February 3-7

February is here and it is going to be a fun and busy month! We begin the month with Groundhog Day.  Will Balzac Billy see his shadow?  We will have to wait until Sunday to find out!  In the mean time, we made some predictions.  Check it out!  On Monday will see if our predictions were correct.  By the look of our graph, I'd say most students are hoping for an early Spring! (Me too!!!)

On Wednesday, we are kicking off #IReadCanadianDay!  We would love for the students to wear red and white or Canadian clothing to show their Canadian Spirit.  Mrs. Foster (our learning commons facilitator) will be kicking off the Great Canadian Maple Leaf challenge at an assembly at 2:40 today.  She has challenged the students to read as many books as we can written by Canadian authors.  Each time a student reads a Canadian book, they will write the title on a maple leaf to hang on the Wish Tree in the hallway.  The class who reads the most Canadian books will win some kind of fun reward!  If your child reads a Canadian book at home, please write it in their home reading and draw a simple maple leaf beside the title of the book.  We will track our books at school.  Thanks for your help with this!

We are very excited for our 100th day of school celebration on Friday, February 7th.  We would love the students to dress up as if they are 100, it makes the day alot of fun.  Thank you to the parents who have signed up to volunteer that day.  We will be having centers in the gym all morning and we need parents to help out at the centers (you are also welcome to dress up!).  If you would like to come but are unable to stay for the whole morning, that is just fine.  We appreciate any help!  This is one of my favourite days in Grade One!  We can't wait!  


Our 100 day collections have been rolling in and the students have had some excellent clues to help us guess their items.  We would love to have all of the collections brought to school by Thursday.  Thanks for your support with this.


The February calendar and Valentine information came home last week.  Please let me know if you have any questions.
Here is a link to the note as well as our February calendar.
February Calendar
Valentine List

What's happening this week? 

Monday

-New sight words this week.
-Jr. Choir @ 10:30.

Tuesday

Wednesday

-Winter walk at 12:30.  Please make sure your child has warm winter clothes.
-#IReadCanadianDay!  We are going to dress in red and white or in Canadian clothing! Our Great Maple Leaf challenge assembly is at 2:40.

Thursday

-Library Day.  Please check for any library books that your child may have at home.
-100 item collections due today.

Friday

-100th day of School Grade One celebration!  Students can dress as if they are 100 years old!

Coming up next month:

Every Monday:  Jr. Choir

Every Thursday:  Library

February 12- Div 1 teachers vs. Grade 5 basketball game.
February 14- Valentine party and card exchange.
February 17-21- NO SCHOOL
February 24- Our gymnastics unit begins in Phys. Ed.
February 26- Pink shirt day and Grade One Kindness assembly@ 8:40.