Galette des rois

Galette des rois

Dear Parents,

This year for Epiphany, we will be having a BFG activity where the students get to partake in the experience of' 'Galette des rois'.

A Galette des rois is a puffed pastry cake often filled with frangipane, but we will substitute it for chocolate for a nut-free version. A charm, called 'fève' is then hidden inside. Whoever finds the charm in their piece of galette is crowned king or queen for the night. This is a tradition often celebrated in France, Quebec and other francophone regions around the world.

As Epiphany occurs on the first day back from Christmas break, we ask that parents volunteer to help us make enough of this delicious puffed pastry for everyone to enjoy. If you would like to volunteer, please click on the following link to sign up.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A054BADAC2BA7F49-galette

Thank you!!

Dear Parents,
Many thanks for coming with your child to the Open House. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed putting it up for you.  We hope that you had the opportunity to visit all the exciting activities and projects around the school.
Let me take this opportunity to wish you all a Very Happy and Blessed Christmas and all the very best in 2020!!
Warm regards
Mme Amrita

Grade 2  December Update:

Dear Parents,

The following is a quick update on what will be taking place this month in our classroom and at St. Luke’s:

Important Dates to Remember:

Thursday December 5^th -  P/T conferences  4pm 7:30pm

                                      December 6th  -  P/ T conferences   9am-11:30am  1pm - 3:15pm

                                       December 12^th  Mission Mexico day

                                       December 13^th Christmas crafts

                                       December  17^th  Christmas Open House  6pm – 7:30 pm

                                       December 19^th  Advent Celebration at 10am

                                       December 20^th  Pizza Day   Spirit Day/ Pyjama day

What will we be learning about this month?

French Language Arts: We are working on comprehensions and story writing with a beginning, middle and end. We have started our Literacy Centres, a valuable tool in building vocabulary and confidence in speaking French.

English Language Arts: The novel “Charlotte’s Web” by E. B. White is off to a great start. The kids are always excited to learn what happens next. We will study vocabulary, make predictions about the story as we read along and do multiple choice activities. The Diorama for Charlotte’s Web is work in progress.

Math: We will continue representing and describing numbers to 100. We have started adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers without and with regrouping.  Basic facts and problem solving are ongoing.

Social Studies: We are studying the culture and language of the 3 communities of Iqaluit, Saskatoon and Meteghan. You could assist your child with this at home by looking at pictures of each of these communities online.

Science: We have started the Hot and Cold Unit in Science. Please ask your child what they have learned so far. Experiments with thermometers are ongoing.

Health: This is anti- bullying week.  The children are learning about bullying, bystanders and strategies to defend themselves.

Art: This month, the students will be working on an Inukshuk and igloo project and a Hot And Cold project.

Religion: The students are learning about Advent. For tomorrow the children need to prepare the following questions:

1.     What is Christmas about?

2.    How does Jesus help you through life?

3.    How many shepherds were there?

L’enseignante de la 2e année

Grade 2 Update:

Dear Parents,

The following is a quick update on what will be taking place this month in our classroom and at St. Luke’s:

Important Dates to Remember:

Monday November 11^th -  Remembrance Day /No School

        November 29^th  Field Trip to Glenbow Museum ( The information will go home on Tuesday)

What will we be learning about this month?

French Language Arts: We are working on comprehensions and story writing with a beginning, middle and end. We have started our Literacy Centres, a valuable tool in building vocabulary and confidence in speaking French.

English Language Arts: The novel “Charlotte’s Web” by E. B. White is off to a great start. The kids are always excited to learn what happens next. We will study vocabulary, make predictions about the story as we read along and do multiple choice activities. Please read the note about the Diorama that we will create for Charlotte’s Web.

Math: We will continue representing and describing numbers to 100. We have started adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers without regrouping.  Basic facts and problem solving are ongoing.

Social Studies: We are studying the culture and language of the 3 communities of Iqaluit, Saskatoon and Meteghan. You could assist your child with this at home by looking at pictures of each of these communities online.

Science: We have started the Hot and Cold Unit in Science. Please ask your child what they have learned so far. They did their first experiment with thermometers today.

Health: We will continue exploring safety and responsibility and learn about nutrition. 

Art: This month, the students will be working on Inukshuks and their significance in Iqaluit.

Religion: The students will continue learning about how we belong to God’s Family and will explore the important aspects of our Church Community.

