We had a great trip on Tuesday to Heritage Village.  It was a very Christmas-y day with a light snowfall sporadically throughout the trip.

Students enjoyed the many buildings from the 1920’s.  They learned a great deal about life in Burnaby during this era.

Some highlights included visits to: the blacksmith; the tram (the first ‘Skytrain’ only on ground level – the Interurban); the original Seaforth Schoolhouse (with the schoolmarm and her strict rules about manners and decorum); a log cabin; a Chinese apothecary; the Burnaby Post printing shop; a traditional house; the vintage Carousel; and the farmhouse.

 

 

On Tuesday, December 10th we will be going to Burnaby Village Museum with Division 6 to take part in the Heritage Christmas programme.

We will leave Rosser at about 10:15 a.m. and return just before 3:00 p.m. for dismissal time.  Students will need to bring their lunches in a plastic bag as we are not taking backpacks or lunch bags.  The lunches need to be clearly labelled with your child’s name as all lunches will be collected and put in a box together in the lunchroom at the Village.

The notice went home earlier this week.  Please complete it and return it by Thursday, December 5th.

The trip is dependent on getting enough parent drivers.  Please let us know as soon as possible if you can help us out as we will need to cancel otherwise.  Students will also need to bring their own car seats on that day.

We look forward to a fun trip and an enjoyable outing.

 

We left Burnaby on a beautiful, sunny, blue-sky morning.  As we neared the pumpkin farm in Maple Ridge we noticed grey clouds begin to cover up that blue sky.  Shortly after arriving the skies opened up and we were in a downpour!!  This was not something we expected but I was very impressed with the manner in which students (and parents) mustered through and all enjoyed a very fun morning.

We began in the barn area and had fun feeding, and patting, several different farm animals – including: sheep, goats, and miniature ponies.  We also saw a rooster and a hen, along with several partridges.  Students will now know what they are singing about at Christmas time – “a partridge in a pear tree”!!

We left the barn (still in the rain) and enjoyed the outside cut-outs.

We then walked past the vegetable garden and had a tractor ride.  We saw the emus that one of my Reading groups has been learning about.  We moved on to the tent area and enjoyed some juice.

After our break we began our forest walk.  At this point the rain began to subside.  There we enjoyed several of the different themed exhibitions.  Students seemed to enjoy the different areas.  We enjoyed our trip through the corn maze and then it was ‘pumpkin time’!  By now the rain had ceased and the sky was becoming blue once again!

Students each chose their own personal pumpkin to take back to school – and then on to their homes.  It was a very good crop this year!!  I chose one for our class which we will be doing some science-y things with in the next week or so.

It was a great experience for the kids.  I hope the parents also enjoyed the morning.  A HUGE THANK YOU to those parents who drove students to help us keep the cost of the field trip down!!  Thank you also to our two student teachers (Ms. Sue and Mrs. S) who drove students and helped to supervise!  Welcome to Rosser!

 

The following notice was sent home on Friday, September 27, 2013.  Please refer to this page as a reminder of the important information.

Dear Parents,

Please see below the list of days when Div. 5 and 6 will walk to McGill Library to choose books.  On the day of our visit, please send any books to be returned in a plastic bag.  Your child will also need to bring their library card that day and be dressed appropriately for the weather as we will be walking even if it is raining.  If your child forgets their library book, your child will not be able to take out a book that day and we would ask that your family return the overdue book as soon as possible so that your child may select a book on the following visit.

Thank you so much for getting library cards for your children.  We are looking forward to our monthly trips!

Mr. Phelps      Ms. Nazaruk

Here are our library dates, each on a Tuesday:

Oct. 1

Nov. 5

Dec. 3

Jan. 7

Feb. 4

March 4

April 8

May 6

June 3

Please note also – you are responsible for any overdue fees if your child’s book ends up being overdue.

We had a great trip to the fire hall today!  Students were reminded of what to do in case of a fire in their homes.  Then we learned all about the special equipment that the fire fighters wear to keep themselves safe while they are rescuing people.

All students – plus Ms. Caldwell and myself – had the opportunity to use the fire hose to try to knock over a traffic cone.  It was a lot of fun for all of us!!  Colton and Richard gave the firefighters the card that they had made (and had gotten all the class to sign).

When we left the fire hall we took a short detour to the local Dairy Queen which is practically next door.  Students all enjoyed a cold treat before we returned to our class.  It was really nice for us that Ateeq’s mom was working there today.  She and her co-worker made us our treats!!

It was a very fun end to a busy school year.  I hope you all enjoy a very safe and happy summer vacation!  Students – don’t forget to visit me in my classroom next year!