Lest we forget. Today at Kew Park we wore poppies, we observed a moment of silence, we talked about peace and sacrifice at assembly, we listened to the last post and our upper elementary class attended a local Remembrance Day service. #kewparkmontessori #lestweforget #remembranceday
Helping with raking leaves in the school yard is an excellent practical life skill and a wonderful way the children can contribute to the care of their school environment. #careoftheenvironment #capablehands #helping #workingtogether
Learning the parts of a fish using a real specimen certainly sparks the interest of the children! #zoology #handson #montessori
Making snack for your classmates is always a task that gives a child a great sense of accomplishment and pride. Here a casa child washes, polishes, cuts and arranges apples for his classroom morning snack. #capablehands #practicallife #montessori
The excitement is building and the preparations have begun for our Grandparents’ Concert next week. These casa children were busy this afternoon making banana loaves to serve to all the grandmas and grandpas. Yum! #kidscancook #workingtogether
Recess rugby scrum! #recess #fun #friends #rugby
The snap frame is one of many dressing frames in the practical life area of the casa classroom. #casa #practicallife #dressingframe
Our upper elementary students tried their hand at sumi-e painting today. #art #sumiepainting
It was a fun Halloween morning at Kew Park!
The sounds of recess. #friends #fun #recess
We were happy to have many of our casa parents attend our first of two Curriculum Nights this evening to learn about the different areas of the Montessori casa curriculum. We encourage all of our parents to come in to observe their child’s classroom to see these wonderful Montessori materials and method in action. #montessori #curriculumnight
Yesterday’s rain did not dampen the casa students’ visit to Downsview Discovery Centre. #fieldtrip #handson #discovery
Our elementary students had a chilly but thrilling day at their annual cross country meet today. They ran their little hearts out and supported one another in their efforts! #crosscountry
Our upper elementary students boxed and delivered all of the generous food drive donations from our families to the local firehall on Friday. #giveback
A third year mentor giving a lesson to his first year classmate. #mentorship #montessori
Our upper elementary students did still life paintings of bell peppers in art this afternoon and their attention to detail was incredible. #art #painting #stilllife
Our lower elementary classes enjoyed a wonderful day at Toronto Botanical Gardens today as part of their studies in botany. #fieldtrip #torontobotanicalgardens
Our three year-olds took their first field trip to Riverdale Farm this morning. The drizzly weather did not dampen their fun! #fieldtrip #riverdalefarm
There were many orange shirts being worn at Kew Park today in the spirit of reconciliation and to honour the many Indigenous children who were sent away to residential schools in Canada. #orangeshirtday #everychildmatters
We had our annual Terry Fox walk yesterday! The whole school walked around the block and dropped their toonies (and other denominations) for Terry in a big shoe, raising more money than we ever have before. Our upper elementary students also ran the equivalent of a full marathon between them all at a local park. #terryfox #terryfoxfoundation #tooniesforterry