On Wednesday, May 30, Antrim Elementary’s 4th graders went to Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. It was a lovely day with perfect weather. The students were engaged and respectful throughout the trip. They learned a lot about the various occupations which will be very helpful for their Colonial Fair Project.
We hatched 6 chicks in second grade this spring! The students have been so amazed to learn what is going on inside a fertilized egg each day until it hatches on Day 21. We candled the eggs and were able to see if the chick was growing. We even saw one chick moving its wings one time when we candled!
Did you know…May is Better Hearing and Speech Month?
The speech and language therapy team at Antrim Elementary School is devoted to developing essential communication skills for all students to be successful in and out of school. Because communication happens everywhere, you may see us around! We share a space with the occupational therapy team at AES,
Read More: Did you know…May is Better Hearing and Speech Month?
The first grade classes at AES are excited to begin gardening with the Cornucopia Project! Our teachers, Peggy Saunders and Lauren Judd, came in today to help us start learning and growing plants we can eat! The seeds we all planted today will be sprouts when we return from April school break, and we’ll get to taste them!
Read More: Seeds, Bees and more with First Grade Cornucopia Project
Antrim elementary students and staff spent the week leaping, jumping, stomping and dancing through the Wonders of the World with the New Hampshire Dance Institute. Our Antrim Elementary Eagles will soar this Friday night with a WONDER-FILLED performance for family and friends. We hope you can all make it.
This week nutritionist Tiffany Calcutt visited A.E.S to share nutritional snack ideas! Students and parents participated in a series of fun hands-on activities to learn about healthy eating. Making yogurt parfaits and celery race cars filled with chocolate hummus was a huge hit! Tiffany also shared information about how healthy eating effects our daily life including mood,
This week at AES has been filled with much kindness. The students were encouraged to practice random acts of kindness and to notice when others did. The students earned paper gumballs for their kindness acts which were displayed on a huge gumball machine. The week ended with an assembly in which community members were invited and celebrated for their support of AES.
Gloria and Dawn from The Antrim Grange came to visit third graders on Friday, March 16th. We learned about the Grange, and all of the things they have done for our communities, like busing students to school, getting electricity to everyone, and setting the number of days students have to go to school. They gave each third grader their own dictionary to keep!
Mrs. Zawacki’s class is learning about how animal body parts (adaptations) help the animals survive and make their lives easier. We started by reading The Snail’s Spell and What Does This Tail Do? to learn exactly how different animals use their body parts. Then Jeannie Connelly from the Conval Arts Integration Program came to do a project with our class.
Read More: Do you know how animal adaptations help them survive? Ms. Zawacki’s class can teach you.
Kindergarten students at AES have been working hard for over 100 days! We were fortunate to spend the 100th day of school with the “big kids” from GBS and CVHS. Sorting 100 marshmallows was exciting. Even following the “We don’t eat dirty marshmallows rule”. What could you build with 100 sweet, sugary, and very dirty marshmallows?
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