Stayin' Alive!

Get your Auction tickets quick!

Tickets for the 70's themed Stayin' Alive fundraiser, being held on March 1st, 2014, go on sale this week! Get yours for the early bird price of $25 per ticket until January 31st. From February 1st, tickets are $30 each.

We are also looking for volunteers to work at our event. Don't forget all hours spent helping us out count towards your Family Service commitment. 

 

Goats

 

Goats

On Monday afternoon Faith Benko, a Grade 5 CCS student, shared with the school her upcoming mission trip, with her family, to Kenya over spring break. She has challenged each class to raise $50 - which is the price of a goat! A goat is a great source of food supply and its products can be easily sold at markets. So....please send it any donations (coins are welcome) for this challenge. 

More information about Me to We can be found http://www.metowe.com/

Fort Langley and Firefighter Presentations

A big thanks to our first two parent presentations! Yesterday, Mrs. Banovich came dressed in 1800's clothing and shared lots of information about the Fort Langley historic site, trading, furs and gold panning. The students were excited to touch furs made out of a beaver, an otter and even a wolf!  She also gave each student a Fort Langley colouring book, storehouse craft, a free child's admission ticket and top hat (parents assembly required).

 

If you would like to visit Fort Langley, there is a Vive les Voyageurs Winter Festival happening this weekend, Sat. Jan 25 & 26th. Here is a link for more information http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/bc/langley/activ/activ2014.aspx#voyageurs

This morning we had Mr. Devine who shared information about his job as a firefighter. We learned about fire safety, emergency number 911 and clothing that firefighters wear to fight fires. The highlight was that students were able to try on the oxygen mask and show us their stop-drop-and roll! Great job students! I even tried to carry the oxygen tank - boy, that was heavy! Thanks again Firefighter Kevin for bringing us firefighter hats, tattoos and information booklets about fire safety at home!

Community Helpers Presentations this week

See the following schedule for this week...

Monday - Pro d (No School)
Tuesday - Fort Langley National Historic Site
Wednesday - Firefighter
Thursday - Emergency Room Nurse
Friday - Public Health Nurse 'Hand washing Demo' (rescheduled from last Friday)

Reminders
* Letter of the week: Pp            Theme: Chinese New Year If there are any families that celebrate Chinese New Year and would like to share their experiences/ traditions with the class, please email Mrs. Olaybal with the information. 

* Every Tuesday is Show and Tell for all students with the theme "Look what I did, look what I made"
*Please send your child with a water bottle that can be kept in the classroom
*Gym days: Monday, Wednesday, Fridays

For gym, we are now changing at our tables and students are learning to how fix an item of clothing that is inside out and how to fold their uniform nicely. This will reduce the number of mix ups and missing uniform pieces.

Please check at home for the following missing items:

1. Declan's white school shirt (labelled)
2. Riley's red gym shorts (labelled)

If your child is missing blue pants, I have three pairs in the classroom (not labelled). 

New Table Groups

Table 1 'Pittsburgh Penguins:' Ronan, John Michael, William, Kate, Kayla
Table 2 'Golden Ninjas:'  Gabriel, Jack, Sahil, Veronica, Julia
Table 3 'Mrs. Olaybal:' Austin, Declan, Matthew, Luke, Makayla
Table 4 'Silver Ninjas:' Avery, Evan, Nicolette, Riley, Kristian

Sight Word Home Program
Information was sent home on Friday about this and please remember it is optional and it is completed at your own pace. If you have any further questions, please ask (you may not be the only one with that question).

Speech Arts
Information will be sent home this week about speech arts
 

Letter of the Week: Oo

After Mass on Friday, the entire school sang a lovely song for Mrs. Saharchuk to the tune of You are my Sunshine -we will miss you!

On Friday afternoon, the students enjoyed watching the basketball tournament and cheering on the players in the shooting competition.

In Math, students are working on putting the numbers from 1- 10 in the correct order. I practice with the students with a set of flashcards and ask them to put them in order from smallest to biggest. Also, students should be able to identify the correct quantity for a number. For example, if I say give me 6 erasers they should be able to count out 6 and give them to me. And in reverse, they should be able to count the numbers of items in my hand and say 6!

In Language Arts, students are continuing to learn the letter names and sounds. They are beginning to sound out small three letter words and I have been emphasizing that everyone is learning how to read. Please encourage them to 'Turtle Talk' which means to sound out each letter of the word very slowly at first (for example, h-a-t) and then repeat the sounds until they hear the word. 

I will be sending an optional SIGHT word home program this week for those families who are interested in looking forward to goals for Term 3. By the end of Term 2, students should be able to remember all letter names and most of the sounds we have learned.

 Upcoming this week

-meeting Mrs. Lemire, new Kindergarten teacher 
-Scholastic Book orders are due Monday, Jan 13th

-Hot lunch on Wednesday by Mavalicious KidsEat
-Teeth check on Friday morning

-Hand washing demonstration by Mrs. Baptista, public health nurse, on Friday afternoon 
-Pro d day on Monday, Jan 20th

No Hot Lunch tomorrow

Reminder that the next hot lunch is on Jan 15th, not tomorrow.

Happy Epiphany!

This past Sunday, we celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany and yesterday our students learned about the story of the three wise men coming to visit baby Jesus.

Water bottles
Please remember to send your child's water bottle that can be left in the classroom.

Gym 
Reminder that gym days are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Most students bring their gym strip home on Fridays to be washed over the weekend and then returned on Monday.

Show and Tell
Show and Tell begins today with the theme for January "Look what I did, Look what I made!" 

Socials Unit: Community Roles and Responsibilities
A note (orange paper) came home yesterday requesting if any parents are able to come in and share their job with us. If you are able, please fill in the form and return as soon as possible.

Hot Lunch
Just a reminder that we are starting our new Hot Lunch program that takes place every two weeks.  The first Hot Lunch will be on January 15th but orders need to be placed online 10 days prior. Check out http://www.mavaliciouskidseat.com/

Holy Childhood Boxes
Please send boxes in no later than Friday, January 10th.  If you have misplaced the box, please send the money in a ziploc bag so your child can add it to our collection. 

Scholastic Book Order: Your child brought home an order form yesterday and we ask that you send in any orders by Monday, Jan 13th.  Thank you!

Dental Screening Friday, January 17th


Food Bank Mass this Friday

Request from Mr. Klaponski 
Are you able to help out at the CCS basketball tournament concession this Friday from 9-4 pm? Earn family service hours! Consider providing us with 2-3 hours during the day. If you are please email Mr. K.

Star of the Week
We will be celebrating Makayla this week as our first star of 2014!