Friday

Hi everyone,

Over the past two days we have been talking about our dreams for the school. We talked about things we would want to see happen at our school such as new materials or equipment, new clubs, the way we treat our school, the way we treat each other, etc.

We are finished up with gymnastics now. The students did a really awesome job by giving themselves appropriate challenges and being safe with the equipment. Today we also continued working on our maps of the school with our buddy class and we enjoyed some free choice time.

Yesterday I sent home a list of students' first names for Valentine's Day. If you are making Valentines, please make sure there is one for everyone! We are still working on filling our pom-pom jar in order to have a Valentine's celebration.

Report Card Envelopes
I have received about half of the signed report card envelopes back. We re-use these envelopes for the second report card in June. Please make sure you return it next week if you haven't already!

Next week is a short week! Teachers' Convention is on Thursday and Friday so there will be no school. Monday is also Family Day and again there will be no school. February is such a busy month and goes by so quickly. Next week we will be doing some Valentine's day art, we will have a presentation on Tuesday from the Canadiana Musical Theatre Company, and on Wednesday we will be celebrating the 100th day of school and Valentine's Day.

Remember your library books for Monday! The weather forecast for next week is still looking quite cold. Please know that we ask students to put on ALL winter clothing they brought to school (even when they fight not to wear their snow pants!) and we ensure each student is wearing a warm jacket, gloves and a hat/hood. Please remind your child it is their responsibility to make sure they are dressing warm for recess if we have the opportunity to go outdoors. I ask them to check with me before they head out but it's hard to get to everyone!

Have a great weekend!

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