It is hard to believe that there are  only 17 more days until Christmas! The students are getting excited  and there are lots of activities going on. Our Christmas dinner for students is tomorrow, December 9th. The cost of the turkey dinner is $3.50. This is the only meal being served in the cafeteria. If your child does not wish to have this meal they will have to bring their own lunch.   Christmas Shopping A reminder that students can shop on Wednesday December 9th and Thursday December 10th. Items are between $1.00 and $3.00.     Skating We have skating on Thursday December 10th. Our ice time is from 9:00 - 9:40am. Students need skates and helmets. Parents are welcomed to join us.     Enjoy the rest of your week!

Olympic Torch Relay   Wow! What an exciting day we have tomorrow! All students from K-8 will be going to JMH to see the Olympic Torch Relay. The students are looking forward to this big event and we have been checking in to see where the torch is on it's journey across Canada. Just a reminder that students will need to bring their lunch tomorrow, as the cafeteria is not open. Show your Canadian colours and wear red and white tomorrow. Remember to dress for the weather. GO CANADA GO!   Skating We have skating on Monday November 30th. Our ice time is from 9:00 - 9:40. Students need to bring their skates and helmets. Parents are welcomed to join us for this activity.       Have a super weekend!

Hello Everyone! Our Remembrance Day Service will be held today in the school gym at 10:00 pm   Just a reminder that there is no school tomorrow, Wednesday November 11th, as it is Remembrance Day.   Book Orders November book orders are going home today and they are due back on Friday November 13th.       Class Project With Texas We were able to do our weather and class reports last week. Emma and Dalton did a great job as our reporters. The students learned about Tornado Drills from our Texan friends. As part of our project we will be doing our Play With Your Food Art Show. This will take place on Tuesday November 17th. More information will be going home with the students today.   Enjoy the rest of your week!

We are already into the last week of October. The days are going fast and we have been very busy.       Daily 5 The students have been doing a good job with the program. Today we reached 20 minutes of Independent Reading. Super job Grade 2! We are ready to add the writing componet. Keep checking in to see how we are doing.   Skating Our first skating date is on Monday November 2nd from 9:00 - 9:40. Students will needs skates and a helmet.   Class Project With Texas We finished up our letters and mailed them off to Texas last week. We were unable to connect with Texas to do our live weather report. We are hoping that the connection works tomorrow.   Have a safe and Happy Halloween!

Welcome Back! I hope that everyone enjoyed their extra long Thanksgiving weekend.  We are into another short week.  Just a reminder that picture retakes and school clothing orders will take place on Wednesday October 14th.       Tulip/International Project Wednesday October 14th is a big day!  We will have our first video conference with our partner class in Dallas, Texas. The students are very excited and can't wait to meet their pen pals. We received their letters today and were very happy to receive the package. We will be starting return letters this week.  Tomorrow afternoon we will be planting our tulip garden. This is part of our project with Texas. Stay tuned for more information and photos.   Daily 5 The students are working hard on this aspect. We reached 13 minutes of independent reading today. We have also been learning the different ways to "Read To Someone".   Book Orders October Book Order forms went home today and are due back on Friday October 16th.       Please make sure that you read each night.       Have a wonderful week everyone!

  We are into our fourth week of school and the fall season. The mornings are getting cooler, so please make sure that your children are dressed for the weather.         Terry Fox Walk The walk was cancelled on Friday because of the weather.  Please note that it has been rescheduled for this Friday October 2ND at 1:00pm. Parents are welcomed to join us.     Daily 5 We have been working on the Daily 5 over the past week. This is a literacy program to help us to become better independent readers and writers. Today we made it to 41/2 minutes. We are working every day to build our stamina.     No School Just a reminder to parents that there is no school on Thursday October 8th and Friday October 9th, as they are curriculum days for teachers.       Enjoy the rest of your week!