Friday 18 December 2015

Joyeux Noel et Bonne Annee!

Chers parents,
I wanted to say Merci! to you all for the lovely gifts and cards.  It was very kind, thoughtful and heartwarming.  One thing I love about teaching kindergarten is all the hugs I get--so grateful for that especially today!  May you all enjoy a peaceful and fun break with family and friends.  I look forward to seeing you in 2016!
Meilleurs voeux pour les vacances!

Mme Jennifer Wallace

Monday 14 December 2015

Newsletter December 14th


Chers parents,

We will be celebrating the holidays and another full bucket with our cali-partenaires Wednesday December 16th 2015.  Children are welcome to bring favourite board or card games to school.  Please ensure that the games are well-labeled.  We have much to celebrate!  The students performed a song on Friday for Mme Wettlaufer and she was quite moved.  We have been filling our class bucket ~notre seau~ with kind acts and speaking French.  We had two great field trips recently to the Saskatchewan Craft Council and to the Western Development Museum.  We had great experiences on both trips.  Thank you to Dawn and Robina for volunteering!

There will be a Winter Festival at the school Wednesday evening if you are able to attend.  Our class will not be performing anything before Christmas Holidays but near the end of January or beginning of February we will be doing a winter assembly.  Stay tuned for the date of that performance!

 

Thank you for all the support and I wish you all a good and restful break in the days to come and much peace and joy in the new year!

 

Mme Jennifer Wallace

Thursday 26 November 2015

Activity Conferences


Le jeudi 26 novembre 2015

Chers parents,

Just a reminder that today we are having activity conferences.  Come ready to see what your child can teach you!  There is no school for students tomorrow.  We will have a new calendar ready for Monday.  We also have a parent volunteer helping us on Tuesdays and Thursdays ~ thank you Robina!

December 11th is our last day with Mme Wettlaufer!  We are so grateful that Mme Wettlaufer was able to do her teaching internship with us.  We have truly benefited from learning with her.  We will try to have the students write her a card before saying goodbye.

Next week Thursday, December 3rd we will be walking to the Saskatchewan Arts Council on Broadway at 9:00am to see the art and do an activity.  On Thursday December 10th we will be going to the Western Development Museum.  Please let me know if you are able to join us and volunteer for either excursion. 

Merci!

Mme Wallace

Monday 9 November 2015

Remembering...On se souvient...

Chers parents,

This week is a short week.  Today we walked to McQuarrie's Tea and Coffee.  We learned a lot from Ms. Darcy about the display and the veterans who fought.  Tomorrow morning we will be having a Remembrance Day service in the gym around 10:30 am.  We would like to remind parents and students that there will be no clapping as we pay our respects and honour those who died in wars. Wednesday is Remembrance Day there is no school.  Thursday and Friday there is no school for students as there is planning and learning for staff. 
The Royal Canadian Legion also  hosts the city wide Remembrance Day Service beginning at 10:30 am on November 11th at Sasktel Center.
Finally, each year students enter the Legion essay and poster contests.  Information about these contests can be found on the following websites. Any entries for these contests can be dropped off at the Legion address below by November 13th.
 
Another note:  If you have not signed up for an activity conference Thursday Nov. 26th please call or send the note to see what times are still available.  Thank you!
Mme Wallace and Mme Wettlaufer
 

Thursday 15 October 2015

Oops! PLEASE READ!

Chers  parents,
We are having a change.  Please note tomorrow Friday October 16th is
Sports Day and the whole school is asking students and staff to wear sports
gear, shirts, jerseys or a uniform.  Please do not buy anything new.  We will change our PINK day to Wednesday October 21st. And our rainbow day will follow on the Thursday
October 22nd.
Merci!  Thank you!  We had a wonderful celebration with our care-partners playing games today in our class.
 
le lundi 19 octobre: brun (brown)
 
le mardi 20 octobre: noir et blanc (black and/or white)

le mercredi 21 octobre: rose (pink or peach)
 
le jeudi 22 octobre: l'arc-en-ciel (rainbow)
 
Sorry for  the confusion!
 
