Reminders!

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We have a 'Plastic Bag Grab Challenge' at Georges Vanier! We are trying to raise environmental awareness about the problem of plastic bags in landfills. We are collecting any plastic bags (shopping bags only) that you may already have at home. We remind students and families to only donate bags that they already have (do not go out to stores and get them in order to win the challenge). You can ask your neighbours and friends to donate as well!

Check out our Chicks!

The excitement in grade one for the arrival of our chicks began to build on the Friday, April 28th, when we prepared our eggs for hatching by removing them from the egg turner, adding moist sponges and water to the troughs.

'Hatching Day' was Monday, May 1st - just in time for the beginning of Catholic Education Week. When we arrived at school that morning, little cheeps could be heard from inside the incubators!

We took a peek and this is what we saw:

The cheeping and movement of the live chicks in the incubator helped to encourage the other chicks to hatch and by the end of Tuesday we had over 30 healthy, live chicks from all of the grade one classes combined! The children were very excited to finally meet the chicks and see the wide variety of colours (black, white, yellow, grey,). Once the chicks were fully dried off and rested, they were moved to the 'Brooder' where there was fresh water, food, and the warmth of heat lamps and heating pads.

Finally the students were each given the opportunity to hold a baby chick (after they had a couple of days to recuperate from their hatching). They learned the importance of a quiet voice and how to gently hold the chicks while keeping them safe.  They were utterly thrilled!

The Grade Ones Are Hatching Chicks!

All three Grade One classes have chicken eggs in our incubators. We are hoping they will hatch on April 30th-May 2nd.  We have been learning about the incubator, the egg turner, different types of chickens, and parts of a chicken. Every few days we candle a few eggs with the ovascope which shows the children how the embryo is growing inside the egg. Yesterday, we saw blood vessels. We also learned about natural selection as one of the eggs had no blood vessels, meaning it was no longer viable. It had to be removed from the incubator. Today we will learn about other animals who lay eggs. It is an EGGS-ITING time in Grade 1!!

The Last Supper

Our Grade Ones celebrated the Last Supper with Jesus by listening to a reading of a play geared towards primary students. We had pitas, hummus, and grape juice in goblets.

Which Shape is Strongest?

Our Grade One scientists recently tested a cylinder, a rectangular prism and a triangular prism to see which was the strongest. We piled chapter books on top of each paper shape to test them. Cylinder won - way to go Olivia for sticking with your prediction!

The scientists were then set a challenge: build a chair out of newspaper to support Ms. Damiano's weight. They used their knowledge from our test to build their chairs. The scientists were very proud of their accomplishments and very amused by the chairs that failed to support Ms. Damiano's weight!

Reminder of our Lenten Project for the Shepherds of Good Hope!

Our school-wide Lenten project  is a toiletry collection for the Shepherds of Good Hope.  The Grade 1 classes have been asked to donate deodorant to the collection. Every little bit helps. We will be collecting all of next week!

Celebrating the Arrival of Spring With Art!