Good afternoon families,
 We hope this message finds you all well J Here are some of our highlights together this week:
 “In gym we played Zombie tag and then we got to play with Pillo Polo”. Cooper
 “In gym we played with the soft balls, and we got to play with Polo sticks and we were trying to roll it into the net to score a goal.” Lucas
 “For this week in T.W.A.S we made bears and then had sound out the parts of a bear.” Neve
 “In our Visual Journals we got to draw about the Elf on the Shelf with Miss. A. I made mine standing on the roof.” Wyatt
 “Comic book club this week I drew Dogman. Dogman is my favourite comic.” Lennon
 “In Social Studies we are learning about our Neighbourhood communities. Our school is in Lake Bonavista. We saw this on Google Earth.” Easton
 “In Music we learned in a different language. I liked that we got scarves to do movements with the song.” Kate
 “With Mrs. Harris we are learning Jingle Bells for the Christmas concert. We get a partner and get to switch with them after spinning around.” Alicia
 In Fire Writing we got to make our own comic books about school. In my school we had a fun water balloon fight.” Aidan C
 “We asked the kids in our class what kinds of bears they liked best between Brown Bears, Polar Bears and Black Bears. Polar Bears was liked the most.” Ellia
 
“We created a Christmas countdown.  There are 25 days until Christmas!” Ciara
 “We are going to do a STEM challenge today.  I think we are building Lego.” Evan
 “This week in Music we practiced Jingle Bells!” Acasia
 “We opened the Beakerhead box and we did a sharing circle and guessed what was in it.  I thought it was paper because I heard the shaking.  It was tape.” Reid
 “We are supposed to build a creation with the tape for the year 3018! I think we should build a flying house!” Presley
 “We made bears in our TWAS out of paper.  One part of the bear is the ears!” Bolor
 “On Friday we did the STEM challenge.  It was about building things with gears and Lego.  I had not many steps on mine.  I made a drill with my buddy.  I had Jayden and Keaton!” Jacob
 “We did a STEM Challenge.  We built Lego and it was a pretend drill.  It was electric!” Clint
 “On Crazy Hair day we drew a picture of us in our crazy hair.  Mine was a blue fohawk!” Andrew

Reminders:
-No school Dec 7^th PD Day
-Christmas Concert Dec 19^th
-Report Cards Dec 21^st
-Last day of school Dec 21^st

Have a great weekend!

Good Afternoon Families!

What an exciting two weeks!  We did not post a blog post last week so our highlights below are from November 12th-22nd.  Enjoy!

"Last week we went to the Zoo and we got to see the monkeys.  They were goofing around and then we saw one fall and then it climbed on a branch." Cooper

"For the 'Best Part of Me' we wrote about what the best part of us is and I wrote about my ears.  If I didn't have my ears I wouldn't be able to hear beautiful music." Georgia

"This week in gym we learned how to play volleyball.  We worked on setting the ball." Neve

"At the Zoo in Bear Necessities we learned that polar bears have black skin underneath their coat." McKenzie

"At the Zoo we learned that bears eat different types of food and the brown bear and the black bear eat the same food.  They eat fish and plants." Wyatt

"At the Zoo I learned that alligators can eat five people or fish and frogs or other tiny animals at a time.  I also learned that bats can sleep until Spring is over because if they land on snow they could die." Cale

"We wrote about what snow feels like and what we like about snow.  I wrote about what snow feels like.  It feels fluffy!" Easton

"In the gym we did volleyball and we got to pick our partners.  Yesterday we passed the ball and bumped it.  It was fun to pass the ball!" Acasia

"With Miss. A in Social Studies we made pictures of us.  I wrote I am a good friend." Aidan C



Reminders:
Parent/Teacher Conferences Thursday November 22nd and Friday November 23rd
No School Friday November 23rd
Fun Lunch and Spirit Day Thursday November 29th

Have a fantastic weekend!! Snuggle up and read! :)

Good afternoon Grade 1 families,

Here are some of our highlights of our week together:

-"We started the Comic book club this week. We partnered up with some buddies and we could bring a comic book from home. We also could pick a comic from the library." Evan

