Boulevard Park

What a perfect day to play. 

Roya can stretch!

Can you do this?

That's Roya, folded. 

Happy birthday to Imran

Where is he?

How is it up there?

We hope you enjoyed surfing. 

Matthew's Rubik's Cubes

Who knew Rubik's Cubes came in other shapes?!  Matthew showed us some amazing new ones. 

Caitlyn's gerbil, Oreo

Caitlyn got a black and white gerbil. Have you ever seen one before?

Oreo is shy, but she came out and showed off a little for us. 

Treadmill. Fast. 

 Oreo's a contortionist; she can turn herself around in the tube. 

Thank you for bringing your entertaining pet, Caitlyn!

Then into the classroom

Our students used a large variety of rogue materials and found objects to recreate some famous paintings. All hands were on deck, and the room buzzed with creativity and interest. Photos of the final products will be up at school soon. For now, here we are in progress:

Pause. Walk around to look at others' work. 

Yahoo!  Look what Dylan found in the red bin!

Readymades at the Gordon Smith Gallery

We had an outstanding visit to the Artists for Kids Gallery this morning. The children were so engrossed in observing, pondering, questioning, and reacting to the art we saw and then created.  Meghan, our docent, was thought-provoking. 

If you haven't been before, these are the magnificent doors to the gallery. What animals do you see in the carvings?

Ask your child what readymades are. 

Ms Munro likes to brag that Geoffrey Farmer is one of her oldest friends. 

Aboriginal artist Brian Jungen created this readymade piece out of wooden barriers. What might he be saying with the way he placed them?  

This is called Home Depot #4 by David Weir, who, lucky for us, was at the gallery.  He is also an architect, and this piece was inspired by an idea he had for a backsplash.  There was an awesome incidental Math connection because the outlets are in an array. 😜

Douglas Coupland created this piece out of various spools of thread. Some people interpret it as representing the variety of people in a community, or the varied buildings in a city. 

This looks like a painting, but it's actually a botched digital image (like when a printer glitches and the image comes out as streaks).  Stan Douglas created it. 

The artists featured in this exhibit have used objects we find in our everyday lives as art; this challenges many people's notions of what constitutes art. Makes for good discourse!

Aly's sock puppets

Abigail, Claire, Henry, Sidney and William entertained us as Aly shared her sock puppets today 

Thank You Garden

I'm I'm We harvested our salad to eat today and gave thanks for all the natural things and human effort that makes our Loutet Garden so very special.

By Jennifer

Harvesting peas

Giving thanks

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By Mischa