Hi Everyone,
Well, it doesn't quite feel like spring yet but I hope you all enjoy your weekend despite the weather!
Updates/Reminders/Thank you's
*Please sign up for the ACT field trip via the parent portal if you have not already done so, we are still short drivers. If you would prefer to send cash payment, please send it in a marked envelope and I will input it into our system. Thank you! Please note: There are no tickets available for parents, please see my previous blog post for more information regarding this.
*New spelling words will come home on Wednesday this week (we are writing some cooperative stories we'd like to continue working on). Students will have almost 2 weeks to complete their assignment /study due to the long weekend. The quiz will be on Friday, April 21st. Also, I have spoken to the students today about the frequency that capital letters are being used when they are not needed. From now on students will lose 1/2 mark if they misuse a capital or forget to write their name on their paper. I am hoping this will help to build good habits.
*We have tentatively booked a walking field trip to Starbucks for this Wednesday, April 12th. We will be going with Mrs. Rowledge-Toscani's class and 4 adults will be walking the students but if you would like to join us, please see me on Monday or Tuesday to confirm. This is a prize that we received from 'Club Red' for having a large percentage of class participation. Well done, Div. 8! There is no need to sign a permission form as the walking field trip form you completed at the beginning of the year will cover this.
*Please note that I have updated the calendar on this blog. There are lots of dress up days this month (our leadership group has been busy!) Please note: The first one will be 'Decade Day' on Thursday, April 13th. Students can dress up in clothing from their favourite decade if they'd like to participate.
*Our first round of FALCON FUN was a huge success despite the rain. Thank you for sending your child dressed appropriately for the weather so they could be comfortable during our time outside. Our next FALCON FUN stations will be on Thursday, April 20th (a list of all the dates is on the calendar portion of the blog)
*Your child will have brought home his/her nutrition booklets today. Please take a few moments to ask your child to explain their work. We have learned a lot about healthy eating and are now moving on to learning more about the human body.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Amanda Roberts
Friday, 7 April 2017
Friday, 31 March 2017
March 31, 2017
Dear Parents,
It sounds like everyone enjoyed their Spring Break, your children had lots of exciting stories to share!
Updates/Reminders/Thank you's
*our 'ACT Theater' field trip to see the Lion King is coming up on April 20th. Please sign your child up via the parent portal if you have not already done so. At this point we only have parent drivers for 6 children. You will need to have a driver's abstract on file if you are willing/able to drive children other than your own. Please note: I only have 1 extra ticket for a parent and this spot has already been filled. That parent, however, has offered to give her ticket up if anyone 'has their heart set on seeing the play'. Please see me or send me an email at Amanda_Roberts@sd42.ca if that applies to you.
*Just a reminder to please send in your $2 for the SPCA presentation and $10 for memory books if you have not already done so. Students who have not paid for the memory book will not be receiving the book/photos/photo collages etc. I would appreciate it if everyone who would like to receive one pays by the end of April as I will begin the process of developing photos at that time.
*next Thursday all of the primary classes will be beginning our F.A.L.C.O.N F.U.N This will be an outdoor learning opportunity for all primary students. You will soon receive a portal announcement with more information.
F is for forest
It sounds like everyone enjoyed their Spring Break, your children had lots of exciting stories to share!
Updates/Reminders/Thank you's
*our 'ACT Theater' field trip to see the Lion King is coming up on April 20th. Please sign your child up via the parent portal if you have not already done so. At this point we only have parent drivers for 6 children. You will need to have a driver's abstract on file if you are willing/able to drive children other than your own. Please note: I only have 1 extra ticket for a parent and this spot has already been filled. That parent, however, has offered to give her ticket up if anyone 'has their heart set on seeing the play'. Please see me or send me an email at Amanda_Roberts@sd42.ca if that applies to you.
*Just a reminder to please send in your $2 for the SPCA presentation and $10 for memory books if you have not already done so. Students who have not paid for the memory book will not be receiving the book/photos/photo collages etc. I would appreciate it if everyone who would like to receive one pays by the end of April as I will begin the process of developing photos at that time.
*next Thursday all of the primary classes will be beginning our F.A.L.C.O.N F.U.N This will be an outdoor learning opportunity for all primary students. You will soon receive a portal announcement with more information.
