Welcome Fall!

Well, here we are in a new season - the year passes so quickly!
This week Kindergarten parents will notice that the homework has gone from one page to two - Language Arts on the front and Math on the back. Keep up the great work! And remember, please, to send the yellow Sounds duotangs back to school every day and homework by Friday. Thank you!
The annual GMCS Terry Fox Run will take place on Friday. K-2 students walk around the school a few times for our part. Please send in a loonie for your student's donation to the cure for cancer.
We have had two fire drills so far this year. We will have four more over the course of the school year as well. We also have evacuation lockdown practices scheduled, which you will hear more about when the time comes.
Have a great week!

WELCOME BACK!!!!!

Well, September is here, and we're all excited to start a new year! I hope each one of you had a great summer and is ready to have a wonderful, exciting, fun year at GMCS!
There are lots! of things coming home in agenda bags this week - for parents as well as students. Book orders are due back to me (homeroom) by this Friday, Sept 11th. Please sign and return the Highlights, Puzzlemania, and Chirp slips asap, yes or no, as I can use these slips to get free items for use in the classroom. Information slips are extremely helpful to us, so please don't miss that one.
The letter in the front of the K Homework duotang will, hopefully, answer some of the questions that you have concerning your child's first year here. As I stated there, please don't hesitate to phone me with any questions or concerns you might have.
We will be having a fire drill on Thursday (weather permitting), and will practice with your children this week so they will be ready for it.
Here's to a GREAT year!!!

the last hurrah!

Here we are, and it's Wednesday of the last week already......... where does the time go??? Here's the scoop for the rest of this week:
- today the K-8 students will be dismissed at 10am. Graduation is at noon.
- Thursday is a full day, and the K-2 will go to the Anchorage at 11, and
dismiss from there at 2:00
- Dismissal for 3-12 is at 11:00, with K-2 leaving at 12.
Have a wonderful summer. I'm looking forward to a great new year in September!

TWO MORE WEEKS!!!!!!

School is winding down, and this week we will make two trips. The first trip is to the Grand Manan Museum (just our Kindergarten class) on Wednesday, June 10th. On Thursday June 11th, we will have our annual "Day at the Beach", leaving school at 11:00am for the Anchorage Park. Any family members who would like to join us are more than welcome. Your child will need a bag lunch (two drinks would be a good idea, and one could be water), sunscreen, a towel, a hat, beach toys (labelled with his/her name), and clothes appropriate for the weather that day. If it is raining on Thursday, we will go on Friday. The buses will pick the children up at the Anchorage to return them home at the regular time.
Hope to see you at the Anchorage!

JUNE is here!

Well, only three more weeks of classes and this year is a done deal.... We are still doing lots of work, so please help your child remain focused on school work.
We have completed the list of tricky and sight words, as well as going through the letters of the alphabet. We are doing a lot of review, and this is important to make sure the students remember what we've learned this year.
Mrs. Jones has put a slide show of our Spring Carnival on her blog - please take a minute or two to have a look. We all had a great time!
As well, please keep an eye open in your child's agenda for information re our trip to the Anchorage on the 11th (rain date 12th), and see his/her homework duotang today for a slip about June 16th, when they are to stay home as next year's class is coming for a visit that day.
There will be no more homework, which I'm sure pleases both you and your child.
Have a great week!

SPRING CARNIVAL WEEK

I think it finally feels like Spring has arrived!!!! This week there are some school-wide activities to celebrate. Monday is PJ Day, Tuesday is Dress like the Opposite Sex Day, Wednesday is Twin Day ( get a friend to dress just like you), Thursday is No Pants Day (wear shorts, etc), and Friday is Hat Day. On Friday there is a Fun Day as well -- There will be inflatable toys for all, and the time for K-2 to use them is 11:00-11:50. There will be a movie shown in the afternoon - BOLT (you can check it out at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt_(2008_film). There have been permission slips and notes for lunch and treats on Friday come home. Please have these back asap.
We will cover the last two letters this week - Y and Z. As well, the last of our tricky and sight words - goes, does, made, and their.
Have a great Spring Carnival week!

Happy Victoria Day!

Well, you know the year is drawing to a close when we celebrate the Victoria Day holiday...

I will soon be sending home a list of all of the words your child has brought home this year in his/her "Tricky and Sight Words" bag, so you can have them to review through the summer months. This week's words are right, two, and four.

We are nearing the end of the alphabet as well - this week we are doing words that begin with the letter Ww and Xx. As there aren't many that begin with Xx, we will also talk about words with Xx in them.

Friday is a day off for students, as teachers deal with union business in the afternoon after a morning professional development session.

There won't be many more weeks of homework. Please review with your child the work done through the year and make any corrections, as well as completing any missed work. Thank you.