June 20-24

Hello families, 

We made it through the last full week of school - I can't believe it! This week we had lots of fun with our buddy class. We continued our animal research work, shared our the stories each student wrote, enjoyed checking out the forts they made in their classroom, and went for a community walk. This week we also celebrated National Indigenous Peoples Day and had our first in-person assembly in a very long time. We enjoyed being outside with the whole school for a sit spot and continued to learn about the 7 Sacred Teachings. On Friday we did our best to get through Sports Day despite the weather! We had to create a team name for a class and ended up going with the Room 11 Super Sabes since we recently learned how the sabe represents honesty. On Friday the students enjoyed some free choice time together and enjoyed building and creating things together. 







Next week we will have two more days of school! We are looking forward to finishing up our learning about the Seven Sacred Teachings and about the needs of plants. We are also going to have a PJ day on Monday and finish watching The Tales of the First Peoples with a little popcorn treat! We will have an end of the year assembly on Monday as well. We have a couple more birthday walks around the sun and the students are insisting that I do a birthday walk as well so I will bring in some photos to share too! 

Report cards will be available to view on Tuesday, June 28th. As I previously mentioned, if you're child's marks stay the same, this does indicate growth. Maintaining this mark means they were able to keep up with the increasing expectations of grade 1! 

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