January 27/22

Div. 11's latest news and reminders...

*Thank you for your support with our new spelling program.  Duotangs will continue to come home on Wednesday and Thursday nights for homework if it is not completed during class time. I have gone over the lesson with the students but you will probably need to encourage or help them to read the directions so they can complete it properly.  Please return the duotang each day.  We will have our weekly quiz on Friday and students will have to show that their spelling assignment is complete before they go to 'Freetime Friday'.  

*Last week, your child brought home a Canadian flag and letter about their upcoming Great Canadian presentations that they will be doing.  There is detailed information in the letter but please feel free to email me with any questions.  When you are adding photos (which can include family/friends/cousins) to the flag, please place them so that we can still see that the background is a flag. If you would like more room to add pictures, you are welcome to use the back as well.  Also, please have your child write their first and last name on the front of their poster (middle names are optional). Please send the poster in with your child on the day of their presentation.  These will be laminated and added to your child's memory book.

*Please send in headphones/earbuds if you haven't already done so.  We use these both during Reader's Workshop and math so it is important for your child to have some. 

*Thank you for doing the daily health check and continuing to keep your children home if they are feeling unwell.  Could you also ensure that your child has an additional mask(s) in their backpacks.  We seem to be going through them especially with this moist cold air and fog!  

*Please look out for the 'Club Red' notice and calendar on Monday, January 31st.  This is a fun, school-wide reading program we will be doing for the month of February.  It is a winter olympics theme this year and includes a home reading component that begins on February 1st.

*Valentine's Day is coming soon.  When you are making Valentines please ensure if you are doing this that you make one for everyone in the class so no one feels left out.  Thanks!  Div. 11 students are listed below!

Avin                   Seth                        Evan                     Landon N.              Akua      

Maahi               Landon R.                 Janine                    Cooper                  Kenzie        

Matthew               Emily                   Gurnoor            Koston                   Ellery       

Callum               Sam                       Hunter                   Vivian                     Kayden

These are the safety protocols from our district...

Valentine Cards

Valentine card exchange is permitted, no restrictions on what type of card this year.

  

Homemade Baked Goods

Schools and district buildings must not allow homemade food items available to students or staff at this time. Only individually prepared and packaged commercial items are acceptable. These must be distributed by the teacher.

Thanks to the following people for bringing snacks for our celebration on Monday, February 14th.  Remember that all these treats are pre-packaged.  Please send these in by Thursday, Feb. 10th.     Thank you in advance!

Cooper -  Chips           Callum - Fruit Snacks/Gummies        Koston - Rice Krispy/Bear Paw              Ellery - treats             Emily - Juice Boxes

Hope you have a wonderful weekend. 

 

January 21, 2022

 I hope you and your families are all well. 

                                                      Look at our creative Winter Artwork!!

Updates/Reminders/Thank you's

*Spelling started this week and it went well.  The students have brought home their quiz from today. This will be weekly so look in the planner each week for the new words and often Wednesday/Thursday evenings for the duo tang (if they are not finished). 

*Great Canadian Posters and information went home today.  One thing I have told the students but didn't put in the letter (which totally explains the project) is to be sure that the Canadian flag can be seen.  Please do not cover the white background with pictures, you can always add pictures to the back of the poster.   Students that are away will get theirs when they return.  

*Please send an additional mask with your children each day, in case the one they are wearing gets wet.

*Thank you for doing the daily health check and continuing to keep your children home if they are feeling unwell

*There is no school on Monday due to the Professional Development Day

Have a great weekend.  See you Tuesday.

January 13th

It was so nice to see all of your children after our extended break.  Div. 11 has had a good first week back!  We have been busy doing New Resolutions, working on our Winter theme, and today we started our Canada unit.  Reminders...

*Your child will be bringing home a winter poem they need to practice for our Reader's Workshop, most of the students should already have these in their planners but the last groups will be Friday and Monday. On Tuesday they will start to present these to the class. 

*Black Excellence Day tomorrow - wear black

·  Black Excellence Day was created by Ninandotoo Society and takes place on January 14th, 2022, but will normally be January 15th each year.

·  January 15th is in honour of the great civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929.

·  The Black Excellence Day event will discuss the contributions of Black Canadians and their ongoing civil rights struggle, which often goes unacknowledged in our school curriculum.

·  The term 'Black Excellence' was born out of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

*We have just started our Canada unit.  Each child will be a 'Great Canadian' (more information about this to come soon) for now if you could start to collect some pictures of your child at different ages as we are asking them each to make a special poster.  

Covid Information...  There are lots of questions about when students should be coming to school and how long they should be away, this is the CDC document and links that were sent out by our district. 

http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/if-you-have-covid-19

It is ‘if you have COVID’ this part but they are saying to assume as much if they haven’t been tested and to follow the 10 days of isolation because he is not fully vaccinated. If he can get a test to find out he’s not and he isn’t isolating because someone is positive, he can come back when symptoms are gone or improved. Ideally the district is saying don’t come if you’re sick. They can to the assessment tool, it’s really descriptive. 

https://bc.thrive.health/ 

Generally, from the day of onset, 10 days isolation before they can return because assume it’s COVID. That is my understanding at least. 

Please be sure to let the school know if your child is going to be absent.  Thanks so much.  Hopefully this fourth wave will be a quick one!