Ms. Gill's Class Blog 2022/2023

Dear Families, It's almost October!?  WOW!   Fall is such a beautiful time of year and we're so fortunate to live in a community (Nottawa/Collingwood) that is surrounded with abundant trails, trees, and nature so we can admire the changing colours of beautiful reds, oranges, and yellow!   Many families rejoice in spending quality time outdoors hiking, biking, walking, and running so you know first hand what a beautiful area we get to live, work, and play in!  I look forward to being outside this weekend and hope you all will too :) Castle Glen is one of my most favourite trails.  Have you been? MEET THE TEACHER: It was an absolute joy connecting with all the parents who were able to come meet me, see our classroom, and rejoice in all the wonderful new learning your child is partaking in thus far this school year!  I thoroughly enjoyed our conversations and I am so grateful I have your (parental) support to  continue meeting your child's acade...

Dear Families, Another meaningful week for us!  I am very pleased with how my students have smoothly transitioned from summer mode to school mode :-) I am VERY PROUD and so, SO PLEASED with the children's efforts and hard work.  It is truly a JOY being back at school and I think I can say for us all, what a gift it is to learn and grow from one another :)  Look at these caring and compassionate friends.  I just had to capture this moment :) As you’ve probably gathered from my blog updates, we have been go, Go, GO with our learning in class!  You'll soon see how much we’ve accomplished in a mere 3 weeks!   Hand in hand, together we will achieve MORE. Looking forward to much more learning to be done in the coming weeks.  Stay tuned! MEET THE TEACHER: Exciting news!  After two years of not being able to have in person meet ups due to the pandemic protocols, we can finally host families at our school and in our classrooms, YAY!   By vi...