 

Tuesday 13 October 2015

A Bucket Full! Bravo! Le Seau est rempli!



Chers parents,

 Welcome back from the Thanksgiving long weekend. We trust that everyone had a wonderful break. The month of October is flying by! Thank you to the parents who joined us at Pooh Corner last week. We had a beautiful day for a walk and a great time with the staff from the Frances Morrison Library. Thanks to everyone for participating in our colour days as well. Today we were truly bleu because we forgot to take a class photo and we had such great participation. We managed to get some individual photos as the children were dismissed.  Please note the colour days below.  The students have been so good at doing nice things for each other that our bucket is full of pompoms already. We had a great day today as well as we worked on circle booklets with Mme Wettlaufer and favourite books for sharing times.  To celebrate our bucket full we are having a games period on Thursday October 15th. The students can bring their favourite board games or card games to class that day if they want.  Please ensure the games are well labeled.  After Thursday, we will be encouraging the students to practice more speaking in French and adding pom poms to the bucket for that as well. Some of the students have already started, but it will be a regular focus in the next few months.

We will also visit with our care partners--les cali-partenaires on Thursday.  

Mme Wettlaufer is also full-time teaching in our classroom as well.  You are always welcome to contact either one of us with any questions or concerns.

We have much to be grateful--reconnaissant (es) for. 

Thank you for all your support!
Merci pour votre soutien,

Mme Wallace et Mme Wettlaufer


le mercredi 14 octobre: violet ou gris (purple or grey)

le vendredi 16 octobre: rose (pink or peach)   SPORTS DAY

le lundi 19 octobre: brun (brown)

le mardi 20 octobre: noir et blanc (black and/or white)

**le mercredi 21 octobre: rose (pink or peach)

**le jeudi 22 octobre: l'arc-en-ciel (rainbow)

Tuesday 6 October 2015

Reminder Pooh Corner and Green Day


Rappel/Reminder:

We will be walking to Pooh Corner at the Frances Morrison Branch Library tomorrow Wednesday October 7th and it is green day.  Please ensure your child is dressed for the weather as we will be crossing a bridge and having our snack outside.  Please send your child’s library card with him or her.

Mme Wettlaufer et Mme Wallace

Tuesday 29 September 2015

Newsletter for October


Le mercredi 29 septembre, 2015

 
Newsletter update and what is ahead for October


Chers parents,


Thank you to our parent volunteers for your help with our visit to the PowWow at Oskayak High School. We had fantastic weather for a walk outside! We truly enjoyed the bright colourful outfits—regalia--of the dancers as well as the songs from the drummers. We all got to participate in the intertribal dances as well when all are invited to join the dancing! We also went inside the Tipi at the PowWow as a group and got to learn from one of the young dancers some learnings about the Tipi.

We have a new student in our class and the class has been helpful in showing him the classroom and school routines. We also met our care partners this week from Mme Lloyd’s Grade 2/3 class and did a craft with them with fall leaves.

 
On Thursday of this week, the school will be participating a run to honour Terry Fox and raise money for cancer research, so we will be talking about Terry’s journey with the students in class on Wednesday. In October we will be doing colour days: les jours de couleurs.  On colour days I ask that students dress in the chosen colour.  They can also bring something that is the chosen colour to share and make into a collage. (Please do not buy new things or clothing for these colour days).  On your child’s special day this month, we ask that your child bring their favourite book so we can share it with the class. We will be walking to Pooh Corner at Frances Morrison Library next Wednesday, October 7th.  If your child does not have a library card please fill out the form we are sending home. Please send your child’s library card in his or her dossier on the 7th.  If you can join us as a parent volunteer, please let us know.

 
Please keep the calendar where you can easily refer to these dates.


