Month: April 2025

Good afternoon families,

Our caterpillars got too hot in our classroom over the long weekend. Just to give you the heads up… we chatted about uncontrollable things that could happen to them in the environment as well (example: being eaten by other insects or their chrysalis being knocked down by the wind or another animal). We had a great discussion about this today and our surviving caterpillars have been moved into our neighbouring / less hot environment (Ms. Santi’s Classroom Room 6). We will be continuing to learn about them and will be able to visit them with families during student led conferences next week.

Planner Design Contest!

It’s that time of year again! Attached is the design contest. If you are interested please let me know and I will photocopy the design sheet for you to take home.

If you have not submitted the forms for the earthquake drill, field trip or student leds please send them back to school as soon as you can.

Thank you,

Ms. Toor

Good afternoon families,

Just a couple reminders and things to note before the long weekend coming up.

Earthquake Notice:

Just a reminder that the Earthquake Notice that went home last week is due tomorrow. Please return it as soon as you can as we are preparing for our drill.

Student Led Conferences Notice and Aquarium Field Trip Notice home (tomorrow- Thursday April 17):

Student Led Conferences are happening on Thursday May 1 from 2-6:30pm. The form will be coming home tomorrow in your child’s planner for you to pick a time slot that works for your family. Forms are due April 24. 

Aquarium Field Trip is booked for Tuesday May 27. Forms will be sent home tomorrow. Payments will be on school cash only and are due Next Friday April 25. We are taking a school bus and attending the field trip with our buddy class Division 8. We are looking for 5 parents from each class to help chaperone (for the entire field trip). If you are interested in supporting and chaperoning a group of 4-5 students please check yes on the form that will be sent home tomorrow.

Long Weekend:

Just a reminder there is no school on Friday April 18 or Monday April 21. See everyone on Tuesday April 22.

Library will be open for book exchange Tuesday April 22 at 1pm

Thank you,

Ms. Toor

Good morning families!

Welcome back! Hope everyone had a great Spring Break! We are already in our last term of the school year! Time has flown by so fast! Here is some information and upcoming dates!

April Calendar

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As we are saving paper as a school, here is your electronic copy of the calendar. Feel free to also take a picture of the calendar on our classroom window.

Extra Clothes and Indoor Shoes:

Thank you to those who have already brought their indoor shoes back and extra clothes. I have had a good talk with students about how warm our classroom gets on sunny days especially in the afternoon during the spring. We have a “south facing classroom” and after lunch I encourage students to change into lighter clothing, shorts and t-shirts. We will also encourage drinking water throughout the day.

**Extra clothes during the spring and summer can include extra pairs of shorts and light material shirts** Feel free to bring extra for your child’s cubby.

Thank you in advance!

Curricular Topics this term:

Language Arts: Continuing building our literacy skills, sentence and paragraph writing, story writing/ writers workshop and phonics

Math: estimation, measurement, geometry and financial literacy

Science: animal lifecycles and adaptations, raising butterflies in our classroom and more outdoors!

Socials: Community stewardship, mapping and more

Art: Visual arts and dance

ADST: coding, designing structures and building

Upcoming Dates:

Monday April 7: Family Reading 8:50-9:10am

Friday April 18: Good Friday (no school)

Monday April 21: Easter Monday (no school)

Friday April 25: Family Reading 8:50-9:10am

Monday April 28: Pro-D-Day (no school for students)

Wednesday April 30: Whole school and class photo day (time TBA)

Thursday May 1: Early Dismissal/ Student Led Conferences (TBA after school)

Friday May 2: Early Dismissal 2pm

Field Trip (sometime hopefully in May with Ms. Sharma’s class) location and time TBA

Thank you!

Ms. Toor