Well here it is, our upgraded blog. We are very excited to be able to keep posting blogs and keep you up to date with what is going on in our classroom. Enjoy the pictures from September.

In September we made flowers using white glue to draw, chalk pastels to colour, and black paper as the background. It has added a nice pop of colour to our classroom as the leaves outside begin to disappear! We are very thankful (and so are our parents) that Mrs. N. waited until after our pictures were taken to do this art with us because it was quite messy (but it was also so much fun)!

Last Friday a real circus performer came to our school. Her name was Sapphire.  She did many neat tricks like juggling, contact juggling, putting her arm all the way around her head, and everyone’s favourite, glow in the dark hoola-hooping! She amazed us with her skills but she also taught us a very important lesson: It is ok to be who you are and no one should make fun of you for that. She talked about how when she was younger many people were not kind to her and how she wished someone would have stepped in and told the unkind kids to stop being so mean. Sapphire challenged us to always stand up for our friends, classmates, and others we may see who are getting picked on or bullied. What a great message!

Thanks for being patient as we upgraded the blog. Check back again soon for pictures from our tour of the fire hall!

Mrs. N

It was really nice to see many of you at today’s pancake breakfast!

Our picture day is Tuesday September 22nd. If your child will be away on Tuesday please let us know and they can have their picture taken on Monday instead.

Please sign up for Parent/Student/Teacher interviews by going online to www.schoolinterviews.ca If you cannot access the site please let us know what dates and times work for you and we can sign you up. Interviews take place October 6th & 8th from 3:45-7:15

Family Fun Night is coming up on Thursday September 24th.  Tickets will be pre-sold at school on Sept 22nd & 23rd. Tickets will also be available for purchase at Family Fun Night. We are still looking for BINGO prize donations. Thank you to everyone who has, already donated bingo prizes, volunteered to work at fun night (both in our classroom or in the concession). This school community event cannot run without parent volunteers! We always appreciate your help!

There is No School for students on Friday September 25th.

Our Terry Fox Walk will be held September 30th (rain or shine). As as school we will be collecting money for the Terry Fox Foundation. We will be collecting money between Sept 24rd-Sept 29th.

We wrote in our Friday journals again today. We had a lot of fun brainstorming a list of all the things we learned and did this week. Please take a few minutes to read your child’s Friday Journal and write back to them. They really enjoy the notes you have written in their books!

We had our first spelling test this week. Spelling tests will be marked and sent home the following week for you to see and sign. How the spelling test is marked will be outlined when your child’s book comes home for the first time. Please sign and return the test book promptly each week so that your child will have their book for the next test.

Have a wonderful weekend! We can’t wait to see all the students smiling faces again on Monday morning!

Mrs. N & Mrs. M

This Friday is Meet the Teacher Pancake Breakfast. Please come to the school for pancakes anytime between 7:30am and 8:50am. After you have had your pancakes please stop by the classroom to say hello! As we are such a big school we would appreciate it if you brought your own plate and cutlery.

Our Picture Day will be Tuesday September 22nd. If your child will be away that day for any reason please let us know as the photographers will also be in the building on the Monday.

We have really been enjoying learning about patterns. On Monday we worked in stations building patterns out of a variety of elements (the actual objects used in the pattern). We built patterns while thinking about the different attributes that could change. We built patterns where the colour changed, the thickness of an element changed, the shape changed, the position of the element changed, and even the size changed. As you look at the patterns on this page ask your child to tell you what the core of each pattern is and what attribute or attributes are changing in the pattern.

We really enjoyed all the stations, but overall the favourite was using the SMARTBoard to extend the patterns!

Enjoy the pictures! Hope to see you at the pancake breakfast!

Mrs. N.