Colour days and days to note:

le jeudi 1 octobre: rouge (red)

le vendredi 2 octobre: orange (orange)

le mardi 6 octobre: jaune (yellow)

le mercredi 7 octobre: vert (green) POOH CORNER

le jeudi 8 octobre: LES PHOTOS (picture day)

le vendredi 9 octobre: pas d'école (no school PD day)

le lundi 12 octobre: L'action de grâce (Thanksgiving no school)

le mardi 13 octobre: bleu (blue)

le mercredi 14 octobre: violet ou gris (purple or grey)

le vendredi 16 octobre: rose (pink or peach)

le lundi 19 octobre: brun (brown)

le mardi 20 octobre: noir et blanc (black and/or white)

le vendredi 21octobre: l'arc-en-ciel (rainbow)

 
Mme Wettlaufer et Mme Wallace

Friday 18 September 2015

Newsletter summing up the week and what is ahead


 

 

Chers parents,

On Thursday of this week, we learned about families and how we are all different but special and unique. We talked about various family members as part of our “All About Me” unit. The students are doing so well with our classroom routines and learning projects. In preparation for our trip to the Oskayak PowWow next week and as part of our unit, we explained the importance of the circle to our First Nations families and held a “Circle Talk” with the students. For this activity, everyone sits in a circle and an artifact is passed around (in this case it was a “talking stick”). When the artifact is passed to you, you may share with the group, but the only one allowed to speak at all during the circle time is the person who has the stick. We asked the students to share something that they enjoyed doing with their families. All of students followed the rules perfectly and no one spoke out of turn. Mme Wallace and I were so pleased! We are so proud of our students!  We are looking forward to experiencing the wonderful traditions at the PowWow on our field trip on September 25th!

 

Thank you to our parents volunteers for the walk.  We will be leaving the school around 9:30 am to be ready for the grand entrance at 10am.  We will have snack before we go.

 

Please remember that Monday is our library book exchange day.  Please return your child’s school library book in the plastic bag in his or her backpack.  We will be walking to Frances Morrison Oct.7th to attend a program in Pooh Corner.  If you are able to attend as a volunteer please let me know.  Next week we will have two presentations on Pow Wows as well.  A traditional knowledge keeper will be coming on Wednesday September 23rd to do activities around Pow Wows in the gym.  We will have a guest teacher that day as Mme Wettlaufer and Mme Wallace will be at an inservice.

 

We are so impressed with this class and all the learning we are doing together.  Bravo!

 

Mme Wettlaufer et Mme Wallace

I forgot to send out a little advertisement about Word on the Street this Sunday, September 20th downtown.  It is a wonderful event that promotes literacy and fun.  Check it out.

Tuesday 15 September 2015

Bucket Filling with Pompoms and Crazy Hat Day


Chers parents,

We are filling our class bucket and we are using pompoms to fill it.  Unfortunately I did not have enough pompoms in our craft cupboard and some are too small and it will take much too long to fill.  I started making pompoms and made some with some students during center time as well.  If you have some time, some yarn and want to contribute to our class...we would love more pompoms.  You can teach your kids but it will take time and patience.
You will need:

Yarn (enough to wrap a fork about 25 times or just under 4 meters)
A fork
Sharp scissors
Here is a video on how to make pompoms:

 MERCI pour nous aider à remplir notre seau!
THANK YOU for helping us fill our bucket!

Please note: Friday September 18th is Crazy Hat Day.  Kids and staff will sporting fun hats as part of our first spirit day.

 

Monday 14 September 2015

Newsletter for September 13th


Chers parents,

We are so proud of our maternelle!  What a great class.  The students know so well how to line up, listen and our classroom expectations.  They are also learning how to respond in French and how to introduce themselves.  We are also filling buckets.  We read a book As tu rempli un seau au jourd’hui? About how we all carry invisible buckets.  We can be bucket fillers by being kind.  Our class bucket is already filling up!  We are learning so well about C’est Moi!  Today we had a fire drill and they did an excellent job.  We also went to the library today and learned about taking out books.  Each child is bringing home a French book in a plastic bag.  Please ensure that the book comes back in the bag next Monday.  Monday will be our borrowing days.  If you have not returned your consent forms please send them as soon as possible.  We will be walking to Oskayak on September 25th for a Pow Wow.  Thank you to Dawn and Jeanne for volunteering for this!  Thank you also for ensuring your child’s dossier comes to and from school every day.

This Wednesday evening 6:30pm we will have Meet the Staff here at the school.  We look forward to seeing you there!

