almost two weeks in....

Students seem to be settling in well. No tears for two days straight!! YAY!!

This week we have started our Jolly Phonics program, where we learn sounds - not letter names (most of the students know the letter names, but the JP program is about the sounds letters make). Please review the sounds we've done so far each night with your child. The actions are important as well (making the big "S" with your arm for the "ssss" sound, ants on the arm for the a (short a) sound, etc. Making a game of it with your child will make it a fun time. We will have covered all of the sounds in the English language by Christmas time. It is important to return the orange Sounds duotang each day so your child can put his/her new sound sheet in it.

Homework duotangs can be returned as soon as the homework is finished, Thursday at the latest please, to give us a chance to correct the homework and get the duotangs ready for the next week.

Next week, on Thursday, September 22nd, the whole school will be participating in the annual Terry Fox Run. In K-2, we walk around the school a few times, and discuss the reason for the day with the children. We are asking that each child bring in $2 to support Terry's dream of finding a cure for cancer. As many families have had first hand experience with fighting cancer, we all want to help in this endeavour.

There is no school for students next Friday, September 23rd, as teachers will be attending meetings that day.

Thank you for remembering to send notes with your child/ren if he/she/they aren't going home in the afternoon. Please remember to put a name along with a 911 address for their destination, as bus drivers don't necessarily know where "grammy", "nanny", etc lives.