Fail-a-Bration!

Learning isn't always easy. It includes challenges, setbacks, and often failure. 

This week we talked about what it means to fail. 

We discovered that failing isn't something to fear. Failure is part of life and an important part of learning. Through stories and discussions, we explored perseverance, trying again, and seeing mistakes as opportunities to grow. 

To celebrate this growth mindset, we held a FAIL-A-BRATION! 

To kick off the party, we shared times we've failed and reminded each other that mistakes help us learn. From falling off the monkey bars, spilling our peaches, or getting mixed up at bus transfer, we proudly celebrated our mistakes. 

As we prepared to decorate cookies for the party, we had a giggle when we saw the treats. Mrs. Beliveau had meant to make the cookies round, but when they came out of the oven, they were giant square blobs ... but what a perfect treat for a fail-a-bration!

The blob cookie decorating was delicious and sticky!

Cookies, banners, balloons, and a disco-light dance party made our fail-a-bration so joyous and set a positive tone for our school year and how we'll handle mistakes. 

Our classroom is a safe place to take risks. We will be challenged, and when things feel hard, what matters is how we respond. In Grade 1B we will fail together, succeed together, and grow stronger together! We aren't aiming for perfection, just trying our best and being a little better than before. 

We Are a Little Family!

Our journey together is off to a joyful start! In these first few days, we’ve been focusing on building a classroom where everyone feels safe, valued, and connected. That’s when the best learning happens!

We read  Our Class is a Family and created colourful beaded name bracelets to remind us that we all belong.

Next, we designed posters with ideas for showing kindness to one another. Our classroom family is already shining brightly!

The hallway bulletin board display looks amazing, and this is just the beginning. With care, laughter, and love, we’ll continue to grow our classroom community all year long.

Welcome to Grade 1!

Hello! My name is Mrs. Beliveau (it rhymes with “grow”), and I’m absolutely thrilled to be your Grade One teacher this year! We’re going to have a spectacular year filled with learning, laughter, and exciting adventures!

I can’t wait to learn all about you, but until we meet on the first day of school, let me share a few things about me.

Did you learn a little bit about me? I can’t wait to meet you on the first day and discover what makes you so special!

When you arrive, I’ll help you find your very own hallway hook for your backpack. We’ll sing a silly song together and read my all-time favourite book! It always makes me laugh!

I’ll be seeing your smile very soon, 

Your teacher, 

Mrs. Beliveau

Rooted in Christ

Dear boys and girls, 

What a joyful year we had! You made me smile and filled my heart every single day. I am proud of the warm, caring classroom community we built together. 

Stay rooted in Christ. Let His love help you grow strong, kind, and brave. Wherever you go, be Jesus’ hands, helping, loving, and shining bright.

Thank you for being such a blessing. Come back next year for big hugs and high fives!

With lots of love and prayers,

Mrs. Beliveau

PS - Have THE BEST summer! I can't wait to hear all about it!

Teach the Teacher

Each of us is wonderfully made with our own unique talents, passions, and gifts. This week, we celebrated our strengths and interests. We began by reading about the amazing variety of gifts God has given us. 

Then, Mrs. Beliveau stepped into the role of student while the children took turns being the teacher! Check out the fun we had!

We discovered how easy it is to make an Italian sandwich ...

mixed up some trail mix, ...

and chopped a fresh Greek salad! Seems TEACH the teacher became FEED the teacher!

We had two special lessons teaching us how to create bright rainbow loom jewelry!

We learned the fishtail pattern and it took lots of patience. We all helped one another!

We flexed our artistic muscles and learned to draw a puppy ... 

... and form a panda out of dough!

We practiced our jumping jacks ...

... learned to safely do a forward roll, 

... and got sweaty trying a running cartwheel!

We were taught about Indigenous culture and were invited to enjoy a special family recipe for bannock. 

We even learned words in Tagalog from an experienced "guro"!

These bright, brave humans are our future teachers, doctors, engineers, artists, athletes, trades people, innovators and world changers. This week has been a beautiful opportunity for everyone to lead the learning and to celebrate their God-given gifts and talents. 

N, O, P, Q and R

Our ABC Countdown is a highlight each day!

N - Nature Hunt

We did some exploring in nature! Using "nature trappers" we gathered our treasures as we explored. 

Oo - One Hundreds Chart Tic Tac Toe

Students were partnered up and received a blank 100's chart. Using two different colours, they tried to fill in the numbers on the chart ... three in a row! 

Pp - Paper Planes

We watched a super YouTube on how to make a simple airplane! Then we got busy folding and throwing! The planes were an absolute blast! Lots of excited squealing and pride in our creations!

Puzzles helped bring our energy back down again!

Q - Quiet Time in the Chapel
Today our classroom family relaxed and settled into quiet prayer and colouring in our chapel. 

R - Rock Paper Scissors 

After reading The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors, we played this silly chance game against one another!

We are loving our last few days together!

Chasing the Joy!

We're going to keep chasing the joy as we approach the end of the school year!

This week we began our book tournament. Each day we are reading two books and we vote on our favourite. The winning book advances to the playoffs! 

Our ABC Countdown continues!

I - Ink Pen

We were excited to set our pencils aside and use real ink! A word search with each of our names made for an awesome "inky" start! 

(Note to self - do not purchase CLICKY pens in the future)

J - Jokes and Jumping

The kids told some side splitters!

Q: What do you call funny mountain?
A: HILLarious!

We got moving in the gym with a variety of jumping challenges!

K - Kindness

The boys and girls got busy spreading kindness! They wrote uplifting, colourful notes and I put them on the windshields of the cars in our lot!

We shared our time and helped Mrs. Dubuc with some planting in the garden boxes, too!

L - LEGO Challenges

We were challenged to build a variety of structures!

M - Magazines

The students enjoyed relaxing with Chirp, Highlights, Chickadee and more! 

We sure are savouring these last few weeks together! Slow down, June!