Mme Amrita

L’enseignante de la 2e année

Good morning Parents,

Tomorrow is our Field Trip At Telus Spark.  Many thanks to Parent Volunteers who have very kindly offered to drive directly to the Science Center. The bus will be leaving the school at 9am.  Please make sure that your child comes on time.  Since the kids will be walking around the centre, exploring all the exciting locations over and above their Magnetism class, please could you send some extra snacks with their lunch. 

Many thanks and have a great day!

Mme Amrita

Dear Parents,
I am sending home a Math booklet with the kids who have not yet completed it.  I gave it a long time ago in class. They can take a week to complete it at home.  As well, I sent a spider booklet home on Friday so that the kids could practice their favourite spider for a Presentation in class this week.  Please do review it with your child at home.
Thank you so much.
Mme Amrita

October 2nd, 2019

Grade 2 Update:

Dear Parents,

The Grade 2’s have had a great month settling back into the school routines! September was a fun month. We had our wonderful school BBQ, our school opening Mass and our Terry Fox Run. Thank you to those who were able to attend Parent Teacher Meetings. It was wonderful to meet you all and I’m looking forward to working with your child this year!

The following is a quick update on what will be taking place this month in our classroom and at St. Luke’s:

Important Dates to Remember:

o   Friday, October 11^th - Professional Day /No School

o   Monday October 14^th- Thanksgiving Day - No School

o   Thursday, October 24^th – Our first field trip to TELUS Spark

o   Thursday, October 31^st – Professional Day /No School

What will we be learning about this month?

French Language Arts: Thanksgiving and Halloween activities such as vocabulary, story writing and crafts.

English Language Arts: We will be starting the novel “Charlotte’s Web” by E. B. White. We will study vocabulary, make predictions about the story as we read along and do multiple choice activities.

Math: We will continue representing and describing numbers to 100. We will also start adding and subtracting 1- and 2-digit numbers.

Social Studies: We will be exploring the landforms and geography of Iqaluit, Saskatoon and Meteghan. You could assist your child with this at home by looking at pictures of each of these communities online.

Science: We will continue learning about magnetism with a large focus on identifying where magnets are used in the environment.

Health: We will continue exploring safety and responsibility and learn about nutrition. 

Art: This month, the students will be working on pumpkin seed art.

Religion: The students will continue learning about how we belong to God’s Family and will explore the important aspects of our Church Community.

Mme Amrita

L’enseignante de la 2e année

Dear Parents,                                                           2^nd Oct. 2019

Your child is bringing home an English booklet.  We have been working with interesting adjectives and sentence endings.  We have practiced reading in class.  Your child will now read every page to you and I shall be grateful if you could please sign it and send it back tomorrow.

Many thanks

Yours sincerely

Mme Amrita

Dear Parents,
It was a huge pleasure meeting all of you at the Interviews. Please remember to send the Parent Input sheet as and when it is finished.
We have some important dates coming up.

26th September      Beach/ Hawaiian Day

27th September  Opening Mass at St. Luke Church.  Please let me know at your earliest convenience if you can walk with us to Church.

30th September   Terry Fox Run  Orange Shirt Day

Have a good evening!
Mme Amrita

Dear Parents,
The Grade 2's are off to a great start!! They are gradually warming up to the routine of speaking French. I hope that your child was able to share what they learned in Social Studies.  Many thanks for sending the booklet back promptly. They will soon be bringing their Math booklet home where the children have been practicing doubles, doubles plus one and doubles minus one, in order to sharpen their mental math skills.  Skip counting by 2's, 5's and 10's is ongoing.
In Science the children are learning about magnets.  Please do ask them what they have learned so far.
I look forward to meeting all of you at the BBQ and the Parent/Teacher Interviews.
Best regards
Mme Amrita

Dear Parents,

The children have been bringing home their binders with the work done this year.  Please could you go over the work and help your child finish any unfinished work. Thank you.  As well, I finished marking the latest Math problem solving booklet with two and three digit numbers, with addition and subtraction.  We have reviewed many examples in class but it would be advisable to continue to review it over the summer.  When children do not align the three digit numbers correctly and forget to show and add the remainder, they make mistakes.  They have also learned to tell the time, so if you can ask them to tell the time from time to time during the holidays, they will become more familiar and confident.  I have sent all the extra school supplies home with your child that he or she can use in Grade three.

Once again, I wish you all an excellent summer!

