"Yay, our team won, woohoo! We did it. Ha! You lost!" This reaction is pretty one-sided and not very friendly. Proud - but also a tad boastful. "Yay great work, congratulations, good game!" These are the kinds of things we often hear and definitely promote when we play games, sports or engage in friendly team activities at Kingsley. It is often difficult for children to understand the concept of being happy for the other team, or a classmate or anyone else for that matter. Le

Leadership and mentoring by older students is an important aspect of our school community. Starting in our kindergarten groups, Kingsley's character curriculum helps build a strong foundation for being a good citizen. Students learn in a variety of ways the golden rule of treating others the way you wish to be treated. it is as simple as that. As they get older, students learn and grasp the importance of modelling positive behaviour for younger students. The older grades beco

What a wonderful time that we spent together discussing all the ways that we can care for our planet. As a whole school, we gathered to talk about how important the earth is to us all and the ways in which we can show respect for our planet. Many students came up with ways that they could make an impact and they committed to turning off lights when they leave a room or making sure to turn off the water faucet. We split up into smaller groups and ventured outdoors where we cle

Measurement is truly a fun and interesting topic when teaching and when learning about it. The learning objectives differ depending on the grade level we are working with. It is incredibly interesting to see how math builds upon itself. As children learn, understand and master a concept we can build on their knowledge and introduce new concepts. Two of our classes were working on measurement at the same time. We put a mini video together to showcase some of the ways we work