May 3/18

Hi Everyone,

I sent out a rather lengthy email earlier this week (see below) so this blog entry will be brief.  The students received their new book bags today and they are VERY excited.  As I explained to them, we are very fortunate to be the first people to use these books and ask that they are only taken out of the bag one at a time and used in a dry, clean area so that they can be enjoyed for years to come.  We will be rotating the 'Mystery Bags' every 2 weeks.  Thank you for your support with this! :)

*Please note:  We now have enough cardboard boxes, thank you for your help 
*Memory book and Grouse Mountain field trip money can be paid online or sent to school (cash or cheque made out to Fairview Elementary)
*Week 12 is a review week in spelling so we will continue next week and our final spelling quiz will be next Friday, May 11/18.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Amanda Roberts

Additional Updates from Div. 8

Roberts, Amanda <sysadmin@myeducation.gov.bc.ca>

Tue 5/1/2018 3:57 PM

To:

Amanda Roberts;

Action Items

Hi Everyone,

We had a school assembly this morning and our leadership group announced that we will be having 'Decades Day' on May 8th.  I wanted to notify you as soon as I found out so you'd have a little notice.  Students can dress up as any decade if they would like to participate.

Please ensure that all of your children bring back their book bags tomorrow.  We will be beginning  a new 'Mystery Bag' reading program on Thursday.  Students will receive a bag with 5 books of varying levels.  The idea is that some will be read independently and some will be read with/by parents.  There is a sheet in each bag with some helpful hints on reading with your child.  If your child is an emergent reader and you would like an additional bag of books that are at their reading level, please email me and I will send one home.  All book bags will be changed once every two weeks and we ask that your child keeps them in his/her backpack so we may also enjoy them at school.

As part of our 'Environment' unit, we will be doing a couple of crafts with cereal box cardboard.  Please flatten and send in any boxes you have at home.  Our leadership group is also organizing a 'Walk for Water' event on May 18th.  Each student will need to bring in an empty 1 Litre jug for this event (plastic only, please)  Thank you!