June Events, Ladybugs, and math games!

Our mystery larvae are ladybugs! Unfortunately many of them escaped from their enclosure but we enjoyed watching the remaining few ladybugs fly away this week.

Math games

We have been playing “war” with playing cards this week. We also learned how to play snakes and ladders. I really encourage families to play a game this weekend if you have time. The kids absolutely loved learning how to play games and they learn so many skills while playing.

June is a very busy month!

The June calendar will be sent out next week but please make a note of the following dates:

Thursday June 6 – early dismissal at 1:55

Friday June 7 – Pro-D Day, no school for students

Friday June 14 – Sports Day – dismissal at 1pm (see more info below)

Friday June 21 – **tentative** – walking field trip to Spray Park. If weather allows, we will walk to Rene Memorial Spray Park at 11am, have a pizza lunch (thanks to the PAC) and return by 2:55. WE WILL NEED THE HELP OF A FEW PARENTS SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER TO WALK WITH US AND HELP SUPERVISE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. If your child is ordering hot lunch for that day, we will send it home at the end of the day.

Thursday June 27 – last day of school, students dismissed at 10am.

Sports Day

Sports Day will be on Friday June 14. Sports Day is a fun yet busy day for the younger students where they will participate in activities with students from the whole school. Dismissal will be at 1pm. Every student will be a part of a colour team. Students are encouraged to wear clothing that is the same colour as their house team. This year’s theme is “Space” and the colour names are a blend of 2 colours.

Blurple (Blue and purple) – Sofia, Silas, Vihana, Niko

Rorange (red and orange) – Leonardo, Niharika, Jaydon

Grack (green and black) – Jessica, Evie, Amara, Kaiya, Aidan, Titus, Lucas

Wellow (white and yellow) – Kien, Olivia, Leo

Enjoy the weekend!

Plants and Insects

We continue to observe our mystery insects in class. What will they become-we still don’t know! We have researched butterflies, bees, ants, and other insects hoping to figure out what our larva will turn into. No luck yet!

We planted our bean sprouts outside as they were growing so tall in the classroom.

Hopefully they like living outside in their new tub.

Special Talents

The students are doing an amazing job presenting and/or performing their special talents. We have had drawers, dancers, gymnasts, and artists. Lots of fun!

Reminders:

School is closed on Monday May 20 to observe Victoria Day.

Friday June 7 will be a Pro-D Day. School closed for students.

Gr 1’s – please please please read your book bag books at least 2x and return them next week. Practice is the most important way to become a fluent reading!

Kindergarten families – reading stories to your child is so important as they become readers. They learn vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, connection, and self-regulation through the simple act of having a story read to them.

Enjoy the long weekend with your family!

Beautiful Days!

My apologies that I did not get to post a blog entry last week, but I have lots of news for our update this week!

Litter Pick up Crew

The Gr. 6/7s taught us about keeping the Earth clean during Earth Week. This week we had the opportunity to use “litter picker uppers” to collect garbage from the school ground. In only 15 minutes we collected all of this garbage!

Earthquake Drill

Today we had a full earthquake/evacuation drill in the afternoon. Our class was incredibly patient as we worked through the process and practiced what would happen in case of an actual earthquake! Way to go Div. 14!

Larvae

We received some mystery insect larvae yesterday! We are excited to find out what insect they will grow into! Stay posted for updates!

Canucks Day

On Tuesday May 14, we will cheer on our Vancouver Canucks with a spirit day. Everyone is welcome to wear Canucks colours of green and blue!

Label fundraiser

Brantford PAC has a fundraiser with Oliver’s labels that is ongoing every year. If you would like to order name labels for your children’s items, here is the link http://www.oliverslabels.com/Brantford

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the wonderful female caregivers of our class! I hope your family spoils you!

Have a lovely weekend!

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Hello families, just a few reminders:

Pro D Day

Monday April 29 is a Pro-D Day. School will be closed for students.

Student Led Conferences

On Wednesday May 1, students will be dismissed at 1:55.

Student Led Conference times:

2 to 2:30: Amara, Elvin, Leo (Gr. 1), Kien, Lucas, Niharika, Niko, Jessica, Aiden, Evie and Olivia.

5:00 to 5:30: Vihana, Kaiya, Jaydon, Sofia, Leonardo G.

