Thank-you for the thoughtful and delicious gifts. Enjoy your holiday break:)

Holiday ornaments- Santas and elves.

Hi everyone,

Our class will be perusing the lost and found today in case we find any items that belong to us. The school will be donating everything left at the end of the week! If you pick up or drop off you child, I strongly suggest that you have a look at the lost and found items in the office hallway. If not, please let your child know if you want him or her to go back and look for something in particular that is missing. We will also be cleaning out desks on Thursday and lockers on Friday. Some students have multiple sweatshirts and old lunch containers sitting in their lockers. Please send your child with an extra bag on Friday if you think he or she might be a student with a number of items to take home. Thanks.

Thanks to all the families in the class who donated items for the “Fill a sock” project. Students filled 16 socks with items for those in need through the Mustard Seed. Every student in class this afternoon got to choose items to fill a sock. Bravo!

Warm socks filled with hygiene items for those in need through the Mustard Seed.

Here are some festive songs that we have been reading and singing in class.

Next week, the school will be gathering in the gym some afternoons for carol singing.

Thank you to the many parents who helped out with skating today! Your support made this day a great success. On our walk, we also got to see a local salmon mural that tied into our learning about salmon, bears and aboriginal culture.

In the afternoon, we enjoyed a grade 6/7 band concert at the school.

Library has been rescheduled for tomorrow, and PAC hot lunch is tomorrow as well.

Report cards will come home at the end of the day Friday. Please return empty, signed envelopes to school.

Happy Friday!

Hi, if you are a parent helper for skating tomorrow (the more, the merrier):

• if walking with us, meet us by our classroom door around 10am
• if meeting us at Memorial Arena, come around 10:15 to help lace up skates
• you are welcome on the ice (with skates only) and are encouraged to wear a helmet to model safety for students!
• our ice time is 10:30-11:30
• sorry, no siblings may attend
• we are pleasure skating, no hockey today

If you are not coming, make sure your child has:

• skates
• helmet
• gloves/mitts
• a bag to carry it all in
• a positive attitude- Youpi!

Important dates and activities coming up at school:

*edit for skating *edit for week before Christmas

• Thursday, Dec. 12th – Skating!
  • Students MUST have skates, mittens/gloves and a helmet to participate.
  • Parents are ENCOURAGED to attend.
  • If you need to borrow skates at school, please organize visiting our skate room asap with your child.
  • Sorry no hockey, only free skating. *
• Friday, Dec. 13th- Report Cards come home
  • Please return signed, empty envelopes.
• Friday, Dec. 13th- Last day to contribute to our Fill a sock project (see previous post).
• Monday, Dec. 16h
  • Last day to contribute to the Food Bank
  • School Christmas Concert
    • At the Sagebrush, find the “Harmatuk” sign posted in the lobby. Drop and pick up your child at that sign. Please keep your child’s coat, boots, hat and mitts with you during the performance. Students will not return backstage after the finale to retrieve any items.
• Tuesday, Dec. 17th – Wear PJs and a festive hat to school!
• *Wednesday, Dec. 18th has been added: Christmas in Hawaii theme
• Thursday, Dec. 19th – Ugly Christmas sweater day
• Friday, Dec. 20th- Last assembly of 2019 and last day of classes before the break!

In January, your child will need to bring headphones to school. Please label the headphones, and label a small container or ziplock bag to hold the headphones. We will be exploring coding in the computer lab and use tablets to support French learning in the classroom.  Headphones will remain at school and come home with your child at the end of June.

Happy Holidays!