Thursday Sept. 29

Reminder tomorrow there is no school because it is Orange Shirt Day (Truth and Reconciliation).  

This story is about Shi-Ski-Etko, about an Indigenous girl before she went to residential school, and her memory bag that she made. We made memory bags today as well. 

This is a video about Orange Shirt Day: 

We experimented with iron filings and saw how they were attracted to the magnet. You can test this at home with some cereal that has iron in it, is it attracted to the magnet? 

Next week we are starting our Magnet Project and building a magnetic game, if you have things at home you would like to donate to help us build our games you can bring them next week. Like:

-tinfoil

-cans

-recycling (cardboard)

-straws

-magnets

Tuesday Sept. 27

Tomorrow is picture day and library day! Remember to return your books. 

Thursday we are wearing orange shirts in recognition of Orange Shirt day. 

Please remember to return swimming forms! 

Our Learning:

ELA: We are working on long A words, like "they, prey, grey, say, day, play, paint, rain, snail, came, blame". We are working on the beginning, middle, end, and characters and setting. 

SLA: We are reviewing colors, numbers and body parts so we can work on describing things in Spanish and stretching a sentence. 

Science: We are learning about magnets, magnetic or not, north and south poles, magnetic fields. 

Social Studies: We learned about Terry Fox and now we are working on some mapping skills, like North, South, West, East, legends and symbols on a map.

Monday Sep 26 Updates

Important Updates!

 Dalhousie students and families will be participating in the annual Terry Fox run. The run will be held at the school on September 26 at 1:45 PM. Donations can be made online to the Terry Fox Foundation under Dalhousie School. Students are also encouraged to bring a Toonie for Terry on the day of the run. 

School photos will take place on September 27 for the Tuesday/Thursday Kindergarten group, Grades 1, 3 and 5. On September 28, the Monday/Wednesday Kindergarten group as well as Grades 2 and 4 will have their pictures taken. Please note that it will be the individual as well as the class photos.  Retakes will take place on October 17 & 18, 2022.

On Thursday, September 29, Dalhousie will recognize the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation by wearing orange shirts.    Students will also be engaging in learning around Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being.    There is no school on Friday, September 30.

Grade 1, 2, and 3 students have the opportunity to go swimming at Churchill Pool on October 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25. Students will have the opportunity to participate in the “Swim to Survive” program. These forms have been sent home with your child. Please fill out the Acknowledgment of Risk form & the Swimming Ability form , returning them to your child’s classroom teacher by no later than September 29, 2022. Both of these forms are required in order for your child to participate in swimming program. Thank you to our Dalhousie Parent Society who generously funded a large portion of the bussing, thereby reducing the individual cost to families.  We will require 6 additional volunteers and 1 male volunteer for each time slot for this field trip to be a success. Please see the Sign Up Genius to sign up for a volunteer slot. Only approved CBE volunteers will be permitted to attend this trip.   As we currently have a shortage of cleared volunteers in the lower grades, parents who are cleared from Kindergarten, Grades 4 & 5 are welcome to sign up.

Dalhousie Parent Society News

Our Apple Fundraiser is underway! Place your orders with the forms sent home by September 28. Cheques or e-transfers are accepted! 

Our Fall Harvest Fundraiser allows you to get some fresh produce.  Please visit https://store.indeygo.com/fundraisers/dalhousie-school-fall-harvest-fundraiser/. Donations can also be made to the Foodbank! What a great opportunity to double up on helping out! 

The next fun lunches are Fat Burger and Mucho Burrito. Get your orders in by Friday, September 23 at midnight on healthyhunger.ca  All restaurants are up until the end of December so feel free to order for any of the weeks.

If your child is going to be absent and you have ordered them a lunch, please email dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com before 11am the morning of fun lunch and let us know if you would

1. like it sent home with a sibling
2. You would like to pick it up
3. Donate it to the amazing staff

Kinder Parents, please make sure you are only ordering for the day your child is attending. 

If you would like to volunteer for fun lunch, check out available spots.  If you aren’t sure if you have clearance for volunteering, please email us and we will be able to help you out dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com

Thursday September 22

Updates and Reminders:

• bring back your swimming form if you have not brought it yet
• Terry Fox run is on Monday, you can bring Toonies for Terry on Monday or you can donate online. 
• Picture day is on Wednesday September 28 
• Library day is Wednesdays 
• bring back your computer form (admirable use policy) 

Our Learning:

English: blends (bl, cl, fr, dr, gr)

Science: magnets, magnetic and not, north and south poles, attract and repel

Spanish: We are working on describing stuffies using Spanish adjectives (colors, size, lindo, rapido, lento)

Math: We are working on numero del dia, and place value (decenas and unidades) 

 

Tuesday Sept. 20

Reminders:

• Tomorrow is our library day, remember to return your books.  
• Remember to return your swimming forms this week!
• Terry Fox Run next week on Monday, you can bring donations. 

