Month: October 2021

Division 3 will be celebrating Halloween this week by carving pumpkins. We won’t be able to visit the “Maywood Pumpkin Patch” like in years past, so I’ve purchased some pumpkins  for our class to carve together. I have one pumpkin per table (6 in total). If your child would like to carve their own pumpkin, they are welcome to bring one to school. Otherwise, 3-4 students will work together to carve a pumpkin. We will be providing the carving tools (no knives will be used). Carving will happen this Thursday afternoon. Please dress in clothing that won’t stain easily as it can sometimes get messy!

This Friday we will be watching Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. Watch the trailer here. Students are welcome to bring extra snacks for themselves for the movie (any snacks brought for sharing should be wrapped individually).

Families:

Just a friendly reminder that Division 3 is a NUT-FREE classroom. We have several students who have serious nut allergies, as such I’m asking that families refrain from packing granola bars or other nutty foods in your child’s lunch.

Thanks so much for your understanding!

• Thanksgiving. Monday, Oct. 11 was Thanksgiving. I hope you all enjoyed the extra day to spend with family and reflect on what you are grateful for!
• Photo orders due in this Thursday. If you plan on purchasing a photo package of your child’s photo take, please complete the package sent home last week. We will be collecting these to submit to the the photo company tomorrow, Thur. Oct. 14th.
• Next Monday is Take Me Outdoors! – an annual day to celebrate the great outdoors and the beautiful places we have access to. Expect to spend some time outdoors, rain or shine, next Monday, Oct 18th
• Provincial-wide Professional Day, Friday, Oct. 22. No school for students. Teachers across BC will come together in collaboration and learning.
• Maywood celebrates Halloween, Wednesday, Oct. 27th. This is a free, ticketed event. Please be sure to submit your ticket requests! Friday, Oct. 29th we will have a Halloween assembly. Students are invited to dress up!

Dear families:

Maywood Community has moved to having all our Consent Forms completed online. As such, there is no form to go home for signatures but rather you are to complete the form ONLINE. An email has been sent to you explaining how to do this.

Please know, Division 3 cannot continue our Central Park “Forest Fridays” until all online forms have been completed. We were able to do our Forest Friday in September as students were still on last year consent timeline.

If you could please remember to complete your online consent forms as soon as possible, I would greatly appreciate it, as we would like to start planning our October Forest Friday. Please let me know if you need help with this!

Dear families

This week, Division 3 began our learning in Digital Citizenship and is now learning how to post to their BLOGfolios! This is so exciting, as many students have not done this before. This is a great way to share in your child’s learning. A letter is going home this week to explain what blogfolios are and how you can access these password protected learning spaces.

For information on accessing your child’s blog, I’m providing a link here so that you can read the new “how to” page for parents.

On my Language Arts page (here’s a quick link), students can remind themselves how to make a blog post, embed pictures and videos, and find other information. Burnaby School District’s Learning Technologies has also provided the following instructional information. Students can check the link on how to post.

Happy blogging!

Hello friends

Division 3 now has our Team set up in Office365. Students can now access the team and see homework posted there.  This will be posted into the Team’s GENERAL channel. Because I may not be consistent with this, students should continue to keep their own planners up to date with homework and assignments.

This is also an opportunity for students to ask each other questions related to homework and other assignments. Chatter on this site is to be focused solely on school related work and activities. This is another way students can reach out to me for help if they need it (though I don’t always check in the evenings, I do try to respond when I get a chance).

We’ve had a great Truth and Reconciliation week / Orange Shirt Day, capped by a lovely day in the forest. Please have a wonderful weekend!

Here’s a sample of one of the forest bouquets we made today! Each student made their own and I can’t wait to see what these will look like woven into our Maywood blanket!