Artists at work

Students have continued to explore Piet Mondrain. This week, we provided students with oil pastels, plates and black construction paper. 

In Math, we are continuing to learn about patterns and numbers. Some students explored growing patterns this week. 

 

Friendly Reminders: 

Please ensure you are sending your child dressed in warm clothes to go outside for recess. We will only stay indoors if there is an extreme cold weather alert. 

Morning supervision in the Kindergarten area begins at 7:45, students should not be coming through the front doors of the school as there is no supervision in the class during this time. Please note that the Kindergarten doors are locked at 8:00 a.m. We kindly ask you to drop off your child at the office after the second bell. 

 

Year 2 Student-Led Conferences were a success! Students did a great job showcasing their work to their families. 

Year 1 Observation Visits begin on Monday. Please refer to the confirmation letter sent home for your date/time. When arriving, please sign in at the office first. 

Please return your child's report card envelope as soon as possible :) 

Have a great weekend! 

Report Card & Book Fair

Report Cards: 

Your child will be bringing home his/her report card today. Please return the envelope with your signature after every term. 

Year 2 Student Led Conferences: 

It is required that you bring your child with you for student-led conferences on Thursday.  

Book Fair: 

The book fair will be open tomorrow (Thursday) evening from 3:00 to 7:00 (not open from 5:30-6:00) for you to purchase books. 

It will also be open on Friday morning until 10:00 a.m.  

"Snow" much fun!

We woke up to our first snowfall Friday morning! It was beautiful! Continue to practice the Winter Dressing Song over the weekend.
Please send your child in waterproof boots and practice putting snow pants over the boots to avoid wet socks. 

We started to learn about various artists. We started with Piet Mondrain. We learned how he uses very few colours and learned the word abstract. 

 

Students had so much fun wearing patterns on Monday. 

 

 

Friendly Reminders: 
Year 1 Parents: Please send in your Observation sign up form by Monday. We will send home confirmations on Monday.

Year 2 Parents: We're looking forward to our student led conferences on Thursday. A reminder note will be going home early next week.

Winter Concert: The Kindergarten students will be having their winter concert, "Canada, Eh" on Wednesday December 19.
The concert is FREE! However, we appreciate a donation of a non-perishable food item for the Vaughan Food Bank. 

Monday: Book fair begins on Monday
  
Wednesday: Report Cards go home

Friday: No School! P.A. Day 

Brrr it's cold!

We are expecting 5-10 cm of snow tonight. 

Today, we started practising how to get ready for outside by singing our Winter Dressing Song: 
Please practise at home with your child: (tune: Head and Shoulders). Please have your child do this as independently as possible. 

Snowpants, 
Boots, 
Then coat and hat.
Coat and hat. Coat and hat. 
Snowpants, 
Boots, 
Then coat and hat. 
Scarf and mittens last.

Personal Belongings

Families, 

We are kindly asking that students refrain (do not) from bringing toys, jewellery etc... to school. We are having incidents where items are being broken or are getting lost. 

Please have a conversation with your child.

Thank you for your support.

Mrs Sierra and Mrs Partab

We Remember

This week, we have been discussing Remembrance Day and what the word peace means. Please continue to talk to your child about peace and happiness as we will continue talking about these topics. 

Enjoy the pictures below: 

  

We've been having lots of fun at Tim Hortons, practising how to order items and filling out order forms. 

Students were challenged at the STEAM table to build a straw house based on the story, The Three Little Pigs 

Ms.D (DECE student teacher) sent home an activity today for you to complete together about your culture/country of origin. 

Important Reminders/Information: 
We have been learning lots about patterns! On Monday, we are asking students in our classroom to wear something (sweater, pants, socks etc...) with a pattern on it. 

Year 1 parents: Please read and return the Year 1 observation visit sign up (sent home today) as soon as possible. Observation visits are only for Year 1 families. 

Year 2 parents: Students in Year 2 to Grade 8 will be participating in student-led conferences. Please log-in to Edsby to book a time/date. More information will be sent home closer to the evening. 

Please send warm clothes (hat, scarf, gloves, boots) as the weather gets cooler. Also, please practice zipping up jackets at home.

We had so much fun looking out the window today and watching the snow fall! 

Year 1 Observations & Year 2 Interviews

Year 1 Students: 
More information about Year 1 observations will be sent home towards the end of the week

Year 2 Students: 
Parents will have the opportunity to sign up for Year 2 student led interviews on Edsby starting on Wednesday. If you have not logged on and created your account, please contact the office as soon as possible.