This week we were able to go the Performing Arts Center to see a show called 'Air Play'. We went as a phase of K, 1 and 2 and along with many other schools watched an amazing spectacle performed on the big stage. It was a lot of fun and some amazing feats and trickery...

The Morning Meeting is an important and vital part of our educational day at PNA, and rightfully so. It starts of each day in a positive and engaging way. It encourages community, fosters peer relationships and develops our social skills. A part of the day that is not...

After a fun and very busy week last week, it is nice to settle back into our routines and a normal schedule. In math we continue working on finding patterns in numbers and how they slot and fit together. We have pretty much got our number bonds to 10 mastered and have...

At PNA we our mission statement is that; "We educate students to be exceptional learners and independent thinkers of vision, courage, and integrity." As part of our Teal Pumpkin Project we discussed and decided that one way to raise awareness of Teal Pumpkins in our...

In First Grade this week we started a new project. The Teal Pumpkin Project. I had never heard anything about Teal Pumpkins before, until Kristina spoke to me about it and to be totally honest this was something I had never thought about or considered. With Halloween...

This week was a busy and exciting week with our first parent lunch and our first field trip. We have been learning about sentence structure this last week, using picture cards to create ideas and stories, then putting words to those pictures to make sentences. We had...

In the first grade math is a mixture of hands on activities, exploring tangible materials and playfulness combined with critical thinking and mathematical reasoning and developing formal methods. There is an expectation as a class for hard work and collaboration....

Learning to read is a hard but extremely rewarding journey. Students begin with letters and sounds, then develop fluency and comprehension and ideally end up as a lifelong readers who enjoy getting lost in a good book. Collectively in first grade we are learning and...

Continuing with our investigation into leaves we embarked on our leaf scavenger hunt. Further exploring the grounds around the school. Not only were we looking for what color laves we could find but also what type of tree had the leaf come from. By looking at the...

We are very fortunate to be having great weather at the moment but fall is definitely coming and winter is on its way. From our classroom we have a great view of many tall and different kinds of trees. We have been able to watch and look at the leaves change colour...