Book Fair

Mrs. Dias has organized for the Scholastic Book Fair to be at our school next week. We will visit on Tuesday for a “sneak peek”. You may visit the book fair on Wednesday with your child between 2 and 4:30 when you come for student led conferences. A portion of all purchases is donated back to our school for new books.

Have a lovely weekend!

Hello families!

Class Photos

Just a quick note to mention that class photos will be taken tomorrow.

Late Arrivals

I also want to mention that I really encourage families to try to have children at school by 8:45 every morning. Classes begin at 8:50 and doors close. It is disruptive for children to arrive after 8:50.

I often have up to 8 students arrive LATE (after 8:50) in the morning!

As a parent, I completely understand that mornings are hectic and we will be late on occassion. However, I have almost half the class arriving after 8:50 on a regular basis. This is also more work for the office staff because they need to mark the late absence at the office taking away from their precious time. Please try to be on time to teach your children the importance of being on time.

Thank you very much!

Spring, Shapes, and Student Led Conferences

We have enjoyed a beautiful week with lots of outside time and opportunities to observe the gorgeous flowers that are blossoming around us.

At the art table this week, students sketched cherry blossoms then painted them. Now we have a beautiful blossoming tree in our classroom.

Shapes

The Kindergarten students have been learning about measurement for the past few weeks. We will now explore shapes during our Kindergarten math lessons.

Today the students played with shapes at various centre activities.

Student Led Conferences

Thank you for returning your purple papers to confirm a time for your visit to our classroom on May 1.

The groups will be as follows:

2:00 – 2:30 – Jessica, Niko, Kien, Aiden, Niharika, Olivia, Elvin, Amara, Lucas

5:00 – 5:30 – Kaiya, Leo G., Jaydon, Sofia, Evie, Vihana

Class Photos 

We will have class photos taken on April 26 (next Friday).

Have a lovely weekend!

Nowruz and Vaisakhi

This week we had the opportunity to learn about Nowruz and had a special Persian cookie to celebrate.

We also learned about Vaisakhi and tasted a sweet treat, gulab jamun.

Thank you to the parents who provided these treats!

Rosie’s Walk

Many of our lessons this week were based around the story, Rosie’s Walk. We explored setting and sequencing in this story.

Your child has brought home their story map and puppets to retell the story for you at home.

Note: I have not sent an April calendar home because the only date to note is Pro-D Day on Monday April 29.

Happy Vaisakhi to those who will be celebrating this weekend!

Welcome back from the break!

We have had a wonderful first week back with beautiful weather.

This week, we continued to look for signs of spring including comparing the heights of daffodils growing in our school garden.

We were excited to see that our potato plants have grown so much over the break. We are looking forward to taking care of them so they can continue to grow this term.

Next week we will be learning about the solar eclipse, Nowruz, and Vaisakhi.

Gr. 1’s – please read your home reading books and return them on Monday.

Date to remember:

• Monday April 29 – Pro-D Day – School will be closed to students.

Enjoy the weekend!

Happy Spring Break!

This past week we enjoyed some warmer weather and noticed many signs that Spring is almost here!

We planted seed potatoes and cannot wait to see what they look like after our break.

Once again, the students have shown tremendous growth in all areas this term. I am very excited to continue to watch them grow in third term. Thank you for all of your support at home!

Reminder that school re-opens on Tuesday April 2.

Please return your child’s report card envelope after the break (you can keep the papers that are inside).

Wishing you a wonderful break!

Buddies

This week we worked with our Gr. 4/5 buddies to build a structure using 10 tile squares and 6 popsicle sticks. This is an open ended activity that encourages higher level thinking. The students were prompted with questions like: How can you build your structure higher? How can you make it strong enough to hold a wood peg person? Here are some of the designs.

Read to Self

Every week the students choose new books to add to their “book boxes”. We work towards reading quietly throughout the week. We practice looking for words we know, reading the “pictures”, and sounding out unknown words.

Kindergarten Math

The K students have been learning about different Canadian coins. Ask them about the symbols on the coins!

Here is a photo of the K’s representing numbers on 10 frames during our group activity.

Bucket Filling

Over the past few weeks, the students have been working on “filling each others buckets” with kind words and acts of kindness. They have so many wonderful ideas to fill imaginary buckets!

Report cards will be sent home on Thursday March 14.

Spring Break begins March 18 with school re-opening on Tuesday April 2.

Have a lovely weekend!