Good afternoon families,

Happy New Year everyone! Thank you very much for the lovely gifts before the holidays! I am well rested and ready for second term!

Attached is our monthly calendar and information for upcoming events and dates.

January Calendar:

The month looks very blank but I will update when more dates are added.

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Indoor Shoes and Clothes:

Please bring indoor shoes, rain boots and extra clothes (all labeled) for your child’s cubby as soon as possible as the weather is calling for heavy rain tomorrow and throughout the week.

Toys from Home:

Thank you for your continued help keeping special belongings at home. Just a reminder unless you are special helper sharing your items, a school expectation is that toys and items from home stay at home.

Dressing for Winter:

As the weather continues to get colder and wetter please have a conversation with your child about dressing for the weather. I will continue to encourage changing into warmer and waterproof clothing as well as changing into outdoor pants and shoes.

Assembly:

Our class will be leading our Celebration of Learning Assembly on Friday January 23 at 10:40am (after recess). We will be presenting along with our buddy class Division 5. We hope you can make it!

Report Card Envelopes:

Thank you to the families who have signed and returned report card envelops. I will continue collecting this week.

Term 2 Learning Themes:

• Math: Addition and Subtraction /Grade 1s (numbers 1-20) and Grade 2s (numbers 1-100)
• Science: Season of Winter, Force and Motion, Light and Sounds and BC Animal Research (life cycles, habitat etc.)
• Social Studies: Diverse features of the environment in other parts of Canada and the world and continued learning on roles and responsibilities in our classroom/ school environment
• English Language Arts: Non-fiction writing, Fiction writing through story writing and learning the elements of story, personal writing through journaling, poetry and writing letters. Continue working on phonics, reading skills as well as parts of speech (nouns, adjectives etc).
• Physical Eduction: Ball skills and continued collaborative games and physical literacy (note: Wednesday 40 minute block taught by Mr. Chau and Friday 40 minute block taught by myself)
• Art: Drama focus
• ADST: Design focus using recycling materials and plasticine for BC animal research projects
• Career Education: Goal Setting and Growth Mindset

Upcoming Dates:

Friday January 16: Family Reading 8:50-9:10am

Friday January 23: Celebration of Learning Assembly @ 10:40am in the gym

Monday January 26– Friday January 30 Literacy Week (activities soon to be announced)

Monday January 26: Kicking off Literacy Week with family reading 8:50-9:10am

Good morning families,

Just a friendly reminder that our class’ portfolio share is this morning at 8:50-9:10am. Please come on inside with your child at the first bell.

Looking forward to seeing you soon and for you to see some of the work we have been doing this term.

Thank you,

Ms. Ciolfitto

Good afternoon families,

Thank you all for coming out to see both of our shows!

Here is a post with some updates before we enter the last week of school.

Birthday Celebration in Div 11

We have a birthday celebration tomorrow. Even though it is fun lunch we will also have some pizza (2 slices per student).

Portfolio Share

Portfolio share is on Monday December 15 at 8:50-9:10am. We would love for all families to join us to see our work from the term before reports go home. See you then!

Reports Home

Reports will go home on Wednesday December 17. Please bring back your signed envelopes as we will be reusing the same envelope all 3 terms.

Pancake Breakfast and PJ Day

Pancake Breakfast and PJ day will be on Thursday December 18. Our time is 10:45 – 11:15am in the gym. We recommend still bringing a small snack and lunch on this day.

Classroom Clean Up

We will be cleaning out our cubbies and taking home out indoor shoes and extra clothing on Friday December 19.

Holiday Spirit Day

Wear festive holiday wear or accessories on Friday December 19.

Upcoming Dates:

Monday December 15: Term #1 Portfolio Share (in our classroom) 8:50-9:10am (See your child’s portfolio and slideshow of our work this term)

Wednesday December 17: Reports Home

Thursday December 18: Pancake Breakfast & PJ DAY (10:45-11:15am)

Friday December 19: Last day of school, Holiday Spirit Day, Cubby Clean Out

Thank you for a wonderful first term! Happy Holidays!

