Ms. Harstone

Hi Division 15 families!

Please return school library books by next week (March 9).

Happy Reading!

Ms.Harstone

Pink Shirt Day

This Wednesday we invite student’s to wear a pink shirt to show your support of anti bullying within the school community by celebrating diversity and promoting positive social relationships. It is about creating a community where all people feel safe, valued and respected, regardless of age, sex, gender identify, sexual orientation, ability, or cultural background.  If you do not have a pink shirt please wear a colour similar to pink (Orange or Red).

Attached below is an optional video that you can watch with your child:

**Friendly reminder there is NO SCHOOL this Friday (Pro-D Day)**

Valentine’s Day

Our School District gave us the green light to hand out Valentine’s Day cards! Participation in this card exchange is optional and please do what your family feels comfortable.  There are specific guidelines outlined by the District for this exchange.  We will require all cards to be sent to school before the Valentine’s exchange day so they are able to sit untouched for a minimum of 24 hours.  I will be handing out the cards to each child unlike our usual child to child exchange.

Unfortunately, we are unable to hand out any food items or gifts for Valentine’s day this year.

Card exchange: 

When: If you are choosing to participate, please send the Valentine’s day cards on February 10. I will be handing out the cards on February 12. 

What: Cards only to give to peers. Please ensure there is a card for every classmate if you are participating. This will be a great opportunity for students to practice their printing with support.

Classmate’s Names for Cards:

• Natalie
• Alice
• Kudus
• Kimi
• Eduardo
• David
• Amaris
• Sage
• Daiki
• Shko
• Alessandra
• Yasmine
• Shalom
• Justin
• Bella

Family Day

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• Just a friendly reminder there is no school on February 15

Nature Walks Reminder

• Every Wednesday we will be going on our community walks rain or shine
• Please make sure your child comes to school with a rain jacket, rain boots, hat, gloves, and an umbrella

Walking Wednesdays

Dear Division 15 families,

I wanted to inform you that we will be making an effort to try to go on weekly nature walks on Wednesdays.   Please help us to make these walks successful by packing outdoor shoes/boots, extra clothing, rain gear…etc. to match the weather of the day.  We will be venturing out rain or shine.

Thank you for your support,

Ms. Harstone

Literacy- Alphabet Hunt

Yesterday, we focused on observing and identifying letters around our school community. We noticed that our school’s flag pole looks like the letter Ll and a car’s hubcap looks like a letter Oo.  Here are some of our Alphabet pictures. Take a look and see if you can guess some of the letters!

(Letter T)

(Letter Ll)

(Letter Q)

(Letter Ww)

(Letter Vv)

(Letter Oo)

(Letter i)

(Letter Uu)

(Letter E)

(Letter L)

(Letter H)

(Letter H)

(Letter Xx)

What other letters can you find around your community?

Story Workshop- Setting

We are exploring story elements. Today we focused on learning about the importance of a setting in a story. Here are some of our stories. We are building our understanding of story elements, English vocabulary and confidence sharing orally.

David:The setting of my story is in the zoo. The sheep was eating food and the horse was playing so he can run back. The pig was staying in his house and sleeping and then sheep was going to sleep with him.

Natalie: The setting of the story is at the mountain. The deer and the wolf is fighting. The wolf wants to eat the deer. The big deer wants to protect the little deer.

Shalom: The story is inside the ocean. The two are trying to find the house. The end.

Yasmine: It is at a farm place that’s far away. The goat is trying to eat the snow because he could not find water.

Justin: They are playing hide and seek in the ocean. One animal hides under the shell. There is nothing hiding under the white sea shell.

Kudus: My story is taken place by the ocean. They are playing hide and seek to find their friends. The dolphin is counting and these animals are hiding.

Alessandra: My story is in the forest. The rabbit and the fox are trying to find food. They try to eat the squirrel.

Daiki: The setting of the story is in the forest. They are finding a home. He needs to have food. He brought food into his home.

Sage: The setting of the story is in the forest. The dinosaurs are playing hide and seek. The red dinosaur is trying to find the other dinosaurs.

Shko: The setting is at the farm. The family says “give me money, you are a bad farm! I will call the police because you stole my money”. The police come to help the farm. The end.

