On Friday our classes were confirmed and we are ready to get into the business of being Grade One students!!  I am looking forward to a wonderful, fun-filled, and productive year with the students.

You should have noticed that your child brought home a shiny new Planner on Friday.  There will be a notice going home next week asking for payment for these personal planning devices.  All notices are placed into the plastic pocket inside the front cover.  Please remove them, read or respond to them, and place items to be returned to me at school in this pocket each night.

Every day students will write a message in the day’s space which is then signed by the teacher.  At the beginning of the school year most of the students cannot read these messages – and aren’t expected to do so!  It begins as learning how to copy off of the board but as time passes it becomes so much more.

Please check your child’s Planner every day.  You may initial in the space by the teacher’s initials, if you like, to indicate that you have read it.

The Planner has a lot of information about the school written in the first several pages.  The students and I went through all of this very briefly as much of it is for YOUR information more than it is for theirs.  On the front inside page – above the school contact information – I have glued a piece of paper which contains the school website along with the web address for this class blog.

I use this blog to regularly update you on the goings-on in our classroom.  You may peruse previous entries from former years, as you like.

Learning how and using a Planner is a very important part of the Ministry curriculum for Personal Planning and Social Responsibility.  Please help your child by sharing this experience with them by checking it and reading it every night.  The Planner must be returned to school each morning as this is a daily activity in our classroom.

Your continuing support and assistance in your child’s educational welfare is appreciated.

Thank you,

Mrs. S. Temple

It is hard to believe that we are coming to the end of another school year!!

Reminders:

1) All library books are now due back to school.  Mrs. Levington will be printing off bills for lost/missing books shortly.

2) New Brighton Field trip:  We do have drivers for about half of the class at this point.  If you are able to help out with this, and have not already let me know, please consider this trip.

3) Report cards will be issued (as per District policy) on the last day that students attend which is Thursday, June 27th (from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.) this year.  If you will not be at school on that day please email me so that I can arrange for our secretary, Mrs. Ameixa, to mail it to your home.

4) We will be going on a few walking field trips (noted on the calendar on the front of the Rosser website) – to the Safeway and the Fire Hall.  The dates on the original monthly calendar were incorrect but have now been changed.  If you are able to join us for these two trips let me know.

5) In order to accommodate the extra time needed to be made-up to allow for our two week Spring Break next year, beginning in September our school hours will be 8:50 a.m. (start) and dismissal will be at 3:03 p.m.  Please adjust your mental clocks to have students at school for the 8:50 a.m. first bell.

As always, if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask me when you drop off/pick up your child – or email me.

On Monday, we will begin our C.A.R.E. Kit lessons.  Grade 2 parents will remember this programme from last year.  The purpose of this programme is to teach the students how to keep themselves safe in situations that could lead to them being abused – whether it be emotionally, physically, and/or sexually.  Students learn the appropriate (scientific) terminology of body parts and how to assertively defend and protect themselves.

After each lesson an information card comes home to parents to share what we have discussed that day.  These cards are intended to open the conversation between child and parent(s).

If you have any questions, or wish to look at the kit, please feel free to come by the class and discuss this with me.

It was so nice to see all the parents in the class sharing in their children’s learning tonight!!  I always really enjoy sitting back and watching the family interactions.  I was very impressed with how well the children were able to lead their families through the process of sharing their ‘menu of events’.

Thank you to all parents for making these Student-Led conferences such a great learning experience for the children.

 

Just a reminder that we have our tennis lessons this week.  Please ensure that your child comes to school everyday in PE attire – including running shoes.  It should be a fun week!

I hope you all had a great Spring Break!!  From the stories I have heard from the children it sounds like everyone enjoyed the time off.  As of last night, the Burnaby School Board has approved a 2 week Spring Break for our District for next year!!  We will now have the time that most of the other districts around the province have been enjoying these past few years.

Beginning next week there will be a few changes in our classroom.  We will be having a new student arrive – probably on Tuesday.  The students are all very excited about this new addition to our class.

We will also be having a slight change in our daily schedule.  Mrs. Cobo will still be teaching in our room on Tuesdays between Recess and Lunchtime.  On the other days in the week, Mrs. Gojevic will be teaching in the class at this same time.  This will allow Mrs. Cobo to have more of her Resource time available for our (several) new Level 1 ESL students who have arrived in the last month.  Mrs. Gojevic will be doing Calendar and teaching Math with the class.  As you all know, this time block is when I am out of the room teaching the Reading Recovery programme to individual students.