Casa 2: Highlights from the 2024–2025 School Year

What was your favourite part of this year? 

• The duckling we hatched! – Líam 

• When we cracked open dinosaur eggs with a hammer and chisel like a paleontologist – Diana 

• Metamorphosis (a tadpole turns into a frog) – Jasper 

• Doing circle – Charleigh 

• Playing on the playground – Harris 

• Making cards for mummy and daddy – Atlas 

• Working with the Nature Tray – Annabel & Clementine 

• Playing with Clementine – Luna 

• Working with Ms. Sandra – Austin 

• Cracking open geodes – Jack 

• Green Language – William 

• The Peace Table – Robert 

• Being a Kinder – Selina 

• Doing African animals with Ms. Sandra – Marlowe 

• Working on the sound S – Otlotleng 

• Colour by Number – Piper 

• Doing the 100 Board – Ameli Sofia 

• Being together! – Jacqueline  

What is your favourite Montessori material? 

• Free colouring – Líam & Marlowe 

• The Red Rods – Diana 

• The Pink Tower – Jasper 

• The Red Rods and reading books in the library – Charleigh  

• The blocks…building towers – Harris 

• The Nature Tray – Atlas & Jack 

• Free colouring and the Nature Tray –Annabel  

• The Pink Tower and the Brown Stair – Austin & Luna 

• Metal Insets – William 

• The Roman Arch – Piper & Robert 

• Having snack – Selina 

• The Brown Stair – Clementine 

• The Sound Cylinders – Otlotleng 

• Sifting – Ameli Sofia 

• Colour by Number – Jacqueline  

Kindergartners, what will you miss most about Casa next year? 

• William – Jack 

• Ameli Sofia – Selina 

• Ms. Liza – Piper 

What are you looking forward to next year? 

• Playing with Annabel – Líam 

• Going to Cayman Brac – Diana 

• Going in a camper van to the sand dunes – Jasper 

• Next year when I am a Kinder I am going to Africa and Disneyland! – Charleigh 

• Being a Kinder – Annabel, Atlas & Austin 

• Playing with Evan – Jack 

• Learning about the Solar System and Birds when I am a Kinder – William 

• Going to England and Canada – but I don’t know how many sleeps it is until I go – Robert 

• Doing henna – Selina 

• My dad’s birthday –Clementine 

• Going on a field trip – Marlowe 

• Being a second year! – Otlotleng 

• Art class – Piper 

• I’m excited about some of my friends – Ameli Sofia 

• I’m maybe going to Colorado – Jacqueline 

What accomplishment are you most proud of this year? 

• Cursive writing – Líam & Piper 

• I love to play with my sister – Diana 

• Practicing my gymnastics – Charleigh 

• Riding bikes – Harris 

• Learning how to colour flags – Atlas 

• That I opened up my very own geode – Annabel 

• Learning my sounds – Luna 

• Going on Cayman Airways – Austin 

• Reading to the toddlers – Jack 

• Reading! – William 

• Going on the field trip to Dart Park – Robert 

• Giving Ameli Sofia lessons – Selina 

• Choosing one person work – Clementine 

• Doing a kitty computer – Marlowe 

• Observing the incubator – Otlotleng 

• I learned how to do a handstand and a flip in the water– Ameli Sofia 

• Riding my skateboard – Jacqueline  

What did you like learning about this year? 

• Crystals – Líam 

• The continents – Diana 

• Chiseling the dinosaurs – Jasper 

• Geodes – Charleigh & Clementine 

• The Human Body – Harris, Luna & Marlowe 

• Primary Phonics Readers – Atlas 

• The continents – Annabel 

• Battle of the Books – Austin 

• Ch, sh and th phonograms – Jack 

• Math – William 

• All the colours – Robert 

• Telling the time – Piper & Selina 

• Numbers – Otlotleng 

• The alphabet – Ameli Sofia 

• Insects – Jacqueline 

What song or book will always remind you of this year? 

• Dominic the Donkey song – Líam 

• Mortimer – Diana 

• All the Christmas songs – Jasper 

• Magnificent Mushrooms (Marlowe’s book) – Charleigh 

• Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons – Harris 

• The Donut Song – Annabel & Atlas 

• The Elephant Book – Luna 

• Harry Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy – Austin  

• I Love Kittens – Jack 

• Bumping up and Down in my Little Red Wagon – Ameli Sofia & William 

• The Mud Puddle – Robert 

• Me Espresso – Selina  

• Days of the Week song – Clementine 

• Ms. Lucy had a Baby his Name was Tiny Tim – Marlowe 

• A Peanut Sat on a Railroad Track – Piper 

• Pitter, Patter, Here the Raindrops come – Jacqueline  

What is one word you would use to describe this year? 

• End – Líam 

• Happy – Diana & William 

• Colouring – Jasper 

• Magic ‘e’ – Charleigh 

• Silly – Ameli Sofia, Harris, Piper 

• Good – Atlas & Selina 

• Amythest – Annabel 

• Selina – Austin 

• Thank you! – Jack 

• Down by the Bay – Robert  

• Tower – Clementine 

• Hatchlings! – Marlowe 

• S – Otlotleng 

• I love you mom and dad – Jacqueline  

Wishing everyone a relaxing and fun filled Summer!  Thank you for another amazing year!  

 Ms. Liza & Ms. Sandra