Today we had our Fresh Air Friday assembly and celebration.  We walked to Nose Hill and we had a giant picnic with the whole school.  We walked with our buddies and then we got to do some activity stations.

The stations were:
Face painting
Bug catching using bug boxes to look at them and then let them go.
Bubble blowing
Making God's Eyes
Making Friendship  Bracelets.
At 11:30 we walked back to the school.

We thought the centers were lots of fun, especially face painting and bugs.  Some of us even enjoyed the walk.  We even walked faster than our big buddies, and they were tired and we were not.

Today we are bringing home two of the photographs that we took with the photographer and some of the things we made at our stations today.   Have a great weekend!  There will still be classes on Monday and Tuesday.

We had an exciting Farewell Assembly this afternoon for our grade six students that will be leaving Dr. Coffin.  Tomorrow will be our Fresh Air Friday celebration.  To help you plan your day the schedule will be:

 9:00  Fresh Air Friday Assembly in the gym.
9:30  Meet in the classroom to get ready to walk to the Hill.
10:00 Arrive at Nose Hill and have special picnic snack brought from home.
10:30  Activity stations with my big buddy or family.
11:30  Walk back to the school from Nose Hill.

All families are welcome to join us for this day together.

Tomorrow morning we will be going to Nose Hill as part of our project work this year.  We will be meeting a representative from the City of Calgary and we will be helping to seed a small area of the hill.  This is all part of the programs that they have to keep the Native species growing and populated on Nose Hill.  We will be leaving shortly after the morning bell.  Please make sure that your child is dressed for the weather and has a simple snack to take along.  We will be returning before lunch.

Today we started our End of the School Year Memory Books.  In music, we watched some of the Sound Of Music movie .  We got to sing along with the songs.    We had a Public Library Presentation about their summer reading program.  We will be bringing home a bookmark with some of the information.  There will also be contests to win!  Some of us got our laminated and coiled stories to take home today.  We will be working on the other one's this week too.  Today in gym we played kickball.  We started outside but then it began to spit rain and so we all went inside to play it in the gym.

This morning we had a kindergarten switch.  The grade two students went with Mrs. Wilkens and went outside to play camouflage in Whispering Woods,and then they went inside to do some drawing.The grade one's worked with a kindergarten buddy to make symmetrical butterflies using paint.  We had to put spots of paint on the paper and then we folded it down the fold line and moved the paint around. Then we opened it up to see what it looked like.  We got to move our desks into a U-shape for the last week of school.  We could sit beside anyone we wanted to.

Today many of us finished our Calgary buildings.  Some of them are: Christ Church, The Grain Exchange, Colonel Walker School, King Edward School, CP Rail station, Bow River Pumphouse, Alberta Grocery,  Lancaster Building, L.H. Doll Building, FireHall One and Two, The Anderson Apartment, Hudson's Bay Company, Sait, Old CIty Hall and The Palliser Hotel.

Today we went to Nose Hill with Jaclyn and Alex and Laura from CPAWS.  We learned about some of the wild animals like porcupine, coyotes, white tail deer and Richardson Ground Squirrel.  We played two games.  One game we had to be ground squirrels hiding from the owls, our predator and in the other game the porcupines had to hide from the coyotes.  As we crossed the bridge some of us saw a white tailed deer. We found some evidence of porcupines chewing on the Silverberry bushes.  The First Nations used to use the berries for Jewelry.   Jaclyn's favorite animal is the porcupine.   Alex's favorite animal is a grizzly bear and he told us that they used to roam on Nose Hill along with Buffalo.  They would eat the Buffalo Berry bush berries. We learned that the Wild Rose bush flowers can be eaten in salads and that you can use the berries for tea.  We ended by singing our Beautiful Day song for them and then shared our animal facts to them.

Thank you for coming to our exciting assembly today.  What a great job the kids did and we were very impressed at the lines they were able to memorize!

Tomorrow going to Nose Hill with Jaclyn .  She will be guiding us on a hikek you of the hill and talking to us about species at risk.  Please make sure that your child is dressed for the weather tomorrow as we will be there for most of the morning.  Please send a small easy to eat snack in case they need it.
Thank you

Some reminders for tomorrow, ASSEMBLY DAY!:
-The Assembly is at 2:00 tomorrow afternoon.  Please arrive shortly before 2:00 so that you can get a seat.
- Please make sure that your costume is worn to school or brought to school tomorrow.
- The kids have made headbands to go with their animal.
-One more practice of lines tonight!

Remember to get a good nights sleep!

There is a green notice coming home today regarding the weeding and watering schedule for the summer from the environment committee.  We hope that you can help us out.

Our assembly practices have been going well.  Remember to practice your parts and check to see who has a speaking part before you and after you.  This will help you remember who to pass the microphone to.  Remember to look for some clothing that matches your costume color. (animal color)

Things to remember to do tonight:

- Look for and organize your costume clothes for the assembly (clothing the color of my animal)

- Bring your assembly script for our practice tomorrow.

