What's New in One and Two? June 23 - 27, 2014

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!                     ELLA                    JUNE 14

SCHEDULE FOR THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL
I can't believe that this is the last week of school.  I have enjoyed having your children in my class and I will miss them very much.  They have all grown and learned so much this year.

We have a busy week schedule planned for next week -

Monday - HOT LUNCH pizza orders are due
              - Reading Club wind-up party - pizza lunch
Tuesday -
Wednesday - PIZZA HOT LUNCH
Thursday - Grade 8 graduation in the afternoon (1:00 pm)
Friday - Kindergarten graduation - 9:00 am
              Awards Ceremony - 10:00 am in the gym
              Sports Day - 1:00 pm
              Class Party - 2:15 pm
              Final report cards come home

CLASS PARTY
Our "last day of school party" is on Friday.  I did not assign any families to bring snacks because some children will not be there on the last day.  So - it is open to whomever would like to bring treats on that last day - Thanks.

CLASSROOM BOOKS
I would like all of my classroom books to be returned to school this week.  All of my books should have a white sticker with my name on them and a coloured dot sticker with the book level on the front cover. 

GOOD-BYE MAYA 
We are very sad to say good-bye to Maya at the end of this week.  She and her family are moving to Alberta.  We will miss her and pray for a safe trip.  We know that she will do well at her new school and make lots of new friends.

FIELD TRIP TO OAK HAMMOCK
We had a great field trip to Oak Hammock Marsh last week.  Thank you to all of the parents (and grandparents) who came with us.  Thanks to the parents who shared photos with us too.  Here are some of the photos.

What's New in One and Two? June 2 - 6, 2014

READ-A-THON
Thank you so much for supporting our Read-a-thon and Book Fair last week.  We raised quite a lot of money for our school's literacy programs and earned books for our classroom.  Olivia, in our class, raised the most money for the Grades K to 3 group and won the grand prize - tickets to the Zoo and Tinkertown.  Congratulations!
Here are a few photos of our Read-a-thon.

 

CLASSROOM VISITORS

Our caterpillar visitors arrived last week.  We have been watching them grow and keeping a journal of the changes that we see.  We learned that butterfly poop is called "frass".  They have already shed their skin a few times and grown much bigger.  They are Painted Lady caterpillars.

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We also talked about how butterfly wings are symmetrical and painted pictures.  They are hanging up on the hallway bulletin board.

 

 



 

 



Reminder - Please send in the Read-a-thon envelope by Tuesday at the latest.

EVENING OF THE ARTS 
Wednesday, May 28 is our school's annual Evening of the Arts.  The children need to be at school, in their classrooms by 6:00 pm (with their violins).  The concert begins at 6:30.  Please bring your lawn chairs or blankets to sit on.

BOOK FAIR 
Our Book Fair is running all this week during all three recesses.  It will also be open on the Evening of the Arts night from 5:30 to 8:15.  (It will be closed during the actual concert.)  Please feel free to browse with your child before and after the concert.  All of the monies raised from the Read-a-thon and the Book Fair will go towards our school's literacy programs.

SUMMER WEATHER 
Well summer has finally arrived!  Please send a sun hat for your child to wear during recess outside.  I would also recommend that you put sunscreen on your child in the morning and send a bottle to school for them to reapply throughout the day.  We will be going outside every recess and for most of the phys. ed. classes until the end of the year and our playground has very little shade.

MUSEUM FIELD TRIP
Thank you to all of the parents who drove to the museum.  Here are a few photos from our trip.