 

Mme Wettlaufer and Mme Wallace

 

Wednesday 2 September 2015

Bienvenue à la maternelle!


September 2-4th 2015

Chers parents,

Bonjour et bienvenue à la maternelle! Welcome to kindergarten! This is an exciting time for kindergarten students and their families. We look forward to getting to know you and your children better. Let us introduce ourselves.

My name is Jennifer Wallace. I first came to École Victoria at the beginning of January 2009; I previously taught French Immersion Kindergarten, arts education, and grades 7/8 at École Rivers Heights School from 2000-2007. I am very pleased to be working in this community and I have two children who are also attending here.  We have wonderful staff and students at École Victoria and I am glad that I am a part of this school.   I am excited about starting this year.

My name is Barb Wettlaufer and will be working with Jennifer as an intern until December. I am in my 4th year of Education, looking forward to graduating as a teacher in April 2016. I am so excited to be spending my internship at École Victoria as I work on strengthening my French language skills. I look very forward to meeting you and your children.

I hope you will find the following information about classroom procedures helpful:

BELONGINGS: Please label all your child's belongings that come to school including sweaters, hats, mitts, jackets, knapsacks and especially runners and boots.  Please send shoes that have velcro rather than lace-ups.  This makes getting in and out for recess much easier.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE: If you are dropping off or picking up your child, please use the front entrance. If you arrive early for the start of class the expectation is for students to wait outside on the supervised playground until the bell has gone. I cannot supervise your child before school hours as I have to prepare for the day.

If your child takes the bus, please remember to contact your child's bus driver if he or she does not need transportation on a certain day. We will be sure that all bus students are safely on the bus at the end of the kindergarten day. Please let me know in a note as well if there are changes.

ABSENCES: If your child will not be attending school or if there is any change in the normal routine, please call the school to let us know.

BIRTHDAYS: If your child is having a birthday and you wish to send a snack for the class, please let me know in advance. Children with summer birthdays may wish to celebrate their "half birthday" (i.e. July 16th= January 16th). Please send a note in advance so that time can be set aside on that day. *It is very important to let me know if your child has allergies so that others parents and teachers can be made aware of this. Please do not send snacks or treats containing nuts or nut products.*

SNACKS: Your child should bring a small nutritious snack to school. Some suggestions include apple slices (half is usually plenty) or other fruit, a piece of cheese, crackers, carrot sticks, raisins, an oatmeal cookie, granola bar or a small muffin. For drinks, please send water bottles.  If you wish to send juice, please use a reusable Rubbermaid drink box or other similar spill-proof drink box.

 

COMMUNICATION: Your child’s two-pocket folder or “dossier” which will be used as the primary method of communication between home and school. Please check your child's dossier each day and remove everything from the pocket. For example, a t-shirt letter will be sent home with this letter to indicate your child's upcoming special day. If you wish to return forms or send a note/letter for our attention, please place them in the pocket. Please return the dossier to your child's backpack each day. I can also be contacted by e-mail: wallacej@spsd.sk.ca  I also have a classroom blog: http://lamagiedelamaternelle2.blogspot.ca

At the beginning of each month your child will receive a class calendar and newsletter. If you have any questions or concerns, please call the school (306-683-7470). If I am not available at the time of your call, I will return your call as soon as possible or you can email me at the address above. Good communication from home and school is an essential part of any successful classroom!

PARENT VOLUNTEERS: I always welcome parent involvement. Volunteers are especially needed on out of school excursions.   Please complete a police record check; forms are available at the front office.  I will inform parents as soon as possible of outings.  If you have a project, cultural experience, a special talent or a story, please feel free to come and share that with our kindergarten class.  I am also looking for a parent to act as room parent for our Home and School Association. Please let me know if you are interested in this position.

LITERACY FOR LIFE: We have received extensive training for our Literacy for Life initiative. This includes a program called PWIM (Picture Word Inductive Model) or MIMI (Méthode Inductive de Mots Illustrés). MIMI and phonics strategies are integrated into our program in learning the alphabet and learning to read. In addition to MIMI, I encourage students to read at home, (or be read to) on a daily basis. In kindergarten, a child reads a book in his or her own way (by memory, inventive storytelling, along with pictures.) I encourage parents to try reading with your child for 20 minutes at home each day.

 MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT:  Wednesday September 16th *is our —Welcome Back—Meet the Staff Evening.  I am truly looking forward to greeting you on this evening.  Please have your son or daughter introduce you if they haven’t already done so! 

 

THIS MONTH the two themes we will focus on are: C’est moi! (All About Me) and Les couleurs (Colours).  On the calendar is your child’s special day—on which he or she can bring a baby photo.  For the colour days children can wear the designated colour on that day.  We are hoping to go on a walking field trip to Pooh Corner at Frances Morrison Library soon.  If you would like to join us as a parent volunteer please let me know.  Thank you and I look forward to the days ahead! We are looking forward to seeing all our kindergarten students again on September the 8th.  Bonne Rentrée!

Sincèrement,

Vos enseignantes de la maternelle,    Mme Jennifer Wallace et Mme Barb Wettlaufer

Thursday 25 June 2015

Last day of School --Bonnes vacances!

We had a wonderful last day of school.  There was a farewell assembly that included goodbyes to some staff and grade eight students.  There was also a slideshow for the school and a bit of dancing.  When we returned to class we enjoyed snack time with an extra snack of homemade cookies from a fellow student.  Then we headed outside for an extended recess.  We returned to the class to watch a slideshow DVD of our class.  A copy of the DVD is in your child's report card envelope.  We ended on the song, "Happy!" Although there were some tears too.   For those who were done watching we played a game of silent ball with our soft globe.

It was quite a year!  We had a busy and large kindergarten class and I was so grateful for all the support I received from you.  Our field trips were a great success because I had wonderful parental support.  The special days including our special events were also successful because you were a part of them. MERCI! 

I would also like to thank you all for the generous gifts I received today.  I was blown away by the cards your children wrote and the beautiful gifts.  I will be treating myself this summer thanks to you all! 

I hope that you all have a fun and relaxing summer and I look forward to seeing most of your kids in the hallways in September.


MERCI!

Mme Jennifer Wallace

Tuesday 23 June 2015

Spray Park

Please remember we are headed to the spray park at River Landing.  Please send a hat and appropriate footwear as well as a towel and sunscreen applied.  Children can have clothing over their swimsuits when they arrange at school.  We will be walking there and back. 
MERCI!

Friday 19 June 2015

Happy Father's Day and Happy Aboriginal Day!

We had a wonderful turn out!  Thank you for the great participation and the spirit of fun everyone brought to the gym today for our Dad's Day celebration.  Your presence was much appreciated by the kids and by me.  I want to wish all the dads a Happy Father's Day and to our First Nations brothers and sisters Happy Aboriginal Day on February 21st! It is great to belong to this community and this school.  I hope you all have a great weekend.

Thursday 18 June 2015

Dad's day!


Chers parents,

Please remember that tomorrow Friday June 19th is our Dad’s day.  Please come prepared to join your child in some fun and active games in the gym.  Wear footwear for runnning!  The kids have been looking forward to having fun with you!

Mme Wallace

Wednesday 3 June 2015

News and notes


Chers parents,

Just some reminders and news.

Thursday June 4th we will be performing at the Broadway Theatre at 4:30pm.  Please bring your child to our classroom at 4:15pm.  Attendance will be taken to know who is there.  When you pick up your child back in the classroom, you must speak with me for verbal confirmation and I will check your child off the list. 

Friday June 5th we will be walking to the Children’s Festival.  Thank you for the parents who volunteered to come.  We will leave shortly after attendance.  Please ensure your child is on time and wearing appropriate clothing for the weather, and good footwear.  We will be back for our regular dismissal.

 

Please return books June 8th!

Monday June 15th we will be going to the University of Saskatchewan to the Biology/Geology building to see the dinosaur skeleton models.  We will be leaving shortly after 9:00am and we will be returning at 11:00am.  If you can volunteer please let me know!

On June 17th we will be having a fun day morning outside with our care partners.  Students need to be wearing hats and sunscreen.

