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Good morning families,

Hope everyone had a good weekend!

Below is some information about the next couple weeks!

This week at school is drill week. We will be practicing all our safety drills at various times of the day. If you are late (after 9:15am) or coming back to school after an appointment please go to the office as we may be in the middle of a drill and will not be able to open the classroom door. 

Student- Led Conferences (May 4) and Forms (Due Today)*

Just a friendly reminder that Student-Led forms are due back today. Please bring them to school today or as soon as you can so I can begin scheduling families.

Student-Led Conferences are held this year on Thursday May 4th from 2-7pm. Early dismissal both May 4 and 5th at 2pm. 

Family Reading Friday April 28 @8:50am

Family Reading will be held this Friday at 8:50am! We look forward to having families join us for the first 20 mins of our day.

Class Photos and School Wide Picture: Monday May 1

Our day for our class photos (all of Division 12 together) and school wide picture will be held on Monday May 1st. We are not sure what time of the day as of right now so please be prepared for primary classes to go earlier in the day (probably before recess).

Thank you,

Ms. Toor

 

Good morning families,

Below is some information on some upcoming events:

Student-Led Conferences and Early Dismissals:

Yesterday the Student Led Conferences form and sign up sheet was sent home (yellow forms in your child’s front planner pocket).  Student-Led Conferences this year will be held on Thursday May 4 after school starting at 2:15pm to 7pm.

On both Thursday May 4th and Friday May 5th we will have an early dismissal at 2pm. 

Please send the forms back on or before Tuesday April 25th. I will send confirmation forms to everyone after I create the schedule providing times that work best for each family on Friday the 28th.

Student-Led Conferences is a great event for families to come into the classroom, view your child’s working portfolio, and participate in some learning stations all led by your child.

Looking forward to seeing everyone that afternoon/ evening!

Other Upcoming Dates

Monday April 24- Pro-D-Day (No school for students)

Friday April 28- Family Reading @ 8:50am

Thursday May 4- Student-Led Conferences (Early Dismissal @ 2pm)

Friday May 5- Early Dismissal @ 2pm

 

Thank you,

Ms. Toor

Good afternoon families!

A reminder that tomorrow is “Twin Day.”

Twin day is a day to dress the same as a friend, sibling or another member of our school community. Dress up to earn points for your house team.

If your child does not have a twin! They can be mine!

I will be wearing black pants, a white shirt and a jean (blue) jacket.

See you tomorrow!

Ms. Toor

Good morning families!

Here is the April Calendar, upcoming dates and information.

Twin Day- Theme Day on Thursday April 6

We will have another spirit day to earn house points for our team. Twin day is a day to dress the same as a friend, sibling or another member of our school community.

Library

Library Please return books as soon as you are finished with them or by Wednesday each week.

Inside Shoes and Extra Clothes

Friendly reminder to bring extra clothes and shoes to school.  As the weather changes (as well as we have a south facing classroom) you may need to bring some t-shirts and shorts as extra items when the temperature begins to rise.

Scholastic Classroom Code

Our classroom code is: RC130056 if you would like to purchase books for your home to read over the third term and over the summer. April Scholastic catalogue will be coming home this week.

Literacy

Reading book bags have started going home. Please bring the bag to school each day and every Thursday a new book will be sent home (if your bag has been brought back to school).  New books will not be sent home until the book and bag has been brought back. Damaged or lost books will require a $5 fee as stated on the previous notice (yellow sheet in book bag.) Thank you for your time and cooperation.

Term 3 Themes:

Math: Measurement, Geometry, Financial Literacy

Science: Animal Research, Butterfly Life Cycle, Common Objects in the Sky

Social Studies: Community, Mapping (Natural and Man-Made Features of our local environment)

Art: Dance

ADST: Coding and design

Career and Health Education: Goal setting and Healthy Living

Literacy: Continuing to develop reading skills, comprehension, fluency and continuing to develop sentence structure and writing through forming connections and through story workshop

April Calendar

Upcoming Dates

Friday April 7- Good Friday (No school)

Monday April 10- Easter Monday (No school)

Friday April 14- Family Reading at 8:50am

Monday April 24- Pro-D-Day (No school for students)

Friday April 28- Family Reading at 8:50am

Thank you,

Ms. Toor

Good afternoon families!

