Ms. Sheppard, Mrs. Petley-Jones and I have spent the past two days reorganizing ourselves and our service delivery model.  Details on the "new model" will be shared tomorrow at the staff meeting.

The assembly today was great, thanks to the team for all your efforts.

New Beginnings

This fall has been filled with MANY opportunities for me to learn new things and meet new people.  It has also been a time for me to reflect on how amazing my experiences at HCS were, and how much I grew as a professional and a person because of the people I encountered in my time there.  Thank you to each of you for the influence you have had on my growth as a human being.  I will carry your teachings with me as I move forward on my journey!

Switch up

Tomorrow the grade threes' will be working in period one and two with Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. Knight on their problem based learning and will be seeing me in the afternoon for ELA.

On Friday we will be working with the grade ones' to create grass head people like the one your child is bringing home today.

Our "year end" field trip will be June 19th at T n C Alpaca farms.  More details to follow.
Have a great week.

Happy Mother's Day!

I hope that you all enjoy  the tea party this afternoon.  The students are sooo excited they can hardly contain themselves.

Thank you for rescheduling your work and all the other commitments in your day in order to join us, I know how tricky that can be sometimes.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. N

Update

Hello all,

From speaking to your children it sounds like each of you enjoyed the Easter break.  We are on the final stretch of the year, I can't believe how quickly it has passed.

We have started a math unit on multiplication and division, give us another week and you will have wizards of skip counting eating dinner with you every evening.

In ELA we have spent time this week talking about and reading stories by Robert Munsch - his works will be the focus of the puppet show that takes place this Friday at 1:00!  Please come and join us, it promises to be amazing.

Of course the rest of our ELA time we have been working on poetry - only one week until the big oratory presentation - look for a note home today with details about time.

We have a spelling test tomorrow and on Monday of next week.

Here's to the snow melting and spring mud filling our homes.
Mrs. N

Oratory

Thank you to those of you who have already sent your child's poem.  Please be sure to have something picked so you can practice it at home over the break, we will not spend time learning individual poems at school.

Unfortunately we will not be doing a three school competition this year due to unforeseen circumstances in Onion Lake and the pending "dirt work" that will take place for our gym in May.  On April 18th, the grade threes will present their coral poem to grade one and two and then we will present our individual poems to our classmates.  There will be judges at the classroom speak off, just like last year and those who place 1st to 3rd in both individual categories will perform at an assembly on Friday for all the K-6 students. 

Parents are welcome to both events - details on times are still being worked out - it will be the afternoon of the 18th though and the morning of the 19th I am pretty sure.  If you come on the 18th you will see all the grade threes perform their poem  If you come the 19th you will see the gr 1-3 students who placed in their categories, and the coral poems.

More details to follow- the storm messed up some meeting times and with PTI tonight and tomorrow night we won't likely meet until Wed. to finalize the plan.

Thanks for your support and you patience.
Mrs. N

Happy Friday

Most of the students in grade three are out of notebooks and are very close to needing new ones in at least 2 subjects.  If you have not sent extra notebooks since Christmas time, please do so as soon as possible. We are also out of forks and spoons for those days when there is not one in our lunch kit.  Please either send a box of each with your child, or be sure to pack one in their lunch each day so they don't have to use their fingers.

We have finished our Literature Circle projects and will begin a new ELA unit on Monday which focuses on world view and the impact of the First People on our culture.  Thanks for sending all the "stuff" for the final project.

It is looking like the grade three swim day will be in May, send the money asap and we will keep you in the loop about the date.  Mr. Feil was looking into it and should know next week.

Parent Teacher interviews are coming up on March 25 and 26.  If you know now that those dates don't work, let me know and we can meet ahead of time.

We will be doing oratory again this year.  Please start thinking about either helping your child create an original poem or finding a published poem for their individual poem.  I will select a class poem and hope to send it home before the Easter break for them to look at.

Enjoy the break

No school next week for students I am confident that you will enjoy a rest from the routines of school.  Please take time to read a book with your child each day so they don't forget how to read:)

We will be starting new math units when we return and will finish up our novel studies.

New Discovery

With a bit of extra time this morning I have been looking at the capabilities of the Mathletics program and am really happy with what I have found.  I am able to go in to see what each child has been doing for activities and am able to set tasks for them. 

Over the next week or so, I will take time to set at least one task for each child.  That means that before they can log onto their choice, there will be an activity that they must do for me:)

The bonus is, if I set the task, they earn more points when they complete it!

Thank you to all of you who were able to attend Family Literacy Night last night.  From our perspective it was fantastic - hope it was great for you and your child too!

Here's to warmer temperatures.

Unity

Good morning.  The class and I had a good discussion this morning about what the virtue for the month means.  We decided that UNITY is working together to be a team and celebrating the differences of our classmates because that way each person has something to share with the team.

We also reviewed CARING and RESPECT and how they work with unity.

Students need skates on Wednesday and Friday this week.  Spelling test today and Wednesday.

Looking forward to seeing many of you Wednesday at Family Literacy Night. Please be sure that you have let us know how much pizza your family will eat so you don't go home hungry. Special thank you to all the other staff who are helping us out too!

Fun

It sounds like the ski trip was amazing.  Each child had a story to tell me about something wonderful that happened on the trip. 

Grade three skates Tuesday and Thursday this week.

Spelling test tomorrow.

We continue with OUTLAW time, I think the new schedule is working well.  We are all adjusting to having lunch 15 minutes later though :)

Tickets are on sale for a night with Hoja on Feb. 13.  Contact any student in grade 12 or the office if you have not been contacted and are interested in getting tickets.

Have a wonderful week!

Ski trip and skating

Your children may have already told you but I wanted to ensure that you knew the latest ski trip development.  My spouse surprised me with a trip to Phoenix which means that while the grade 3-6 students are skiing, I will be wearing shorts and checking out Arizona.  Mrs. Tenney will be in for me and knows all the ins and outs of the hill.  Mrs. Hunter, Mr. Dalrymple, Ms. Roach and Mrs. Walter will also be there. 

Further details to follow next week - please send forms by Thursday!

***Skating tomorrow and Thursday of this week**** Send skates and helmets please.

Welcome to 2013

Happy New Year!

I hope that your holiday was all that you needed it to be.  I certainly enjoyed some time with family and friends and managed to catch up on some much needed rest.

The grade 3-6 ski trip is on Jan. 18th.  Notes will be coming home today.  Please return the permission form and information form as soon as possible. It is really important to fill in all the information about height and weight as that is how the ski staff set your child's bindings. 

Last call for STEVE NASH BASKETBALL forms.  Ms. Peach asked that they were in by tomorrow.

Mrs. Burzynski, Ms. Hermanson and I are in the planning stages of FAMILY LITERACY night 2013.  It will likely be the last week of January - watch for more details.  This is an evening for grade 1-3 students and their siblings.

First spelling test of the year will be tomorrow!