Monday 27 February 2017

Week Feb 27-March 5

This week will begin our Lenten Journey.

Ash Wednesday: All parents are invited to join our school community on Wednesday at 10:30 am to receive the blessed ashes.

The Grade 5's are in full swing with their Social Justice projects. They are working very hard towards their goal for raising funds for the Cheo Therapeutic Clown program.

News from the BOOK SALE!

Date: Tuesday, March 7th
We are still looking for more books to sell. It's a great time to empty your bookshelf of books you are no longer using. If you have children's books to donate, please send them in as soon as possible.

Lettuce Sales are going strong! If you would like some organic mixed lettuce, don't forget to bring $5. All this will be donated to the Clowning Program. 

Annie at All Saints
Permission slips went home today for our trip to All Saints, this Thursday. Without permission, the students will have to remain at the school for the morning. NO PHONE CALLS will be made home that morning. Please be sure to bring your signed permission forms back to school.

Have a great week everyone,
Mrs. Hanna


Sunday 12 February 2017

Week Feb. 13-18

What's Up This Week?

Social Justice Project News: The committee of students organizing the book sale are looking for gently used children's books for the sale in March. If you have any books at home that you are willing to part with, please send them to school as soon as possible so the students can begin sorting and pricing.
The lettuce sales are going strong and the towers continue to produce wonderful lettuce crops. If you are interested in purchasing a bag of organic lettuce, please send in $5.
All proceeds from our Social Justice initiatives are going to support the Therapeutic Clowning Program at CHEO.
Stay tuned for news from our Chew For CHEO committee as they are getting organized for their fun activity for a great cause.

Language:
The Book Clubs have wrapped up their reading assignments. The students worked very hard during this project and were really engaged in their book club chats. They are now working collaboratively to promote their books, in a creative way. I will post links to their projects...stay tuned!

Math: We will be continuing our Number Sense Unit with the focus on Multiplication and Division. Students should be working towards improving fact fluency, using ReflexMath. Achieving their green circle, at least 5 times a week, will go a long way to improving their fluency. Students are already beginning to see the benefits of knowing their math facts when working on word problems.

Next Monday is Family Day...don't forget it's a school holiday too!

Have a great week everyone!
Mrs. Hanna

Sunday 5 February 2017

Week of Feb. 6 - 13

What's Up This Week?

Thursday: NewsShow at 1:00pm

Please click here to read a request from our Kindergarten wing. They are working towards gathering old shoes for "Souls for Souls".
Souls for Souls


Math
We are working on our Multiplication and Division Unit this month. Please check out our curriculum goals in the tab above. You will also find links to extra practice sites. Remember to work for your green circle in ReflexMath to build your math fact fluency. Getting a green circle at least 4x a week, will help your fluency tremendously!

Language
We are in the last week of our Book Clubs. Be sure to complete your books and your weekly jobs by Friday. The discussions have been fantastic and it's wonderful to see the students so engaged in their novels and their group discussions. Keep up the amazing work!

This week, we will be continuing our work on biographies. Each student has selected a saint to study. They will be writing their biographies and creating a poster to teach others about their chosen saint.

Report Cards will be going home next week. There are no formal interviews at this time. If you are interested in meeting with any of your teachers, please let us know by email and we can make arrangements.

Have a great week everyone!
Mrs. Hanna