Ms. Cokar's Curious Classroom : March 21

Good afternoon,

Today went by so quickly! Ms. Mesheau set up an interesting course in the gym which allowed students to practice their stick and "puck" handling skills, as well as trying their hand at scoring a goal into the net. Ask your son or daughter if they felt it was easy or hard to weave in between the coloured pylons.

This morning Constable George Kovacs visited our classroom. One of the first things he talked about was Community! It is almost like he has been learning in our classroom (I had not mentioned this was our focus in Social Studies)! He asked us the feelings we feel when we see him or other police officers in the school or community. Students shared they felt happy, love, scared, safe, nervous. Constable George said his number one job is keeping people safe. He spoke a lot about safety and how important it is to let people know where we are at all times. Did you know he has to tell his dispatcher where he is, too? He talked about his special tools, and again it was almost like he's been in our class because he talked about using his senses! He says he uses his mouth not for tasting but using his words, his ears to listen to what people are saying, his eyes are watchful, and his hands are for helping. He said we have these tools also. He shared a little about his "in case" tool belt, things that he could not take out to show us like pepper spray. Constable George ended his time with us answering questions and reading a story.