Tree Ceremony in Honour of Lynda Baynton

Lynda Baynton Tree
Last week we took some time to remember and honour Lynda Baynton, a former teacher at Fieldcrest who passed away last fall. A tree has been planted in the primary field beside 2 large rocks behind the baseball diamond. We went outside with Ms. Milak and Mrs. Muhar’s class and sat by the tree. We read a story as Mrs. Baynton loved books and had quite a book collection. We chose a book from our school library which is now named “The Lynda Baynton Library”. Many of us wore the colour pink which was her favourite colour and we were able to blow some bubbles up to her. All the primary classes went outside later for a small ceremony and Mr. Crone and the choir sang “Lynda’s Song” which is a beautiful and touching song written by Mr. Crone.

Our Snail Inquiry Begins

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Every time we go outside for outdoor learning the children are searching for snails. Recently, we were pulling weeds and preparing our kindergarten garden and found many snails of different sizes. Today, we went on a snail search and brought them into our classroom to look at closely. We put some on a piece of paper with a little bit of paint and watched them move through the paint creating some artwork. We also had 2 snails try a race. The snails had some difficulty going in the right direction and it took quite some time to find a winner. Mrs. Stewart and Mr. Taylor have shared an aquarium they had used as an indoor habitat for some snails and have allowed us to keep it in our classroom for the month. Now we need to search how we can care for them. Mrs. Swaileblack, our librarian found us a book about snails that we hope to use to find out more about them. Ms. Booth was so excited to see our snails paint and race and she had some inquiry questions just like us. Is that a boy snail or a girl snail? Is that their eyes sticking out? Why do they have long ears? Why do they have a shell? Why are their bodies different colours? Snails sure aren’t the fastest animal but they sure are fun to watch!