Friday June 19th we will be celebrating Dad’s day. If a parent cannot attend please send someone who can attend.  We will be in the gym after attendance until 10:30/10:45.  Come prepared to run and be active!

Wednesday June 24th we will be walking to River Landing Spray Park.  We will need to have students wear swimsuits and over-clothes, a towel, a hat, sunscreen, footwear for walking and a snack in their bags.  If students have sandals that they can walk and get wet please send them in those—the park is very slippery and slick. 

 

Thursday June 25th is our last day of school!  Report cards will go home that day.

 

MERCI!  Mme Wallace

 

 

Monday 1 June 2015

June newsletter --juin


Le 29 mai 2015

Joyeux juin!   We are here at the end of the year and our last month of school!  Thank you so much to our volunteers for our last field trips, ones coming up and those we have been on throughout the year.  We could not have done it without you! 

We are going to be studying dinosaurs, things to do with summer and celebrating dads this month.  We will also be having some special events.  Thursday June 4th we will be performing in the school showcase musical “On Top of the World” at 4:30pm at Broadway Theater.  Please bring your child to our classroom by 4:15pm. 

On Friday June 5th we will be walking to the Children’s Festival to see “The Little Prince.”  If you are able to volunteer and walk with us please let me know as soon as possible.  We won tickets for this event and it is exciting to be able to take it in.  We will be leaving the school shortly after attendance and returning before dismissal.  Students will need to be dressed for the weather wearing a hat, sunscreen and good walking shoes.

While older students will be swimming, Friday June 19th we will have Dads' day.  This will be from 8:50am -10:30 am in the gym.  Again if a parent is unable to attend please have someone come to participate with your child.   This will be an active time which will involve running and lots of movement; please dress for being active. 

Please stay tuned for another trip to see the dinosaur models at the University of Saskatchewan.

Wednesday June 24th we will be walking to River Landing Spray Park.  If you can going us on the walk please let me know! 

 I hope everyone is enjoying the home reading books.  Click the home reading link on the blog from March 12th to get to the links for the books. 

The last day for library books are June 4th. They will need to be returned June 8th.  MERCI!


Mme Wallace

 

Friday 22 May 2015

Tuesday reminder and upcoming dates


Chers parents,

Please remember that Tuesday May 26th we will be going to the Forestry Farm Zoo.  Please ensure that your child has a hat, sunglasses, good footwear for walking and sunscreen already applied.  We will be spending the morning there and returning for dismissal.

June 4th is our school wide musical “On Top of the World”.  Our class will be performing in the 4:30 pm show only at Broadway Theatre.  Please come and support our students.  Students will be asked to come to the classroom prior to show time.  Please read school newsletters for details.

The date for our Dad’s day is June 19th (the same day as the school wide swim.)  We will be meeting in the gym with our class and we will be doing fun activities all together.  If a parent cannot attend please send someone in your stead.  Come prepared to be active!

Watch for the June calendar coming soon via your child’s dossier!



HOME READING LINKS:

 
 

Wednesday 20 May 2015

News and Notes


Chers parents,

Please remember that we will be attending a show at L’École Canadienne Française tomorrow: Les 1001 tours de Monsieur Drôle.  We will be leaving the school at 9:45 and walking to the school.  Please ensure that your child has a hat and sunglasses and good footwear for the walk there.  The show starts at 10:30.  We will be returning on a bus before dismissal time.  We exchange books Friday with the guest teacher.

The following days Mme Wallace will not be in the classroom.  Teachers often become students and have other work to do. 

On Friday May 22nd, Monday May 25th and Wednesday May 27th we will be having a guest teacher for those days.  Please remind your child that expectations remain the same on these days and students are also expected to be helpers.

Tuesday May 26th we will be going to the Forestry Farm/ Zoo with our care partner class.

We are nearing the end of the school year and there is much to accomplish.  We are looking forward to enjoying many opportunities that these last weeks will bring.  Welcome back to Johnny who brought back Eiffel Towers for the class.  Merci Johnny!

