Come visit Santa's Workshop ... in April!

Don't worry, we only built it
upside down once. 

    

Our new reading area!

Hey OSC families!

I hope you all have had a wonderful Easter weekend. We've also been blessed with some fantastic weather lately- the sun is shining and everything is bright, light, and airy... Spring is definitely starting off on the right foot!

Well, with Spring ... comes spring cleaning. At Gilmore, we've been doing some spring cleaning of out own! As you've all noticed, we are currently redecorating the spaces in our room for some fresh new looks. Carolyn and co. have kindly bought some new furniture for the kids to enjoy. The children were all extremely excited and gleefully offered to help put the furniture together. It's been a fun DIY project and it was awesome to see all the kids work together to achieve one common goal.

Where does this piece go?!

My favorite addition is the designated reading place. The couches look great, but that gorgeous bookshelf definitely takes the cake for me!

A massive thank you is in order for all the kids that have helped us put the furniture and decor together. They've created spaces that both kids and leaders can enjoy.

Someone call Jillian Harris! I think we've got some wonderful future additions to her renovation team!

Building with Keva in the new
building zone

Let's do some art!

We've got more additions coming so be on the look out!

Cheers,

Monica

Spring Break Recap

Dear Families and Friends,

With the sun glowing and the blue skies shinning, Spring has officially arrived!

This week, kids returned back to the regular school year routine which brought to a close to our Spring Break camps. Our two weeks of camps went swimmingly, filled with some awesome out-trips and some pretty stellar in-days.

Grayson learning how whales
hear under water

Whether it was exploring the Vancouver Aquarium, star-gazing at the Planetarium, splashing around at Sungod & Hillcrest pool or going bananas at The Great Escape, both the kids and the staff had a great time participating in some fun-packed adventures.

Personally, one of our favorite out-trips from the two weeks was Multi-Sport Day hosted by South Arm Community Centre. It was a great opportunity to interact with the other community centres and a chance to get to know some new faces. The day was filled with different stations for the kids to try out, cheers to be presented and medals to be giving out to the winners. Win or lose, West did their best and represented our centre well!

Drawing our versions of SEA monsters

To compliment our extravagant out-trips, the days spent indoors at Gilmore were loaded with new activities and games for the kids to try. Themes included OS-City Day, Iron Chef Day and even a Cowboys vs. Aliens Day.

One of the in-days that stood out was our Dragon's Den.  On this day the kids were tasked with creating their own products or businesses and then presenting them to our panel of "Dragons" in hopes to reach a deal and earn themselves some dragon dollars.

Overall, Spring Break was a great success and I hope everyone who participated felt the same way.

Best Regards,


Carolyn & Matt