What's New Newsletter January 28 - February 1, 2013

What’s New in One and Two?


Week of January 28 – February 1, 2013

*Reminders – PIZZA HOT LUNCH DAY on Friday, February 1

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CHESS CLUB

The grade twos will be bringing home a permission slip this week for Chess Club. Each year, the grade two students learn how to play chess during math class and have I have them join chess club. They need to play a number of games in order to learn the basics. The interested students from grade two and up meet during lunch recess on Mondays in the chapel area to play chess. We meet each week during the months of February and March. We also have a mini-tournament before Spring Break which they can enter if they wish or keep playing for fun and practice. Please sign the permission slip and return it to school before our first chess club day – Monday, February 4. If your child is in grade one and already knows how to play chess (and is interested in joining chess club), please speak to me.

WEST COAST ABORIGINAL PEOPLE

We are continuing our study about the West Coast Aboriginal people of Canada. We have made canoes, totem poles and ceremonial masks. We’ve learned about the importance of the red cedar tree. This week we will be talking about some of the inventions and contributions Canada’s aboriginal people made, which are still used today.

MATH

Both grades began a new math unit last week on Addition and Subtraction. Having your child solve real life word problems and deciding what operation they need to use (either addition or subtraction), would be beneficial practice for your child at home. Example – I have 6 eggs and I need 10 to make a breakfast omelet, how many more eggs do I need? Keep it fun!

What's New Newsletter January 21 - 25, 2013

What’s New in One and Two?

Week of January 21 – 25, 2013

*Reminders – Lunch Lady orders due Monday, January 21

                      - Mad Science registration due Monday, January 21

                      - Field Trip to the MTYP on Wednesday, January 23, pm

                      - Pizza Day and Soup Day orders due on Wednesday, Jan. 23

                      - Munsch Plays Thursday, January 24 (begins at 9:30)

                      - Family Appreciation Movie Night – Thursday, January 24

                      - NO SCHOOL on Friday, January 25 (Professional Dev. Day)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!          GABBY         JANUARY 25

PAPER TOWEL ROLLS NEEDED!                                                                                                    

We still need more empty paper towel rolls to make our totem poles for social studies.  Please send them to school ASAP.

MUNSCH                                                                                                                                       

 A theatre group from the PTE will be at our school this Thursday morning.  They will be performing five different plays adapted from the books by Robert Munsch.  As part of an introduction to these plays, the primary teachers have arranged a class exchange between the teachers.   On Monday and Tuesday mornings, the children from K to gr. 3-4 will be travelling around to different classrooms, listening to the stories and participating in different activities with different teachers.  The books are   1) Roar!, 2) Murmel Murmel Murmel, 3) Mud Puddle, 4) Millicent and the Wind, and 5) Look At Me.

What’s New in One and Two?

Week of January 14 – 18, 2013

*Reminders – PIP (Parents in Partnership) meeting on Thurs. Jan. 17 – 7:00

                       - Field Trip (to MTYP) permission slips due

                       - Scholastic Book orders due on Friday, January 18

                       - Music Concert Tickets for Friday, Jan. 18 are still available

                       - Hot Lunch Lady orders due on Monday, January 21

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!             Chinh              January 16

                                              Grace             January 19

SOCIAL STUDIES                                                                                                               

We have started our new social studies unit about the Northwest Coast Aboriginal People of Canada.  If you have any books or artifacts at your house that you would be willing to share with us, please send them to school.  Last week we started by making a chart about what we think we already know about these people.  We made our own mini-canoes and started comparing their lives in the past to our lives today.

*PLEASE send an empty paper towel roll (or 2) to school this week.

MTYP                                                                                                                                        

Last week I sent home a permission slip regarding our next field trip to the MTYP.  This trip is on Wednesday, January 23 in the afternoon.  The play is called The Big League.  Please sign the form and return it to school A.S.A.P.  If you are able to drive and chaperone, please fill out that portion of the form.  Thank you.

GRADE ONE SPELLING                                                                                                        
The grade ones had their first spelling test on Friday.  They all did an excellent job!

What's New Newsletter January 7 - 11, 2013

What’s New in One and Two?

   Week of January 7 – 11, 2013

*Reminders – Fund Raising concert for the Music Dept. is on Jan. 18

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!  2013

THANK YOU                                                                                                                                Thank you so much for the Christmas gifts that I received from you and your children.  They were thoughtful, beautiful, delicious, and very much appreciated.  I hope all of you had a restful holiday.

GRADE ONE SPELLING HOMEWORK                                                                                                        

The grade one students are all finished the math bag games that they were taking home before Christmas.  Starting this week, they will be bringing home some spelling homework.  There are 4 pages of work that will help them practice their spelling list words.  The homework will come home on Monday and is due back at school on Friday.  Some children might need help understanding the directions at first.  Please check through the homework package and make sure it is complete (you do not have to correct it), then initial the bottom of this newsletter and have your child bring the whole package back to school.  You may want to practice the spelling words with your child during the week.  The spelling tests will be on Friday.  Let me know how the homework is going.

CHRISTMAS HAMPERS                                                                                                                   

Thank you too, for helping our class make a Christmas Hamper for one Cheer Board family in Winnipeg.  My husband and I delivered the hamper on the Saturday before Christmas and the family was very happy and grateful.  They wanted us to express their gratitude to our students and their families.

LEARNING and LIVING KITS                                                                                                     

During the month of January, we are collecting one small, simple toy (new, that does not require batteries) for our Learning and Living Kits that we are putting together for CLWR (Canadian Lutheran World Relief).