F is for forest
A is for awe and wonder
L is for learning
C is for community
O is for outdoors
N is for nature
F is for friendship
U is for understanding
N is for new appreciation for our earth
In support of this program we are asking that you please:
1 )Note these dates on your calendar (April 6th, April
20th, May 4th, May 18th and June 1st)
2)Send your child appropriately dressed for the weather as
we will be outside rain or shine
3)If you have not already done so, please send in an extra
set of clothes in case of accidents
**Please note that we will be doing some projects that will
require organic materials. If anyone has
any stones, shells, pinecones, dried flowers, leaves, burlap etc. that you
would like to donate please see your child’s teacher. Thanks so much!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Amanda Roberts
Friday, 10 March 2017
March 10, 2017
Happy Spring Break, Everyone!
I hope you all enjoy some quality family time over the upcoming break:)
Updates/Reminders/Thank you's
*thank you to all of you for sending in baked goods for our SPCA fundraiser. The students counted the money today and we will be reviewing the totals after school. It looks like we may have raised close to $500!
*thank you to our parent/grandparent drivers for taking us to/from skating
*we are looking for parent volunteers to come in and count/roll the money after the break so if you are able our help would be much appreciated
*thank you to Chloe, Max and Colette's mom for coming to help sell the bake sale goodies, containers will be coming home today as we have given the leftovers to the grade 6/7 class for their school dance today. If your container wasn't labeled and it isn't brought home please email me and I will have it ready for you.
*please send in your $2 for the SPCA and $10 for your child's memory book if you have not already done so. I will be purchasing photos for the memory books in May/June so the cutoff date for this money will be April 30th. Thank you!
*thank you to Neveah's family for your donations for Club Red, our celebration was a big success!
*the permission for our field trip to the ACT Theater will be coming out after Spring Break, we will need parent drivers for this trip on Thursday, April 20th (leaving the school at 12:00), returning around home time
*please see our courage slide show (below). It is also posted on Fairview Facebook
Have a fantastic Spring Break, everyone!
I hope you all enjoy some quality family time over the upcoming break:)
Updates/Reminders/Thank you's
*thank you to all of you for sending in baked goods for our SPCA fundraiser. The students counted the money today and we will be reviewing the totals after school. It looks like we may have raised close to $500!
*thank you to our parent/grandparent drivers for taking us to/from skating
*we are looking for parent volunteers to come in and count/roll the money after the break so if you are able our help would be much appreciated
*thank you to Chloe, Max and Colette's mom for coming to help sell the bake sale goodies, containers will be coming home today as we have given the leftovers to the grade 6/7 class for their school dance today. If your container wasn't labeled and it isn't brought home please email me and I will have it ready for you.
*please send in your $2 for the SPCA and $10 for your child's memory book if you have not already done so. I will be purchasing photos for the memory books in May/June so the cutoff date for this money will be April 30th. Thank you!
*thank you to Neveah's family for your donations for Club Red, our celebration was a big success!
*the permission for our field trip to the ACT Theater will be coming out after Spring Break, we will need parent drivers for this trip on Thursday, April 20th (leaving the school at 12:00), returning around home time
*please see our courage slide show (below). It is also posted on Fairview Facebook
Have a fantastic Spring Break, everyone!
Friday, 24 February 2017
February 24, 2017
Hi Everyone,
Updates/Reminders/Thank you's
*please sign up for a conference if you have not already done so
*please send $2 to cover the cost of our SPCA guest speaker (she came to see us earlier this week)*a message was sent by Mrs. Watkins via Facebook about collecting cans for 100 day. Cans will be gratefully accepted next week as well and will be donated to the 'Friends in Need' food bank
*next week is our conference time. Please sign up if you have not already done so via the 'Conference Sign Up' on this blog. There will be an early dismissal Thursday, March 2nd (11:00) and no school for students March 3rd to make time for these important meetings
*Club Red will be coming to an end as of Feb. 28th. Please send in coloured/initialed calendars by March 2nd.
*we will not have spelling next week due to the conferences
*our bake sale will be on Wednesday, March 8th (leftovers will be sold at recess on March 9th) If you are able to help sell treats on those days it would be greatly appreciated
*more specific information will be available regarding baked goods closer to this date
*March 9th we will be going skating in the afternoon. Parent drivers will be needed if you could please 'save the date'. You will be receiving a permission request via the parent portal early next week.
