Julia Rae Semeniuk

Forever grateful for my teaching partner @glendale_matich ♥️#firstyearcomplete We hope everyone has a wonderful and restful summer break 💛

Art and literacy inspired by the novel “Song For A Whale”. Our last novel of the year and students took to learning some sign language that the book introduced. At the end each student chose a word that stood out to them, finger spelled it, and created their art @glendale_matich

Legacy: our class has been discussing how individuals can make an impact on their community. We considered, discussed, voted, designed, and built. We are not yet done, but our goal is to have a bird feeder to bring into the Courage Garden for all to enjoy. @glendale_matich

Sustainability through entrepreneurship! #bownesssoapworks joined our community to create our own “Glendale Bowness Special” soap! Students learned about sustainability and tried their hand at how to make the soap! Stay tuned for how it turns out! @glendale_matich

Today is Global Parents Day! As a class we talked about what being a parent means and how families can look different! Students created a card addressed to someone who takes care of them in honour of today and all the caregivers of our community! @glendale_matich

Last week students were given a random party in the upcoming election to research. Today students reviewed each others findings to become “informed citizens” before taking part in their student vote! 🗳pictured are just some of the posters they made! @glendale_matich

Spring has sprung! Our classroom plants have been propagating and we are slowly beginning to plant them in small pots! Students will be responsible for watering their plant and watching them carefully until the end of the year! @glendale_matich

We are so grateful to have had the opportunity for one of our parents to come in and help students create their own Winter Counts- a way for students to tell their own stories for this past year. ❤️ @glendale_matich

In relation to talking, listening, watching, and creating dramatic works, students created their own puppets today. Next week we will use them to create short plays! @glendale_matich

Grateful for this school and all the people here. #glendalefamily ⁦@glendalecbe⁩

Publishing Party! A little while ago students’ wrote fantastic stories and we sent them to get published! Today each student got their book and had the chance to share and read their stories together. Great way to celebrate literacy just before spring break! @glendale_matich

Today students will showcase their poems in our “towns” poetry festival! We have been reading, listening, and writing a variety types of poems to enhance our understanding and ability to express our feelings and emotions in different styles of poetry! @glendale_matich

Taking our learning of the planets and making them for our “space” where we gather 🌎🪐🌞 @glendale_matich

What a wonderful and knowledge-rich day at Heritage Park! We learnt about what it was like to learn in a one room school house and identifying initiative through the Famous 5! What a great field trip with our 5/6’s! @glendale_matich @glendalecbe

Book Club is underway! Yesterday students participated in a book tasting of a variety of books and chose their top 3. Today they got into their groups and began reading! We are excited to read, share, and consider the different communities in each story! @glendale_matich

Today we watched the 5/6s weather report videos with our grade 1/2 buddies. We love getting to share our work with each other! @glendale_matich @glendalehampton

Welcome to the town of Ratich! We have added our houses, roads, a river, and electricity to our community this week! 🏡🏥🏭 @glendale_msrae

Wishing all of our families a restful and wonderful winter break! Stay warm out there! We will see you in the new year! @glendale_matich

Stage 1 (some examples) of building houses for our town! Students were given a set of measurements based on their salary for how big their house could be. Exciting things are coming… @glendale_matich