Mr. Longo's 5th graders and Mrs. Chionchio's Kindergarten students teamed up to work on a fun writing activity today. Mr. Longo's fifth graders showed great excitement as they assisted these young beginner writers on a spring writing activity to express how Barnum Woods has helped them bloom and grow this year! It was wonderful to see our fifth graders modeling great writing skills to these young learners and becoming mentors to our enthusiastic Kindergarten children.
This week's lucky "Friday Spin It To Win It" winners were so excited to use their gold coins in our Barnum Book Vending Machine to choose their very own special books to read this weekend!
The Barnum Woods 2nd Annual “Pi” Eating Contest was a great success! The BW Student Council raised about $1,500 for scholarships for EMHS graduates by hosting a PIE EATING CONTEST today! Staff members were cheered on by the students while they competed in this amazing event!
Barnum Woods is getting ready for St. Patrick’s Day and celebrating with sweet songs on the bagpipes! Thank you to Mr. Wisniewski, father of one of our 4th grade students, for visiting our school today! We loved listening to you play such beautiful Irish tunes on the bagpipes!
March is Music in our Schools Month! Students have been celebrating by learning about different genres of music, listening to great musical artists from the past and present, and dressing up to match the various types of music that have been introduced to them. Today, students and staff dressed up for Country Music Day! Barnum Woods turned into Wild, Wild West Wednesday! Everyone had a rootin’ tootin’ good time in their jeans, flannels, overalls, boots, hats, and bandanas! Yeehaw! 🤠
The first week of PARP (Pick A Reading Partner) Week at Barnum Woods was a great success! The students in Mrs. Abbatiello's 4th grade class love their independent reading time!
Mr. Longo's fifth grade math class learning the characteristics of the six different types of triangles.
Mrs. Alfano shared one of her favorite books with some of the classes this week. Today, Mrs. Vitale and Ms. Cusumano's fourth grade class had the opportunity to listen to this wonderful book, Words and your Heart, by Kate Jane Neal. Students learned that words have extraordinary power, and we can choose to use them to make the world a better place.
The Barnum Woods Student Council is so excited to share the results of the recent Coin Challenge that took place at Barnum Woods! Students and staff brought in loose change to help raise money for East Meadow High School Scholarships. The Barnum Woods Student Council would like to thank you everyone who supported this Coin Challenge! Thanks to the enthusiastic participation and support of our students and staff, the student council successfully raised an impressive $4,674.00! This money will be put towards the scholarships given to deserving graduating East Meadow High School students who previously attended Barnum Woods.
Ms. Bellia's first grade class was so excited to listen to the read aloud, Mae Among the Stars, written by Roda Ahmed. To help celebrate Black History Month, a parent of one of Ms. Bellia's students visited the class today to share this wonderful book inspired by the life of Mae Jemison, the first African American to travel to space!
It was a Valentine's Day treat for these lucky first graders! Mr. Rosner, Superintendent of East Meadow Schools, visited their class today to read a special book to them. ♥️♥️
Mr. Bottari presenting to Barnum's 5th grade graduates to review the guidelines and expectations of the "Exit Interviews" that will be taking place in the spring.
Celebrating the 100th Day of School at Barnum Woods!!! These first grade students had a blast as they rotated around their classroom working on 100th Day of School activities at different stations. Some of these fun activities included the 100-cups stacking challenge, painting a picture of 100 gumballs in a gumball machine, and creating beautiful designs with 100 geometric shapes! What a fun and exciting day for all!
In honor of P.S. I Love You Day, the Barnum Woods students and staff wore the color PURPLE to foster kindness and educate others that mental health is just as important as physical health. Students participated in various P.S. I Love You Day activities throughout the week, including writing kindness letters to their peers and teachers as well as writing about their own personal feelings and emotions. 💜💜💜
Fifth graders put their technology skills to the test when they took the "Google Slides Winter Challenge" in computer class today! The students' abilities to utilize the Google slides tools that they have learned with Mrs. Kirichenko were quite impressive!
Author, Maria Wen Adcock, visited Barnum Woods School to present her book, It’s Chinese New Year, Curious George. Students enjoyed this engaging and interactive program featuring everyone’s favorite monkey, Curious George!
Mrs. Hughes' Chorus is second to none! The fourth and fifth grade students sounded so beautiful this morning during their chorus rehearsal! Bravo to all! 🎶🎶
Today, Bright Star Theater visited Barnum Woods and had the students in grades K-2 captivated with their stories of Aesop's famous fables in their performance of "Winter Fables". Thank you to the Barnum Woods PTA for bringing these amazing winter-inspired tales to our students.
Barnum Woods welcomed the "Phyllis Rose Dance Company" today! K-5 students enjoyed watching the talented dancers and participating throughout the outstanding performances! A huge thanks to the Barnum Woods PTA for bringing this amazing show to our students!
Character Celebration Week at Barnum Woods continues with celebrating our favorite book and cartoon characters!
