Last Week of School before Spring Break!

Reminders for this week

Monday - Ice Skating at 1245 - 115pm  (Sorry, there was a miscommunication last time but we are only skating for 30 minutes). Please send your child's skating clothes (snow pants, gloves, toque, skates & helmet) in a labelled bag. If you are able to walk with us, please come to the classroom by 12 noon.

Is anyone able to drive our equipment over? It reduces the walking time if we don't have anything in our hands (also, no umbrellas for the students please!). Please email me if you are able - I would need that person to come at 11:45 am.

Extra food in lunch today: when we return back from skating, I will allow students to have another snack so please send in extra food and an extra drink

Tuesday - Primary Speech Arts Festival (Columbus Room, Parish Centre): We are scheduled to perform our choral poem at approx between 945 - 1030am after the Bible readers. Individual poem readings will happen at 10:45 am for Kayla and Kristian but I was informed that our class will not be able to stay and listen to their performance (due to lack of space). Parents/grandparents are still welcome!

-Show and Tell 'Mystery Bag' theme

-Primary Sports Club members: I received a notice that the Primary Sports Club will be having a pizza lunch for all members at lunch and they will be setting up in the hallway outside our classroom. Students who participated in the Sports Club will receive a slice of pizza, chips and juice.

Wednesday - Grade 1 Lent Assembly 1:30 pm 

Friday - Term 2 Report Cards
-Last day of school before Spring Break (back to school March 24th)

Other information:
-Each student has created a Lenten garden and they need rocks and twigs to complete it. For Monday, please bring in a (sandwich) ziplock bag of rocks (6 - 8 small rocks) and one larger rock (smaller than a child's hand). Also, if they can bring 4 -5 twigs to create the cross of Jesus. 

 

-Parent help over Spring Break: if you are able to help prepare materials (mainly cutting) for our class, please let me know and I'll send the supplies home on Friday with your child.

Also, I am looking for 2 -3 parents who are able to make play dough of various colours (black, purple, red, blue, green, pink)



      

Bun Lunch Tomorrow for Ash Wednesday

Yesterday, Mr. Borkowski sent a letter home to the oldest in each family regarding Ash Wednesday Mass, Lenten (mite boxes) and our annual 'Plain Lunch.' Please ensure that your child has a hearty breakfast and a snack for recess time as they will be having a plain bun and water for lunch only.

Tomorrow, I'll be sending home the lyrics to our Lent Song as well as a Lenten journey to track the 40 days of this church season. Simply get your child to colour 1 block (a day) on the path toward Easter.

Ice Skating on Thursday
Parents/grandparent volunteers-please meet in our classroom at 9:55 am as we are leaving promptly at 10:00 am. Make sure your child's jacket has a hood as we are walking to the arena rain or shine. Thanks in advance for your time and help with this!

Please ensure that your child has the necessary clothing (gloves, warm jacket, toque) and items for skating: ice skates, helmet (if they have them already). Please clearly label your child's bag of clothing. Girls can wear pants under their tunic.

***I will need one parent volunteer who is able to drive our equipment over to the arena for us - please let me know if you can help*** 

***Shoe sizes: please email your child's shoe size asap if they are renting ice skates! This will expedite the rental process****

Here is my list of volunteers (last name): Minhas, Liem, Baptista, Johnson (grandparent), Torszok, Tamis, Hicks, Pregil and Devine.

March 3 - 7

Speech Arts In Class Presentation
Thank you for all the parents and grandparents who came and watched the individual poems and class poem on Friday afternoon. Ms Kools was so impressed by our students class poem 'Alligator Pie' as well as those students who memorized a poem and presented it with confidence. I would like to congratulate Kayla and Kristian who will continue onto the Local Primary Speech Arts on Tuesday, March 11th for their individual poems!

Anti-bully Day
Last Wednesday, students participated in Anti-Bully Stations with the other primary classes. They made their own Anti-bully t-shirts,  listened to a story on how to be a great friend, ate a treat called Ants on a Log, watched The Ant Bully Movie and even learned a fun Anti-Bully Day dance. In our class, we discussed what being a good friend means and strategies to help a situation when we disagree with our friends.

 

This week we will be learning about the important season of Lent and why we celebrate it before Easter. On Shrove Tuesday, our students will enjoy pancakes made by the Knights of Columbus. Before we go to Mass on Ash Wednesday, students will learn about the symbol of the ashes and how it shows our willingness to change and be born to new life.Each day throughout Lent, we will ask each student to choose a promise from our Lenten Promise jar which will ask them to do something special or give something up for the day.

For Parents 

A Lenten Video Reflection can be found here http://www.loyolapress.com/lent-faq.htm

*Why do we have the season of Lent?

