March 16-20

Well, we expected that this week would be an interesting one with the time change, full moon and Friday the 13th.  But...we didn't quite expect this.  Inside our little classroom, we actually had a wonderful week.  The students had a blast with all of our building projects and they are so excited to continue with our reading of The Wild Robot.  We finished up our gymnastics unit in Phys. Ed. and we are working through subtraction strategies and problem solving in Math. We are still working away and having fun in grade one!

Report cards are now available on PowerSchool as of this morning.  Please let me know if you are having any issues navigating through it.  The report period comments are under the subject "Homeroom 1". 

As you are aware, we have had to cancel our Celebration of Learning on Monday night.  That also means that there will be no bake sale.  Our students still have so much to celebrate with you and they will be bringing a giant folder of all of their work home on Monday.  Please look through it with them and celebrate their growth and hard work with them.  They are so proud to show you!

We have also had to cancel many of our other school wide events:  Book fair, assemblies, bingo night, and choir performances.  If you are looking for more information, please visit the Lethbridge School Division website for updates from Alberta Health Services. 
Lethbridge School Division Website

Across the school we have talked to the students about the importance of hand washing and covering our mouths when we sneeze and cough.  We have booked a hand washing presentation to come into our Grade One classrooms on March 25 to reinforce the proper way to wash our hands and to teach the students all about germs. The safety of students is our number one priority and we are making changes to avoid the spread of germs as much as possible.  Parents, please send your child to school with a water bottle tomorrow.  We will not be using the water fountains as a proactive approach to avoiding germs. 

Leprechaun Traps
To go along with our building unit and to have a little St. Patrick's Day fun, the students have a homework project to build a leprechaun trap!  This has been a tradition in grade one to try and catch a sneaky little leprechaun on St. Patrick's day.  Keep it simple and let your child use their imagination! We brainstormed a few ideas that might help to lure that sneaky leprechaun like making the trap green, putting some gold in the trap, adding shamrocks or 4 leaf clovers on the trap and making a rainbow.  I am excited to see what they come up with! Please send the traps to school on Monday, March 16.  We will set them up over night to see if we can catch that leprechaun.  Have fun!


What's happening this week? 

Monday

-New sight words this week.
-No Jr. Choir today.
-Leprechaun traps can be brought to school today!

Tuesday
-Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Wear GREEN today!

Wednesday

Thursday

-Library day. No school for students in the afternoon.  Dismissal is at 11:47.  
-Parent/teacher interviews in the afternoon for those who have requested.

Friday
-No School.  Professional learning day.
-Probe school clothing order deadline is today.

Coming up:

Every Monday:  Jr. Choir (cancelled temporarily)

Every Thursday:  Library


March 20- School clothing orders are due today if interested.  Probe Clothing
March 23- Rock Your Socks for Down Syndrome awareness.
March 25- Probe clothing spirit day.  
March 25- Hand-washing presentation.