You may have noticed your Grade 2er came home with a bunch of paperwork today! :) One item was in regards to the Magazine Fundraiser- all of the information should be in the mini booklet, and if you need more order forms they can be picked up in the office.
Another was a fire safety grid for a map of your home! In our health curriculum, fire prevention and safety is an important subject. We will be discussing “How to React to Fires” both at home and at school.
I am asking each student to work on a fire prevention plan for your house. Please use the grid paper to sketch a simple floor plan of your house. Parents can help with this part in a significant way by talking through this process with your child. Here are some things to consider:
· Mark all POSSIBLE escape routes (doors, windows)
· Discuss obstacles along the way
· Test smoke alarms and check extinguisher expiration dates
· Decide on a family meeting place
· Talk about 911, how to use it, what to say and remaining calm
· Review your home address, and how to find help with neighbours
· Review STOP, DROP and ROLL as well as crawl under low smoke
· Practise your escape route
Please return the finished floor plan/fire prevention map to school by Wednesday, October 6th
Thank you for your help with this!
Third line of business is....Stone Soup!
Stone Soup is a Ukrainian tale and we will be reading it in class next. With fall upon us, I thought it would be fun to utilize some of the vegetables from our local farmers by making a class pot of Stone Soup.
We will be making a large pot of soup in class on Thursday, October 7, 2010. Your child is coming home with a note explaining what vegetable they have signed up for. If you could put your vegetable in a small ziplock bag that would be most helpful. We will add each child’s contribution to the soup and create a wonderful and healthy stone soup.
It would be greatly appreciated if your child’s vegetable could be washed, sliced and ready to be “thrown” into the pot.
Each student will also need to bring their own BOWL and SPOON!
Thanks for your support and I can’t wait to see the Stone Soup “concoction” we will come up with.
Along with making our Stone Soup on Thursday October 7th, the students will be having a SHORT MUSICAL PERFORMANCE for a Grade 1 class in the music room at 8:30am. This is approx. 10-15 minutes long, and parents are invited to come and watch with the Grade 1 class. If you are attending this performance, please do not be late!
Wishing you a great weekend :)
-Anna Tsentouros
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