St. Gregory Catholic Elementary School

Our programming at St. Gregory starts with our Junior Kindergarten program. After that, we offer Senior Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 4. Choose a program to find out more about what we can offer your child.

Junior Kindergarten

Why enrol your child in Junior Kindergarten? We believe that you and your child will grow and develop through our Kindergarten experience. It is a big step to take and we are respectful of the amount of trust you are placing in us.

Our Junior Kindergarten program runs Monday and Wednesday with a choice of the morning or the afternoon. Your child will benefit with more than 225 hours of instruction.

Senior Kindergarten

Learner Expectations

• Early Literacy
• Early Numeracy
• Citizenship and Identity
• Environment and Community Awareness
• Personal and Social responsibiliy
• Physical Skills and Well-being
• Creative Expression
• Religious Education

For more information, download the Kindergarten Curriculum Handbook.

Grade 1

Grade 1 is an important year in a child’s development. Here is what our students learn in this grade:

English Language Arts

• Explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences
• Comprehend andrespond personallyand critically to oral, print and other media texts
• Manage ideas and information
• Enhance the clarity and artistry of communication
• Respect, support and collaborate with others

Mathematics

• Number
• Patterns and Relations
• Shape and Space
• Statistics and Probability

Science

• Creating Colour
• Seasonal Changes
• Building Things
• Senses
• Needs of Animals and Plants

Social Studies

• My World: Home, School and Community
• Moving Forward with the Past: My Family, My History, and My Community

Information and Communication Technology

• Communicating, Inquiring, Decision Making and Problem Solving
• Foundational Operations, Knowledge and Concepts
• Processes for Productivity

Physical Education

• Activity
• Benefits Health
• Cooperation
• Do It Daily for Life!

Health and Life Skills

• Wellness Choices
• Relationship Choices
• Life Learning Choices

Art

• Notice that natural objects or forms have common features
• Assess the use or function of objects
• Develop decorative styles
• Add finishing touches to their creations
• Decorate items personally created
• Use media and techniques with an emphasis on exploring and applying methods in drawing, painting, print making, sculpture, fabric
arts, photography and computer graphics

Music

• Understand that music may move to a steady beat
• Understand that sounds may be high or low
• Understand that music may express our feelings
• Distinguish environmental sounds (school, home, weather, animals, machines)
• Follow a story told by music
• Perform simple action songs and singing games
• Experience singing alone and in a group
• Play a steady beat, using rhythm instruments
• Echo rhythm patterns
• Respond to simple instrumental scores on large charts
• Use suitable sound effects for poems and songs

Religious Education

• Welcome! You belong
• Jesus welcomes us
• We hear the story of God through Jesus
• God dwells among us
• I’ll always be with you
• Hallowed be your name
• Your will be done
• We belong to God’s family
• The Holy Spirit gathers us into God’s circle of friends
• We are born of the Spirit

For more information, download the Grade 1 Curriculum Handbook.

Grade 2

Here is a sample what our students learn in Grade 2:

English Language Arts

• Explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences
• Comprehend andrespond personallyand critically to oral, print and other media texts
• Manage ideas and information
• Enhance the clarity and artistry of communication
• Respect, support and collaborate with others

Mathematics

• Number Patterns and Relations
• Shape and Space
• Statistics and Probability

Science

• Exploring Liquids
• Buoyancy and Boats
• Magnetism
• Hot and Cold Temperature
• Small Crawling and Flying Things

Social Studies

• Canada’s Dynamic Communities
• A Community in the Past

Information and Communication Technology

• Communicating, Inquiring, Decision Making and Problem Solving
• Foundational Operations, Knowledge and Concepts
• Processes for Productivity

Physical Education

• Activity
• Benefits Health
• Cooperation
• Do It Daily for Life!

Health and Life Skills

• Wellness Choices
• Relationship Choices
• Life Learning Choices

Art

• Notice that natural objects or forms have common features
• Assess the use or function of objects
• Develop decorative styles
• Add finishing touches to their creations
• Decorate items personally created
• Use media and techniques with an emphasis on exploring and applying methods in drawing, painting, print making, sculpture, fabric arts, photography and computer graphics

Music

• Understand that rhythm patterns can accompany melody
• Understand that printed symbols in music show the direction of the melody
• Understand that music may be fast or slow and may change from one
to the other suddenly or gradually
• Detect the rise and fall of melody
• Improvise movements to poems, stories and songs
• Sing many folk, ethnic, seasonal and holiday songs
• Play simple rhythm patterns
• Recognize the music staff and treble clef sign
• Create melodic and/or percussion accompaniments for poems and songs

Religious Education

• Let’s be Friends!
• Let’s come together
• Let’s treasure God’s word
• Let’s treasure God’s presence
• Let’s treasure God’s gift
• Let’s take
• Let’s bless
• Let’s break
• Let’s eat and drink
• Let’s go forth

For more information, download the Grade 2 Curriculum Handbook.

