Upcoming Events

Just some reminders for this busy season.

Tomorrow is our field trip to Barr Colony.  Mr. Feil has everything under control.  Students will leave at 9:00 and return to the school in time to catch the bus home.

Friday is wear your Christmas hat and sweater day sponsored by the SRC.

Friday is also the Christmas concert.  Please have your child in the classroom by 6:45. 

The school is collecting mittens, toques and scarves to donate to the interval home, and blankets to donate to the men's shelter.

My last day before the break will be Friday.  Please pop into the classroom after the concert so I can wish each of you a Merry Christmas.

As always, thank you for your support.  Please contact me if you have any questions.

Cough craze!

Wow, I have a classroom full of coughing children.  Please try to get them healthy over the weekend, or keep them home so they have a chance to get well without sharing their cough with anyone who has manged to stay healthy this long.

The Gingerbread Shop is open and many children have been shopping already - they are SO excited - it is really wonderful to see.

Field trip arm wrestle is over and . . . Mr. Feil won.  He will be taking the class to Lloyd. on the 14th while I teach phys.ed for the day.  I will be going on the ski trip January 20th though - I won that one!

The grade fours will be going for swimming lessons the first week of Feb.  more details to follow.

Have a cough free weekend!

December is here!

Wow, I'm not sure how we got here but Christmas is only weeks away. 

We have finished up our study of Peggy and Herman Parish and their Amelia Bedelia stories, and each child has set a personal writing goal for the month of December.  I have taught them the idea of  writing RAFTS - role, audience, form, topic and strong verb.  We are currently working on writing a letter to Santa as if we were an elf who DESERVES to drive the sleigh on Christmas eve.  Some of the letters are laugh out loud funny - we will share them with you on the bulletin board outside the classroom as we finish them up this week.

In math we are working on estimation and rounding strategies as they relate to addition and subtraction.  If you have a deck of cards at home, take five minutes a day to practice basic addition facts.

You should have received a note home Fri. regarding our field trip on Wed. December 14th to Barr Colony and Bud Miller.  Please fill in and return permission forms, meal orders and money as soon as possible.

Christmas concert is on Friday, Dec 16th at 7:00 in the gym.  Everyone is welcome, please plan to have your child in the classroom by 6:45.  New parents, this is a very popular event, come early if you would like to have good seats.

I would also like to let you know that I will be away Dec. 19, 20 and 21.  The 19th for a meeting and the 20th and 21st for a surgical procedure.  I am sad to be missing the three days before break, but will leave plans for some learning and lots of fun while I am away.

Wonderful Dioramas!

The students worked this afternoon to create desert diorama's and they are AWESOME.  Great job students and Mr. Feil!

I thoroughly enjoyed all of the interviews that we had last night and am looking forward to the last few tonight.  Please make sure that you let us know if there are ever any questions.  You don't have to wait for interviews to share questions or concerns with us.

Spelling test tomorrow.

Looking forward to seeing you

By now you all have your interview times scheduled with Mr. Feil and I for Wednesday or Thursday, I am really looking forward to having the time to talk with you about your child.  We also have an assembly on Wednesday at 9:50 that parents are welcome to attend.

I was away today and will also be away on Thursday - another busy week!

Thank you for dressing your children for the weather - they sure have fun outside when they are warm enough!

Last call

Last call for shoe boxes for science.  Please have them here for science class tomorrow!  Also your children should have been tracking their activities for the last week for health class.  Ask them about the tracker they have to fill in and please help them complete it if they have forgotten what they did for activity while we had our LONG weekend.

We met this morning to schedule Parent Teacher Interviews and a form with your time will come home Friday with the report card.  Please call the office if you need to make changes.  Thank you to those of you who returned the form, it really helps us when we try to set the interviews up.  If you have children in grade 7-12 they did not receive a scheduled time, teachers will be in the gym for the evening and you can go in to see whomever you like when they are available.  Mr. Feil and I will be together for all the grade 3/4 interviews.

Enjoy the snow while there is still only a little bit of it!

It's cooling off

Please remember to send your child a pair of mittens and a winter jacket when they leave in the morning, some of them are finding it really cold outside at recess because they are not dressed properly.

Mr. Feil has asked students to bring a shoe box for science - they will need to have them here on Monday, November 14th.  If you don't have one, stop at a shoe store, they are usually happy to help you out!

Parent teacher interview forms were attached to the Monday note yesterday, please return them to the school asap so we can schedule all the interviews.

Enjoy your four day weekend!