Raven Art
Inspired by Indigenous art styles and based on the book "Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest" by Gerald McDermott
Leighton Art Centre Field Trip
Turtle Art
Using the pointillism style, students created turtle art pieces to accompany their learning about honesty and truth, as in many Indigenous cultures, the turtle represents truth.
Boats & Buoyancy
Creating cargo ships that hold different types of supplies effectively (without sinking)
ArtFelt Studio Felting
Teacher's Pet- Exploring Liquids
What is love? What is happiness? What is a friend? What is a Valentine?
The eagle represents love!
Our Elf- Dash
We had an elf visit us for the last week of school! Check out the photos to see some of what Dash got up to:
The Buffalo represents respect
Many Indigenous traditions follow the 7 Grandfather Teachings of Love, Truth, Wisdom, Humility, Bravery, Honesty and Respect. Each of the 7 teachings have a corresponding animal. In our Character Education lessons, grade 2 students have been focusing on "Respect," which is symbolized by the Buffalo. At the end of the unit, they created buffalo art to represent respect and wrote about how they show respect.
Triple-Scoop Words
Remembrance Day Art
Have your child tell you which one is theirs!
Quirky Turkeys!
We read the story, "A Plump and Perky Turkey" leading up to Thanksgiving. The story reinforced the idea of adjectives as "Triple-Scoop Words." Triple-Scoop Words are words that make a story more interesting to the reader. Instead of saying something is "good" or "nice" you can say it is "amazing" or "extravagant!"
Students coloured in their turkeys and then picked 3 triple-scoop words to describe their turkey. See the results below! They were very excited to use markers for the first time this year.
