May 18, 2016

Hello families and friends,

We have been having a great week of swimming!  The students are really enjoying this and have been learning a lot.  Tomorrow will be our last day.  A reminder that Friday will be a PD day so no school for students, and Monday is a holiday.

Over the next few weeks we will be working on a research project about some local small flying and crawling creatures.  Each student has picked a creature, and will be looking for information about where it lives, where it fits in the food chain, its body parts and adaptations, and how it is helpful or harmful.  If you would like to help your child with finding some of this information there is a great search engine for kids called KidRex.

Over the next week, our classroom is going to be continuing our Yellow Fish Road Project.  As part of our work in this Canada wide initiative we will going out in our community and painting "Yellow Fish" on the storm drains as a reminder to everyone that what we put down the storm drain goes straight out to our river water.  In order to do this project we will require approximately 4-5 volunteers on the afternoon of next Wednesday, May 25th to help lead small groups of students in carrying out the painting and distribution of Yellow Fish Road door hangers.  If you are available to help us, and/or another class, please let your child’s teacher know as soon as possible.  We have had a shortage of volunteers for this, so any help would be wonderful.  Thank you!

Picture Order forms are due back Tuesday, May 31st.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

May 14, 2016

Hello families and friends,

Just a reminder that we are swimming all next week in the morning.  The bus is scheduled to leave the school at 9:00 and we will be returning at around 11:15.  Volunteers are able to come with us on the bus or they can meet us at Bob Bahan Swimming Pool.  Please make sure that your child comes with their swim suit and a towel, and an extra bag to put their wet things in after they swim!

Please send back tickets orders for the Spring Dance as soon as possible, they are first come first serve.

Have a great weekend.

May 10, 2016

Hello families and friends,

Yesterday we had a visitor from Teacher's Pet come and work with us on an insect investigation.  Thank you to all the volunteers who came out to support us with this!  The students had a great time with it and they learned a lot about insects.  In the spirit of this activity, our words of the week for this week are "insect", "thorax", "head", "abdomen", and "legs" for all students.  This morning, we had a presentation from Yellow Fish Road.  Over the next few weeks our classroom is going to be participating in the Yellow Fish Road Project.  This non-profit organization seeks to educate students and their communities about the effect of pollution in the storm water drainage system upon the river ecosystems that surround us.  As part of our work in this Canada wide initiative we will going out in our community and painting "Yellow Fish" on the storm drains as a reminder to everyone, that what we put down the storm drain goes straight out to our river water.  In order to do this project we will require approximately 4 volunteers on the afternoon of May 25 to help lead small groups of students in carrying out the painting and distribution of Yellow Fish Road door hangers.  If you are available to help us, please let your child’s teacher know as soon as possible.  Thank you!

In the afternoon we had a practice evacuation.  The students did a great job with this!

The EcoTeam is excited to invite you to our next event to inaugurate our garden beds on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 1:00 pm.  We plan to plant the plants, and water the garden.  We invite families and members of the community to join us.  We thank The Calgary Foundation Neighbour Grants for this opportunity to see our wish of growing vegetables to serve the community come alive!  Please let Ms. Goldberg know if you are able to attend or lend a hand in any way at <amgoldberg@cbe.ab.ca>.  Bring a hand shovel and a small watering can if you have one!  The event will probably last only 1 hour or so, so please arrive on time!

Next week we will be swimming.  Thank you to all of you who volunteered to help us out with this.  If you noted that you would be able to volunteer but did not get a form please email me at <gasoulliere@cbe.ab.ca> and I will get one to you as soon as possible.

Have a great evening!

May 6, 2016

Hello families and friends,

Enjoy the wonderful weather this weekend!  For next Monday, please make sure that all permission forms for our in-class field trip by Teacher's Pet are filled out and returned.  If you have lost your child's form email me at <gasoulliere@cbe.ab.ca> and I can send you a copy.  We are also still looking for two more volunteers to help out for the afternoon.  If you are available to come help out please email me and I will give you some details about the afternoon.