- Look at your script and try to memorize your lines. (Mom and Dad please help me with this part)

- Bring a loonie for our special environment committee treat day tomorrow.

- Remind mom and dad that our assembly is this Thursday at 2:00 PM

*A copy of the  script will be emailed to room 1 and 2 parents if your child has lost their copy.

Our helper tomorrow is Teia.

Next Thursday afternoon at 2:00 will be the room 1 and 2 assembly.   We have been busy today making sets for our assembly.  First we had to draw the scene on our trifold.  The second step was that we painted green for the grasses and blue for the sky. We used sponges to add the clouds.  We also used special paint to add the smaller details of plants and trees and bushes. We worked on it most of the morning and some of the afternoon.  After we finished our sets we got to go to the library and work on the computers.
Today in music we marked our animal test. In the test we had to listen to Carnival of the Animals.

Just a reminder that tomorrow there will be no school.

We are going to Heritage Park tomorrow.  The bus will be leaving at 9:00 a.m.

Here are some things that you will need to pack for Heritage park tomorrow:
1. Lunch kit with extra snacks.
2. Water bottle
3. Sunscreen
4. Cap or Hat
5. If you would like you can send your child with a little bit of money to buy treat at the park.  They will keep this money in their backpack.

Your child will be carrying their backpack all day so please make sure that any unnecessary items in the bags have them removed before they come to school.

 

Monday, June 06, 2016 3:15 PM

We are excited about our field trip to Heritage park this Wednesday.   We have been preparing to go by learning about some special buildings in Calgary Long ago.  Some kids today used their free time ticket from sports day during book time.  We had lots of time to work in our journals today. We had some exciting ideas to share about the weekend.  Many kids wrote about going camping this  past weekend.  Today we played with lacrosse equipment for our gym time outside.  We practiced using the overhand throw for a longer distance to our buddies.  In math today the Ms. Boyer's grouped practiced subtracting using the place value mats and Mrs. Hamby's group worked on writing their own number story problems.  Tomorrow we will exchange them with a friend and see if we can solve the problem.

Swimming report cards are coming home today.

Tomorrow is bike to school.  This is optional, of course.

Here’s what you need to know:

 

 

• 1.     Students are encouraged to ride their bikes to school. Please make sure to read the City of Calgary bike safety guidelines: http://www.calgary.ca/Transportation/TP/Pages/Cycling/Cycling-Education-and-Safety/Cycling-tips-for-safe-kids.aspx

 

 

• 2.     Students will be invited to store their bikes in the gym for that day. Please make sure that your child’s bike is labeled with their name and classroom number.

 

 

• 3.     As this ride will be occurring before school hours and is considered transportation to school there will not be teacher supervision.  Parents and caregivers are responsible for the safety of their children.

 

Tomorrow will be our Sports day.   We have divided the kids into two color teams.  If they would like they can wear the color of their team tomorrow.  All the students in room one will be on the green team.  Please make sure that your child is wearing sneakers as there will be many activities involving running or jumping and comfortable shoes will be important.  A labeled water bottle would also be a great idea.

June will be a very busy month.  Below is a calendar with important dates for our classroom activities.

June 8 – Heritage Park field trip: We will be leaving the school at 9:00am. Please bring your backpack with ONLY the things you need for the trip:

·      Water bottle

·      Lunch

·      Hat

·      Little bit of money for a treat if you would like to buy one at the bakery or candy store.

 Please remember that because this is an educational trip we will not be going on the rides.

June 16 – Room 1 and 2 Assembly: The show will start at 2:00pm. Please arrive early to get your seats!

June 17 – Species at Risk hike on Nose Hill: This is a walk lead by guides from the Canadian Parks and Wildlife Society. This program is usually reserved for division 2 students but due to our students’ extensive experience and knowledge about Nose Hill and its animals we were invited to participate! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!

June 22 – Seeding Nose Hill: Also due to our students’ expertise about Nose Hill they have been invited to join in re-seeding Nose Hill with the City of Calgary. This is the first time this opportunity has ever been offered to elementary school students! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!

June 24 – Fresh Air Friday Celebration at Nose Hill: All families are invited to join us for our final Fresh Air Friday of the year.  Students are invited to bring a special picnic snack with them to enjoy on the hill. 

Today we were very busy.  This morning we worked hard on story writing.  After story writing we listened to the script of our assembly.  It is called, Little Brown Bats, Where Are They?
We started practicing some of our parts with Mrs. Lee. in small groups.   After recess we had some book time and then we went into our math groups.  Mrs. Hamby's group started practicing story math problems  Miss Boyer's group learned some strategies for subtracting big numbers.

We got to have outside gym  We started learning some lacrosse skills.   We also had library this afternoon.  We only have one more library time left next week.  All our books have to be back by the 12th.

This afternoon we picked a building from 1916 that we wanted to learn more about.  We will also be building a small model of our building and adding it to our early Calgary city that we will be creating.  We will be working with a partner on our building.

Tomorrow Poorvi is the helper.   We have our school rooftop photo tomorrow morning.  Please be on time as the picture will be right away.  Friday will be our Sport's Day.