Heather Vatcher

[Heather Vatcher @HeatherVatcher]

@tina_zita Love this!

[Heather Vatcher @HeatherVatcher]

Looking forward to the next 2 days!

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What a great first day with @OriginalRoland and the sewing studio crew! It was pure joy in the LLC! @BritanniaPS

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Mrs. Lewis’s grade 3s exploring coding with ⁦@microbit_edu⁩ so that we can familiarize ourselves with the tool and consider how we might incorporate it into our inquiry. ⁦@BritanniaPS⁩ ⁦@peel21st⁩ ⁦@PDSB_Libraries⁩ #SchoolLibraryJoy

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K classes ⁦@BritanniaPS⁩ spent time collaboratively exploring some of the tools we have in the library. They showed great critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, collaboration and communication skills. #GlobalCompetencies

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Ms Auger’s K class are learning more about worms and vermicomposting. They’re very excited to learn new and interesting facts. They’ve grown so much this year by asking good questions and are developing their inquiry skills. ⁦⁦@BritanniaPS⁩ ⁦@PDSB_Libraries⁩

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Mrs Hallas’s & Mrs Forestieri’s classes exploring new tools and considering how they might use them to share their learning. They are teaching others (including teachers) as they discover new features. Great to have experts in the room. ⁦@BritanniaPS⁩ ⁦#SchoolLibraryJoy

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Mrs Steibelt’s grade 4&5s designing and building electric vehicles and solar powered projects. The innovation, critically thinking and problem solving was shining out of all of them. #GlobalCompetencies ⁦⁦@BritanniaPS⁩ ⁦@peel21st⁩

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Mme Balbaa’s gr2s using French online library tools to learn about animals, physical characteristics & how they help the animal survive. Thanks to parent council for the headphones & splitters. They help us to work more collaboratively. ⁦@BritanniaPS⁩ ⁦#SchoolLibraryJoy

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What to do with a box? Ms Harlow’s grade 2 and 3 asked question, researched, planned, designed and built. #SchoolLibraryJoy @BritanniaPS @PDSB_Libraries

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Today we recognized International Women’s Day @BritanniaPS with @meena ‘s Ambitious Girl. What makes you, YOU? How can you #InsipreInclusion everyday? #SchoolLibraryJoy @PDSB_Libraries

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Fun times in the LLC this week @BritanniaPS ! #SchoolLibraryJoy @PDSB_Libraries

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Thank you @HeatherVatcher @BritanniaLLC for sharing the story "Ambitious Girl" in recognition of International Women's Day.  Students enjoyed hearing such a powerful story celebrating ambitious girls everywhere and their power to impact the world!

[Heather Vatcher @HeatherVatcher]

Sometimes it’s the quiet, simple moments that bring joy.

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Students from Ms Harlow’s class explored some of the new books in the library. Turned into an impromptu read aloud among friends. @BritanniaPS @PDSB_Libraries #SchoolLibraryJoy

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Ms Harlow and Ms Hallas’s grade 3s collaboratively explored a variety of building tools to make strong and stable structures.

[Jodie Williams @jodiesgot5]

Inspired by @JodyKohoko and her team at OCDSB and the work of @GholdyM here are some considerations when including Indigenous content in your classroom

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Mrs. Lewis’s gr3s worked in groups to plan and design structures to hold a cup of coins. They explored and tested different ways to make their structure stronger and stable. How might we use this information to revise our plan? What materials might we use? #SchoolLibraryJoy

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Ms. Auger’s Ks wanted to learn about hermit crabs. We explored PebbleGo and found out that, as they grow, they move to new shells. This led to more questions. One students wondered if turtles do the same thing. Great questions coming from our youngest students. #SchoolLibraryJoy

[Lisa Anne Floyd @lisaannefloyd]

Looking for a fun Scratch activity for students to explore #coding? Check out this Snowball Catching game w/ challenges & video tutorials. Students can alter code to make it their own!
https://t.co/rvq4gCsi1m
Link to Challenges: https://t.co/d1aCSPJ2fI
@scratch #onted #csk8

[Heather Vatcher @HeatherVatcher]

Made my week!

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At the end of our coding each sessions, we reflected on what went well, what was difficult, and what we enjoyed most. The best was a gr2 shared “I liked when we failed over and over again and then we finally figured it out together.” #BetterTogether #SchoolLibraryJoy @peel21st

[Heather Vatcher @HeatherVatcher]

Celebrating the learning/success of our friends. You could hear the joy in the library.

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The coding fun continues. Love how well the students work together, support each other, and celebrate each other’s learning. My favourite moment today was hearing one student say excitedly,“You did it E!” followed but cheering. @peel21st @PDSB_Libraries #SchoolLibraryJoy