Hi Everyone,  Hope you had a good weekend! Just a reminder that the days are getting colder. We do go outside, weather permitting. Please make sure you are dressed for the weather, hats, mitts and heavier jackets.        Remembrance Day Service  Our school Remembrance Day Service is on Friday November 8th at 10:00am. Please join us if you can.        Skating  Our first skating day of the year is on Thursday November 7th. The ice time is from 10:25-11:05. Students must have skates and helmets to go on the ice. We have extra skates at the school, so you can check with us for sizes. Parents are welcome to join us at this time. Hope to see you there.      K-2 Parent Literacy Night  The K-2 teachers will be hosting a Literacy Night for parents on Thursday November 7th from 6:30-7:30pm. Come and join us to find out what the K-2 literacy program is all about and to get some tips to help your child with reading at home.    Phys. Ed   Students have Phys.Ed with Mr. Fitzpatrick on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.        Library  Our library day is on Friday, Make sure you bring your book back, so you can get another one.      Math  We have been working on counting with money. Keep working on this at home. Now we will be working with ordinal numbers and estimation. Remember to continue counting in different ways.      Borrow-A-Book  It is very important that students continue to read each night and record their book on the log sheet. We have been working on different strategies to help figure out unknown words. Please remember to use these when you are reading.    Our Project With Texas  The students are very excited to be working with our partner class in Texas. This is the 8th year that our school has partnered with St. John's Episcopal School in Dallas, Texas. We had two live weekly reports so far. For the first one, Alex, Evan and Garret were our reporters and poetry reader. Last week, Ava, Ben and Noah did the job. Super work boys and girls. We have also sent our shared writing about Thanksgiving In Canada and our friends in Texas had their Play With Your Food Art Show. We will be doing our show later this month. Stay tuned for more details.     Have a wonderful week and please take time to remember.

 Hi Everyone,  I hope you had a great weekend! We have had some great weather. It is still a little cool in the mornings, so please make sure you are dressed for the weather. We are back to a five day week!      Phys.Ed  Our Phys.Ed days are on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.        Credit Union  School Credit Union Day is on Tuesday October 22, 2013.      Library  Library day is on Friday. Remember to bring your book back.    Math  We are working on a unit with numbers to 100. Keep counting in different ways by 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s. We are also working on odd and even numbers. Next up is counting with money. You can practice at home.       Borrow-A-Book   Please make sure you are reading each night and record your book on the log sheet.    Have a fabulous week!

 Hi Everyone,  Hope you have been enjoying the beautiful sunny weather. This is only a three day week for students, as teachers will be attending Professional Learning Days.    Phys. Ed  Our Phys. Ed days are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.        Math  We have started working on our unit of Numbers to 100. We will be counting in different ways, so students can be working on this at home. Count by 2s, 5s and 10s. A number line and 100 chart will be sent home on Monday for students to use at home.    Fire Prevention Week  This is Fire Prevention Week. Students will take part in an assembly with members of the fire department on Tuesday. This is a good time to test your smoke detectors.      No School  Just a reminder that there is no school for students on Thursday October 10th and Friday October 11th. These days are Professional Learning Days for teachers.    Donations For The Food Bank  The Student Council is having a Food Drive this week. All donations will be delivered to the Food Bank on Wednesday. Please bring something in if you can.    Monday October 14th is Thansgiving Day. Have a wonderful holiday with you family!        Have a super week!

 Hi Everyone!  Welcome back! I hope that everyone had a fun and relaxing break.      Phys. Ed  Our Phys.Ed days are Monday and Wednesday.        Library  We have library on Wednesday. Remember to bring your book back.    Spell-A-Thon  All pledge sheets are due back on Tuesday March 12th. The Spell-A-Thon will be on Friday March 15th. Good luck everyone!      Math  We are working on Mental Math Skills, doubles and near doubles and making 10. Keep working on your facts and using different strategies.      Borrow-A-Book  Please make sure that you are reading each night and recording your book on the log sheet.    St. Patrick's Day  St. Patrick's Day is coming up on Sunday March 17th. We will be celebrating on Friday, so make sure you wear your green.      Class Project With Texas  We were away on March Break last week, but we did connect with our friends the week before. Their tulips have emerged and are growing. When we checked on our garden there was 45 cm of snow on it! Makyla, Shaye and Brianna did a great job as the reporters. This month we will be exchanging self portraits and All About Me writing. It is also our turn to send the letters this month.    Have a great week! Happy St. Patrick's Day! May the luck of the Irish be with you!

 Hi Everyone!  I hope you had a good weekend. We had more snow over the weekend, so please make sure you are dressed for the weather.      Phys. Ed  Our Phys.Ed days are Monday and Wednesday.          Library  Our library day is on Wednesday. Remember to bring your book back.      100th Day Of School   We celebrated our 100th Day of School on Friday. It was an exciting day with lots of activities around the number 100. The K-2 students made a 100 Day Quilt, which looks great! We also did 100 exercises and collected 100 items for the Food Bank. In our class we read 100 books and asked questions to guess what each student brought for their 100th Day Collections. We still have other activities to do.    Math  We are still working on our unit of addition and subtraction. Please make sure you are working on your facts and strategies.      Borrow-A-Book  It is very important that you read your book each night and record it on your log sheet. Remember to use your strategies to help with unknown words and the check for understanding strategy to help with comprehension.    Project with Texas  We did not have our report last week. We checked on our tulip garden this week. There was 19cm of snow on the garden and no tulips growing.      School Credit Union Day  Our school Credit Union day is on Tuesday February 19th.        Math Games  Math games will go home on Monday and are due back on Wednesday. Have fun playing the games with your family.      Have a great week!

 Hi Everyone,  Hope you enjoyed the weekend! It looks like we are in for 6 more weeks of winter here. The groundhog closest to us, Shubenacadie Sam did see his shadow. Our class poll had most people hoping for an early spring. Please make sure you are dressed for the weather.    Phys. Ed  Our Phys. Ed days are on Moday and Wednesday.        Library  Our library day is on Wednesday. Remember to bring your book back.    Math  Keep working on your facts and strategies. This will help with your mental math skills. This week we are working on finding the missing number with addition and subtraction.      Class Project With Texas  Avery, Evan W. and Logan, did a super job as the reporters and poetry reader this week. They were surprised to find out that we were warmer than them on Thursday. Their 100th Day of School is in 3 more days. Our 100th Day of School is in 10 more days. We are going to find out how each class celebrates the 100th Day Of School.    Borrow-A-Book  Remember to read your book each night and record it on the log sheet. Try to use the check for understanding strategy to help with comprehension.    Math Games At Home  Starting this Monday, we will be sending home a Math game with the students. These games are for them to play at home with their family. The games are to be returned on Wednesday. It is a great way to work on math skills and have some fun. This will continue for the month of February.    Have a super week!