Friday march 24

 Have a great Spring Break!

We are back to school on Monday April 3!

Friday April 7 and Monday April 10 are no school. 

CONCERT OUTFITS GRADE 2

A reminder about the outfits for the concert tonight, students should wear:

The children are at a beach going fishing. “Ideally” the costumes would be khaki shorts, capri pants or pants that are rolled up with a white or close to white T-shirt.  Nothing bright or neon if possible.  Please note, ideally does not mean that any money should be spent on this outfit… it’s just a guide.

Tuesday March 21

 Reminders:

Tomorrow we have our concert. Go to Room 2. That is where we are meeting before the concert and after the concert you can pickup your child from ROOM 2. Wear white shirt and green/brown pants/shorts (pick the closest color to white that you have for a shirt). The concert starts at 6:30- be here before then to get ready!

Tomorrow is library day. 

Friday March 17

Monday is our dress rehearsal, students can come dressed for the concert if they want, but do not need to. Our Dress Rehearsal is at 2pm. 

Friday, March 24 is the last day of classes before Spring Break.  

Classes will resume on Monday, April 3.  

After Spring Break, there is no school on Friday, April 7 and Monday, April 10.

Spring Concert Info

 

Spring Concert Information

Dear Dalhousie Families, With our highly anticipated Spring Concert coming up next week, here are some important notes: March 22 & 23 Evening Performances For the evening performances on March 22 & 23, doors will open at 6:00 pm.  Seating is first come, first served.  Please be respectful of our neighbours when parking.  There is no parking available in the parking lot. Due to space restrictions and fire code regulations, each family has two seats.  Seats are one person per seat due to the maximum capacity allowed (no lap children). For evening performances only, please have your child at the school by 6:00 pm for the evening that they are performing.   They should be dropped off in classrooms as follows: Kindergarten – Sra. Fredette Sra. Fredette’s M/W class go to Room 4 on their evening Sra. Fredette’s T/Th class go to Room 6 on their evening Kindergarten – Srta. Di Lorenzo Sra. Di Lorenzo’s M/W class go to Room 3 on their evening Sra. Di Lorenzo’s T/Th class go to Room 5 on their evening Grade 1 Sra. Fuentes and Srta. Alvarado go to Room 7 (in the Learning Commons) on their evening. Srta. Houde and Srta. Carcamo go to Room 8 (in the Learning Commons) on their evening. Grade 2 Grade 2 students go to Room 2 (in the Learning Commons) on their respective evening Grade 3 Grade 3 students go to their regular classroom on their respective evening Grade 4 Grade 4 students go to their regular classroom on their respective evening Grade 5 All Grade 5 students go to Room 1 on any evening that they are performing March 20 & 21 Dress Rehearsal We encourage families who would like to bring additional family members and small children to attend the dress rehearsal performance at 2:00 p.m on March 20 or 21, where there are no limits and everyone is welcome.  Doors open at 1:45pm and seating is first come, first served.  Again, please be respectful of our neighbours when parking. The March 20 dress rehearsal will be for those performing in the evening performance on March 22.   The March 21 dress rehearsal will be for those performing in the evening performance on March 23.  If you plan on attending the dress rehearsal, please ensure that you are attending on the correct date to see your child. Students will be called to the dress rehearsal and classes will resume once the dress rehearsal is complete, so there is no need to sign out your child. Thank you to everyone who has supported their child and the school in preparation for the concert.  We look forward to seeing you there!

School Update

 

Paul Davis Presentation

The Dalhousie Parent Society presents:   PAUL DAVIS – Online and Social Networking Safety Officer. Join us March 15th at 7:30 pm for this information session.  Click here to register.  A zoom link will be sent out shortly to registered parents.   We are so thrilled to have been able to book a virtual presentation from Paul Davis, an expert in Online Safety. Davis, a father of two teenagers, is a self-described ‘techie’. He has worked in IT for more than 25 years. Since 2011, he has added the role of social networking safety educator, regularly addressing students, teachers, educators and parents in school settings across Canada and the United States, as well as speaking to corporate clients about topics including: online safety, cyberbullying, online security, and social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok, etc.). Since the digital world is not going away, we wanted to learn how to best protect our children now since many kids already have access to smartphones. Paul's presentation will talk about the appropriate age for a child to have a smartphone, Smartphone contracts — understanding terms and conditions, what is legal and illegal, Establishing rules for smartphone usage (he does not recommend smartphones until grade 7), Regulating and monitoring screen time and mobile device usage and his personal experience with internet and social media safety, as a father of two teenagers, along with research on screen time and its effect on sleep patterns. There will also be a Q&A! REGISTER TODAY: March 15 at 7:30 pm as this is not a presentation you will want to miss. Register here!

Tuesday March 14

 Reminders:

• Tomorrow is library day, return your books. 
• Our Spring concert is Next Week on March 22 at 6:30
• Our Dress Rehearsal is also next week, on Monday March 20 at 2:00. 

St Patricks Day is this Friday, and we have a challenge on Friday --> Stacking Cups!

Our Learning:

ELA: 

* we are working on R controlled vowels (cart, bird, surf, or) to help us with reading and writing

* we are working on reading comprehension- retelling a story, telling the characters, setting and problem, ask me about our story "Wild Robot"

Spanish:

* We are working on blends in Spanish (bl, tr, gr) like "Gris", "trepar", "blanco", "planta" to help us read longer words in Spanish

* We continue to practice reading strategies in Spanish

* Learning about "El" and "La"

Math:

* We are working on double digit subtraction with borrowing, like 92-35

Social Studies:

* We are wrapping up our unit on Iqaluit and the Arctic

Science:

* We are learning about boats and how things float, ask you child about the two experiments we have done so far this week.

Tuesday March 7

Tomorrow you can bring money to buy things at the book fair. 

We are not doing a book exchange tomorrow, because we are going to the book fair.

You can also shop the book fair online. 

You can also shop the book fair with your parents on Thursday or Friday at the Celebration of Learning. 

Our Celebration of Learning is on Thursday after school and Friday. There is no school on Friday. 

Friday March 3

 Please see the separate email sent regarding our Celebration of Learning & Book Fair on March 9 & 10 and how to book for it.   A reminder that Thursday, March 9 is a full day of school and that there is no school for all students on March 10.

You can also shop the book fair online and buy things online. 

https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5184011 

 

You can also buy things from the book fair on our normal library time, on WEDNESDAY- that means you can bring money that day. 

We are continuing our Food Drive for Kindness Month.  All donations are gratefully accepted and can be dropped off at the donation boxes at either the front or the back door.

 

Volunteer opportunities are available for each class.  You must have a valid CBE volunteer clearance at the time you sign up and we ask that you sign up for two opportunities per class to allow for as many people as possible to participate.  If you would like to volunteer more, please check with the teacher.    More details can be found in the separate email that was sent out.

 

Our Spring Concert will be held on March 22 & 23 at 6:30pm.  You can see which classes perform when as well as the costume preparation in when in the separate emails that were sent out.   You can also check the class blogs for information. Srta. Primak is also looking for helping with prop creation.  You can sign up here if you can help out.  If you have any questions regarding the concert, please email Srta. Primak.