Halloween is approaching. We have been counting the number of sleeps left! We are down to 4 more sleeps now!!!! :) The children are very excited and have been learning new poems, songs and making crafts related to Halloween and fall. We will also be talking about Halloween Safety. I hope you have a fun time "Trick-or- Treating"!

Hi everyone!  Welcome to our class page. This year will be a lot of fun and I look forward to working with you all. I am very excited to meet all my students and hope you visit here often to see all the great things we are learning! Sincerely, Mrs. Poole

The children LOVED making gifts for their families the past few days. They took their time and put a lot of love into each item they made. Here are some of them making ornaments for their trees! I have also added an image gallery so you can see more photos. :) Merry Christmas.

SPLAT the Cat is a character in a series of books written by Rob Scotton. We love his illustrations and in his latest book, Merry Christmas, Splat!, Splat is especially cute. At the end of this story Splat opens his present and he looks VERY happy. It said it was the best present ever but we couldn't see what it was and the author didn't tell us. We were left to imagine what might have been in the box. The children came up with some awesome ideas and were very motivated to write about what they thought Splat received. Some ideas were: a hotdog, a new bowl, a mouse, a toy, cheese Whiz, a new owner, a couch, some holly, treats and a dog. Great work boys and girls and thank you to Rob Scotton for writing such an awesome book.

Orders for school pictures are due by September 21. Jersey day on Friday! Please sign and return Parent release form for media recording. Book orders are due by September 17- Friday!   Library day is Thursday! Books must be returned each Thursday   in order for your child to take out a new one.

Today is Earth Day and the children are very excited to celebrate. They have been learning about how they can help our planet by Reducing, Reusing and Recycling. We are having a litterless lunch today and will be cleaning up our playground. The children are keen to learn about the environment and want to do their part. A good website to visit is www.ecokids.ca It has a lot of good information and talks about what others students are doing in Canada. There are aslo some free videos on www.brainpopjr.com that talk about the Earth. Check them out!   Happy Spring!   Spring is a great time to explore our 5 Senses. There are so many changes to see, smell, feel and hear. We explored our sense of taste yesterday with a yummy taste test. We tested our taste buds with sweet, sour and salty foods and had fun! We will be finishing this unit soon. We have finished with all Zoophonics animals and sounds and are now combining sounds to read and spell words. We are also working on the "th", "sh" and "ch" sounds.