Our Learning:

• Math: we are working on showing numbers in different ways, including base ten blocks, on a number line, by skip counting, by using multiple dice, tally marks, and equations. We are working on place value (tens and ones/ decenas y unidades) 

• ELA: we are working on reading quietly to self, reading quietly with a partner, retelling stories by beginning, middle and end. Expanding our sentences to include more details, and editing our sentences for capital letters, organization, punctuation and spelling (COPS)

• SLA: we are working on color words in Spanish, telling about ourselves in Spanish and building our vocabulary. 
• Como te llamas? Yo me llamo... 
• Cuantos anos tienes? Yo tengo __ anos. 
• Cual es tu color favorito? Mi color favorito es... 
• Cual es tu fruta favorita? Mi fruta favorita es... 

• Social Studies: We are talking about Terry Fox, our Terry Fox run is next week on Monday.

• Science: We are beginning our work on magnets and magnetism, ask me about our experiment.

Friday September 16

 We have been working on:

• read to someone
• listening to instructions during gym
• finishing our work and gluing it onto our workbooks
• skip counting and showing numbers in different ways.
• telling about ourselves in Spanish
• mi color favorito es
• mi nombre es/ me llamo
• mi fruta favorita es

 
Don't forget:

• To bring back your library books on Wednesday so you can get new books. Wednesday is our library day each week. 
• A member of our class finally arrived today! 
• Please sign and return the swimming field trip ASAP.

School Updates: 

• On Monday, September 19, Dalhousie School will observe a moment of silence in to mark the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. All CBE School and workplaces will remain open as scheduled.

• Please see the separate email that was sent regarding Parent Teacher Interviews, which will be held on Thursday, September 22 and Friday, September 23.   The conference booking application is currently experience technical issues and you may not be able to book at the initially indicated time.  We thank you for your patience.

• Due to Parent Teacher Interviews, there is no school for all students on Friday, September 23.  It is a full day of school for all students, including Tuesday/Thursday Kindergarten students on Thursday, September 22.

• Dalhousie students and families will be participating in the annual Terry Fox run. The run will be held at the school on September 26 at 1:45 PM. Donations can be made online to the Terry Fox foundation under Dalhousie School. Students are also encouraged to bring a Toonie for Terry on the day of the run. 

• School photos will take place on September 27 for the Tuesday/Thursday Kindergarten group, Grades 1, 3 and 5. On September 28, the Monday/Wednesday Kindergarten group as well as Grades 2 and 4 will have their pictures taken. Please note that it will be the individual as well as the class photos. A retake date will be confirmed 

Tuesday September 13

Two forms were sent home yesterday, one for Scholastic books. You can order books and have tgem sent right to your house from the flyer. You can also access the flyer digitally at https://www.scholastic.ca/  Our Class Code is  RC140337, for when you order. 

The other form is for donations for Terry Fox, you can donate online or by bringing toonies for Terry. 

We learned about las frutas in Spanish. You can ask me "Que es tu fruta favorita?" and I can tell you "Mi fruta favorita es ______." Our magic word is "platano" (banana). 

We are practicing read to self. 

We are working on the 100's chart puzzles and skip counting. 

We did gym with the other class. 

We had a guest teacher this morning. 

Tomorrow we are going to the library to check out books. You can check out 2 books maximum. 

Friday September 9

 Today we had our Welcome Back Assembly! It was funny and fun! Some grade fives got to go on stage and perform the chicken dance! Even our teacher danced on stage with all the other teachers. She had bunny ears on! 

We did a Spanish coloring page and read to self. 

We got TWO new students in our class this week!

Reminder: Please remember to bring indoor shoes for next week. 

Tuesday Sept 6

We are working on our whole body listening, and showing expected behaviours in our classroom. 

We have been practicing reading to self and are up to 14 minutes without interruptions!

We are working on skip counting by 2's , 5's and 10's and the 100's chart. 

We are practicing our Spanish phrases in the classroom. 

We have a welcome back assembly this Friday!

Remember your indoor shoes, and to pack enough snacks!

First Two Days of Grade 2!

Welcome back everyone!

Today we got to know each other a little better with an "All About Me Bag", so today students were sent home with a brown paper bag with the note explaining what to do on it. Students should choose 3 things that tell about them to put in their bag (like pictures/ drawings of their family, favorite toy, book). We will share these bags next week with the class. 

Make sure whatever you bring is not too special as there is always a chance it might get lost, if its too important, take a picture of it instead!

We had a great first few days of school! We loved:

• read to self time
• our name pattern art
• recess
• meeting our new and old friends
• our teacher is very kind 

We are looking forward to:

• finding out what is in the boxes in the classroom!
• making some book marks for reading 
• doing some REAL math :) 

Can't wait to see you on Tuesday, have a great long weekend!