Thank you for all of the recyclable items your children brought in. We were able to use them to creatively make The Orchard Express train, a train conductor that the children named "Noggin," a sailboat, an airplane, and a rocket. Our creations will be on display for you to see up close on Back to School Night. I have attached some pictures of our creations for you to enjoy! #AirTransporation #LandTransportation

We had a visit from UPS! Mr. Sebastian Ammamoo, the UPS industrial engineer, Mr. Scott DeStefano, the UPS business manager, and Mr. Tim Anderson, our UPS truck driver, all came in to school to talk to the children about what happens behind the scenes at UPS. Mr. Sebastian gave a great demonstration on how UPS delivers the packages and likened his job to that of Santa Claus, able to deliver packages all around the world. He split the children into various groups, each represen

Mr. Fruhling, (Lily's dad), came into school to show the children a BMW Hybrid Plug In i8. The children were fascinated with it and thought it looked like a Batmobile. They really enjoyed sitting in it. Many thanks to Mr. Fruhling for taking the time to share the car with us! #LandTransportation

The Orchard Class ended the week of land transportation by making graham cracker traffic lights. The children have been learning to identify various street signs and what they mean. We hope they will start to recognize some of the street signs as they ride around with you in the car! #LandTransportation

As part of our study on land transportation, we designed a land transportation obstacle course in the gym for the children to enjoy. They raced against one another using cars and monster trucks as well as followed a course complete with street lights that they had to drive through. We ended our fun with the children pretending to be cars. Their favorite part seemed to be going through our pretend car wash, complete with water misting and fan drying. #LandTransportation