Tales Of A 4-5 Something

On Tuesday September 28, 2023 all of Waynflete School gathered at Waynhenge and the Piney Woods. Goeff Wagg, the Head of School, gave us an opening speech for the start of convocation. Our school is a 125 years old this year so this was an extra special Convocation.  Each division has a speaker and Ellie, our representative for 4-5 gave the second speech. Ellie shared about being with a community and being brave. After a few more speeches Geoff Wagg told us the teachers and advisors that have served Waynflete for many many years. John, the Computer Science and Design teacher, made a puzzle for all the teachers and advisors that served us for all those years. And since he’s an engineer, he made it light up in a Waynflete green. At Waynflete the oldest serving teacher was Susan Nelson who has been a teacher at Waynflete for 48 years! Geoff rang the gong to signal the end of convocation with the help of some students.  We like Convocation because it is the the first time in t...

The first weeks of school have started and everybody is buzzing with excitement.  We are happy to see friends that we have not seen over the summer and to start our classes including PE, library, math, movement, lit, and many more. For people who are new, they are making new friends so they can have fun and not feel left out.  One of our highlights so far is PE because it is fun and it gets our energy out. In lit, we are learning about CAFE (Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanded vocabulary) which help us grow as readers. We also started the DIRT Project(Daily Independent Reading Time) and some of us have already finished some books! Tim is also reading to us. We started All Four Stars which is about Gladys who loves to cook and tries to make creme brûlée with a blow torch and burns down the kitchen curtains. At recess we love the new playground. Some people do gymnastics, some play soccer, and others read. We also have learned about how we can help the environment. W...