Votre enseignante de la maternelle,

Jennifer Wallace

Wednesday 13 May 2015

1001 tours de Monsieur Drôle


Le mercredi 13 mai, 2015

Chers parents,

We have another wonderful opportunity to experience some French culture and have some fun as well.  Thursday May 21st there is a live show entitled 1001 tours de Monsieur Drôle being performed at the École Canadienne Française  on Albert Ave.  We will be walking there to see the show that starts at 10:30am and we will be taking a bus back to the school for dismissal.  If you can and would like to volunteer as a parent supervisor please let me know as soon as possible.  I do have one volunteer already.  Thank you to those who have volunteered to go to the Forestry Farm with our class and our care partner class on Tuesday May 26th.

MERCI!

Mme Wallace

Tuesday 5 May 2015

Added note and May newsletter--please read all the way through!


IMPORTANT NEWS

Le mardi 5 mai 2015

Chers parents,

We will be going to a French cultural event this Thursday morning at École River Heights with the French Immersion kindergarten classes to grade four. Please ensure that your child is on time that day.  If you can volunteer to go with us please let me know by tomorrow Wednesday May 6th.  Please remember to come to our Mother’s Day Tea  Friday May 8th in the LRC at 9:00am.  Thank you!
Thank you to Sandy for volunteering for us this Thursday  for the trip to École River Heights .  Thanks to Sandy and Crystal for volunteering to help with the Forestry farm trip.  We will still take two volunteers for the Forestry farm zoo trip if you are interested please let me know!

Special thanks to two grade 7 helpers Anna and Sydney who helped us make cookies today.  The help was much appreciated.

And another thank you for the sweet cards, notes, gifts and "Bonne Fete!" song for my birthday today.  It was unexpected but very lovely and thoughtful.  Merci!
Mme Wallace
 
 
 
Le jeudi 30 avril 2015
Joyeux mai!   We have thoroughly enjoyed April and are concluding our unit on food.  Thank you to Crystal and Sherrill for helping making bannock.  Thank you also to Stephanie and Sherrill for joining us on our trip to see Le coq de Saint-Victor.  The children enjoyed the movie very much and did quite well as audience members.  Bravo!  Now we are moving into an exciting month of May.  For your child’s special day he or she can do a picture or bring something that reminds him or her of mom
May 8th our class will be hosting a Mother’s Day Tea at 9:00 am in the school LRC.  If a parent is unable to attend please send someone to be there for your child.  I have had grandmas, dads and aunties… attend!  It is a very special occasion and the children are always very proud to share with you.
On Tuesday May 27th we will be going with our care partner class to the Forestry Farm Zoo.  I will need 4 parent volunteers.  We will be leaving shortly after 9:00am and returning at 11:30 am.
In June we will have Dads' day.  This will be from 8:50am -10:30 am in the gym.  The date will be announced.  (It will be the week of June 15-19th when the school is booked to go to the swimming pool.)  I will let you know as soon as possible.  Again if a parent is unable to attend please have someone come to participate with your child.   This will be an active time which will involve running and lots of movement; please dress for being active.  Dates for field trips will also be announced as soon as possible.
 I hope everyone is enjoying the home reading books.  Click the home reading link on the blog from March 12th to get to the links for the books.
Mme Wallace
 
 

 

Wednesday 22 April 2015

News and Notes in April



Reminder that tomorrow April 23rd is Blast from the Past!  The kids can dress up from a time gone by….another decade or even century!  Also please remember that I will need volunteers April 27th and April 28th.  We will be making bannock on the Monday and we will be going to a film on Tuesday.

Le vendredi 17 avril, 2015

Chers parents,
We had a great week back! We started the week with a visit from two local artists, Mr. and Mrs. Rivard.  They shared with us some knowledge about light, shadows and colour (la lumière, les ombres et la couleur) as we started our fruit study sketches on Monday.  On Tuesday we then did our still life,nature morte, paintings of a bowl of fruit.  The children did beautiful work.  The paintings and sketches are on display in the LRC glass display case.  Next week we will make our own personal fake pizzas.  We learned a little about how to divide pizzas into even numbers to share with others.  We will include shapes when we make our toppings.

