September 21, 2015

Hello families and friends,

This morning we had our first fire drill of the year!  We talked about the expectations during a fire drill, why it is important, what each person's job is during it, and where we need to go.  The students did an excellent job.  We also spent some more time working on building our reading stamina.  Also in the morning, we celebrated Peace Day as a whole school.  Each class made pinwheels and we went outside with them and sang our peace songs.

In the afternoon we had a special guest, Mr. Southworth, come and join us to read the book "What If...".  The students came up with their own "what ifs" and shared them with some partners.  Ask your child about this, and post your "what if" in the comments below.  We finished off our day drawing a map of the community walk that we took on Friday, using our visual language skills.  Ask your child about the things that they saw, and why these are important to the community.

This Thursday is our open house.  Times can be booked through your CBE Account.  Each time block will start with a 15 minute presentation in the gym, followed by a 40 minute meet the teacher.  This is not a formal interview, but a chance for you to meet your child's teacher and to get to know them and how the year will look for your child.  If you have any concerns that you would like to discuss please email your child's teacher and set up a meeting with them outside of this time.

Update: For tomorrow, we will be doing some leaf rubbings.  We would like each student to try and bring in a couple leaves that have already fallen on the ground for this.

Friday is a PD Day, and there is no school for students.

Have a good afternoon,

Mr. Soulliere, Ms. Fournier, and Ms. McEvoy