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing Spring Break!

Here is a quick house keeping message:

A reminder to please bring back your indoor shoes, boots and an extra change of clothes to keep in your cubbies. Please label all items and the bag the clothes are in.

Before Spring Break we sent home books for reading practice. Just like planners please bring them back to school each day and once a week I will be giving new books home.

April is already coming up fast and I will make a new blog post with all of our April dates.

Thank you,

Ms. Toor

P.S. If you have any report cards envelopes please return so they can be used for Term #3.

 

Good afternoon families,

Attached is our March Calendar and important dates to note for the month of March!

Friday March 3- Kindness Bingo Due

Monday March 6- Portfolio Share

Please join us at the first bell at 8:50am to view your child’s portfolio ahead of term 2 reports.

Wednesday March 8- Reports Home

If you have not yet returned your report card envelope please return as soon as you can as we use the same envelope for all 3 terms.

Friday March 10- Last day of school before Spring Break

Students will need to bring a bag to take home all of their belongings from their cubby. After spring break please bring back extra clothes and shoes.

Spring Break March 13- 24 (Back to school Monday March 27)

Thank you,

Ms. Toor

Good afternoon families,

Attached is our calendar for the month of February.

Important dates are listed below:

Friday February 10- Family Reading 8:50am

Tuesday February 14- Valentine’s Day (wear red, pink or white or clothing with hearts)

Monday February 20 – Family Day (No school)

Wednesday February 22- Pink Shirt Day

Friday February 24- Pro-D-Day (No school for students)

 

Thank you and stay tuned for more information when it becomes available throughout the month!

Ms. Toor

 

Good morning families!

Our literacy week notice went home in your child’s planner on Friday! Our school theme for Literacy Week is “Literacy is Everywhere!”

Each day there will be some activities to participate in! Below is some information that went home on the notice. Participation in both the theme days and at home reading bingo will enter you in to win prizes!

Monday Jan. 30- Shirts with words

Thursday Feb. 2- Dress up like your favourite character day (from a book)

Friday Feb. 3 – PJ and stuffie day

Thank you,

Ms. Toor

Good afternoon families,

Tomorrow is Black Excellence Day. Staff and students are encouraged to wear black. We also wrote this message in our planners today.

Thank you,

Ms. Toor

Good morning families!

Happy new year and welcome back! It has been a great two days catching up with everyone and sharing about our holidays! Here are a few reminders, house keeping information and the calendar for the month! As it is still early on in the month there may be dates added as we go along!

Extra shoes and clothes:

Please bring back to school your extra clothes and shoes. A friendly reminder to please label your bag and all items of clothing as many students are around the same size. As we go outside each day for recess, lunch and outdoor activities please bring extra socks, rain coat, rain pants and boots. If clothing gets sent home, please replace as needed.

Outdoor Classroom:

We will continue to go outdoors each Thursday rain or shine to explore themes in our curriculum and explore our community by partaking in a variety of learning activities. Please be prepared for the weather each week.

Literacy:

As we are moving into the second term and developing our skills, it’s important to continue reading each day for 10-20 minutes. Part of this time can be going through the previous weeks words their way cards to develop our phonemic awareness, looking at the words of the week on cue cards to develop our sight word vocabulary, playing reading games, reading on raz-kids or writing in journals.

Library:

Library will continue to be each Wednesday morning. To take out new books, please return your books each week. Ms. Ho and I are continuing to encourage Division 12 to take out two books around their reading level and one book a family member can read.

Black Excellence Day – Friday January 13:

In our classroom we will be starting the conversation with age appropriate literature to  introduce Black Excellence Day to students and to continue guiding our learning for students who were introduced to the Black Shirt Day movement the past few years.

Family Reading- Friday January 20:

Please join us for our next Family Reading morning from the first bell 8:50-9:10am.

Calendar:

Below is our calendar for the month

Thank you,

Ms. Toor