February 27/19

Hi Everyone,

Just a few reminders about the upcoming events at Fairview.

*Tomorrow is the last day for 'Club Red' reading.  Please ensure that your child has coloured each day that he/she has read and that you have initialled each square.  Please send in all calendars by the end of the week.  On March 8th, we will be having a 'Club Red' celebration.  Students can wear red or dress up as their favourite book character on that day.

*Please note that our conference schedule is now up (March 14/15)  Please note:  You are signing up for a 15 minute conference but you are actually here for 30 minutes. You will arrive at the time you sign up for and meet with your child for 15 minutes in the hallway so that they can share their work. Then, the following 15 minutes, we will all meet in the hallway to review the report together and set goals for the final semester.
Example:  If you sign up to come at 10:30, please start in the hallway at 10:30.  The conference will end at 11:00.  Many conferences will be back to back so please arrive on time.

*Miss Klimmer has decided to take a different professional path so we no longer have a student teacher in the classroom

*We are currently on a review week for spelling so we won't have a quiz until next Friday.  It will be based on all of the words/patterns we have studied to date.  Students will not bring duotangs home this week.


*Here are some special days being led by our Leadership team:

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.

*Special Days sponsored by our PAC:

March 13-Hot dog and chips
April 12-Hot Lunch
April 17 TCBY  (frozen yogurt)and chips
May 10-Hot dog and chips
May 31-Hot lunch
June 6/7 TCBY and chips

Have a great weekend everyone,

Amanda Roberts

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

February 7/19

Hi Everyone,

I hope you were able to get out and enjoy the little bit of snow we had.  We have been enjoying the sunny, cold weather at school.

Updates/Reminders/Thank you's

*Flashlight reading is this Friday, please send in a flashlight and book with your child
*We are celebrating Valentine's next Wednesday, February 13th due to the NID on February 14th, please see the previous post for a list of who is bringing snacks for the party and the names of everyone in our class (for writing Valentines)
*Our leadership students are going to be having a popcorn sale on Friday.  Please send $1 with your child if you would like them to purchase some.  They are only popping 100 bags for this initial trial so it isn't guaranteed everyone will get one.  They do hope to do this regularly, however, if it is successful.
*We have a new student teacher in our class.  Her name is Jennifer Klimmer and she is an SFU student.  She is observing in the class this week and will then be heading back to SFU for 2 weeks.  When she returns, she will be doing some lessons with the class over a 3 week period.  We are all really excited about having her here :)  Please pop in and say hello if you have a free moment before/after school.
*We will be going skating on February 28th, we will be sending a permission form via the parent portal soon.  Drivers will be needed for this field trip.  Please ensure you have a current driver's abstract if you would like to volunteer.

Thank you,

Amanda Roberts