*Why is Lent 40 days?

*Why do start Lent by wearing ashes?

*Why do we practice prayer, fasting and almsgiving during Lent?

*Why do we give up things during Lent?

*Why is purple the colour of Lent?

*Why do we pray the Stations of the Cross during Lent? 

Healthy Bodies & Healthy Eating Unit

We will be learning about the four Food Groups as well as learning about different ways to keep our bodies healthy. Please send in any grocery flyers you may have at home - we need them by the end of the week.

Other reminders this week:

Monday -  gym with Mrs. Olaybal (Mr. Klaponski is away ice skating with other grades)
              - letter of the week Uu

Tuesday- Show and Tell for all students

March Theme 'Guess what's in the mystery bag?' (Your child brings in a mystery item in a paper bag. Ask. him/her to make up 2 or 3 clues for the item and we will try to guess what it is. Please write down the clues for me to read in case your child forgets what to say.

Wednesday- Ash Wednesday 

Thursday - Ice Skating 

If your child has their own helmet & skates, please make sure they are clearly labelled. We are leaving the school promptly at 10 am so parent/grandparents volunteers please meet in our classroom at 9:55am. We will be walking with the other Kindergarten class and their Grade 5 buddies as well as our own buddies from Grade 5/6.

Friday - Food Bank Mass

             

Parents, please make sure your child has a warm coat, boots, toque and or gloves - whatever they need to keep warm outside. As with all articles of clothing, please make sure each item is clearly labelled with their name.

Individual Poems - Speech Arts

We will have another (last) in class recitation on Friday, Feb 28th at 2:45pm because there were a couple students who were sick on Tuesday. We will also be reciting our class poem 'Alligator Pie.' Parents and grandparents are welcome to come to the classroom at that time. I will choose only 2 students to perform their poem for the Local Primary Speech Arts on Tuesday, March 11th.

Ice Skating Permission Forms & Money
These forms are due as soon as possible as I have to arrange parent/grandparent volunteers who will be walking with us to the arena. 

March Calendar
This was sent home today so please take a look at the upcoming events. Spring Break is March 17 - 21st.

Re-application Forms
Please remember the Friday deadline if you plan to send your child to CCS next September.

Kindergarten Auction Crafts

 

If you are interested in purchasing our class craft, it is only available at the CCS Auction Dinner this Saturday, March 1st! Tickets ($25/each) are still available through Melissa Banovich - contact her if you don't have a ticket yet! 

Week of February 24 - 28

I would like to thank Mrs. Fonseca for her hard work in organizing the Reading Fair on Thursday evening - it was a great evening of fun and games! It was nice to see all the students and parents that stopped by to see our Eric Carle inspired ladybugs.

Thank you for coming to your child's Student Led Conferences on Thursday evening and Friday morning. The students enjoyed showing off their work and enjoyed showing you what they have learned so far in Kindergarten.

This week
Monday *gym

Tuesday *library
              *Show and Tell
              *Speech Arts Individual Poems @ 230pm - parents & grandparents are welcome to watch

Wednesday *Anti bullying day: non uniform day (students may wear pink or any other colour), in the
                     afternoon primary classes will get together to do various activities as well as watch the movie
                     Ant Bully
                   *gym
                   *Hot lunch

Friday *Re-application forms were sent last week, they are due today
           *March calendar will be sent home today
        
Ice Skating - we will be going skating on Thursday, March 6th 10:45 - 11:45am and Monday, March 10th 1245 - 145pm. I will send home more details about helmets, renting ice skates by the end of this week. I will be asking for volunteers who could help walk with us to the Cloverdale Arena as well as to help tie up skates.

Thursday - Dress up as your favourite book character day!

The Scholastic Book  Fair actually begins on Wednesday and Thursday will be a non-uniform day. Students are asked to come dressed as their favourite book character.

If you haven't bought your Stayin' Alive tickets yet, Melissa Banovich has 6 tickets available for $25.00 each. Please contact her if you are interested.

Tomorrow afternoon, we will be celebrating 100 days of school with the other K's and Grade 1 so there will be no PE tomorrow!

If your child has not brought in their 100 day project, please send it in as soon as possible.

Speech Arts
- please continue to review our class poem 'Alligator Pie' at home                
-individual poems: students who have chosen to memorize a poem will be asked to practice
 saying their poem each morning in front of the class

* In class recitation for individual poems will be on Tuesday, Feb 25th at 230pm
* Local Primary Speech Arts will be on Tuesday, March 11th (time tba): we will be
 saying our class poem in front of the school and some students will be invited to say
 their (individual) poem in front of the whole school