Suncrest Division 12

Good afternoon families!

We have been invited to South Slope Elementary School on Tuesday April 16 to watch a dress rehearsal performance of their play “Marry Poppins.”

Since it’s a walking field trip, a few blocks away, we need 3 parents to accompany us for our number ratio.

We will need those 3 parents to meet us at our classroom at 11:50am and we will leave our school soon after that as the performance starts at 12:30pm. We are anticipating being back at Suncrest around 2pm.

Please email me at chanel.toor@burnabyschools.ca if you are interested in coming along with us for the walk and the performance. I will email the first three parents back to confirm that you will be joining us.

Thank you so much! Your support and time allows our class to partake in these extra opportunities!

Ms. Toor

Good afternoon families,

Here are a few reminders.

Extra clothes and indoor shoes:

If your child hasn’t brought their indoor shoes or extra clothes for this term, please bring some this week as during the spring we will have some rainy days.  Please label all clothing as students wear similar sizes and forget what belongs to them if they do not wear the clothing often.

Payment for Burnaby Village Museum:

Thank you to those that have already submitted payments and signed permission forms. Ms. Boleak has kept the payment open for a few more days. If we haven’t received your permission forms or payments, we will need it this week.

Student-Led Conferences/ Notice

Our student-led form will be coming home today. Student- Led conferences will be run by your child on Thursday April 18th from 2:15-7:00pm. Please select a time slot or slots that work best for you. Forms are due Friday April 12th. The students are excited to share with you their portfolio, photos/ video of us learning, show you around the school and lead you through some stations.

Thank you,

Ms. Toor

Good afternoon families and Welcome back!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break!

Term #3 is already here! I am excited to wrap up the school year with Division 12!

Below are some upcoming dates, field trip information and our April Calendar!

Upcoming Dates:

Thursday April 18th: Student Led Conferences (Early Dismissal @2pm)

Friday April 19th: Early Dismissal @2pm

Tuesday April 23rd : Field Trip

Monday April 29th: Pro-D-Day (No school for students)

Field Trip!!!

Our first field trip of the year will be at Burnaby Village Museum on Tuesday April 23rd. We are looking for parents to drive to the Museum and back to Suncrest as well as to help support with supervision during the day.

Online cash is now open for payments as of Wednesday April 3rd. Big thank you to Ms. Boleak for getting that ready and open right after returning to school!

Please send in permission forms and volunteer notices as soon as possible so we can figure out how many drivers/ parents are available (forms were sent home on Tuesday). In addition, if your child requires a booster seat we need that information too. On the day of the field trip please send your child to school with their booster seat and with their name clearly displayed on it.

Here is your checklist for the field trip:

To wear: 

• Closed toed shoes (such as runners)
• Hat or ball cap
• Comfortable clothing for movement

To bring in your backpack:

• Litterless lunch
• Snack
• Water bottle

**If we do not have enough volunteers we will have to cancel our field trip**

All volunteer drivers will need to fill out an extra form and I will send them home in your child’s planner so we can have them filled out in advance.

We will also provide a map to drivers with our meeting place at the Museum as well as group names and the shape of our day.

April Calendar

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Thank you,

Ms. Toor

Good morning families,

Today in your child’s planner will be a class list for Valentine’s Day. We will have an in class celebration in the afternoon on Feb 14. Valentine’s Day is a day to spread messages of kindness to one another and to highlight strengths and positive traits of our community members. Valentine’s Day is not a mandatory activity -If you would like to share a message of kindness, create a card, share a treat or goody bag with your peers, please ensure there is one for everyone to enjoy.

In addition the school leadership team has created some fun activities to spread kindness around our school. On Wednesday Feb 14 if you wear red, pink, white or clothing with hearts you can earn a point for your house team.

Thank you,

Ms. Toor

Good morning families!

Literacy week is underway with a bunch of fun activities we are doing as a school community. This year’s theme is “Literacy Superpowers” with a specific focus each day this week.

Themes that will guide discussion and activities during the week are:

• Monday: “Literacy Gives Us Power to Imagine”
• Tuesday: “Literacy Gives Us Power to Make Friends”
• Wednesday: “Literacy Gives Us Power to Make Positive Change”
• Thursday: “Literacy Gives Us Power to Express Important Ideas”
• Friday: “Literacy Gives Us Power to Build Community and Have Fun!”

The information was sent out to parents already but I am highlighting a few activities and sharing some information about our theme day this Friday.