*The PAC has added 2 treat days to our Fairview calendar. These will be happening on February 27th and 28th. They will be selling popsicles and chips for $1 each in the multipurpose room at lunch time. Thank you for helping to support this fundraiser.
*I do occasionally send home emails via BCED. If you are not receiving any emails from me, please contact the office and update/submit a contact address. Thank you!
*Here are a few activities going on at the Maple Ridge Library over spring break:
Guest Storyteller: Tiffany Stone, Tuesday, Mar 14, 10:15 am – 10:45 am
Create-a-thon, Wednesday, Mar 15, 2 pm – 4 pm
Springtime Tales Puppet Show, Thursday, Mar 16, 11 am – 11:30 am
Magician Gary Savard, Tuesday, Mar 21, 11 am – 11:45 am
Guest Storyteller: Pamela Sunshine with Beth Southwell,Thursday, Mar 23, 10:15 am – 10:45 am
Family Movie Afternoon, Thursday, Mar 23, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Enjoy your weekend, everyone!
Amanda
Enjoy your weekend, everyone!
Amanda
Friday, 17 February 2017
February 17, 2017
Hi Everyone,
I hope you all enjoyed an extra long family day weekend. This will be a brief post due to the emails I have recently sent home.
Updates/Reminders/Thank you's
*the sign up link for conferences on March 2nd and 3rd are now available on this blog (see Conference Sign Up)
*if you are not receiving the emails please contact the office and update your information as that is the list I am utilizing for this purpose
*you will sign up for a 15 minute time slot but you will actually stay for 30 minutes. The first 15 minutes will be with your child and the second 15 we will all meet.
*we will be having a guest speaker from the SPCA this upcoming Monday. Please note that she will be bringing in a dog so if your child has any allergies/fears to dogs it would be great if you could contact me via email or in your child's planner regarding this
*if you have not already done so, please send in $2 for this presentation
*spelling quizes are coming home today. You may notice that your child will have the word marked as incorrect if they used a capital where it wasn't needed. We have been working on this skill in class and students were reminded several time during the quiz not to use any capitals and to check the alphabet to help them with this and eliminate reversals. If this is something your child struggles with, please ensure they are practicing using lower case letters at home. Thank you!
*Club Red is well under way. Remember that you need to sign each heart after your child reads and then he/she can colour it.
*please see the calendar on this blog for other special days happening this month (we have 3 special celebrations in a row next week!)
*please bring in 100 day representations before the 23rd. Thank you!
Enjoy your weekend, everyone!
Amanda Roberts
I hope you all enjoyed an extra long family day weekend. This will be a brief post due to the emails I have recently sent home.
Updates/Reminders/Thank you's
*the sign up link for conferences on March 2nd and 3rd are now available on this blog (see Conference Sign Up)
*if you are not receiving the emails please contact the office and update your information as that is the list I am utilizing for this purpose
*you will sign up for a 15 minute time slot but you will actually stay for 30 minutes. The first 15 minutes will be with your child and the second 15 we will all meet.
*we will be having a guest speaker from the SPCA this upcoming Monday. Please note that she will be bringing in a dog so if your child has any allergies/fears to dogs it would be great if you could contact me via email or in your child's planner regarding this
*if you have not already done so, please send in $2 for this presentation
*spelling quizes are coming home today. You may notice that your child will have the word marked as incorrect if they used a capital where it wasn't needed. We have been working on this skill in class and students were reminded several time during the quiz not to use any capitals and to check the alphabet to help them with this and eliminate reversals. If this is something your child struggles with, please ensure they are practicing using lower case letters at home. Thank you!
*Club Red is well under way. Remember that you need to sign each heart after your child reads and then he/she can colour it.
*please see the calendar on this blog for other special days happening this month (we have 3 special celebrations in a row next week!)
*please bring in 100 day representations before the 23rd. Thank you!
Enjoy your weekend, everyone!
Amanda Roberts
Thursday, 9 February 2017
Feb. 10, 2017
Hi Everyone,
This will be brief due to the extensive email I sent out yesterday. I did want to make note of one error that I made (thank you to Chloe's mom for clarifying this with me). There is no school on Monday or Tuesday. We will be celebrating Valentine's day and exchanging cards on Wednesday, February 15th.
Enjoy your long weekend, everyone!