Best regards

Mme Amrita

Dear Grand Parents, Parents and siblings,
Many, many thanks for coming in such large numbers for our show. I am sure you agree, without a shadow of doubt that the Grade 2's were amazing SUPER STARS!!!  I am SO proud of them!  Perhaps the greatest reward for a teacher is to see the tremendous progress of the child by the end of the year.  All the kids memorized the play and they are inadvertently speaking great French.
Let me take this opportunity to wish you all an excellent summer with your families!
Warm regards
Mme Amrita

P. S.  Please remember to send a big bag with your child to take home the end of the year supplies.  Thank you.

Dear Parents,                 
Tomorrow is the Big Day!!!  I hope to see many of you for this celebration of Grade 2!  The kids have done a fantastic job and they need your encouragement.

Tuesday the 25th is the Year End Mass.  Please let me know by Monday the 24th, if you can volunteer to walk with the kids to Church.
Many thanks and look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
Mme Amrita

Dear Parents,
This message is of high importance!!  The Grade 6 Farewell has been moved to the 24th of June.  We will therefore have our Big Show on the 21st of June at 1 pm in the Gym.  I de apologize for the inconvenience and I look forward to seeing you all!!!
Have an excellent day!
Mme Amrita

Dear Parents,
Many thanks for practicing the poems for the Gala with your child.  The Poetry Unit was a huge success.  The children had memorized their poems and presented them to the class with great confidence.  I am SO proud of them!!!  Outstanding job Grade 2's!!! 
Now we are looking forward to our two Field Trips to Glenbow Museum and Heritage Park, both of which will be great educational experiences for the kids.

Dear Parents,

Some important reminders for the month of May:

Please check the Calendar that was sent to you last week with the important events for May.  Over and above those events, we have two important and exciting Field Trips coming up.  The first is on the 31^st of May at Glenbow Museum for the whole day where there will be two Social Studies workshops namely Our Community Our People and Discovery Adventure.  For this I will require 3 parent volunteers.  The second Field Trip is on the 7th of June at Heritage Park where there will be a Scavenger Hunt highlighting Our Community in the Past and the Present.  I will need Four Parent Volunteers for this.  We have 64 students and only one bus which allows a seating capacity of 72 students.  It will be greatly appreciated if a couple of Parent Volunteers could drive directly to Heritage Park and meet us at the entrance.  Thank you so much.

For the month of May and June we will be studying:

Science:  We are winding up the Boats and Buoyancy Unit with some additional experiments and general review.  We will be starting our new Unit of Small Flying and Crawling Animals.

Math:  The children have a good understanding of the Measurement Unit.  I am quite impressed with their estimations.  We are still continuing with some exciting activities in this Unit.  We will be doing Statistics and Probability and Telling Time.  Problem Solving will be ongoing.

French:   Story writing with a beginning, middle and end with interesting adjectives and expressions using the dictionary and vocabulary learned in class.  Comprehension passages and grammar.

English:  Spring Poems and English Story Writing.  Stuart Little and Comprehension Questions.

Religion:  Rosary   The emphasis this month is Mary and we are preparing for our Marian Liturgy.  The children every Tuesday morning have a religious presentation and they have the opportunity to say the Hail Mary and Our Father several times.

Art:   We have been integrating Art with Math and using Measurement for symmetry.  We will also be doing beautiful art projects with insects.

Health:  We will be looking at characteristics of friendship and effective strategies to resolve conflicts.

We look forward to seeing you at our first Marian Liturgy at 10 am on Friday the 10^th of May.

Good morning Parents,

We hope that you got the chance to see the printed version of the St. Luke Weekly on the weekend.  There are a lot of important dates in May.  Our very first Liturgy is on the 10th of May at 10 am.  We shall be delighted if you can make it for an hour.

I will send you more information in the first week of May.

Have a good week!

Mme Amrita

Dear Parents,

Many thanks for helping your child make the impressive boats. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing them float or move in water. We look forward to testing more boats next week.

On the 25^th of April we are doing an impressive project with clay. I would appreciate 3 or 4 Parent Volunteers at 9am.  Please let me know at your earliest convenience if you can volunteer your time.

We were lucky to get a Parent Volunteer for the bat projects. If any of you could come and help for an hour next week, It would be great.

Thank you very much and have an excellent weekend!

Mme Amrita

Thursday, April 4th, 2019

News

Dear Parents,

It was great to meet with most of you during parent-teacher conferences! Here is the update about our learning goals in April.

French: We will begin reading and reciting spring poems.  We are also learning how to write stories with a clear beginning, middle and end, using descriptive words. Reading comprehension and grammar practice will also be ongoing. 

