You can almost hear the giggles in this picture Oldfield Elementary #nspreprimary #socialemotional #wellbeing #friends #capable #Confident #curious @msbrenpp

We were gifted a new storage container for our outside toys! Thanks to Paige and her family for their generosity we now have a safe, dry place to store our toys 😁 Halifax Regional Centre for Education #nspreprimary Oldfield Elementary Ms. Courteny

Several weeks ago the 3/4 class brought trout eggs for us to observe and shared some of the things they had learned. Today they visited us again and the trout had hatched! We were so excited to see the change. Oldfield Elementary Ms. Courteny #nspreprimary #science Halifax Regional Centre for Education

This morning our 4/5s went to the library to carefully select books they thought our #preprimary neighbours would enjoy, practiced reading them and then met them outside to share our love of reading in the sunshine. Oldfield Elementary @msbrenpp Ms. Courteny

Look at this big mess? No, What I see here is an experience to strengthen fine/gross motor, communication, sensory, releasing energy safely, creativity and FUN! When it was time to clean, not one child complained and did their share. #nspreprimary Ms. Courteny Oldfield Elementary

We are working on our self portraits. We carefully examined our faces by looking in the mirror and then used pencils & markers to draw what we saw. #finemotor #concentration #selfconcept #selfawareness #identity #creativity #nspreprimary Oldfield Elementary Halifax Regional Centre for Education Ms. Courteny

It was a beautiful day for a picnic here Oldfield Elementary #nspreprimary #sunshine #picnic @msbrenpp

“It’s like a roller coaster, but cooler” #playtolearn #capable #confident #curious #nspreprimary Oldfield Elementary

What does Literacy look like in Pre-Primary? A few of our children sat together and read "The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog" to each other and then created their own stories with our art materials. Halifax Regional Centre for Education #nspreprimary #Literacy Ms. Courteny

Tie dye FUN! The children have been talking about tie dye so we got some supplies and spent our morning creating. It was so much fun. We can't wait for the children to share their creations with their families. #nspreprimary Oldfield Elementary Ms. Courteny

There is some very serious building happening today at Oldfield Elementary #nspreprimary. We are coming up with plans and then bringing them to life with Lego! #playtolearn #build #problemSolving #planing #classroomasathirdteacher #lego

The children Oldfield Elementary #nspreprimary have been exploring what happens when you try to stick 2 magnets together. Tomorrow we will see if we can move them without using our hands! #science #play2learn #provocation #magnets #discoveryandinvention Halifax Regional Centre for Education @msbrenpp

When your fabulous co-teacher has her work highlighted in the #NSPPNumeracyLiteracy PD day!! So proud of you @msbrenpp!! #nspreprimary #measurement #playbasedlearning #numeracy Halifax Regional Centre for Education

(Tweet 1/3) The children have been telling stories with their peers lately so Ms. Courteny took the opportunity to extend their literacy experience during our morning meeting and had the children work together to create their own story. #nspreprimary Oldfield Elementary

(Tweet 2/3) to extend Literacy learning even further Ms. Courteny typed up their story in the form of a book so that they could add their own pictures. #nspreprimary Oldfield Elementary #Literacy #creative #imagination

(Tweet 3/3) A parent shared a picture telling us how excited their child was about the book. The child set up a chair and a bed for the dog so that he could read his book to the dog. It appears both of them really enjoyed it! #nspreprimary Oldfield Elementary #literacy Ms. Courteny

Have you ever wondered what happens when you blow bubbles in the winter!? We are having a ball experimenting this morning! Oldfield Elementary #nspreprimary Halifax Regional Centre for Education #science #freezingbubbles #discoveryandinvention #capableconfidentcurious @msbrenpp #msvanessa

OH NO! Oldfield Elementary #nspreprimary has been eaten by a Boa Constrictor! Songs and rhymes are are critical to build language and social skills. Plus @msbrenpp is just sooo fun! #literacy #songs #grouptime Halifax Regional Centre for Education

SLIME! Watch while we explore making bubbles with #slime here Oldfield Elementary #nspreprimary. Slime is a great sensory activity, helps develop fine motor skills and is a wonderful calming activity. @msbrenpp Halifax Regional Centre for Education #sensory #calming #finemotor

Our favourite weather is here, time for sunshine and bubbles here at Oldfield Elementary #nspreprimary