Tag: grade 2

We LOVE Lego in Grade 2!

After a few weeks of playing with Lego and taking our creations apart, it was time for a challenge. The girls in 2H have been working together to create a toy.

Each group of four girls came up with a group name. They then got to work on the planning and implementation of their creation.

Throughout this process, we are learning how to make a deal, how to compromise, how to enact a vision, how to communicate our thinking and how to work together.

There have been a variety of associated items added to enhance the likeness of their product. This house has a table and chairs set, of course!

The next step is to create a marketing strategy for their toy. They will present their toy to the class, tell us for which age group it is intended, and identify the problem-solving strategies they used throughout this process.

On Monday, November 4th, the Grade 2 girls participated in a Diwali celebration here at York House. Thanks to our wonderful organizing parents – Jessie, Selena, Mina and Shikha – the girls were able to celebrate the festival of light together.

We all listened to stories of Diwali celebrations around the world, wore bindis on our foreheads and bangles on our wrists, ate gulab jamun and made rangoli patterns from coloured rice in the amphitheatre. It was a colourful way to come together to celebrate the strength of our ties to each other and to celebrate our classroom community.

The girls also recently had the chance to listen to Annie Barrows, author of the Annie and Bean series, speak at the Vancouver Writers’ Festival. After returning to the school, the girls had many questions they wished they could have asked Annie, so they decided to send her an email – and she responded! Read about that here.

Danielle Neer, Teacher
2H