Running for Terry

We had a great time today at the Terry Fox Run. We were joined by students from Tuscany Elementary and Twelve Mile Coulee and in total 1700 students participated. We were very excited to see how motivated the Kindergarten students were and were happy some PM families could join us. Thank you to all the volunteers who came out and made the day safer for us! Thank you to everyone for coming out and participating! 

- Orange Shirt Day is Monday, October 1st. Don't forget to wear your orange shirt. 

- Please bring leaves that we can use at school on Monday, October 1st. 

- We are collecting Toonies for Terry. If you are interested in donating, please send a toonie with your child.

- Scholastic book orders are due by Monday. Order online or using the forms included by
October 1st under your responsibility teacher's name.

- We are looking for fake/silk flowers or fake plants for one of our upcoming centres. If you have

extras at home that you would like to donate to our classroom, please send them with your child.

- We also need some small metal items (nuts, bolts, screws) for our loose parts collection. If you have extras at home that you would like to donate to our classroom, please send them with your child.

Fire Drill

We had gym today with Mr. Der where we practiced our skills by bouncing, balancing, catching and throwing balls. We continued working on our fall balloons in our visual journals and also counted the leaves on the graph we created to see what our favorite and least favorite fall colors were. We also created houses using various shapes in our visual journals. We had centres and we also played the not a box game. Thank you to green, blue, and red groups for their happiness museum items. We are looking forward to yellow group sharing theirs next week. PM Kindergarten also participated in a fire drill and did a wonderful job staying calm and following directions! 

REMINDER: Tomorrow is AM kindergarten only. No school for PM Kindergarten. 

We are collecting Toonies for Terry. If you are interested in donating, please send a toonie with your child. AM Kindergarten will be participating in the terry Fox run on Friday morning. We will be leaving Eric Harvie School at 9:00 AM and heading to Twelve Mile Coulee School where we will be doing a Zumba warmup before the run. As a group, we will leave TMC as we follow the race rout to Tuscany Elementary School. Children will be provided with juice, fruit, and muffins for snack at Tuscany. No need to send snack. If your child has dietary concerns, please pack them a small snack that fits in their pockets as we will not be taking our backpacks. After snack, all Eric Harvie children will be walking back to school for dismissal at 12:05 PM. Please note we will be outside all morning. Please ensure that your child is dressed for the weather and has appropriate footwear (runners).  

PM students are also invited to participate on Friday, September 28 with a parent/guardian supervising them at all times. If interested, please meet us at the TMC field at 9:25 am where all students will start the run with a Zumba warmup. Again, we require a parent and/or guardian to be with their student for the duration of the Terry Fox Run. 

- Scholastic book orders were sent yesterday. Order online or using the forms included by October 1st.

- We are looking for fake/silk flowers or fake plants for one of our upcoming centres. If you have extras at home that you would like to donate to our classroom, please send them with your child.

- We also need some small metal items (nuts, bolts, screws) for our loose parts collection. If you have extras at home that you would like to donate to our classroom, please send them with your child.
- We will acknowledge Orange Shirt Day on Monday, October 1st. Please wear an orange shirt to help us keep the discussion of residential schools happening each year.


Thanks!

Terry Fox Information

Dear Parents/Guardians:

