Hi everyone!  A quick blog post to let you know of all the happenings from now until Family break!

First off, I hope that you are enjoying our 3 Schools 1 Book project as much as we are! We’ve had some great discussions in the class, and I am SO excited for the project that is to come.  I sent an email out on Friday asking for some major help- If you are able to spare any time at all, on ANY day between January 24^th and January 30^th, please let me know! I will have all the materials ready for you to pull students to work in the hall, and help them stitch! I know that this will be a really special project, and I can’t wait to get the kids excited about it! 

We’ve chosen this special art project because at the end of 3 Schools 1 Book, we will be having a giant School wide Art Walk, with all of the amazing art being displayed in the halls.  I can’t wait!!

If you haven’t yet, please take some time to visit this site: http://mikewevers.wix.com/one-and-only-ivan#

This is the website with all the information about our 3S1B project.  The best part is, if you miss a reading or two, your child can ‘catch up’ by listening to a Lethbridge Celebrity reading different chapters!  Please check this site out- it’s so awesome!

..Speaking of Lethbridge….ask your student if they can answer these questions:

We live in the country of____?  We live in the province of _______?
We live in the city of ________?

We spent some time on Friday talking about country/ province/ city.  You’d be amaaaaazed at some of the answers I heard!!

We are heading off to Home Hardware for a field trip! This ties into our “Building Things” Science unit which we will kick off once we’re finished with our 5 Senses.  We are heading to Home Hardware on Wednesday February 13^th. We’ll leave MMH at 1:50, and return by 3pm.  If you are able to drive on this day, please let me know! This is one of my favourite field trips, and the staff at Home Hardware are so welcoming!

On February 14^th we will be celebrating Valentine’s Day at school.  More details about this day are to come!

We have *tentatively* booked Friday, February 15^th to celebrate our 100^th day! This is a center-based day where all the Grades 1 and 2 classes celebrate 100 days of school with different centers in the gym. This day is honestly a blast, and the kids have so much fun with it. I am looking for 2 parent volunteers, who are willing to run a center for this morning. 

If you think this is something you might be interested in helping out at, please let me know via email and then as soon as I know that the date has been finalized, I will contact you.

 If you signed up to bring snacks for either Valentine’s Day or 100^th day, Krystyn Jahn will let you know via email with plenty of notice!

Thanks for reading!  As always, email/ call if you have any questions!

Thanks!

-Anna Tsentouros

 

*a few dates added*

 

Important January Dates:

Tuesday January 22nd- after school skate
Thursday January 24th- Scholastic Book Order due

Tuesday January 29th- after school skate

Important February Dates
Tuesday February 5th- Character Ed. Assembly / MMH Family time in PM

Tuesday February 5th- District Town Hall Meeting @630 at Victoria Park Gym

Thursday February 7th- 3S1B Project Ends

Friday February 8th- Professional Learning Day- no school for students

Wedneday February 13th- Home Hardware Field Trip 2-3pm
Wednesday February 13th- School Council Meeting @ 6:30

Thursday February 14th- Valentine's Day
Friday February 15th- Tentative 100th Day celebration

February 18th- 22nd Family Break No school for Students