This week our students spent time in our school garden harvesting the lettuce, cucumbers and carrots.🥕🥬Afterwards we made a delicious salad and then used this as a procedural writing experience on how to make a salad. We are so grateful for this outdoor learning space! #BelPark

Students enjoyed and were highly engaged in our Rocks and Minerals in school field trip. 🪨

A wonderful week of school spirit with The Great Pumpkin Contest and Scholastic Book Fair.

Our students love the peer editing component of the writing process. Bel-Park School CBE

To complement our learning of Peru students enjoyed a presentation from Mrs. Wickerson on the traditional clothing worn by Peruvians. Bel-Park School CBE

To reinforce our learning on multi-digit addition students learned the game “Baseball Addition”. This is a great game for all mathematical operations. Bel-Park School CBE

Students are working diligently on their weaving. Traditional weaving is an extremely important craft in Peru. Peruvians have been using woven garments for thousands of years. Bel-Park School CBE

Yesterday students participated in a one day lacrosse residency. They learned many new skills. Bel-Park School CBE

To celebrate “World Read Aloud Day” our students listened to author David A. Robertson read his story “On the Trapline”.Bel-Park School CBE

Today we did a visualization activity around lollipops. Visualizing is a reading comprehension strategy in which students create pictures in their minds as they are reading or listening to a story.

Acts of kindness can make the world a happier place for everyone.Bel-Park School CBE

Today for Pink Shirt day the grade 3’s had the pleasure of listening to author Teoni Spathelfer read her book, “Little Wolf”, which was all about showing kindness to others. #PinkShirtDay BelPark Grade 3

Students had so much fun creating their leprechaun traps.

We weren’t successful in catching a leprechaun, but the mischievous leprechaun sure made a mess in our room! Bel-Park School CBE

We are reading the novel “How to be in Cool in the Third Grade”. Students are visualizing and summarizing the main events. Bel-Park School CBE

Our students did an amazing job on their watercolour paintings of birch trees. Bel-Park School CBE

Author Christina Marlett visited our school today and shared her book “What Makes a Dancer.”

To complement our study of India and learning about their special celebrations students had the opportunity to receive a small sample of Henna. Thank you Ms. Safia for the beautiful artwork. Bel-Park School CBE

Our students did an amazing job on their first attempt of their elephant drawings. We are learning about the celebrations of India and the importance of the elephant festival. We can’t wait to share the final product.

Exciting times in grade 3. Our first duckling “Uno”hatched and today we welcomed another one. Bel-Park School CBE