Amanda Roberts
This will be brief due to the extensive email I sent out yesterday. I did want to make note of one error that I made (thank you to Chloe's mom for clarifying this with me). There is no school on Monday or Tuesday. We will be celebrating Valentine's day and exchanging cards on Wednesday, February 15th.
Enjoy your long weekend, everyone!
Amanda Roberts
Thursday, 2 February 2017
February 3, 2017
Hi Everyone,
It is hard to believe that February is now here and they are predicting more snow is on the way! We had a good time celebrating Ground Hog Day yesterday, playing shadow tag, tracing each other's shadows while striking a pose and making ground hog puppets. February is going to be a very busy month. We have Club Red activities each week, Valentine's Day and 100 Day! (Please see the February calendar on this blog for details).
We will be celebrating Valentine's Day on the 15th this year due to the Curriculum Day. Thank you in advance to these students for bringing snacks to share on this day: Wyatt (fruit plate), Estelle (veggie plate), Kaitlyn (cheese and crackers), Nevaeh (sweet treat), Marcus (chips), Kayleigh (popcorn or pretzels) and Carter (other).
Here is a list of all of the students in our class so that your child can begin to write Valentine's for everyone:
Kaitlyn, Danika, Estelle, Lily, Max, Marcus, Myra, Alexis, Chase, Kayleigh, Collette, Wyatt, Nevaeh, Quinn, Makena, Carter, Kevin, Royce, Jesse, Chloe, Young Hoon, Rachel and Roman. Please be sure to include a valentine for everyone. Thank you!
We have now begun our spelling program. We will be introducing new words on Mondays and your child will have a good block of time to begin his/her spelling sheet on that day. He/she will also have short blocks of time (10-15min) on Tuesday and Wednesday to continue to work on this. Wednesday nights the spelling duotang will come home to be completed for homework and Friday will be our quiz (5 words plus 1-2 bonus words). I sent home a sheet outlining the program this Monday. If yours did not reach you, please write a note in your child's planner and I will send you a new copy.
February is 'Club R.E.D.' month! This means that your child should be reading every day and then colouring in the heart on the calendar that falls on that date. Please ensure that you are initialling each date before or after they colour. If your calendar has been misplaced I can send you another one. If your child misses a day of reading he/she can make up for it by doubling up the next day.
Have a great weekend, everyone! Enjoy the snow!
Amanda Roberts
It is hard to believe that February is now here and they are predicting more snow is on the way! We had a good time celebrating Ground Hog Day yesterday, playing shadow tag, tracing each other's shadows while striking a pose and making ground hog puppets. February is going to be a very busy month. We have Club Red activities each week, Valentine's Day and 100 Day! (Please see the February calendar on this blog for details).
We will be celebrating Valentine's Day on the 15th this year due to the Curriculum Day. Thank you in advance to these students for bringing snacks to share on this day: Wyatt (fruit plate), Estelle (veggie plate), Kaitlyn (cheese and crackers), Nevaeh (sweet treat), Marcus (chips), Kayleigh (popcorn or pretzels) and Carter (other).
Here is a list of all of the students in our class so that your child can begin to write Valentine's for everyone:
Kaitlyn, Danika, Estelle, Lily, Max, Marcus, Myra, Alexis, Chase, Kayleigh, Collette, Wyatt, Nevaeh, Quinn, Makena, Carter, Kevin, Royce, Jesse, Chloe, Young Hoon, Rachel and Roman. Please be sure to include a valentine for everyone. Thank you!
We have now begun our spelling program. We will be introducing new words on Mondays and your child will have a good block of time to begin his/her spelling sheet on that day. He/she will also have short blocks of time (10-15min) on Tuesday and Wednesday to continue to work on this. Wednesday nights the spelling duotang will come home to be completed for homework and Friday will be our quiz (5 words plus 1-2 bonus words). I sent home a sheet outlining the program this Monday. If yours did not reach you, please write a note in your child's planner and I will send you a new copy.
February is 'Club R.E.D.' month! This means that your child should be reading every day and then colouring in the heart on the calendar that falls on that date. Please ensure that you are initialling each date before or after they colour. If your calendar has been misplaced I can send you another one. If your child misses a day of reading he/she can make up for it by doubling up the next day.
Have a great weekend, everyone! Enjoy the snow!
Amanda Roberts
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