Permission forms for Swimming and for Yellow Fish Road also need to be returned on Monday.  If you need another copy please email me and one can be sent home.

Volunteer forms for swimming will be sent home at the beginning of next week.  Please note on the form which day or days you will be available to come, as this may have changed since the forms went home earlier.

For parents that are looking to get a hold of Mrs. Stols, she can be reached at <acstols@cbe.ab.ca>.

Have a great weekend!

May 3, 2016

Hello families and friends,

Our words of the week for this week are "wash", "wish", "may", and "show" for grade ones, and "which", "with", "many", and "much" for grade twos.

Some forms have gone home over the last few days for our in-class field trip with Teacher's Pet next Monday and for Yellow Fish Road.  Please fill these out and return them as soon as possible.  If you are available to volunteer on Monday it can be indicated on the form or you can email me at <gasoulliere@cbe.ab.ca>.  We are still looking for 3 volunteers for each of the morning and afternoon.

Tomorrow afternoon and evening are our Annie performances.  Please make sure that your child is here and in the classroom by 6:15 in the evening to be ready to go on.  Students with acting roles are to be at the school by 5:45 and meet in the music room.

Tomorrow is also Hats on For Mental Health Day.  Ask your child about this.

Have a good evening!

April 29, 2016

Hello families and friends,

A few notes about Annie for next week:

• Kids who are on stage are asked to arrive at 5:45 and head to the music room for costumes etc.  
• Students in the Chorus are asked to dress nicely and head to their classrooms at 6:15 pm – line them up Tallest to Smallest
• Our triad will be performing two shows on Wednesday, May 4th – Afternoon at 1:30; Evening at 6:30.
• Doors will open for seating 15 minutes prior to show ( 1:15 / 6:15)
• Students are asked to enter the school through the TEACHER doors – anticipating large line ups at the front of the building.
• Tickets are currently still available for all shows

On Monday, May 9th, we will be having Teacher's Pet come in to our class in the morning and afternoon to do a project with our students around Small Flying and Crawling Animals.  We are looking for 4 volunteers for each of the morning and afternoon to help out with this.  If you are available to come help out in the classroom please email me at <gasoulliere@cbe.ab.ca> and let me know if you will be available to come in the morning or the afternoon, or both.

Over the next few weeks our classroom is going to be participating in the Yellow Fish Road Project.  This non-profit organization seeks to educate students and their communities about the effect of pollution in the storm water drainage system upon the river ecosystems that surround us.  As part of our work in this Canada wide initiative we will going out in our community and painting "Yellow Fish" on the storm drains as a reminder to everyone, that what we put down the storm drain goes straight out to our river water.  In order to do this project we will require approximately 6 volunteers on the afternoon of May 25 to help lead small groups of students in carrying out the painting and distribution of Yellow Fish Road door hangers.  If you are available to help us, please let your child’s teacher know as soon as possible.  Thank you!

Volunteer forms for swimming will be going home next week.

Have a great weekend.

April 27, 2016

Hello families and friends,

A few notes about Annie for next week:

• Kids who are on stage are asked to arrive at 5:45 and head to the music room for costumes etc.  
• Students in the Chorus are asked to dress nicely and head to their classrooms at 6:15 pm – line them up Tallest to Smallest
• Our triad will be performing two shows on Wednesday, May 4th – Afternoon at 1:30; Evening at 6:30.
• Doors will open for seating 15 minutes prior to show ( 1:15 / 6:15)
• Students are asked to enter the school through the TEACHER doors – anticipating large line ups at the front of the building.
• Tickets are currently still available for all shows

On Monday, May 9th, we will be having Teacher's Pet come in to our class in the morning and afternoon to do a project with our students around Small Flying and Crawling Animals.  We are looking for 4 volunteers for each of the morning and afternoon to help out with this.  If you are available to come help out in the classroom please email me at <gasoulliere@cbe.ab.ca> and let me know if you will be able to come for the morning, the afternoon, or both.

Have a great evening!