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Hello families,

Thank you very much for your patience and flexibility with all of the holidays, early dismissals and changes. I cannot wait until we can get into full swing of school!

Planners

Thank you very much for reading your child’s planner every evening, signing it, and returning it to school.

Poetry and Song book

Every week we will learn a new poem or song. At the end of the week, the students will complete a page of the poem/song to add to their Poetry and Songbooks. This week’s poem was “Leaves”.

Fall Leaves watercolour project

Collecting, Sorting, Patterning, and Counting for Math

We have been using “counting collections” for some hands-on math experiences this week. The students have practiced all of these math skills with counting collections.

Socialization Through Play

We have time throughout the day for unstructured playtime. These times of the school day are incredibly important for the children’s mental health, social skill development (turn taking, sharing), language development, and relationship building.

Reminder: School is closed on Friday Sept. 30 for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.

Have a lovely weekend! See you on Monday!

What a busy week we have all had…so much fun through activities and learning!

It was lovely to meet all of you during our intake conferences. I am looking forward to a wonderful year ahead with your children!

Every Friday, I will update you on some activities that have happened throughout the week and provide you with a sneek peek into our classroom. My apologies that I do not have at least one photo of every child this week.

Morning Choice

The students begin each day with some play time. This allows them time to settle into the classroom, greet their friends, and connect with me. Have a look at some of the fun we enjoy during “morning choice.”

Names

We are learning about each other’s names through art, reading, letter recognition, and celebrating a “name of the day.”

“Who am I? Guessing Game

Birthday Math

We have used our birthday months to explore graphing and timelines this week.

All Are Welcome

We have created a “Class Promise” for our classroom this year. We focused on including ideas that create a welcoming classroom where “All Are Welcome.”

Terry Fox Run

We finished the week with our school wide Terry Fox Run where we encouraged each other to “Run Like Terry” to continue his dream.

Dates to remember:

Monday Sept. 26 – Pro D Day – School is closed for students.

Tuesday Sept. 27 – Orange Shirt Day Assembly – students are welcome to wear orange

Thursday Sept. 29 – Jersey and Team day – students are welcome to wear sports jerseys and active wear (a spirit day)

Friday Sept. 30 – School closed to honour National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

Friday Oct. 7 – individual photos taken

Hot lunch ordering: If you would like to order hot lunches for your child please see the information sent by the PAC.

Hello families!

Please check your child’s planner tonight and read the yellow notice that is glued into the planner.

I will update the blog on Friday with some classroom photos from the past week. You may wish to bookmark this site so you can access it at any time.

Thank you

Jennifer Capitanio

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Dear families,

It has been an absolute pleasure to teach your children this year. Watching them emerge as readers, writers, mathematicians, and witnessing them growing into lovely humans has brought immense joy to my world this year. They are special little people that will always hold a place in my heart!

My daughter created a slideshow for the class. We watched it today but I wanted to share it with you so you can also watch it with your children at home!

Have a wonderful summer! Enjoy all of the special moments that summer allows!

xo Ms. C

How can this possibly be my last weekly update?!?! This year has passed so quickly!

O Canada

This week we learned the national anthem so now everyone can sing it on Canada Day.

Yoga at the park

Thank you Anita for these photos of some of our awesome yoga poses taken last week.

A few dates to remember:

Tuesday June 28 – Classroom clean out – please sent a large shopping bag for your child to take their things home

Wednesday June 29 – dismissal at 10am for summer holidays!!! Report cards will be handed out.

Enjoy the glorious weekend ahead!

Three Little Pigs and Teddy Bears!!!

We enjoyed some fun activities this week. Thankfully the rain held off so we could enjoy one last afternoon for outdoor learning at the park.

Three Little Pigs

We read the story of “The Three Little Pigs” and had a discussion about materials that can be used to build strong structures. In teams, we chose building supplies from our classroom to use to build new houses for the 3 little pigs.

Have a look at our amazing structures:

Outdoor Learning

At outdoor learning this week, we shared our favourite memories and special times that we remember when we have visited the park this term. It has been wonderful to watch the students progress from being unsure what to “do” at the park to see them now exploring, creating, and imagining together in an outdoor space.

Teddy Bear Picnic

How lucky were we to have beautiful weather for our picnic today! We marched with our bears/stuffies, sat on mats to eat our snacks, introduced our stuffies to everyone, and enjoyed a surprise “teddy bear” snack.

Origami with Gr. 5/6 buddies

We met with some older friends in the school for buddy time. They taught us how to fold origami shapes and structures. We had such a great time that we decided to do it again next week!

Have a lovely weekend!

Sports Day!

What a wonderful sports day we enjoyed today! The sun made an appearance and the kids had a blast!

Here are some photos of everyone at their stations:

and photos from outdoor learning this week!

Creating art with found items from nature

Have a lovely weekend!

Hello everyone!

I will be away tomorrow so I am sending the weekly blog update today.

Sports Day – Friday June 10

By now, I believe that you have received an email from Ms. Aujla regarding Sports Day.

Your child is welcome to wear coloured clothing to represent their TEAM. See picture for your child’s colour. Please do not buy clothing, just borrow from friends or family.

-there will be early dismissal at 1:00/1:15 from our classroom

-lunches can be preordered online for Sports Day

-parents are welcome to watch the outdoor events behind the school but indoor events will not be open for parents

Outdoor Learning – Drilling holes for bees and potato printmaking

Bees have hatched!

We placed some of our bee cocoons outside.

Before…

After…

You will notice the holes where the bees emerged! So exciting!

Reminder – No School on Monday for Pro-D.

Rocks!

The focus of many of our lessons this week involved exploring rocks.

We read “Everybody Needs a Rock” at outdoor learning. Everyone found a special rock and observed their rock’s features closely. We then placed all the rocks in a pile and everyone was able to remember which rock belonged to them!

We then read the story “ishi” and turned our special rocks into “ishi” rocks.

Young actor’s Project

We finished up our Young Actor’s lessons today. The class really enjoyed these learning activities. Thank you Savannah!

Grade 1 “Making Words” homework

Beginning today, the Gr. 1s planner message gives them instructions to make as many words as possible out of a given word. This weekend the word is “triangle”. Please encourage your child to make new words out of these letters. For example, we can make “get”, “rat”, and “line” out of the letters in “triangle”. How many can you make?

Have a lovely weekend!