Good afternoon,

I hope everyone had a great night.

IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION:

We are very excited to have Maranda Bacchus (Ms. B) join us every Monday-Wednesday from now until April. She comes from Sheridan College and is taking the Child and Youth Care Program. She will have the opportunity to work with students, help create activities, help assess students, and give extra support wherever needed. She will also be assisting with after care, so don’t be shy!!

As per the email sent out earlier in the week, our schedule has changed and we no longer have gym in the morning, so the students can come to school in full uniform. Their gym uniform can stay at school for the week and will be sent home on the weekend. They also need to have outdoor shoes, black shoes, and gym shoes. Black shoes and gym shoes can stay overnight. All school bags can be put on their hooks upon arrival at SJA, so the gym does not get overcrowded with school bags. Also if you could have your children put their agendas in the agenda box and homework in the homework bin inside the classroom it would help speed things up!

The gym door is to be used before school and after school. After 8:50 that door will be locked and you will have to enter through the front of the building. The ‘kiss and ride’ program is in full swing. It’s a great way to pick up your children and saves you from having to park and come into the school! Please see email as we have changed how ‘kiss and ride’ will work!

Math

Today we did a little work with calculators. We continued working on number patterns.

Language

Reading buddies will begin next Wednesday! We are very excited about this! Today I returned the journals and we went over them. We also made a trip to the library and finished off with completing a general math assessment.

U.O.I. (Unit of Inquiry)

I loved reading everyone’s response to ‘When Sophie Gets Angry.’ Thank you for sharing! Today we brainstormed ideas on how to be good listeners…something we need to work on!! They completed a good listener activity and then we ended the day playing some listening games!!

Have a wonderful evening! Hope to see most of you at our Welcome Back BBQ tonight!

Mrs. Hocevar J

Outdoor Art class!

Jonathan the soccer goalie!

Our UOI topic for the day...What a good listener looks like!