Ms. Ciolfitto

Good morning families,

December is already upon us!

December Calendar:

Attached is our Calendar for December. Please note when more days are added I will update the calendar and the blog with any additions or changes. 

December 2025 Calendar

Goodbye Ms. Raj:

Ms. Raj’s last day at Suncrest for her Practicum is this Tuesday December 2. We will be having a small in class celebration in the afternoon. Even though it’s goodbye to Ms. Raj the student teacher it will be nice to see her around Suncrest in the future as a Teacher on Call (TOC). Congratulations Ms. Raj on completing your teaching practicum and Bachelors of Education!

Ms. Raj would like to celebrate with a pizza party at lunch. Each student will get 2 slices. Please still send snacks and a small lunch if your child would like some pizza.

Musical Information:

Division 11 is performing twice on Thursday December 11 at 1:30pm and 6:30pm.

Tickets: Tickets are due so we can sort out numbers for each showing. Please hand them in as soon as possible.

Musical Rehearsals: Will be every afternoon this week beginning at 1pm for Thursdays’ performance group.

Musical Costumes: Please support your child in getting their costume together for the performance. Division 11 will be wearing (any colour shorts, solid black t-shirt and black socks). Musical costumes should be brought to school labelled in a bag by Friday December 5.

Musical Dress Rehearsal: Will be held on Tuesday December 9 (Students will need to wear their costume this day)

Evening Performance: Please be back at school for 6pm. I will have my outside door ready and open to greet you back inside.

Twin Day (Spirit Day): Friday December 5

Our next spirit day is Twin Day. Twin Day means to dress in the same way as someone else. You can dress up and match with a friend, sibling or even your teacher. If you are in Division 11 and do not have a Twin, please be my twin and dress up with me! Let’s dress the same by wearing a grey top, black pants, white socks and sneakers!

Thank you,

Ms. Ciolfitto

Upcoming Dates:

Tuesday December 2: Ms. Raj’s Last Day of Practicum

Friday December 5: Family Reading (8:50-9:10am)

Twin Day Spirit Day (Dress the same with a friend, sibling or the class)

Thursday December 11: Holiday Musical 1:30pm and 6:30pm

Monday December 15: Term #1 Portfolio Share (in our classroom) 8:50-9:10am (See your child’s portfolio and slideshow of our work this term)

Wednesday December 17: Reports Home

Thursday December 18: Pancake Breakfast & PJ DAY (Time: TO BE ANNOUNCED)

Friday December 19: Last day of school

Good afternoon families,

Below is some information for an activity (optional) at lunch on Thursday this week and upcoming dates as I am starting to put together our calendar for next month.

If you know you and your child will be going on vacation before or after the break please email me and our school secretary Ms. Boleak of your absence.

PJ Snack and Movie Day Information

Attached is the poster made by the leadership team at Suncrest (Grade 6 & 7 students) about the PJ Snack and Movie Day which is happening at lunch.

Students can wear their PJs or cozy items and bring their own snack to the short film playing at lunch in the gym.

Pro-D-Day

Also a reminder that there is no school on Friday November 21 for students while teachers are busy learning during our Pro-D-Day.

Thank you,

Ms. Ciolfitto

Upcoming Dates

Friday November 21: Pro-D-Day (No school for students)

Monday November 24: Family Reading 8:50-9:10am

Friday November 28: Scholastic Orders Due / Class Code: RC130056

Tuesday December 2: Ms. Raj’s last day at Suncrest

Friday December 5: Family Reading 8:50-9:10am

Wednesday/ Thursday December 10 or 11: Holiday Musical AM and PM Performance (Dates and Times: TO BE ANNOUNCED)

Monday December 15: Term #1 Portfolio Share (in our classroom) 8:50-9:10am (See your child’s portfolio and slideshow of our work this term)

Wednesday December 17: Reports Home

Thursday December 18: Pancake Breakfast & PJ DAY (Times: TO BE ANNOUNCED)

Good morning families,

It’s already November! What a fun school year it’s been so far!

