Autumn- Pumpkin life cycle, leaves, persimmons and Thanksgiving
Autumn in Japan is truly a beautiful time of year. In the classroom we have been learning about the pumpkin life-cycle and then made our …
11 Nov
Diwali- The Festival of Lights
Diwali- The Festival of Lights
Each Autumn in the northern hemisphere the beautiful Hindu festival of lights or better known as “Diwali” is celebrated by the Indian people. In the …
11 Nov
Readers & Writers workshop time
Readers & Writers workshop time
In our initial Readers & Writers lessons each child was given a book basket and asked to take books from different topics of interest. Each …
09 Nov
Mikan picking to Seaside Farm
Mikan picking to Seaside Farm
The day had finally arrived to go mikan picking – Japanese for mandarin. It was a cloudy day with rain periods, but we managed to fill our …
05 Nov
International Day- Part 3
International Day- Part 3
VENEZUELA All the children listened so well to Leo’s mum as she shared her home country of Venezuela and what interesting nature, food and celebrations that …
05 Nov
International Day- Part 2
International Day- Part 2
KENYA Kenya has so many interesting animals that we can learn about. Uma’s mum shared with us the very special Savannah with its lions, giraffes, buffalo, …
02 Nov
International Day Part 1
International Day Part 1
Our International Day parade is always such a fun day for the children to dress up and show their countries costumes. We have 12 nationalities …
02 Nov
Fun day October 19th, 2018
Fun day October 19th, 2018
On October 19th the Montessori and Elementary students joined together for the first “Fun Day” for the year. The theme was based on reading which …
07 Oct
Building a safe community
Building a safe community
A part of school life is building community and a feeling that we all care about one another and feel safe in our learning environment. …
11 Sep
Welcome to the new school year!
Welcome to the new school year!
Welcome to a new school year and to our Saint Maur Family! We are heading into our third week of school and already our new …