Almost a week back to school and we have already made this classroom our own!

Did you know pandas are closely related to weasels? 4-1 and 4-3 learned all about red pandas with The Toronto Zoo and ExploringByTheSeat - Find us on BlueSky today! 🤯Ms. Brown Viola Desmond Public School

Students loved their first trip to the library with Mr. G! We couldn’t wait to get back to class to enjoy our new books!

Going on a rock hunt with Ms. Brown today! Viola Desmond Public School

Last week we added our peg people into the the display case! We loved seeing all of the creativity from the students at Desmond!

To start the 2023-24 year, Viola Desmond Public School has been engaging in a community-building schoolwide Peg People initiative. K-Grade 8 students have been busy painting peg pieces - to be on display in the front foyer - that represent who they are and what makes them unique. 📽️Watch⤵️

Happy world Rhino Day! 🦏 We couldn’t feel more honoured to be in the presence of the last two Northern White Rhinos in the world at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, in Africa with ExploringByTheSeat - Find us on BlueSky! Did you know white rhinos can weight 3 tonnes or more? 🦏🇰🇪 Viola Desmond Public School Ms. Brown

4-3 went above and beyond when showing all the different strategies to represent the number 144! I am so impressed!

Today we learned about banding song birds! Did you know that researchers blow on the birds to see how much fat retention the birds have? It was so neat to see researchers doing their jobs in the field! 🐧🐦🐤 ExploringByTheSeat - Find us on BlueSky Viola Desmond Public School Ms. Brown

Math. Just. ROCKS!➕➖➗🟰

We are learning about Bullying and Body Image today with Halton Women's Place ! Thank you for giving us strategies to deal with strategies and also being an upstander! Ms. Brown Viola Desmond Public School

Did you know 🐠 communicate using grunts, growls, and nonverbal language? What an honour it was to participate in Ripley's Aquarium of Canada ‘s Guinness World Record attempt for the longest underwater live stream today! 🐟🐡🐠 Viola Desmond Public School Ms. Brown

4-1 and 4-3 were so thrilled to have been a part of Ripley’s Aquarium’s Guinness World Record achievement! Congratulations!! 🥳🎉🐠🐡 Ms. Brown Viola Desmond Public School HDSB

Taking our science outdoors! Ss examined and sorted rocks into the three different rock groups: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous! 🪨 Ms. Brown Viola Desmond Public School

How many different ways can you solve 383 + 457?! Well 4-3 can show you!

We had so much fun learning about all thing photography with Focus on Nature ! We learned about the elements of design in relation to nature and photography!

Some amazing student photography! Focus on Nature

Today we were able to learn from The Toronto Zoo about how different animals adapt and get ready for the winter!! We loved seeing all the different animals and seeing them play in the snow! ExploringByTheSeat - Find us on BlueSky Ms. Brown Viola Desmond Public School

We are talking about the wants and needs of animals! Food chains are important to every habitat! Viola Desmond Public School Ms. Brown

Ss wondered how the ancient people created dyes for their clothes and paints! So…. We made some using foods that we have here! It was messy and hard work but we had SO much fun! Ms. Brown