Recyclables and New Weekly Words

Hello families,

This is a reminder to send in recyclables for the gingerbread man traps.  We will start building them with our buddy class this Friday, and to date, we are extremely short of supplies.  We need cardboard boxes (kleenex, cereal, etc.), straws, string, twist ties, any plastic recyclable containers, popsicle sticks.  Anything would be greatly appreciated.

This Thursday is the Xmas concert for our class.  I sent out tickets last week - 2 to each family.  Remember that some of your family can attend the afternoon concert if you were not able to get any extra tickets.  Also, if you will not be able to attend the concert, please send in your tickets ASAP so that other families may use them.

Words of the Week

“ar” Word Family

bar

car

far

star

Sight Words

come

down

help
where

Thanks!

Julie

June 26, 2016

Hello families and friends,

I hope you are all staying warm and dry this weekend!  A reminder that tomorrow is our last day of school for students, and is also Sports Day.  Please ensure that you're child is dressed appropriately for being outdoors for the majority of the morning.  We will also be sending home the remainder of the students' work tomorrow, so please send in an extra bag for them to carry their things in so that their backpack does not get too heavy or overfilled.

Thanks, and have a great day!

June 22, 2016

Hello families and friends,

Tomorrow evening is our Celebration of Learning!  Come out to help in celebrating all of the hard work and learning that we have done this year.  It will be running from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

We will be continuing to send home work throughout this week and next.  Please remember to send in a spare bag for your child to put things into to ease transferring them from school.

Along with the songs that we will be singing at our assembly on Friday (links to versions of them can be found in the previous post), there is a farewell song that the school will be singing.  The lyrics for this are:

Here today we see your faces and
We’ll remember you

And your days at Cranston School,
Oh we’ll remember you

You must go and choose your path knowing
We’ll remember you

All your friends at Cranston School
Oh We’ll remember you  ( x2)

Oh we’ll remember you

Have a wonderful Wednesday, and hope to see you all tomorrow!

June 21, 2016

Hello families and friends,

We have been practicing hard on our work for our assembly this Friday.  To help ensure that we are prepared for our parts, please help your child to practice their part of the following poem:

We will also be singing the Garden Song by John Denver, and Aloha My Friend.

Parents are welcome to come and watch.  We are planning to begin the assembly at 11:15.

Throughout the rest of this week, we will be starting to send home some of the work and books that we have been working on throughout the year.  To help ease this process, if you could please send in a small bag (e.g. grocery bag) for your child to put these things into so that their backpack does not become too cluttered.

                          Popcorn Friday
Parent council will be selling bags of Kernels Popcorn at school on Friday, June 24 in the morning.  There will be four flavors to choose from: Buttersalt, Dill Pickle, Cheese, and Caramel.  They will be selling for $2.00 each to take home on Friday. If you would like your child to purchase a bag please send a toonie to school
 with them on Friday morning.  In addition, any popcorn that is left over, will be sold on the school compound starting at 11:45 am on June 24th.
A reminder that next Monday, June 27th, is Sports Day and our last day of school.

Have a great afternoon!

June 14, 2016

Hello families and friends,

We have been practicing our songs for our assembly next Friday in music.  We are looking forward to sharing these and our work with all of you!  Next Thursday is also our year end Celebration of Learning.  Come out and share in the learning that we have done this year that evening at 6:00.

As we are winding down towards the end of the year, we will be asking over the next week that all Library and Home Reading books be returned so that they can be inventoried and any missing ones can be located.

A message from the Eco Team:
The garden beds are planted, and already sprouting new plants. Have you taken a look?
Thanks again to The Calgary Foundation for your amazing support for this project, as well as the volunteers and helpers, in out of the school, who have offered to lend a hand with the work. Now that everything is ready to grow, to feed our community, we hope you can lend a hand, over the summer. Ms. Goldberg is creating a WEED AND WATER schedule. If you would like to come and lend a hand for a day, here or there, we would all really appreciate it. It’s a great way to show you care for the school, and the community, and a nice way to learn about gardening.

We probably only need you to offer your time for 2 or 3 days, each time for about an hour, over the summer. You can even bring your little ones, to learn from the growing garden.

Please email Ms. Goldberg if you can lend a hand. She will contact you to discuss dates. Amgoldberg@cbe.ab.ca

Have a great evening!

May 30, 2016

Hello families and friends,

Our groups have been working hard on our small flying and crawling critter research over the last week.  These are coming along very well.  The students have been looking at: their creature's body parts; where it fits in the food chain; how it avoids predators; how it is helpful/harmful or both; where it lives; and other interesting or unique facts.  In our math groups we have been reviewing some of our skills that we had worked on earlier on in the year.

Over the next month, we will be looking at "growth" for our assembly on Friday, June 24th.  Please talk with your child about what this means, and how it looks, to them.  Parents will be welcome to come and watch the assembly.

On Wednesday, June 1st, at lunch time the Eco Team will be outside planting in the new garden beds.  Families are welcome to come out and join in this!

Next Tuesday, June 7th, is Bike to School Day.  This is in an effort to get the students active, have fun, and get some exercise!

This week I will be looking for volunteers to come in and help with putting together the fairy tales that Mr. Soulliere's group have been working on.  If you are available to assist with this in the morning please email me at <gasoulliere@cbe.ab.ca>.

If you have not sent back your child's permission form for soccer, please do that as soon as possible.  This will begin next week.

Now that the weather has been getting warmer, Mr. McDougall will be taking as many opportunities as he can to bring the students outside for phys. ed.  Please help your child to make sure that they are coming to school wearing footwear that is appropriate for being active and running safely outdoors.

If you would like to order pictures, order forms are due back tomorrow.  Scholastic Book Orders for Mr. Soulliere are also due back tomorrow.

Thanks and have a wonderful afternoon!

May 18, 2016

Hello families and friends,

We have been having a great week of swimming!  The students are really enjoying this and have been learning a lot.  Tomorrow will be our last day.  A reminder that Friday will be a PD day so no school for students, and Monday is a holiday.

Over the next few weeks we will be working on a research project about some local small flying and crawling creatures.  Each student has picked a creature, and will be looking for information about where it lives, where it fits in the food chain, its body parts and adaptations, and how it is helpful or harmful.  If you would like to help your child with finding some of this information there is a great search engine for kids called KidRex.

Over the next week, our classroom is going to be continuing our Yellow Fish Road Project.  As part of our work in this Canada wide initiative we will going out in our community and painting "Yellow Fish" on the storm drains as a reminder to everyone that what we put down the storm drain goes straight out to our river water.  In order to do this project we will require approximately 4-5 volunteers on the afternoon of next Wednesday, May 25th to help lead small groups of students in carrying out the painting and distribution of Yellow Fish Road door hangers.  If you are available to help us, and/or another class, please let your child’s teacher know as soon as possible.  We have had a shortage of volunteers for this, so any help would be wonderful.  Thank you!

Picture Order forms are due back Tuesday, May 31st.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!