Dear Parents,
Many thanks for helping your child prepare for the Gala Oratoire/ French poem.  The children did an outstanding job and I am very proud of them.  Mme Wozny will be honoring the winners in the next Newsletter.  The May Newsletter with the necessary information for the class will be sent out with the kids on Monday.
Thank you so much to those Parents who participate in the Scholastic Book Club.  I would appreciate it if you could please let me know if you ordered books in the month of January.  Apparently the cheques were not received by Scholastic.  Could you please check your bank statements to see if your cheques were encashed in January or early February?  Many thanks for your assisstance.
Have an excellent weekend!
Kind regards
Mme Amrita

Gala d'art oratoire 2017

Bonjour Parents,

We will be preparing students for the Gala d’art oratoire 2017 which is a showcase and a celebration of student achievement in French public speaking. The Gala is not a competition. The only “competition” part of the process is the school’s selection process to determine which presentation at various grade levels will represent the school. One student per grade level will participate in the Gala.

The students will select a French poem to memorize and present to the class.

The school district has prepared a rubric to facilitate the selection of these students.

One student from grade 2 will be chosen to represent the school at the Gala d’art oratoire 2017 to be held on Saturday, May 27 from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. at Bishop McNally Theatre, 5700 Falconridge Blvd N.E. The students will give their presentations on the stage before the audience.   All of the Gala participants are presented with certificates at the end of the day.

In order to begin preparing for this activity, your child is to begin practicing and memorizing a French poem in order to present to the class on Monday, May 8.

If your child is chosen to present at the Gala d’art oratoire, a letter will be sent home.

Tomorrow is crazy hat day to support the children who have to shave their heads due to cancer.  A toonie or more will be greatly appreciated, which will go towards cancer research.

Tomorrow is also Pizza Day.

Dear Parents,
Many thanks for volunteering for our Telus Spark Field Trip.  It was a huge success!!  I will need 5 Parent Volunteers for our in-school Field Trip for Social Studies on Wednesday
 the 8th February at 12:45 pm for one hour.  Please let me know at your earliest convenience if you can volunteer yorr time..
Many thanks and have a wonderful weekend!
Mme Amrita

Good morning Parents,
I hope you had a good weekend and you got the chance to see the January Newsletter.  Today, the kids will be writing their new spelling words for the week.  The spelling test will be on Friday.
We will start our new unit in Science on Magnetism, in preparation for our Field Trip to Telus Spark on the 24th.  For a deeper understanding of the subject, I organize 9 centers.  I shall be delighted if you could come and Volunteer on Friday morning at 9 am.
Have a wonderful week!
Warm regards
Mme Amrita

Dear Parents,
Let me take this opportunity to wish you all a Very Happy New Year!!  I am absolutely delighted to be back at school with my wonderful kids.  I will be sending the January Newsletter soon with all the special stuff that we will be doing in the different subjects.  As well, I shall look forward to your help when I organize centers, for art projects and for Field Trips.  Our first Field trip will be on the 24th of January at Telus Spark Science Center.  I will be sending out the forms soon.  Tomorrow the kids will have their first spelling test with some French and English words.  The children will require one lined notebook for the spelling test and one for Math problems.  I will appreciate it if you can send them with your kids at your earliest convenience.
Thank you very much and have an excellent weekend!
Warm regards
Mme Amrita

P. S.  Please don't hesitate to email me if you have any questions.

Dear Parents,
We have learned of a new web site called dashboardskoolbo.com.  Perhaps you have heard about it already.
Skoolbo is a great new site to help with reading and maths. Children are immersed in an incredible learning world and are highly motivated by the inbuilt rewards. Parents and teachers are equipped with an array of tools to help achieve wonderful educational outcomes for their children.
In Math. we have started fractions.  The kids have been working on a very interesting booklet in class.  Next week we will be doing some differentiated activities in Math as well as Area. 
In French the children have started a new story about a mystery parcel at their doorstep.
In English we are playing vocabulary games that the children are enjoying thoroughly.
In Social Studies we are continuing to learn about the 3 communities in the past and present.
Have an excellent weekend!
Mme Amrita

Dear Parents,
Tomorrow the children will be treated to a free Pizza.  Although they will not require a lunch, please do send their morning snacks. 
Our next Field Trip is on the 21st at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary.  Many thanks to the following Parent Volunteers:
Jansen's Mom, Junwen's Dad, Elliott's Dad, Roxy's Mom and Stella's Mom.  We will not be requiring any more.
In Science we are continuing our Unit on Small Crawling and Flying Animals.  The children have been doing amazing research with a partner and sharing information in class.  They have watched several videos and collected insects from the garden and inspected them through the magnifying glass.  Please do ask them what they have learned.
In Math, we have practiced 3-D geometric shapes extensively with manipulatives.  Problem solving has been ongoing.  Please review the Math Test with your child this evening.  Some children are still experiencing difficulty reading numbers in French and adding and subtracting with hundreds, tens and ones. 

Have a great day!
Mme Amrita