To start the week, Shooting Star students drew pictures of their whole family, to give them a creative way to think about and express their roles in their families, and see how different everyone’s pictures were. On Friday when we went to the big park, we saw many different students with their school groups, and it was amazing to notice the variety of schools and families. We saw different sized groups, different age groups and different family types. This real-life experience ties in perfectly with our unit and shows how families and groups can look different, but still share important roles, such as parents and teachers caring for children and students, or children caring for each other. Ask your children who they saw in the park!

Students had a great time in the park jumping together on the moon bounce or trampoline, and taking brave risks climbing or swinging on ropes up high. Then at the end of the trip, we unwrapped lunches for a healthy picnic together in the grass!

Later, Shooting Star had a great time exploring what it means to be good students, family and friends with an “I am” and “I can” worksheet. They sorted through and colored pictures showing different actions and talked about how they can be caring, helpful, and always try their best. It was a fun way for them to see all the positive things they can do every day! 

They also had a blast learning some lively new choreography in Dance Class and enjoyed working together as a team to coordinate their moves. As they are learning their roles as students and friends they had to practice how to be good listeners and help each other match up their claps and steps. It was a fun way for them to build teamwork skills and have a great time moving to the rhythm! 

Thank you all for all of your support and taking time to attend the Parent Teacher Meetings this week! We welcome you to come and collaborate with your students.