For their Social Studies, the first graders have been learning about their community. This includes learning about interdependence and how a community operates. As part of this unit, each student was asked to visit a place in their community and write a summary about what they visited, the people that work there, the type of …[more]
Meteorologist Evelyn Taft from KCAL9/CBS2 visited the first grade classes to talk about her job as a primetime meteorologist. She gave the students a few pointers about how to look at clouds and the sky to get a hint of what type of weather to expect on a given day.
The first grade is learning about community workers and has had several visits from various members from the community to talk to the classes about the work they do and the equipment they use. One student’s dad works for the LAFD Hazardous Materials Squad. He gave a little talk about the work he does and …[more]
Castlebay held the local spelling bee for the second, third and fourth grades a few weeks ago. The pictures below are the finalists for each grade level. Congratulations to all these top spellers!
The kindergarten class is learning about community workers and during a recent assembly, they had a visit from Firefighter Hale. He’s an uncle of one of the students, and works for the Beverly Hills Fire Department. He reviewed fire safety, including Stop, Drop and Roll, when and how to call 911. He showed the children the …[more]
The Learning Rainbow was Mrs Lingard’s Donors Choose project. Mrs Lingard: My project covers both Science and Physical Education concepts for my second grade students. At this young age, they need hands-on ways to learn both agility and teamwork. A large parachute to be used during daily Physical Education will allow them to work in …[more]
Cook’s WEEK OFF! Thanks for putting those pots and pans away!!! Parents, thank you for attending this wonderful fundraiser. We earned $200 and 5 classrooms have earned FREE pizza parties! Big Mamas and Papas has agreed to do this again during the week of May 14, 2012 to May 20th! All Week Long! Monday 5/14/2012 …[more]
Mrs Chang’s first grade class has a new Listening Center, funded by Donors Choose for the project she posted. For her project, she wrote Literacy in first grade is very important. This is the grade where they practice independent reading. Books on CD helps students’ literacy experiences tremendously. Listening skills are also enhanced since students are not …[more]
The Castlebay Connection is the new student newspaper written entirely by fifth grade students. Fifth grade students were invited to become reporters based on their proven ability to be responsible, dedicated, committed to excellence, and have a passion for journalistic writing. The goal of the newspaper is to keep students connected to what’s going on …[more]
Wednesday, February 22nd was the 100th day of school. Various classrooms had activities celebrating the 100th day of school. These are some pictures taken from K1, K2 and room 21.
