Homework- Please read your book a couple of times each night to someone at home.           HAPPY EARTH DAY-Today, April 22nd is Earth Day. We will be doing a recycling activity today with our Grade 8 Buddies. We will be talking about this very important day and our wonderful planet and the ways that we can take care of it throughout the week. Please take the time to discuss with your child the importance of Earth Day and the ways that you, as a family, can take care of the Earth. LOVE THE EARTH! It is the only home we have. Make every day, Earth Day! Check out the Earth Day activity on Starfall the weblink is below.            Show and Tell- We have Show and Tell on Tuesday for tables 1 and 2 and Wednesday for tables 3 and 4.Please practice what your are going to say  about your show and tell item with your family.        Physical Education- We have gym class on Thursday and Friday this week.Please remember to wear comfortable clothing so you can run and play.       Yearbook - Yearbook orders are due on Friday April 25th. Yearbooks are $20 each.      School Clothing- Orders for school clothing will be taken on Wednesday April 23rd at the school.      Outdoor Clothing- With the very wet weather, our playground still has a lot of snow. It is very important that the children come dressed for the weather, with boots not sneakers, snow pants or splah pants and a warm jacket.           

  Read every night.     Phys.Ed Classes-We have gym class every Monday,Thursday and Friday. Please wear comfy clothes that you can run and exercise in.       Show and Tell- We have Show and Tell for students at Tables 1 and 2 on Tuesday and on Wednesday for students at Tables 3 and 4. Please remember to practice what you are going to say about your item with someone at home.         Library- We have library every Wednesday. You must return your library book each week if you are to get a new one.       The Teddy Bear Picnic for our new Kindergarten students starting school in the Fall is on Tuesday,April 15th.Therefore on this day our Kindergarten students will not have school. They will return to class on Wednesday April 16th.      

  Homework- Please read your book each night. Remember to use you strategies if your get stuck on a word.         Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! May the luck of the Irish be with you today and everyday.Remember to wear something green to celebrate this special day March 17th.The children did a great job creating their leprechaun traps. They can't wait to see if they will catch a leprechaun. Good luck boys and girls!     WOW! What a mess! This morning we found tiny green footprints all around our classroom. That leprechaun sure was tricky. He hid our shoes, knocked over some chairs and upset the crayons. He went to everyones trap but, we did not catch him. He left us a note to say he had a lot of fun. So much fun that he decided to leave us a clue to find his pot of gold. You won't believe where we found it. In the fridge! That silly leprechaun! We enjoyed the gold coins....chocolate. Yummy!       Report Cards go home today Tuesday March 18th. Please fill out the sheet if you would like a Parent\Teacher interview. Please return this sheet and the envelope to school with your child.     Parent\ Teacher Interviews- Here are the dates and times for our Parent\Teacher Interviews: *****Thursday March 20th- 4:00pm-6:00 pm. *****Friday March 21st- No School for Students- Parent\Teacher Interviews- 9:00am-11:30am       Math games go home on Tuesday and are to be returned on Thursday. Have fun playing these games at home with your family.      Show and tell is on Tuesdays for students from tables 1 and 2 and on Wednesday for students at tables 3 and 4. Please practice with your family what you are going to tell the class about your show and tell item.       The Credit Union will be at school on Wednesday, March 19th.         We have gym class on Thursday so please remember to wear comfy clothes.         Have a great week at school girls and boys. Smile and have fun!

Homework this Week-  Read each night Study spelling words Print the words of the week   Show and Tell- Students at Tables 1 and 2 do Show and Tell on Tuesday . Students at Tables 3 and 4 do Show and Tell on Wednesday. Students who forgot their Show and Tell can bring it on Thursday.         Library- We have library every Wednesday. Please remember to bring your book so that you can sign out a new book.           Spellathon-Our School Spellathon test will be on Thursday February 20th. This will be a written test and will be done in the classroom. Please study your words each night and practice printing them. All pledge sheets are due Wednesday February 19th.Good luck girls and boys!       Phys. Ed.- We have Phys. Ed. classes on Thursday and Friday this week. Please wear comfortable clothing.        On Thursday and Friday this week wear red and white to cheer on our Canadian Olympic Athletes. GO CANADA GO!!!!!

Spellathon Fundraiser- Our annual school spellathon has begun. This is our major fundraiser for our school. Information, pledge sheets and spelling list have been sent home. I encourage all students to collect pledges and study their spelling words. We will be working with our spelling words daily and hope to have all students be top spellers. Good luck boys and girls!   Sochi Olympics- The  Winter Olympics have begun and we will be cheering on our Canadian athletes in class as they go for the gold. As of today, Canada has 3 medals agold, silver and bronze. Way to go Canada! Be sure to watch our Canadain athletes at home with your child.I have included a link to CBC- Sochi Winter Olympics.           To support our Canadian athletes we will be wearing red and white on every Friday (Feb.7th,14th,21st) during the Olympics. GO CANADA GO!

Homework- Read each night * Print the word of the week. * Complete 2 writing pages in your homework book. When writing your sentences use the word sheet in the front of your book and sound out the words you are trying to spell.       Library- We have library every Wednesday. Remember to bring back the book you borrowed so that you can get a new book.           Physical Education- We have gym class every Monday, Thursday and Friday. Remember to wear comfortable clothes and shoes.           Skating- We have skating on January 16, 9:4am @ the Civic Center.We will be skating with our grade 8Buddies from Mr. Keating's class.         100th Day od School-We are off to a great 2014. It is hard to belive that we have been at school for 80 days. As the 100th day of school is fast approaching start looking for things to put in your 100th day collection. Information about the 100th day of school celebrations will be sent home soon.

  Santa Visit- We were very surprised and happy to have a special visit from Santa at our Christmas Dinner on December 12th. The children were very excited and all smiles to get their picture with SANTA.               Please read your Borrow -A-Book each night from Monday to Thursday.                Christmas Concert- The Kindergarten children did an awesome job this morning at the Christmas Concert. Everyone looked lovely and did a wonderful job with their Christmas Alphabet, Greeting, songs Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and the Reindeer Pokey. The audience loved your performance and were certainly feeling the Christmas spirit when they left .                                                                                                                                                                        Friday December 20th is our last day of school before the Christmas break. This is a full day. The K-2 students have a special day planned, with a reading by Mr. Fitzpatrick of the story book, The Polar Express and then we will watch the movie. Be sure to wear your comfy pajams on this day.         I wish you all a very Merry Christmas. I hope your holidays are filled with special moments with family and friends.  Have a wonderful Christmas break, everyone!