Today was our school’s annual Terry Fox Run. We ran around the soccer nets and collected a popsicle stick after each lap completed. Our class alone ran 220 laps. Thank you to those families who donated money for our Terry Fox Run in support of cancer research. The Terry Fox Foundation has worked to achieve Terry’ vision– a world without cancer.

September 15th is International Dot Day. It is a day in which people of all ages are encouraged to harness their own creativity and embrace their own confidence as they make their mark on the world. On this day, people are encouraged to embrace their talents whether it is writing, painting, drawing or some other creative medium and share their Dot Day inspiration with others. We celebrated Dot Day in our classroom by reading the book “The Dot” by Peter H. Reynolds and we also decorated dots with paint or oil pastels.

When we came back to school from summer holidays, we noticed how messy our kindergarten garden was. We worked hard with Mrs. Switzer pulling weeds and picking up litter. We also noticed how tall our sunflowers were. They were even taller than Mrs. Switzer. Now we can see our garden sign and the flowers!

Our red wriggler worms are back in room 102. They were cared for by a daycare over the summer months in York Region. Worms are an efficient way to quickly compost a variety of food and other scraps. Our worms are busy converting the “food” into rich castings. We have been saving food scraps in our worm composting bin, chopping up the food and feeding it to the worms. We add some shredded paper and give the worm bedding a spray with water as well. We all had a chance to hold one of the worms who squirmed alot as they did not like the light.