Attached is the November Calendar!

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Family Reading:

Join us for our 2 Family Reading times this month first thing in the morning (8:50-9:10am) on Friday November 14 and Monday November 24. We will start right away at the first bell so please come on inside with your child. We are hoping to have a couple days a month for families to come in and we encourage families to also read with others in the community if a family member cannot make it. Ms. Raj, Ms. Chow, Ms. Robyn and I will also be joining in!

Spirit Days:

Division 11 has already been divided into house team colours for sports day (later this year). Our team list is posted on our outside door. Each month the leadership committee run by the grade 6/7s have planned spirit days where students get to dress up and earn points for their house team colour.

Monochrome day is this Friday November 7th! Wear shades of one colour (top and bottoms) and earn 1 point, wear an accessory of the same colour and earn 2 points.

Upcoming Dates:

Friday November 7: Monochrome Spirit Day

Monday November 10: Remembrance Day Assembly @10:45am

Tuesday November 11: Remembrance Day (No school)

Friday November 14: Family Reading 8:50-9:10am

Friday November 21: Pro-D-Day (No school for students)

Monday November 24: Family Reading 8:50-9:10am

Friday November 28: Scholastic Orders Due / Class Code: RC130056

Thank you,

Ms. Ciolfitto

Good afternoon families,

Here is some information about our exciting end to October this Friday!

How is Division 11 going to Celebrate Halloween?

We are going to participate in Halloween activities throughout the day that will also connect to some of our academic topics.

After the parade we will have a small halloween celebration with a short film, games and snacks. If you would like to bring a snack for the group to eat, please ensure it is individually wrapped (peanut, egg and all types of nut free) as we do have students with allergies and sensitivities to those foods mentioned above in our class. You are also more than welcome to just send a snack for your child to enjoy during the film. All goody bags will be handed out at the end of the day. Myself and the staff in the classroom also have some goodies to hand out at the end of the day Friday.

Halloween Parade 

The parade will begin by 1:15pm. Parents are always welcome to view the parade outside or in the gym. The gym is a dry place to view the parade if the weather does not cooperate. The weather is calling for rain so please ensure your child is also prepared to go outside for lunch and recess as Suncrest is a West Coast Recess school.

Carved Pumpkins

If you are bringing your pumpkin back to school carved on Friday morning please ensure your child’s name and Division 11 is on the back or bottom of their pumpkin so we can return it you at the end of the day. All the pumpkins brought to school will be displayed in the gym during our parade! This is a great Suncrest tradition that is still around since I attended the school! So nice to see it continue!

Thank you and I look forward to seeing all your costumes!

Ms. Ciolfitto

P.S. I will make another blog post early next week with upcoming dates and reminders for November as dates are being added to our calendar including some family reading mornings and spirit days planned by the leadership team!

Good morning families,

It was so nice meeting all of you last week and hearing the goals you have for your children. All of the conversations allowed myself and Ms. Raj to get to know your child on a deeper level and we are looking forward to continue being a part of your child’s learning journey.

Here is some upcoming information for the next couple weeks of school.

School Wide Write: Heartifact Due (no later than) Tuesday October 21

Attached is the Heartifact Notice that already went home. A school wide write is done twice a year for grades K-7 and each member of our school community will be writing about their “Heartifact.”

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Please begin bringing your items starting Monday morning and the last day to bring it to class is on Tuesday morning as the photography club will stop by our class to take polaroid photos before 10am.

Please support your child by having them bring their item in a bag with  their name on it. I will keep the items in my cabinet until it’s time for photos and on Tuesday afternoon your child will bring their chosen items back home.

We will be using these items for our school wide write.  Please support your child, if you haven’t already, in selecting a meaningful piece for their writing.

