The Kindergarten Connection: SVS Team!

Friday, June 5, 2026

June 1-5, 2026

More About Plants…

We have been visiting our special Fletcher’s Tree near the playground to observe how it changes through the four seasons. After reading Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms, we talked about the many signs of spring and created story response drawings. We also wrote about our favourite parts of the story.

As part of our plant study, we explored the life cycle of a sunflower. We watched an amazing time-lapse video showing a sunflower growing from a tiny seed into a beautiful flower. Although a sunflower takes about 75 days to reach maturity, we were able to watch the entire process unfold in less than two minutes! We then used our science knowledge to sequence the stages of the sunflower life cycle.

Check out our sunflowers. We planted the seeds last week.

Plants need: water, soil, space, sunlight, and air!

Next, we are becoming plant experts and we wrote about how to grow and care for plants. Using what we have learned about plants, along with our Lively Letters sounds and alphabet knowledge, we practiced writing using “kid spelling.” Here are some examples of our wonderful thinking:

Plants need water and sun to grow.

They need space to grow.

They need roots.

Tulips need sun.

Carrots need dirt.

Tomatoes need water.

We also read The Cool Bean and discussed what it means to be a good friend. The story helped us think about how kindness, inclusion, and helping others can make a positive difference in our classroom and community. We talked about ways we can show care and respect for others and how small acts of kindness can help everyone feel welcome and valued. We shared ways we can show kindness in our classroom and added our ideas to our self-portraits, “This Is Me in June.” Some of our ideas included:

I can be a helper.

I can pick up toys.

I can play with my friends.

I can help clean up.

I can share.

On Friday morning, we were very excited to perform our Land Acknowledgement Song at the Volunteer Tea. A few students had the opportunity to personally thank some of the volunteers who help make our school and special activities possible.

Thank you to all of our wonderful school volunteers for your time, support, and dedication to our school community!

Friday Class Schedule

Library News from Mrs. Kruger! Library books are due BY JUNE 8th, 2025.

There is a school-wide competition to see which grade can return their books the fastest that week, so please ensure your child returns their library book and plastic protector bag by Monday, June 8. We will return books beginning Tuesday, June 2 and not sign out new ones before the Summer Break. Thank you.

Important Kindergarten Dates...

Monday, June 8 - Library Books must be returned

Friday, June 12 - PM Kindergarten Attends (9:02-11:58am)

Monday, June 15 - Walk to Hidden Valley Duck Pond

AM Class 9:30-11:30am PM Class - 1-3pm

Our Emails

If you have any questions or need to contact us, our emails are:

Mrs. Oster: rdoster@cbe.ab.ca

Mrs. Sutherland: klsutherland@cbe.ab.ca

Mrs. Wiskar: mjwiskar@cbe.ab.ca

Mrs. Cheng: kjcheng@cbe.ab.ca

Friday, May 29, 2026

May 25- May 29, 2026

Exploring Nature Through Seeds and Duck Eggs.

On Monday, we read about sunflower seeds and planted seeds of our own. We also labelled the parts of a sunflower plant using kid printing. We use Lively Letters to hear the letter sounds in each word. For example, students might spell the word “leaf” as “lf” or “lef,” and “stem” as “stm.”

On Tuesday, we candled our seven duck eggs. There were shadows in almost all of them. What could be inside the eggs that is blocking the light? This Friday, the eggs will go into lockdown in the incubator. By next week, we will know if any of the duck eggs will hatch!

We also practiced drawing realistic ducklings by following step-by-step instructions from Mrs. Sutherland. It was so exciting to see how much the children have improved since September! They even added details to show their fuzzy ducklings covered in down feathers.

On Wednesday, we used what we learned more about about ducks to help us sequence and label the duck life cycle. The students worked very hard and paid close attention to the correct order of the life cycle.

On Thursday, we read a fun story called Waddles by David McPhail. In the story, Waddles the raccoon has a duck friend, and when her ducklings hatch, Waddles feels both happy and a little worried about them flying south for the winter. The students loved sharing their favourite parts of the story!