Open House at the BSB

Today was the primary school's open house. Once I collected the girls from their teachers, we went in the entrance to the primary building:


On the second floor, was Kaylee's classroom-Year 2A with Mrs. Brooks and Mr. Gross. Kaylee had a fun time showing us around her classroom. This is where she puts her bag and lunch tote in the morning:



Here is her first piece of artwork-a self portrait. One of her classmates had to write a note about Kaylee and that is to the left. If you can't read it, it says, "Kaylee is my friend. She is very pretty."

This school does something similar to Harry Potter. The entire school is divided into different houses named after types of trees. Alexis is in house "Chestnut" and Kaylee is in house "Pine." Throughout the week the students can earn points for their houses and there is an assembly at the end of the week to announce that week's winning house. Also at the assembly, a select few kids get a "leaf" stating some accomplishment for the week. It's really quite nice...I love this system of teamwork and praise. Both Alexis and Kaylee got "leaves" this past week. Here is Kaylee's - "Kaylee - for being very brave in your new class."

Next we moved up to the 3rd floor to Alexis's class room - Year 5B with Ms. Cosgrove. I think Alexis could have spent 2 hours showing us all the things she does and enjoys about her classroom! It is a very organized room...you know I like that! But here is her peg to hang her bag and lunch tote:

(Did you notice all the Greek books on the shelf...yes she is loving her History lessons!)

I was just so proud of this! Below is her timed multiplication test. This was the time that Ms. Cosgrove announced to the class that only Alexis scored 100 out of 100! You can also barely make out the time of 6 minutes and 6 seconds too.

We also stopped to look at Alexis's pretty artwork...a still-life, or 'observational art.' It's very pretty!

And here is Alexis's leaf. It reads, "Alexis - A leaf for working very hard and having a positive attitude to her new class and new school. Well done."

One of the other moms in her classroom came up to me and introduced herself and said that her daughter just adores Alexis...and that everyone in the class does! What a wonderful thing to hear from another parent!

Thank you all for praying for Kaylee and her adjustment to school this year. As you can see below she's definitely hanging in there!