-"In gym we played with the parachute and we played a game called Cat and Mouse. I was the mouse and went under the parachute and the cat goes on top of the parachute, if the cat gets the mouse the mouse has to go back out of the parachute." Abbey

-"We wrote about Peace in our journals. I wrote peace feels like an ambulance going past." Andrew

-"Today is our Remembrance Day assembly and we are going to sing O' Canada. We have some kids from our class that are also going to say poem." Kate

-"In the Remembrance assembly I am going to say the poem. It is called Little Poppy." Presley

-"This week we made our Doves to hang up in the gym for the assembly. We wrote what peace feels or looks like. I wrote Peace feels like newborn kittens." Lucas

-In math, we learned about different ways to make numbers." Jacob N

-"In Music we practiced singing O' Canada and we also practiced Nothing More and Peace In My fingers." Cooper

-"In our Visual Journals we wrote about things that we were peaceful for. I wrote friends and family." Acasia

-"In gym we played a game called lifeguard and sharks. We used a parachute and it was fun." Will

-"We made poppies this week in Art. We got red paper and then made different shapes for poppies, and then we painted on a big piece of paper and then glued them onto the paper." Ciara

-"In art we made a graveyard for Remembrance day. We did this with Miss. A, we painted it, and then used red tissue paper for the poppies." Anna

-"We doves out of paper. I put a smiley face and my dove was rainbow and it said love in the middle." Cale


Important Dates and reminders:

-Please return field trip forms by Monday!

-Teacher conference sign up will start Monday November 12th.

-Field trip to the Zoo Thursday November 15th (depart at 8:30 am).

-Fun Snack November 15th.

-Fun Lunch November 22nd. 

-No school November 23rd.

Have a great weekend :)

Hello Families! Happy Friday!  Below are some highlights from our week!

"We played a game in gym where two people would go under the parachute and switch spots!  It's hard because you can't go back to the same spot." Alicia

"In gym we played with the parachute.  The game that we played was lifeguard.  I was a shark and it was super fun!" Jacob

"In music we practiced the Remembrance Day song.  It is called Nothing More."  Cooper

"We went to the grade four classroom and we drew monsters in our journals.  It was hard because you had to roll the dice and whatever number you rolled you had to copy the body part." Reid

"In music we learned a song.  It's the mouse ran up the clock, hickory dickory dock!" Aidan C

"We cut open a pumpkin.  It was moldy and it was starting to grow stuff.  It kind of smelled like stinky socks in the laundry."  Acasia

"We worked with our grade four buddies.  My buddies name is Will S." Aiden VM

"In our visual journals we drew Frankenstein and a haunted house.  My haunted house was tilted!" Presley

"In math we made little pumpkins and we put them together with glue an sheets of paper.  We were problem solving." Lucas

"On Halloween we had a dance in the learning commons.  I was Steve from Minecraft.  I went trick or treating with Theo and Dex." Elliott

"I was Black Panther for Halloween. I went trick or treating with my Mom." Trent

Reminders:

School Photos due back November 7th
November 9th Remembrance Day Assembly
Photo Retakes November 12th
Zoo Field Trip November 15th

Have a spectacular weekend!!  Don't forget the clocks go back on Sunday!!

Good Afternoon Families!

We had such an amazing week!  Please take a look below for some of the highlights:

"We went on our nature walk and we learned about our five senses.  I felt the grass and I smelled a spruce tree." Hannah

"Today I went on the diving board and the first time I got scared and then the second time I did it.  If I did it again I would try a flip." Elliott

"In TWAS today we wrote about swimming and what we did.  We went down the slide twice and jumped off the diving board." Kyle

"We went on the waterslide today.  We played a game when our teacher said things you would bring in a boat and if they were good you jump in." Andrew

"In our TWAS we wrote about swimming and the bus ride.  My Dad volunteered today and did lots of fun stuff with us." Jake

"Yesterday we did a nature walk and we learned about hearing and smell and touch and sight.  I smelled dead grass and I heard wind.  I felt crunching leaves." Evan

"In music we played pumpkin pumpkin on the xylophones." Lucas

"In gym we talked about our stations.  One of the stations had a spinning thing where you wobble and try to balance." Ciara

"In music we played a game and we had to sit on the steps.  When the music stops we change our skeleton shape." Will


A BIG THANK YOU to all of our AMAZING volunteers who joined us on our swimming field trip!  We appreciate you so much and would not be able to have these opportunities without you!