 
We are looking forward to some special days in the weeks to come.  Next week April 23rd is Blast to the Past.  Children can dress up from a decade or century that has gone by.  This is always optional but great fun to get into the spirit of the day.  Monday, April 27th I will be baking bannock with the students.  If you are able to volunteer please let me know.  I can use one or two helpers for this undertaking.  On Tuesday April 28th we will also need volunteers to walk with us and view Le coq de St-Victor at the Broadway Theatre for the Cinergie Festival.  I will need two additional adults.

On May 8th we will be having our Mother’s Day Tea.  If a parent cannot attend please send someone in your place for that morning.  It will be about 45 minutes in the LRC beginning at about 9am. 

We are done our alphabet homework booklets so we will another break from homework.  Thank you for the great participation.  These booklets can now remain at home.  We are enjoying the warmer weather greatly!  Please ensure that your child still has outdoor shoes (runnners) and indoor shoes as this helps keep our school clean.

Merci pour votre soutien!

Mme Wallace

Friday 27 March 2015

April Newsletter


Joyeux avril!  Time has been going quickly and we are into a new season: le printemps.  We will continue our unit on food, la nourriture but we will also add a focus of spring.  For your child’s special day he or she can do a picture or bring something that represents spring or a favourite spring activity.  I mentioned at interviews that we will also have some special days in which parents will be invited.

May 8th our class will be hosting a Mother’s Day Tea at 9:00 am in the school LRC.  If a parent is unable to attend please send someone to be there for your child.  I have had grandmas, dads and aunties… attend!  It is a very special occasion and the children are always very proud to share with you.

In June we will have a Dads' day.  This will be from 8:50am -10:30 am in the GYM.  The date will be announced.  (It will be mid to late June when the school is booked to go to the swimming pool.)  I will let you know as soon as possible.  Again if a parent is unable to attend please have someone come to participate with your child.  This will be an active time which will involve running and lots of movement; please dress for being active.  Dates for field trips will also be announced as soon as possible.

We are enjoying our food unit very much.  Thank you for the great participation in the fruit salad, the veggie soup and the sharing snack.  We will be making a few more items as a class where supplies will be provided already.  We also enjoyed our restaurant simulation with our care partner class.

 I hope everyone is enjoying the home reading books.  Click the home reading link on the blog from March 12th to get to the links for the books.


Joyeux Printemps!

Mme Wallace

Thursday 12 March 2015

Les livres chez nous ~Home reading books

The students will be taking home books in their dossiers on today. They will be due back--every Thursday--the same day as library exchange day. Each book has a number and a title. You can check the book number and title with the subsequent blog posts and read along. We have two books per blog post. (Please note the timing on the books are 1 minute in length so it goes by quickly. It is okay to pause or re-visit the same recording.) This is an opportunity to read-along in French and hear and see the correct pronunciation. We will also be discussing, asking questions and pre-viewing some of the books in class. I hope that you and your child enjoy! Below are links to the audio for following along with the home reading books. If you click on the links it will direct you to the books. The characters require Flash player to be able to play them. I do not believe they can be viewed on iPods or iPhones. (I am not sure about tablets.)
#1 Les couleurs #2 Dans la salle de classe
#4 Le corps #5 Les nombres 0-10
#6 Les formes #7Les vêtements 1
#9 Les jours et les saisons 10 La nourriture
#11 Les vêtements 2 #12 Ma famille
#13 Les animaux domestiques #14 La ferme
#15 Le zoo  #20 Les nombres 10-20
#23 Les actions #24Bonjour!
#26 Les bonnes manières  #27 L’alphabet
#28 Les sentiments  #30 La maison
#31 Le chaton  #32 Le cheval

#33Le chien
#34 L’escargot #35 L’hibou
#36 Le lapin  #37 Le moustique
#38 Le perroquet #40 Le serpent

Les livres GB+# 01 Le crayon   #02 Une maison #03 Je remplis mon sac #04 Les chaussures de Camille
GB+ #05 Papa #06  Attention! #07 Mon accident # 08 La pêche
Livres GB+ #09 La crème glacée #10 Où sont les oeufs? #11 Zoe et Banjo #12 Voici petit Chimpanzée