Photo Re-Takes:

Please let me know in your child’s planner or through email to let me know if your child will be re- taking their school photos on Thursday October 23. It will happen in the morning before Outdoor Classroom.

Fun Lunch:

If you order fun lunch do not forget to pack a small snack for snack time.

Words Their Way Spelling:

This week we began our phonic spelling program called “Words their way.” We have students working in various groups focusing on initial letter sounds, letter blends (digraphs), vowels, vowel blends (dipthongs).  Each week your child will bring home an envelop of cards to practice. They are yours to keep after we spend the week focusing on certain cards. Words their way is a great program that supports students phonemic awareness for writing and spelling. A notice will be coming home Friday that shares many ways to engage in the program.

Next steps are to get our reading groups and home reading program going! We are also going to have a couple family reading mornings beginning next month during our morning soft start. Stay tuned for more details!

Upcoming Dates:

Thursday October 23- Photo re-takes 

Friday October 24- Pro-D-Day (no school for students)

Monday October 27- Suncrest Pumpkin Patch 

Div 5 and 11 will be at the pumpkin patch from 11:15-11:30am and hot chocolate to follow

Friday October 31- Halloween Parade (after lunch)

Thank you,

Ms. Ciolfitto

Good morning families,

September flew by so quickly and so did our summer weather! We have continued to form routines, connections and are beginning many of our academic units.

October Calendar:

Attached is our October Calendar with all the dates I know of so far. The blog is a great way to add any additional dates. Please look to the blog weekly and feel free to download or take a picture of our calendar in the window.

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Questions for Welcome Conversations:

Thank you in advance for reviewing the questions as a family prior to our welcome conversations next week. It will help structure our conversation as 10 minutes flies by and when the time the next family will be arriving ready for the  next conversation.

I am also still waiting on 3 more families to sign up for a time. By the end of the week I will email you personally to schedule in a meeting.

As conferences will be a short 10 minutes please be prepared to answer the following questions about your child:

Questions about your child:

• What are your child’s interests?
• What are your child’s strengths?
• What are your child’s stretches? (things you want them to develop or work on)
• How is your child adjusting to Division 11?
• What are two goals you have for your child this school year? (1 academic and 1 social emotional goal)

Question for/ about parents:

• Do you have any skills/ hobby or career you’d like to share or teach the class?
• Does your family celebrate any cultural holidays? (if so, we can celebrate and learn about it in the classroom)
• Any medical information/ allergies I need to know to support your child?
• Anything the school can help support you, your child or your family?

Reminders and upcoming dates:

Friday October 3– Individual Photo Day (our photos will be taken before recess; we are right after the kindergartens in the morning)

Wednesday October 8- Parents as Partners Conversations

Thursday October 9- Early Dismissal 2pm

Thursday October 9- Parents as Partners Conversations

Monday October 13- Thanksgiving (no school)

Thursday October 23- Photo re-takes 

Friday October 24- Pro-D-Day (no school for students)

Monday October 27- Suncrest Pumpkin Patch

Friday October 31- Halloween

Thank you,

Ms. Ciolfitto

Good afternoon families,

Here is some information for the week.

School Closed Tomorrow:

A reminder that the school is closed tomorrow on Tuesday September 30 for Truth and Reconciliation.

In Class Birthday Celebration Wednesday:

On Wednesday October 1st Dwarika’s family would like to celebrate by bringing pizza for lunch. As always a recommend bringing your own snack and lunch. We are excited to celebrate!

Library:

Since Library is cancelled tomorrow. Students can bring their books on Thursday and go to open book exchange at 1pm in the Library. Open book exchange is open after lunch on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursday when Ms. Ho is at Suncrest.

Welcome Conversations:

The link to sign up went home last week. I am still waiting on 3 more families to sign up as soon as you can so I can finalize my schedule. I will send out the questions by Friday this week.

Thank you,

Ms. Ciolfitto