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Douglas Harkness School at CBE
Joined June 2015
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Schools out for summer! Last day forever! And…. I could not have had a kinder group of students! I made this memory for myself because of all the hand hearts they made for me over the year! @DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC
Happy Indigenous Day to the first people of the land. We can learn a lot from them about respecting and caring for the land which gives us so much! @DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC
My grade 1 Ss blew me away this morning with their answers. I just want to celebrate all the amazing growth they have achieved this year! @DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC
Ss love playing the “Fidget Game”! They have come so far in reading this year and it really shows! @DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC
Flashlight Friday! Keeping grade 1s engaged in reading until the very end! @DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC
Grade 1s are learning about equality! They were amazed at how they could make the scale balance with different numbers on each side! @DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC
Grade 1s are starting to decorate our school for our Summer Solstice celebration on June 21st. The sunflower is a symbol of this celebration! @DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC
After our grade 1 field trip to the Zoo, Ss responded with beautiful drawings to share their learnings! @DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC
Great grade 1 field trip to the Zoo! Ss squealed with delight when viewing each and every animal! Thanks to all our wonderful parent volunteers. @DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC
Grade 1s are learning about sentence structure by putting together the “who” and the “what”, writing the sentence and then adding punctuation. @DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC
Our student teacher Mrs. Brier, brought in a mystery bag to help encourage a discussion of where plants grow! @DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC
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We are excited to announce that our Kernels Popcorn fundraiser launched today! Orders forms will be sent home today & tomorrow. Forms are due back by April 18. 11 flavors to choose from at $3.00 per bag. Popcorn will arrive the week of April 29. Thank you for your support!🍿🍿🍿
Mrs. Brier, our student teacher did an engaging living things/plant activity with Ss. Ss got to look at seeds with a magnifying glass to see how many different seeds there were and then tried to match the seed to the kind.@DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC
New decodable books for our grade 1 classroom library. Ss are so excited to read these just right books! @DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC
Teachers can Turn off the Tube & Get on the Move too!
A great day for a long walk at Carburn Park! @DHarkness_CBE #APPLESchools #Wellbeing
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Join us Thursday March 14 at 6pm for our next meeting. It will be a mix of in person and virtual. If you can’t make it in person a link was emailed out.
Thank you UFLI for providing us with games to model and print for our Ss in Harkness Hour that support their specific needs! @DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC #UFLI
Grade 1 Ss practiced counting by 2s using 2 ten frames attached together for Harkness Hour Lite. It really made them think about what they were doing! @DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC