They're quick they are!

This is the first memory work of the school year for Grade One. They didn't even get a full week to learn their first Psalm, but that didn't seem to bother them at all. I had to get a mini video of them singing it. They're awfully cute ya know :)

Back to School!

Here we are! Welcome to another school year! This September 2nd, 23 eager (and anxious?) Grade One and Two students filed into the classroom ready to begin their year. We hope we enjoy a great year together and pray that God will bless our learning and the relationships we have as classmates and student and teacher.

Here we are getting ready for the opening assembly...

...we had a bit of a traffic jam before we could finally enter the room.

What can I say? It was a long assembly :)

An exciting part!

And the highlight of our opening assembly is meeting our new classmates! This year we also got to meet a new Grade Two classmate!

And here's the annual introduction of Grade One to the rest of the school.

Every year when I ask the students what their favourite subject is, some one will say it's "recess". And here they are enjoying recess and the beautiful September weather.

We're a country school aren't we? They can hide so deep in all those plants that they can't hear the recess bell and don't notice that the rest of the school has run inside. (Yep, 10 minutes late were one duo earlier this week! No, not this fella here)

This was supposed to be lining up for a fire drill. Instead the kids saw some wildlife which had safely tucked itself away from those reaching hands. See it?

I certainly do have a class of boys. They're entranced by all living, hopping, breathing, running and flying things.

Grade One hard at work. They're matching up lower case letters with upper case letters. I don't suppose you remember how hard it was telling the "d" apart from the "b" and the "p" (and "q" !) Aren't they working with great concentration?

prepping for the end of school

Here are some odds 'n ends found in the nooks and crannies of my vast picture file.

Part of Grade One is the "Snuggle Up and Read" club. Students get a book to read every night and if they finish the year having read 100 books they get their final prize of a book. This year they were Caldecott Honor books. The Caldecott award is given annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. I have some favourite books in the list of award winners!

And Ashley chose one of my most favourite authors!

And here we are preparing for our starring role in the year end assembly. Every year the school says goodbye to the graduating class with a card made by my class. The whole school signs it and the card is presented at the assembly. It's a lot of work on the students' part, but we all look forward to the end results. I have to say they did a great job!

And whenever possible we do cards for siblings and relatives (and babysitters!)

"Well I don't know, do you think it looks like him?"