January 27th

Our field trip to Save On Foods was excellent.  Thank you to Adam, Mason, Sienna, Luca and Ashton's moms and E.J.'s dad for helping with out this trip. Not only did we learn so much about the 4 different food groups but we also followed Mrs. Roberts class' coding instructions to make sure we went the best route and reviewed the directions N S E W plus left and right.  Yesterday we calculated all those steps and discovered that we walked 2,928! We added all the steps together and then multiplied it by 2 to get our total.  This didn't count all the steps we took in the store so we were well over 3,000!
Please continue to send in cereal boxes and food flyers for our buddy project and nutrition unit. 

I was away today at a workshop on Performance Standards (our district is trying to have every teacher attend this year) but I heard that Twin Day was a big success.  All week we have had many students away due to illness.  Hopefully everyone is feeling better soon and please remind your child of the importance of washing their hands well. We have also had lice reported so please do regular checks and treat if needed.  Thanks.

We will be starting our spelling program on Monday.  You will be receiving an important letter in your child's planner which explains the program we will be using.  We realize that the words on the list may appear quite easy for some children but we will be doing a variety of activities around these (adding prefixes, suffices, defining, looking for word patterns etc.) and will also have surprise 'Bonus' words each week that follow the same pattern.

'Club Red' will be starting on Wednesday.  Papers will go out Tuesday. Students will be expected to read every day for the month of February and parents will need to sign each day as it is completed.  There will be a big school wide celebration at the beginning of March and there will be an opportunity for prizes to be won for those who participate.  There is also the possibility of winning a class pizza party if all of the calendars are signed/coloured/returned at the end of the month.

Looking ahead...
We will be celebrating Valentine's Day on Feb. 15th and I will be putting a list of all the names next week so students can start to work on valentines if they wanted.  Please note that if your child is going to bring valentines it is important that they have a valentine for every child in the class so that everyone is included.  Thanks for your support with this. 

Hundred Day will be Thursday, Feb. 23 (students should be thinking of collections of something ?? be creative that they'd like to bring in).  More info on this soon. 

We have now confirmed a third opportunity to go skating on the afternoon March 9th and we are going to see a play at the ACT theater on April 20th.  You will receive portal announcements on both of these events closer to the date.