On October 31st we invite students to dress up if they would like as long as their costumes do not interfere with their learning and the costumes are school appropriate (no weapons, masks, blood, gore, etc.)

Reminders:
Halloween Howl Thursday October 25th (we are accepting Calgary Food Bank donations if you are able to donate)
No School Friday October 26th
Halloween Wednesday October 31st

Have a fabulous weekend! :)

Good afternoon Grade 1 families,

Here are some of our highlights together this week:

-"In gym we are doing scoops and balls. I like that you can toss it up and catch it with the scoop." Lucas 

-"Yesterday we played outside with scoops and balls for Gym and my partner was Reid." Evan

-"Today we watched Ms. Manser and Mr. Newman do the Chicken Dance, because we won the Terry Fox contest from the other school." Kate

-"We wrote in our journals about our favourite things that are orange. I wrote about a pumpkin, orange crayon and lava." Cale

-"Yesterday we had buddies with the Grade 4 class. We played a get to know you bingo." Abbey

-"We did buddies in Grade 4. We played a game and we had to use dice, and beads." Ciara

-"We played a new game in Music called Spider on my face, Spider on my leg." Aiden V.M.

-"This week we played a 10 frames game. We flipped it over and whoever had the bigger number won." Elliott

-"In Music we got to go on the Xylophones and I played a song." Alicia

-"In math we built numbers with blocks. It was called Messy Math." Acasia 

-"Today for our T.W.A.S. we wrote about Ms. Manser and Mr. Newman doing the Chicken Dance in the gym. It was silly." Jake


Important information:

-We still need volunteers next week for Swimming (8:00 am to 10:15 am). You need to have clearance in order to come with us. Please email your child's teacher if you are able to help us out.

-Please pack a separate bag for swimming. Please wear clothing that is easy to take on or off so we can get on the bus in time.

FOR ANY VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE COMING WITH US WE WILL BE LEAVING THE SCHOOL AT 8:40 A.M. PLEASE BE HERE BY 8:30 A.M. THANK YOU

-Fun Lunch October 25th

-Halloween Howler Dance  October 25th

-Pro D Day October 26th No School

Have a great weekend enjoy the warm weather :)

Hello Grade One Families!

Here are a few highlights from our fabulous week:

"In music we learned a new pumpkin song.  Pumpkin, pumpkin, round and fat...." Cooper

"We learned new ways to write in our fire writing journals.  Labeling our pictures is a way to write!" Evan

"We learned a song in music called Wiggle Like a Wiggle Worm.  It is one where you have to turn into a statue when the music stops."  Aidan

"We made Fall trees out of paper and sponges to make the background and the trees.  I used all of the colours in the rainbow."  Cale

"We made a beautiful oops.  This is where we draw a squiggle or a line and make it into something.  I turned mine into a stegosaurus!" Hannah

"In math we asked what colours people like.  I had pink, purple, blue, and yellow.  Five people chose blue."  Ciara

"We wrote about pictographs and we picked one thing.  I picked sports and we talked to ten people." Trent

"We played a word game where you have to write a word down three times and the teacher has to write it down six times.  You tap your board when you are done and we get a tallie point." Andrew, Reid, and Evan

"We got a ball and tried to throw it up in the air.  Then we had to run around the gym with the scoop and the ball trying not to let the ball fall out." Kate

"In gym we played with the scoops and balls too and we passed the balls to a partner.  We went back and forth.  It is fun to do that because you get to do it with a partner." Acasia

"We did a math problem, how many letters in my name. I have seven letters in my name." Will

"We made trees using paint and we used sponges and sharpie pens.  We used the texture of the sponge to make the background" Reid

"We wrote down the ways that you can be a writer.  Pictures, a list, and labels." Macca

Reminders:

Picture Day Monday October 15th
Swimming October 21st-25th
Halloween Howl Dance Thursday October 25th
No School Friday October 26th

Have a great weekend and enjoy the warm weather!