Good evening grade one families,

Today Mrs. Woolnough's class traveled to the Leighton Art Centre. What a lovely, sunny day for a field trip. The bus ride was quite exciting to many friends because it was their first ride on a school bus! When we arrived, we couldn't believe all of the natural beauty surrounding us. We started the day off by acknowledging the Land. After we had a snack we explored the museum which was filled with many different types of art, artifacts, photographs of A.C. and Barbara Leighton, and plants. Afterwards we went on a nature walk to Echo Valley. Along our walk, we saw many different types of trees. We talked about different types of trees such as balsams, evergreens and larch trees. We noticed that they each have different characteristics. Ask me about some trees that I saw today and what different colours of leaves or needles they had. At Echo Valley we had a spectacular view of the Mountains. We bellowed "Echo" at the same time and heard a faint echo even though it was windy. It was a very cool experience to work together in order for that to happen. After our nature walk and lunch, we had the opportunity to make wire sculpture trees. They will be proudly displayed in our classroom for a little while! At the end of the day we got to run around the beautiful forest and enjoy the sunshine. It was a wonderful experience and the grade ones represented Copperfield School well by being kind and respectful, as well as being extremely hard working, creative, and talented artists. Thank you to our amazing volunteers for joining us and making this special day possible.

Mrs. Bradshaw's class had a great day too! They did some writing in their writing notebooks, finished their science observations, did math on whiteboards and even went on a nature scavenger hunt! 

Thank you to all of the friends who brought back and exchanged their home reading books today 😊

Love Mrs. Woolnough










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