Our class did a wonderful job presenting a new song in Chapel on Wednesday. They had been practicing this song and the actions with Mrs. McGonnell in Bible class. The entire class did very well with their sight words test last Friday. The sight words for this [...]

Week of Sept. 30th in Grade One

2019-09-28T16:24:57-03:00September 28th, 2019|

Week of Sept. 30th in Grade One This week Grade 1 students will continue learning about rhyming words as we enjoy many of the stories of Dr. Seuss. The sight words of the week are colour words: red, blue, purple, yellow, and brown. Please take time to work on these sight words and Bible [...]

Week of Sept. 23

2019-09-22T15:46:31-03:00September 22nd, 2019|

Last week the grade one class met their Super Student Reward target and we had fun doing some sidewalk chalk together at the end of the day on Friday. Every student got 100% on their first sight words test! Way to go! Thank you for partnering with me to help grow our little readers [...]

Coming up this week…

2019-09-15T20:33:02-03:00September 15th, 2019|

We have had a great beginning to our school year with wonderful bunch of students. We will be diving deeper into learning about vowels, consonants, addition combinations, number words, counting to 100, and learning about communities. This week each student will be sent home with a homework folder. This folder will contain their bible [...]

Grade One: A Great Week Ahead

2019-09-09T13:59:39-03:00September 8th, 2019|

We had a wonderful first couple of days of school. It has been so exciting to begin to get to know each student. We have great things ahead as we start our first full week together. As your child’s lead teacher, I will be responsible for teaching your math, penmanship, language arts, art, mathletics, [...]

2019-09-04T10:25:56-03:00September 4th, 2019|

Welcome to Grade One! Welcome back to school! My name is Mrs. Ellie Bryenton (pronounced like the boy’s name “Bryan” + “tin”). I’m very excited to be joining the GCS team as the Grade One lead teacher this year. I’m looking forward to getting to know your child and partnering with you as we [...]

Week 38 in Grade One — The Final Week

2019-06-17T19:25:20-03:00June 17th, 2019|

Good Evening Parents, The school year has flown by.  It's hard to believe that we are down to our final days of grade one.  It has been a pleasure working with your child this year.  Here are a few things to keep in mind as we finish up our last few days: Family Fun [...]

Week 37 in Grade One

2019-06-09T19:54:07-03:00June 9th, 2019|

Good Evening!  I hope you all have been able to enjoy this beautiful weekend we have had.  Please take note of the following year-end events: Year-end Trip to Camp This Thursday, June 13th, students in grades 1-3 will be travelling by bus to Canoe Cove Christian Camp for their year-end trip.  More information will [...]

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