The Grade 6 Bulldogs are mastering collaboration! 🐾 With the driving question: *How do we show collaboration? What does it look like, sound like, feel like?* they brainstormed ideas to build a collaboration tower. Teamwork in action St. Monica School! #ocsbSTEAM #ocsbBeInnovative

We took our gym class #ocsbOutdoors today to explore our new yard enhancements! We talked about navigating our comfort zones, embracing challenges, & learning how to assess risk. Such an important part of growth—both in and out of the classroom! St. Monica School #ocsbPlays ocsbECO

Our Gr. 1 crew had fun exploring Cuisenaire rods in math. We built shapes, ordered them by size, made comparisons, and sorted by color. So many ways to play and learn St. Monica School! #ocsbMath

Our Grade 1 crew has signed up and ready to take our learning #ocsbOutdoors St. Monica School

We had so much fun with “10 Black Dots” today! After reading, we played a subitizing partner game and got creative with dot stickers to bring our own ideas to life. A great way to combine math, art, and imagination! St. Monica School #ocsbMath

I spy our Gr. 1 crew St. Monica School!

Our Grade 1 class had an amazing time visiting the library for the first time this school year. From signing out books to exploring our creativity in the Makerspace, our students are diving into a world of reading and hands-on fun St. Monica School! #ocsbSTEAM #ocsbBeInnovative

🎵 So many colours of our bricks to choose, red ones yellow ones, blue ones too. But the one little brick that rhymes with ___, it’s my favourite colour, it’s the colour ___!🎶 This #SixBricks activity is a fun, hands-on way to build rhyming skills! St. Monica School #ocsbLiteracy

We brought our read-aloud #ocsbOutdoors, exploring friendship and how to “stick up” for each other on the playground. Afterwards, we got creative with sticks, stones, and pinecones to make unique loose parts art! St. Monica School #ocsbArts

Engaging in hands-on learning through play at our Language Centre St. Monica School helps us explore creative ways to enhance our #ocsbLiteracy skills!

Our Grade 1 crew St. Monica School are learning about the Indigenous people whose land was taken by our ancestors. Together, we co-created our own land acknowledgment, honoring the history and the voices of those who came before us. #ocsbIndigenous

Our Grade 6 Bulldogs worked collaboratively to craft algorithmic dot art. They blended coding skills with artistic flair by following the rules to create beautiful, unique dot patterns. St. Monica School #ocsbArts #InternationalDotDay #ocsbSTEAM

Teamwork in full bloom at St. Monica School, as our Gr. 1 crew learns to care for our gardens! 💧🌱#ocsbOutdoors ocsbECO

We had a blast celebrating #InternationalDotDay! After hearing “The Dot,” we created masterpieces and transformed our #ocsbOutdoors space into a stunning display of dot art—complete with some surprise dot creatures! St. Monica School OCSB Arts

We love collaborating and creating during exploration time at St. Monica School! It’s always an exciting opportunity to innovate, learn, and grow together. #ocsbSTEAM #ocsbMath #ocsbLiteracy

We read the book *Sorting* and explored different ways to organize materials. After discussing sorting strategies, students had fun applying their own sorting rules to categorize various shapes! St. Monica School #ocsbMath

We're sharpening our printing skills with a fun Roll & Write letter game! 🎲✏️ Not only are we practicing letter formation, but we're also building math skills as we count and compare our rolls! St. Monica School #ocsbLiteracy #ocsbMath

Today we worked collaboratively to build towers of strength with our #SixBricks! Students took turns adding bricks, learning to communicate their ideas and persevere when their towers fell. A powerful lesson in teamwork, patience, and resilience! St. Monica School #ocsbSTEAM

We introduced Word Work centers as we build our Daily 5 stamina. Students loved exploring and engaging with the fun, hands-on activities, all while building their literacy skills! St. Monica School #ocsbLiteracy

Play is how children learn best! It naturally weaves together key curriculum areas in math, language, science, and the arts, transforming students exploration into learning. St. Monica School #ocsbPlays