Reading Bingo:

Reading bingo sheets went home on Monday. Bring back your sheet with as many activities filled out by Friday morning (Feb. 2) to enter the draw to win a prize. There will be  a separate draw for primary and intermediate students.

Guess the teacher’s favourite book activity:

We will do this in class on Wednesday January 31 and I will have the big list up in colour for students to see and match the teacher with their favourite book. Students will also be entered into the draw to win a prize.

PJ day and read in the dark (Friday Feb 2.)

On Friday students in the school can wear their PJs or something comfy to school. Students can also bring a flashlight for reading in the dark. During this time students can share their favourite story/ book either from home or in the classroom. I will have a chat with the students about flashlight safety and use of the flashlight for reading purposes but would also appreciate you having a friendly reminder with your child ahead of the event.

Thank you so much for your support! Literacy week is a great week to promote fun ways to make literacy engaging and fun for everyone! Feel free to take some of the reading bingo ideas and turn them into a fun routine to practice skills at home 🙂

Ms. Toor

Good afternoon families,

Happy New Year and welcome back! I hope everyone had a restful and festive holiday break!

Thank you for all the warm wishes, treats and gifts! You all made me feel appreciated going into the holidays!

Here are a few reminders for this week as I am putting together our calendar for this month and getting details organized for our second term together.

• Bring back inside shoes and extra clothing (please label all items within the bag as many students wear similar clothing/ sizes)
• Words of the week is listed in the planner at the beginning of the week
• New home reading book sent home on Thursdays
• Word work envelopes sent home at the end of the week
• Library will be on Tuesdays again this term
• Outdoor Classroom is on Thursdays
• Please dress for the weather each day

This terms learning themes will likely be:

• English Language Arts: Story writing, spelling patterns, sentence structure and continue our independent reading progress (phonemic awareness, reading and comprehension strategies)
• Mathematics: Gr. 1 Addition and subtraction (1-20) / Gr. 2  Addition and subtraction (1-100), regrouping and borrowing
• Art: Drama
• Socials Studies: Rights and responsibilities (ourselves and others in our community)
• Science: Gr. 1 (Light & Sound) / Gr. 2 (Force & motion) and getting into lifecycles with animal research
• ADST: Design projects as well as some coding activities

Events coming up:

Celebration of Learning Assembly

This term Division 12 is also signed up to present with our buddy class for our “Celebration of Learning Assembly” on Friday January 26. All families from are invited and I will put this date on the calendar with the confirmed time.

Literacy Week

Starts Monday January 29. This is a week where fun activities occur inside and outside of school to promote literacy in our community! Stay tuned for more details!

Thank you,

Ms. Toor

Good afternoon families!

Here are a few housekeeping reminders for the last few days of school.

Tomorrow (Wednesday December 20) you will need to bring or wear “black pants and a black top” for our musical. If you have already brought it to school, it is in your cubby ready for the concert tomorrow.

In the evening students are asked to arrive at 6pm to get ready for our 6:30pm showtime! I will open up the outside classroom door at 6pm.

On Thursday (December 21) we have our pancake breakfast at 9:55-10:25am. I recommend still having a small breakfast prior to coming to school. You are welcome to wear PJs or something comfy and you are welcome to bring a stuffed animal. On Thursday we will be taking home our report cards and any belongings/ clothes/ shoes from our cubby.

No school on Friday! Back to school January 8th. Please bring back inside shoes and extra clothes on the first day back to school.

Thank you,

Ms. Toor

Good afternoon families,

This Friday Mr. Peirlot and Mr. Chung’s (Grade 6/7s) classes are hosting a fundraiser in their classrooms. We have a time to visit their “Class Market” on Friday and most school made items are 1-5 dollars in price. Some items that have been made for purchase include bracelets and bookmarks. If your child is interested in participating in the fundraiser please have money in envelopes/ bags with names and dollar amount to make things easier for this event.

Thank you in advance!

Ms. Toor

Good afternoon families!

A reminder that this week is going to be a rainy one! On top of dressing for the weather, please have our child bring or wear boots and bring extra socks and pants.

Attached is the December Calendar.

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Thank you,

Ms. Toor

Hi families,

Family Reading

Just a reminder that tomorrow is our final Family Reading morning of 2023. We will start at the first bell a 8:50am. In December we will have a morning where we will invite families in to have a portfolio share to show all our work over the term. Date to be announced but will be before the first term reports go home.

Popcorn Sale

We still have bags to sell for our fundraiser. We have all the flavours but the Butter Salt kind. If you would like to purchase another bag please bring $3 tomorrow.

Thank you,

Ms. Toor