WEEK 22

...and what a week we have in store!

This week we will be talking about the letter Ff, and new words will be one, by, and from.

On Tuesday we will have a special assembly after noon hour in the gym for all K-5 students, including an oath-taking by all students to help prevent bullying. We, as a school, in partnership with the RCMP and other community groups, are involved in a new program, called W.I.T.S. - each letter standing for a strategy in avoiding bullying -
W - walk away, I - ignore, T - talk it out, and S - seek help. 
We have had RCMP officers in, reading stories and discussing bullying (what it looks like, what we can do to help, etc), and find it brings awareness to a problem that we want to stop.

Thursday is Valentine's Day, as I'm sure you are aware.  We will be having a small class party on Thursday afternoon, around 1pm.  If you would like to send in a snack or some juice boxes, it would be great.  Please write a note in your child's agenda so I will know.

Friday is DAY 100!  and what a day we have planned for your kids to celebrate!  Please send in his/her project on Thursday - we will have them displayed in the cafeteria in the afternoon on Friday for all to see.  Following recess on Friday (as long as we have no days off this week) we will have Day 100 activities in the gym, followed by lunch (as usual) in the cafeteria.  After noon recess we will have activities in each K-2 classroom, and will rotate through them, so every child gets to do all of the activities.  At 1:25, students and parents (and anyone else who would like) are welcome to view all projects in the cafeteria (Great Hall).  Thank you for helping your child prepare his/her project to show in school.  We have had some truly original ideas in the past, and I'm excited to see what everyone has dreamed up this year!

I would also like to say how well my class did during our "emergency" early dismissal on Friday.  They handled themselves well when I had to call all of their parents to make sure someone would be home for them.  One of the girls even carried out an armful of lunch kits as we were getting dressed - and they got their own agendas out of the basket, aware of the routine even though it was out of the ordinary.  Kudos to you all!