Pumpkin Fun!
We started off our week partnering with our friends in Kindergarten to learn about pumpkins! Mrs. DeBardino read us From Seed to Pumpkin and we learned about how pumpkins grow. The kids were saying how fun it would be to go to a real pumpkin patch. How lucky we were to discover that pumpkins appeared overnight in our very own HCA pumpkin patch! The students were so excited to pick their own pumpkin. Stay tuned for more pumpkin fun!
Founder's Day
This week, our students learned about Cornelia Connelly, the woman who began the Society of the Holy Child Jesus in England in 1846. We talked about how Cornelia believed every child was special and deserved the opportunity to learn and grow. Her small beginning grew into Holy Child schools, including our own HCA community! To help bring her story to life, the children worked together to build their own school, thinking about what a school needs to help children learn, play, and feel welcome. We also explored the motto “Actions, Not Words,” discussing how we can show kindness, help others, include our friends, and care for our classroom through our everyday actions. The children learned that they are part of Cornelia’s story, too, and can continue her legacy by putting love into action!
To continue our Founder's Day celebration, the entire school gathered on Thursday morning for a prayer service. The older students led us in prayer and song to share about Cornelia's beginnings when she founded our schools. After that, we met our buddy class (the 5th graders) for our first activity this year. Cornelia Connelly believed that children learn not only from their teachers but also from one another. Having older students teach younger students on Founder's Day reflects her belief in community, cooperation, and learning through experience. The students took some time to learn a little about each other and play together in our classroom. It was the perfect way to start our day!
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| Audrey and Jason |
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| Vin and Henry |
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| Gigi and Aston |
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| Alyssa and Emerson |
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| Charlie and Sully |
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| Ishan and Gavin |
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| Abram and Jaanaki |
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| Taylor and Bridget |
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| Niah and McKayla |
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| Nyla and Azaya |
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| Noble and Ashauna |
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| Dara and Lexi |
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| Israel and Charlie |
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| Goldie and Finlay |
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| Xavier, Martin, and Luke |
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| Connor and Rhys |
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| Leanna and Elle |
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| Darrell and Wes |
Happy 5th birthday to Charlie!
We celebrated by dancing to the Chicken Dance and then calming down to the Jurassic Park theme song! What could be better!
Show and tell will be most Wednesdays throughout the school year and we will start next week! Please place all show and tell items in your child's backpack or a separate bag. Please help your child prepare three clues to give their classmates to help them guess which object they chose to share. The schedule will be as follows:
- Wednesday, October 21: something that begins with the /t/ sound
- Wednesday, October 28: something to do with Halloween
- Wednesday, November 4: something that begins with the /k/ sound
- Wednesday, November 11: something that begins with the /r/ sound
- Wednesday, November 18: something that begins with the /p/ sound
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