Highlights:
- This week was very exciting! First, we learned that we will be starting a "Soft Entry" for the school in December. To get ready for it, we have started practicing soft entry this week! Please read below in the "Reminders" section for details.
- We also had our first lock down drill of the year! Ask us what we have to do during a lock down.
- Then, we got to practice the CBC Music Challenge on Tuesday at the dress rehearsal!
- In math we have been busy working away on our 3D shapes and pattern designs.
- In Word Work, the grade 2s had a spelling quiz on the "A-List" words that they have been working on over the past weeks, while the grade 1s had printing and book time.
- In science we had a color assessment which tested our understanding of the primary colors and secondary colors. Asks us what these are and which colors are created when you mix:
- red + blue
- blue + yellow
- yellow + red
- Then we had our CBC Music Challenge recording!! It was awesome!!
This is the singer group
This is our xylophone & piano groups
This is our percussion group.
Make sure to check out the performance on YouTube - link coming soon!
Reminders:
- Parent Teacher Conferences start tomorrow (Thursday, November 21, 2019) from 4 pm to 8 pm, and again on Friday, November 22, 2019 from 8 am to 12 pm.
- November 26th is the Stuffy & PJ Day!
- We will be practicing Soft Entry for the next two weeks from 8:40-8:50. Soft Entry will officially begin on Dec 2, 2019. Here are the guidelines:
- Entry doors will be unlocked for students at 8:30. They will remain unlocked until 8:40. Parents should not be coming in the student doors. If they need to come into the school, they should be asked to go to the front door to enter and check in at the office.
- Students will enter the school, hang up coats, change into indoor shoes.
- Chose soft entry location/activity:
· Classroom for quiet reading or sketching
· Gym for active start: Station dots for movement
· Learning Commons for mindful brain exercises (Rubik's cubes, puzzles, mazes, etc.)
- As we start this new plan, at 8:39 an announcement will be made for all students to head to their classrooms. Eventually we would hope that students and staff would be aware of the time and start cleaning up and head back to class.
- 8:40 bell will ring, and students should be ready for learning back in their classrooms. The doors will be locked at this time. Students who are late would be coming in the main door and getting a late slip.