Please remember to practice your poem for the Gala Oratoire  

Math:  We are working on our unit, “Space and Shape Measurement” where we learn about 2D and 3D shapes as well as using non-standard units (blocks, paper clips, string, etc. )  to measure objects.  Two great websites to introduce 3D objects and 2D shapes include:

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ShapeSorter/ 

https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1/name-the-three-dimensional-shape 

Problem solving is ongoing.

Science: We are learning about different liquids and will also learn about objects that sink and float in our Boats and Buoyancy Unit.

Social Studies: We will learn about the goods and natural resources in Meteghan, Saskatoon and Iqaluit. Students can enhance their learning about goods and natural resources of each community by going to: http://engagingstudents.blackgold.ca/index.php/division-i/soc-d1/social-studies-2/2-1-canada-s-dynamic-communities/

Art: We will be completing a spring art project. 

Music: We will connect rhythms to the melody of songs. We will also learn and use different musical instruments. 

Health: We will continue to learn about friendship as well as how to have positive interactions with others. An important focus will also include strategies to resolve conflicts between peers. 

English: We are learning about the lives of bats. We will also continue to learn how to write stories with descriptive words. Please continue to practice reading in English. 

We have started a new novel study;

Stuart Little by E. B.White, the same author as Charlotte’s Web.  The children will be able to make a comparison with the two books.

Religion: We will learn about the season of Easter and will begin discussing the sacraments, with a focus on the Eucharist. 

Gala Oratoire: 

Back by popular demand, French Immersion schools will participate in another Gala d'art oratoire. The Gala d’art Oratoire is an opportunity for every student to showcase the skills they've gained over the years.  

Your child will be coming home with 2 poems. I ask that they choose and memorize one of the poems to present to the class on Friday, April 27^th.

A representative from each grade level will be selected to participate in the final school presentation in May. 

Important dates in April:

9^th April     Danceworks   10am  

16^th April   Provincial Elections

18^th April   Lenten Liturgy

19^th -  23^rd April   No school for students

24^th April     Due date for Jump Rope Enveloppes

25^th  April    Spirit Day with a BLING theme/

                     Pizza Day

Dear Parents,

February was a very busy month! Thank-you again to the parents who joined us to make apple crisp and ice-cream! It was a great way to engage in our hot and cold science unit. Thank-you as well to the parents who could assist with roller blading this past week! The students loved in-line skating.

Important Dates and Reminders:

Wednesday, March 6^th –  Ash Wednesday

Friday, March 8^th – Report Cards will be sent home

Thursday March 14^th & Friday 15^th we will have our Parent/Teacher  interviews. I look forward to meeting with all of you.

On Friday the 15^th there will be no school for the students.

March 18^th - March 22^nd we celebrate la semaine de la francophonie where we will have exciting French activities for the students.

It is that time of the year again where the children prepare a poem to present to the class.  Please go to Google and type in poèmes français and you will find 100’s of poems to choose from.

March 23rd – Easter Break begins. Bonne vacances- and we look forward to seeing the kids on Monday, April 1st.

What are we learning about in March?

French: We are continuing to work on reading comprehension skills as well as working on our writing skills and will be writing stories. Please continue to encourage your child with his/her home reading.

Math: We will continue our new math unit on 3D objects and 2D shapes. Problem solving in math will be an ongoing activity. Two great websites to introduce 3D objects and 2D shapes include:

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ShapeSorter/

https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1/name-the-three-dimensional-shape

Religion: We will learn about the seasons of Lent and Easter.

Science: We will continue our unit on liquids and boats and buoyancy. At the end of the unit, we will send home a boat building project with recycling materials.  We shall keep you posted.

Social Studies: We are learning about goods and natural resources in the three communities. Students can enhance their learning about the culture, traditions and natural resources of each community by going to: http://engagingstudents.blackgold.ca/index.php/division-i/soc-d1/social-studies-2/2-1-canada-s-dynamic-communities/

English: We will continue to learn about bats. We are also trying to incorporate descriptive words in our stories. In addition to your home reading in French, we encourage your child to also read in English each evening.

Music: We will work on connecting rhythms with music and continue learning about high and low sounds as well as melodies.

Art: We will work on art pieces for Easter.

Dear Parents,
If you have unbreakable baking trays that you can send with your child tomorrow, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you so much and have a great day!
Mme Amrita

Dear Parents,

Thank you to those who were able to join us for our in-class field trip! The Grade 2’s learned about the adventure of Superhero Settlers. The Ukrainians who settled on the prairies had several super powers to help them defeat the challenges they were faced with in Saskatchewan. Geography, culture, goods and services were explored in this superhero adventure.

