Thursday, 5 September 2013

Week of October 14th, 2025


Hello families!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend filled with love, laughter, and gratitude. Whether you spent time with family, friends, or simply enjoyed the beautiful fall weather, we hope it was a time of rest and reflection on the many blessings in our lives.

This week may be short, but it’s certainly busy! We’re diving right back into our learning routines and enjoying the continued sunshine and crisp autumn air.

🌟 Reminders & Updates:

  • No spelling this week due to the shortened week.
  • Breakfast matters! We’ve noticed that a few students are coming to school without having eaten. A healthy breakfast is the most important meal of the day—it fuels our brains and bodies for a great morning of learning and movement. Thank you for your support with this at home!
  • Volleyball Intramurals: Grade 5 & 6 volleyball intramurals begin this week! It’s a fun opportunity for students to learn new skills, build teamwork, and enjoy some friendly competition. Please encourage your child to sign up and give it a try!

As always, thank you for your continued support and partnership. We’re looking forward to another great week of growing, learning, and celebrating our classroom community!

LUNCHES & TECHNOLOGY SAFETY

Our classroom is filled with exciting technology—Ozobots, Dash robots, Makey Makeys, Spheros, iPads, Chromebooks, and more! To help keep all of this equipment safe, I kindly ask that you do not send carbonated drinks (such as pop or sparkling water) with your child. These cans often get jostled in backpacks and can explode when opened during snack time, which poses a risk to our devices.

I’d really appreciate it if your child could enjoy these fizzy treats at home instead. Thank you so much for your support in keeping our learning environment safe and fun!

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Hot lunch program continues...lots of excited students (and parents...a day off of making lunch...hooray!)


Our classroom is a nut-free environment to ensure our students with allergies are safe. Please be mindful of this when you are packing your child's lunch and snacks. The new cookie store and Tim Horton's snacks and hot chocolate aren't peanut free...so please ensure your child enjoys these before getting to school. Thank you...so much...for helping keep all our students safe.


This Weeks Learning

Numeracy: We continue our short unit on multiplication, long division, rounding and its application on real world problems. Students are encouraged to practice their multiplication tables at home...there are a lot of great, free online activities to access! 

Social Studies/Science: We continue our Social Studies unit on the interactions between Indigenous groups and European settlers.

Language: We are 3 episodes into our VERY exciting podcast, the Hollows. Students are loving the suspense and action in this modern-day version of the Legend of Sleep Hollow...ask them to share!

Religion/Family Life: We continue with our first unit in religion, "God Calls Us To Know Him".

Phys Ed/Health: We will begin our unit on volleyball this week...so exciting! Our first health unit is on Healthy Eating.