Grade 3

Here is a sample what our students learn in Grade 3:

English Language Arts

• Explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences
• Comprehend andrespond personallyand critically to oral, print and other media texts
• Manage ideas and information
• Enhance the clarity and artistry of communication
• Respect, support and collaborate with others

Mathematics

• Number Patterns and Relations
• Shape and Space
• Statistics and Probability

Science

• Rocks and Minerals
• Building with a Variety of Materials
• Testing Materials and Designs
• Hearing and Sound
• Animal Life Cycles

Social Studies

• Communities in the world
• Global citizenship

Information and Communication Technology

• Communicating, Inquiring, Decision Making and Problem Solving
• Foundational Operations, Knowledge and Concepts
• Processes for Productivity

Physical Education

• Activity
• Benefits Health
• Cooperation
• Do It Daily for Life!

Health and Life Skills

• Wellness Choices
• Relationship Choices
• Life Learning Choices

Art

• Make distinctions within classes of natural objects or forms
• Assess the visual qualities of objects
• Perfect forms and develop more realistic treatments
• Improve compositions by refining, rehearsing and critiquing
• Express a feeling or a message
• Use media and techniques, with an emphasis on mixing media and perfecting techniques in drawing, painting, print making, sculpture, fabric arts, photography and computer graphics

Music

• Understand that some music does not have a steady beat
• Understand that two or more melodies can occur simultaneously; e.g., rounds, partner songs, descants
• Understand that changes in dynamics add to the effect of music
• Recognize the instruments in the four families of the orchestra: string, woodwind, brass, percussion
• Participate in folk, square or traditional ethnic dances
• Sing two-part rounds and simple descants
• Recognize 4/4 time signature
• Create movement to demonstrate form in music

Religious Education

• We welcome and gather in the Spirit
• The Holy Spirit gathers and feeds us at Eucharist
• The Holy Spirit calls and anoints us in Baptism and Confirmation
• The Holy Spirit comes upon Advent people
• The Holy Spirit dwells in Jesus
• The Holy Spirit dwells in the followers of Jesus
• The Holy Spirit fills the whole earth
• The Holy Spirit reconciles people
• The Holy Spirit gives new life
• The Holy Spirit is alive

For more information, download the Grade 3 Curriculum Handbook.

Grade 4

English Language Arts

• Explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences
• Comprehend andrespond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts
• Manage ideas and information
• Enhance the clarity and artistry of communication
• Respect, support and collaborate with others

Mathematics

• Number
• Patterns and Relations
• Shape and Space
• Statistics and Probability

Science

• Waste and Our World
• Wheels and Levers
• Building Devices and Vehicles that Move
• Light and Shadows
• Plant Growth and Changes

Social Studies

• Alberta: Its Geography and People
• Alberta: Its People in History
• Alberta: A Comparative Study with Quebec

Information and Communication Technology

• Communicating, Inquiring, Decision Making and Problem Solving
• Foundational Operations, Knowledge and Concepts
• Processes for Productivity

Physical Education

• Activity
• Benefits Health
• Cooperation
• Do It Daily for Life!

Health and Life Skills

• Wellness Choices
• Relationship Choices
• Life Learning Choices
• Human Sexuality Education (Parental consent required)

Art

• Make distinctions within classes of natural objects or forms
• Assess the visual qualities of objects
• Perfect forms and develop more realistic treatments
• Improve compositions by refining, rehearsing and critiquing
• Express a feeling or a message
• Use media and techniques, with an emphasis on mixing media and perfecting techniques in drawing, painting, print making, sculpture, fabric arts, photography and computer graphics

Music

• Understand that beats may be grouped in 4s
• Understand that tuned instruments can combine to make harmony
• Understand that musical instruments have distinctive tonal qualities and may be grouped according to families
• Identify major and minor chords
• Respond to changes in tempo, dynamics and mood while singing
• Develop skill in writing rhythm patterns
• Notate and perform original compositions (does not have to be formal
notation)

Religious Education

• The Church hands on the Good News
• The Good News about Jesus Christ
• Jesus tells us about the reign of God
• A light shines in the darkness
• Jesus, “born of a woman.”
• Jesus reveals the compassion of God
• Jesus says, “I am the Way.”
• Jesus gives his life for us
• “My Lord and My God.”
• Jesus’ Spirit is with us

For more information, download the Grade 4 Curriculum Handbook.