We had an interesting lesson on Wednesday to celebrate leap day. We discussed the reasons why we have leap day and the relationship between the calendar year and the solar year.
From P.E. Teacher Ashley:
This week P.E. was very exciting for the children and I because we received new equipment! For the next couple weeks we will be developing and building field hockey skills!
The returning students have been enjoying reviewing piles of work they did last year to select pieces to form personal work portfolios. Each child has selected their best work then sewn their own portfolio. This will be done at the end of each year. When the children graduate they will receive their collection of portfolios from all three years. It has been a meaningful, fun, and nostalgic process for everyone so far!
Thursday, the third and fourth year students had the opportunity to maintain our adopted trail at First Landing State Park. The perfect weather made for a perfect day!
We ended our week with a gustatory tour of Europe! To celebrate the varied peoples and cultures across Europe we sampled cheeses from seven different European countries: feta cheese from Greece, buffalo mozzarella from Italy, manchego cheese from Spain, gouda cheese from Holland (the Netherlands), emmentaler cheese from Switzerland, cotswold cheese from England, and brie cheese from France. It was a sensorial experience comparing and contrasting each cheese while we listened and learned a bit about each country. We also tied in economics by discussing the meaning of exporting goods and importing goods. Ask your child about the new flavors they enjoyed. The class favorite was the English cotswold. All the cheeses we tasted are found at Trader Joe's =)
This week in art we finished our wetlands installation. It is AMAZING!
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