Tuesday

Hello everyone!

We had a very busy day today! I reek of tuna!

Our classroom was turned into Santa's workshop today. Students worked with their buddies to make 18 batches of Crunchy Tuna Cat Treats. During work period, we added the 5th page of our 12 Days of Christmas Book and practiced our "-am" words. After lunch we were called down to practice for the Winter Concert. We continued work period/treat making afterwards and students went in small groups to exchange their library books if they needed to.

We started packaging the treats a bit and will continue this work tomorrow! Of course, today of all days, my Air Drop isn't working again. I will share some photos from our day today on tomorrow's blog!

Assessment & Reporting ✅
Have you seen the news story on our school website? Please take a few minutes to check it out here. The How is my Child Doing in School? document is helpful in outlining some changes to this year's report cards and can help you better understand what a 1, 2, 3, and 4 mean.

Upcoming Dates:
Please note the change!
Tuesday, December 10th - AARCS baking day
Thursday, December 12th - Winter Concert (am & pm shows)
Friday, December 13th - Whole school PJ Day
Tuesday, December 17th - Christmas Caroling in the gym @ 12:45pm - families welcome
Wednesday, December 18th - Christmas Caroling in the gym @ 8:30am - families welcome
Thursday, December 19th - Christmas Caroling in the gym @ 12:45pm - families welcome
Thursday, December 19th - Holiday Sweater Day
Friday, December 20th - PD Day
Dec. 23-Jan. 3 - Winter Break
Monday, January 6th - School resumes
Monday, February 10th - Leighton Art Centre field trip (more info to come in the new year)


Our school is participating in the 31st Annual Mayor’s Food Drive. We will be accepting non-perishable food items for donation to the Calgary Food Bank at all of the performances and throughout December until December 19.
Thank you for your generous donations.



AARCS Fundraiser 🐈🐶

Rooms 12, 16, 13 and 4 are doing another fundraiser this year to raise money for the Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (AARCS). During the daytime and evening winter concert shows on Thursday, December 12th, we will be selling homemade Crunchy Tuna Cat Treats and Wowbutter Banana Dog Bites. Each bag will cost $3 and all proceeds will go towards AARCS to help ensure the animals in their care have their basic necessities this holiday season. Please bring cash if you are interested in purchasing treats for your own pets or as a holiday gift! Thank you for your support!

If you have any questions please email Ms. Midgley (lemidgley@cbe.ab.ca) or Mrs. Ireland (hlireland@cbe.ab.ca)

Additionally, if you are interested in your child arriving at school around 5:40pm on Thursday to help sell treats for the 6pm show, please send me an email. We do not need anyone from our class but wanted to give this as an option!

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