Feb. 2, 2024

Important Dates and Information:

Valentines Day is coming up: If your child chooses to partake in giving Valentine Day cards to students, we ask that you have enough to give one to each student in the class. If you wish to give Valentines cards to students in another class, you are not expected to give one to everyone in that other class. Please ensure the name of the student is on the card. We ask there to please be no food or candy due to food preferences, allergies and culture. A paper letter and a list of names in your child's class will be sent home next week.

Roots of Empathy February dates for grade 1: Feb. 13, 20, 27.

Teachers Convention Feb. 15 and 16- no school

Family Day Feb. 19- no school

Fun Snack Feb. 8- Tim Horton's

Our Week:

We had a wonderful week swimming. The students had the chance to learn new skills and be brave for trying something new if it was their first time. Ask your child what they enjoyed most about swimming. 

In literacy, Ms. Disher's class continued to work on the "How to" writing they have been working on and Mrs. Pelton's class worked on their loose parts writing project. We will be sending home a piece of writing next week to share your child's progress in writing.

The grade 1s worked with the grade 2s to explore and do challenges with the Sphero Robots. There is so much learning and fun to be had with these little cars. Ask your child how they make the Shpero Robots move how they want them to move. 

In math, the students continue to work on addition and subtraction. Ms. Disher's grade 2 group learned about 2 digit by one digit adding and subtracting and Mrs. Pelton's grade 1 group learned how to use a number path when adding two numbers between 0 and 20 together. 

We have began an art and science project focusing on hibernation and migration. We read about these topics in the book the Wild Robot so now it's exciting to look at this in more depth. Ask your child the two kinds of art mediums we used in our winter scene piece we started.

We hope you have a restful weekend!