February 21/19

Hi Everyone,

I hope you had a fantastic Family Day weekend!  It sounds like a lot of people enjoyed some family time in the snow.

Updates/Reminders/Thankyou

*Please sign up for the skating field trip if you have not already done so, we need drivers (please ensure you have a current driver's abstract on file in the office.  Thank you!

*Tuesday, February 26th is Grandparents Day and 100 Day, please see the copy of the email below (I sent this out last week).  Please note:  I already have 2 parents who volunteered to send in cupcakes.  Thank you Pandora's mom and Keana's mom for doing this for us! :)

*Please note:  Popcorn sale tomorrow

*Thank you to everyone who brought in treats for our Valentine's Day party, we had a great afternoon

Dear Parents,

We have some special days coming up in February/March that I wanted to remind/update you on.

As you know, Grandparents Day is coming on February 26th.  We are combining this with the 100th day of school this year.  Please note that students are welcome to bring another adult if grandparents aren't available or I will pair them up with another child/their grandparent if no one can make it. 

For our celebration, one of the activities we would like to do is a cup cake decorating station.  If I could please have 2 parents who are willing to bake 24 cupcakes each, that would be a big help. Please email me at amanda_roberts@sd42.ca if you are able to do this.  We will be icing  and decorating the cupcakes here so just plain cupcakes would be great.  Here is an outline from Mrs. Watkins on the plan for the day.

Grandparent day timeline: 

12:30 Grandparents arrive at the gym……. Coffee, sandwiches and cookies will be served. 

12:40-1:15ish Mrs. Watkins will meet with Grandparentsin the gym 

1:15 ish Mrs. Watkins will ‘dismiss’ the grandparents, they will head to our classes.  Maps/room lists will be available.

1:15-2ish Activities in class with students and their grandparents

******Our Scholastic Book Fair will be open during this time*****

Students should make a collection/project of 100 things to bring in and display before February 26th.  They can be creative here.  Please let me know if you need paper for this assignment.

*Reminder that we are also going skating that week (February 28th).  At this point, I only have 1 volunteer driver.

*Our student teachers are returning in 2 weeks and will be learning to plan a field trip.  We will be helping them use the portal at this time. You will get an official email regarding our field trip the week of February 25th which we realize is a short turn around so we are emailing you to 'Save the Date'. As part of our connections unit, we are booked to go to the ACT theater for a play that begins at 9:30 am on Wednesday March 6th . 

Also, just a reminder that it is Club Red month and your child should be Reading Each Day and colouring the calendar after you intial each square.

Happy Family Day, Everyone!

Amanda Roberts

Here are the rest of the spirit/treat sponsored by our leadership students:

Friday February 22 - Popcorn Sales at lunch $1 per bag.

Wednesday February 27-Pink shirt day.

Friday March 1 - Donut Day $2.

Tuesday March 12- Dress up in green for St. Patricks Day.

Thursday April 18- Crazy Hair Day

Friday May 17-Athlete or Mathlete day.

Friday June 21- Tacky tourist day.

Thank you,

Amanda Roberts