Valentine’s Day Wednesday Feb 14

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

Literacy Week Information

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

Welcome Back!!

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

Last week housekeeping

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

 

 

 

December Fundraiser (Friday December 15)

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

December Calendar

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

Family Reading and Popcorn Sale Tomorrow

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

 

Popcorn Sale and Book Fair

Good morning families!

Popcorn Sale!

Tomorrow the school is having a Popcorn Sale to raise money for our Winter Concert and Choir.

If you child is wanting to buy please bring $3 in an envelope or bag with their name on it and what flavour they are wanting to buy. As of right now I am not sure when the sale will occur and it would be easier if I kept the money until the sale happens to avoid any misplaced coins.

Book Fair

Next week Suncrest will be hosting the Scholastic Book Fair on Monday December 4, Tuesday December 5 and Friday December 8. It will be open after school on those days from 3-4pm and open to our class during our Library time on Tuesday.

Sent home yesterday was a notice that shared some of the books available to purchase. As Our students in Division 12 are younger and may require adult assistance to make meaningful purchases at the book fair, we recommend students to look around with their families on Monday after school before making purchases during our Library visit on Tuesday.

Please have a conversation together prior to our Library visit to the book fair Tuesday and select some books your child might want to purchase. When sending your child to school with money please write their name on a bag/ envelope, write down the dollar amount and the book titles or photos they are wanting to purchase as Ms. Ho and I can help support them.

Thank you for all your support! Last year this worked really well for my Grade 1s and helped the 30 minute visit to the book fair run very smoothly.

Ms. Toor

 

 

 

Spirit Day (Tomorrow) Thursday Nov 23

Good morning families!

Tomorrow is our next spirit day!

Glamorous (Glam day) is a day where students get to wear their most fabulous outfit! Could be one that is the most dazzling, sparkling or an outfit you enjoy wearing! 

This could include ties, tiaras, sparkly/ bejewelled items or something flashy.

Wear your most “Glam outfit” and earn a  point for your house team! All points added up throughout the year will contribute to the total number on Sports Day in June!

Thank you and looking forward to seeing everyone’s outfits!

Ms. Toor

Literacy Notes

Good morning families!

Guided Reading Books (Book Bag)

Yesterday we started our guided reading take home book program. Each Thursday your child will bring home a new book to focus on. Please have your child bring their book bag to school each day as we will practice both at school and at home. In the classroom we will also be focusing on pre, during and post reading strategies with our books as well.

Grade 1s are working on decoding text and developing their reading strategies.

Some Grade 2s are working on decoding text as well, comprehension and are focusing on reading out loud with fluency and expression.

Looking forward to working as a team with families!

 

Raz-Kids

Our online reading program Raz-Kids is now set up!

Your child’s username and password will be in their planner pocket today along with their next words their way envelopes.

The notice will have your child’s username and password to their Raz-Kids account. Suncrest asks that you please keep your passwords private and kept in a safe place in your home to refer back to.

I have already added in your emails under your child’s account (the primary email I have on file so you do not have to bring the bottom of the form). You will have access through the Raz-Kids app and internet browswer.

My username is ctoor0 as you will need it to log onto the account.

The website to sign onto is https://www.raz-kids.com/

I am very excited to begin this program and I look forward to seeing your children develop their literacy skills.

Thank you,

Ms. Toor