Bella: The setting is at the Zoo animals. They two want to play hide and seek. The pig is going to hide first. The pig go to hide. The cow says “ready or not, her I come!”. He looks under the log. “It’s not here!”, he goes to the next log and he says “its not here”. He then finds the pig. The pig says “Its now my turn to find you”. The cow hides. The pig says “ready or not here I come!”. The pig looks under the logs. The pig says “I found you!”.

Hi Division 15 Families,

1. Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow is PJ Day! (Optional).
2. No Stuffed Animals- Unfortunately due to Covid 19 Health and Safety Protocols we are not allowed to bring a stuffed animal to school.

I hope you have a great Winter Break!

Hi Division 15 Families,

Here are some of the activities that our class will be participating in next week!

 Monday: Holiday Photo Booth!

• The Grade 6/7 decorated  the gym.
• Our class will be invited to take a class photo with a Holiday themed background!

Tuesday: Holiday Hat and Hair Day

• Students’ will be invited to wear a Holiday inspired hat or hair! (Examples, Santa Hat, Reindeer ears, Winter hat, Cindy Lou Who Hair)

Wednesday: Celebration of Learning Assembly (Online)

• Our class will be attending our school wide celebration of learning assembly.
• I will be handing our your child’s Report Card.

Thursday: Winter Wonderland

• The Grade 6/7 are creating Holiday interactive activities for the Kindergarten and Grade 1 students’!
• Some of the activities include: (Card decorating, Photo Booth, Run Run Reindeer physical activity)

Friday: PJ  Day!

• Students’ are invited to come to school wearing their PJ’s!
• Movie Day in our classroom!
• Students are invited to bring one stuffed animal!

I hope you and your family will have a fun and safe Winter Break! I will see you back at school on  Monday, January 4!

Just a friendly reminder that we have Library tomorrow. Please bring Library books back to school in a plastic bag.

This Friday , students are invited to wear a Holiday themed shirt to school! (Optional)

Our goal on our forest walk was to find letters in the Alphabet. Can you guess some of the letters that we found?

Letter Explorations

We are exploring letters in the alphabet! We are noticing that some letters are straight, curvy, or have a hole in the middle.

Story Workshop

Our class is very interested in learning about animals! We are wondering where do animals sleep in the winter? Students chose one animal and made a story, with focus on hibernation, with their chosen animal.

Daiki: “Squirrel needs food some he is picking out food and going home before winter time”.

Justin: “This home is for a bunch of sea snails”.

Yasmine: “He is going to get the animals and eat them”

David: “The dolphin is trying to eat food but it is so far away from him”

Sage: “ A animal is in a house with its food. The wood people are my dad, mom, Emma, and Sage”.

Alessandra: “ The bunny is sleeping in the yard. The family is in the home. The bunny wants the jewels in the home”.

Kudus: “ My story is about a horse jumping on the rocks”

Bella: “ This is a Bobcat. He is ready for winter. He has food and a tree.”

Shko: “The animal were ready for winter. They are outside. He loves the outside. And he wants outside to play in the playground. The animals play. They are back in their home”.

Shalom: “ The bunny is inside the house eating his food. He is selling water for everyone. It is winter and there are flower”

Ray: “The cow is sleeping in the snow. The family is drinking water and they go outside to find the biggest rock. They never found the biggest rock but they go and try. They need the biggest rock of the museum. They dig up the snow and find the cow inside. The end!”

Amaris: “The sheep is eating his food and it was night time. He is going to go to sleep. The next day he woked up and his house was a mess! Somebody broke his house.”

Eduardo:  “ My story is about a chicken come eats. But then he goes to my friends house, Amaris’ house, and we then share our food. We also share our animals. I bring my Animal and Amaris brings her animal and we change animals. Then I bring Amaris’ animal home and then I just put the sheep food. Then I bring Amaris’ animals animal back! Her sheep fell asleep. My chicken was sleeping and I bring it back home. The end!”

Hi Division 15 Families,

Tomorrow we will be going on our bi- weekly forest walk! It is supposed to be sunny but very cold tomorrow.

Please send your child to school with a:

• Warm Jacket
• Hat
• Gloves/ Mittens