February will be a busy month!

Important Dates and Reminders:

Friday, February 8^th, we will be making Apple Crisp and ice cream (at 9:00 am) for our Science Unit on Hot and Cold. Please remember to bring an apple already sliced in a Ziploc bag. Please let me know if you can assist with this.

Tuesday, February 12^th,  Carnaval: We will spend the day playing games in celebration of Carnaval. We hope to also see you at the Mardi Gras family dance that evening beginning at 6:00 pm.

Wednesday, February 13^th, 12:30 – Cabane à sucre 

From Thursday, February14th to Monday February 18^th No School due to Teacher’s Convention and Family Day.

Tuesday, February 19- School Council, 4:00 – 5:00 PM All Parents welcome

Thursday, February 21 – Pizza Day/ Spirit Day Decades

Monday, February 25 – Ash Making 9:00 AM All Parents welcome

We will begin In-Line skating the week of Monday, February 25^th

What we will learn about in February:

English: We will finish discussing Charlotte’s Web and we will have a multiple choice test on the 12^th of February. We will also begin our new Unit on Bats. Story-writing skills using a beginning, middle and end will be ongoing.

Sciences: We have started our new unit on Liquids and we have completed two experiments.  Please do ask your child what they have learned.

Social Studies: We have begun our new unit on the natural resources and goods in Iqaluit, Meteghan and Saskatoon.  Please do ask your child what natural resources and goods are found in Saskatchewan.  The children learned them during our workshop.

Math:  We have been practicing bar graphs with the help of class surveys.  We will start our Unit with 2-D and 3-D geometric shapes. We will also practice problem solving.  Please practice these skills with your child at home.

French: We are learning about French grammar (nouns, proper nouns, adjectives, etc). We will continue to also enhance reading and writing skills by writing stories and completing reading comprehension texts.

Religion:  We are learning about Jesus’ life as a child by reading Bible stories. We are also learning about important symbols in the Church.

Health:  We will be focusing on group dynamics and collaborative decision making.

Music: We will work on Tempo and music dynamics.

Art:  We will be participating in varied Carnaval Activities next week as part of our week of Francophonie.

Dear Parents,
Many thanks for those of you who can volunteer on the 4th and 8th of February for our school activities. 
Could you please check your child's Agenda and initial it everyday?  Many thanks.
Today the children used Chrome Books to type a paragraph of Charlotte's Web.  Some children experienced difficulty in typing their username.  Would it be possible to help them at home for a week?  Their username is in their Agenda and it is followed by@learn.cssd.ab.ca.
Thank you so much and have a good week!
Mme Amrita

Dear Parents,
A Very Happy New Year to you all!  May 2019 be filled with good health and happiness for everyone!
For the month of January, we are doing the following;
Science:  We are continuing our unit on Hot and Cold Temperatures. Yesterday the children learned about the heating system in buildings and how the Thermos keeps food and beverages hot or cold.  Please do ask your child to explain these concepts. We will also study insulating materials and I hope to give a Science Test early next week.  I will give the children plenty of time to practice at school. Some websites of this unit are the following;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/keeping_warm.shtml

http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/AirandWeather/activities/whatstheweather.html

http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/first/EyeontheSkyWeatherJournal/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/podsmission/solidsandliquids/annie02.shtml

http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/games/detail.aspx?id=b742f71e-0b16-4265-924f-997a0181a2b9

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsc/activities/simulations/gr3/unitb.html

http://netrover.com/~jjrose/weather/weather.html

http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/SolidsandLiquids/index.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/gases.shtml

http://www.derbyshire-fire-service.co.uk/userimages/kitchen.swf

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/bpes_new/bpes_new_uk/STAGING/local_assets/flash/ysi_preview/index.htm

http://www.mhschool.com/science/2008/student/na/scienceinmotion/Common/SIM.html?Module=../Grade1/Chapter12-HeatEnergy/

http://www.mhschool.com/science/2002/student/k/sims/sim5.html

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/readers/science/book2/game.htm

Math:  We are continuing to practice how to represent a three digit number in three different ways.  We are also practicing adding and subtracting with regrouping.

French:  We are doing Literacy Centres, French grammar and comprehension and we will continue to write stories with descriptive words and expressions.

English:  We are continuing to read Charlotte's Web and discussing reflective questions and making connections with the characters and events. 

Social Studies:  We are continuing to study the language, culture and art of the three communities of Canada, Inuit, Ukrainian and Francophone. 

Art:   The children have just finished a beautiful project on Inukshuks.