On Friday, September 28, 2017 students at Eric Harvie School will be taking part in the annual Terry Fox School Run with Twelve Mile Coulee and Tuscany School. This is an exciting community event.  We will begin our run at Twelve Mile Coulee School run through the bike paths accompanied by volunteers and safely escorted across streets by Calgary City Police, to Tuscany School.  We will have a celebration and snack before walking back to Eric Harvie School.At Eric Harvie School we believe in building peaceful communities and part of this mission is to be able to take care of others.  The Terry Fox Foundation’s goal is to fun innovative cancer research through an non-competitive all inclusive run.  82% of all money raised by the foundation goes toward many forms of cancers including pediatric, lung, brain and more. Eric Harvie School’s goal this year is to raise $4000.00. 
Donating online is fast and easy.  Simply, go to www.terrryfox.org , click “Terry Fox School Run” and “Give to a Student”,  or click this direct link: https://secure.terryfox.ca/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx?Referrer=%26Referrer%3dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.terryfox.org%252fschoolrun%252f&TeamID=815942#&panel1-2
which will take you to our school page on the Terry Fox Foundation website. Your child may also choose to set up their own fundraising page in the “Give to a Student” section of the website.  By doing this, they will be able to email friends and family a direct fundraising link.  On-line donations and/or student pages may be set up prior to our run.  Students will also be given a pledge form.Any amount of donation is greatly appreciated and donations of $20.00 or more that are listed on a Terry Fox pledge sheet (with a full name and address) are automatically receipted.  Cheques and cash will both be accepted. Please make any cheques payable to The Terry Fox Foundation. All monies raised will be forwarded to The Terry Fox Foundation.  All pledge forms and money will be due by Tuesday October 9^th  , 2017.  All students who return a pledge form and donations will be entered into a draw for a Terry Fox t-shirt.Parent volunteers will be greatly needed as we will be using a route from Twelve Mile Coulee to Tuscany School.  Please check the sign up genius for your opportunity to be a part of our event.
Sincerely,Ken Der and Teresa BowlesTerry Fox School Run Coordinators

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Assembly Day

Today we had a kickoff assembly for the Terry Fox run on Friday. Kindergarten is very excited to participate in the run. We also went for a color walk outside and tried to find some fall colors. We used paint chips to help us match 5 fall colors: red, yellow, orange, purple and brown.  Please ask your child what color they were looking for and what they were able to find outside.  When we came inside we made a bar graph of our favorite fall colors.  We practiced coloring leaves (staying inside the lines) and then practiced cutting the leaves out.  Cutting can be a challenging skill for us to master in Kindergarten.  Please provide your child with many opportunities to practice their cutting skills at home.

We are collecting Toonies for Terry. If you are interested in donating, please send a toonie with your child. AM Kindergarten will be participating in the terry Fox run on Friday morning. We will be leaving Eric Harvie School at 9:00 AM and heading to Twelve Mile Coulee School where we will be doing a Zumba warmup before the run. As a group, we will leave TMC as we follow the race rout to Tuscany Elementary School. Children will be provided with juice, fruit, and muffins for snack at Tuscany. No need to send snack. If your child has dietary concerns, please pack them a small snack that fits in their pockets as we will not be taking our backpacks. After snack, all Eric Harvie children will be walking back to school for dismissal at 12:05 PM. Please note we will be outside all morning. Please ensure that your child is dressed for the weather and has appropriate footwear (runners).  

PM students are also invited to participate on Friday, September 28 with a parent/guardian supervising them at all times. If interested, please meet us at the TMC field at 9:25 am where all students will start the run with a Zumba warmup. Again, we require a parent and/or guardian to be with their student for the duration of the Terry Fox Run. 

- Ask your child to share what they learned about Terry Fox. 
- Ask your child to share their favorite fall color. 
- Ask your child to cut out a leaf at home. 

- Scholastic book orders were sent yesterday. Order online or using the forms included by October 1st.

- Red, blue, and green groups have all shared their Happiness Museum items. Yellow group was sent a notice home today to bring their items on Monday, October 1st.  

- We are looking for fake/silk flowers or fake plants for one of our upcoming centres. If you have extras at home that you would like to donate to our classroom, please send them with your child.

- We also need some small metal items (nuts, bolts, screws) for our loose parts collection. If you have extras at home that you would like to donate to our classroom, please send them with your child.
- We will acknowledge Orange Shirt Day on Monday, October 1st. Please wear an orange shirt to help us keep the discussion of residential schools happening each year.

- AM Kindergarten attends this Friday. No school for PM Kindergarten.

- The annual Eric Harvie Terry Fox Run is taking place on Friday, September 28. Please note Friday,
September 28th, is AM Kindergarten. Only AM Kindergarten students will attend this event. PM kindergarten will have their own Terry Fox run on Thursday, September 27th in the afternoon. We are teaming up withTwelve Mile Coulee School and Tuscany School this year. EHS requires 45 course volunteers who will be stationed along the course (with an option of running) and five food volunteers.

Please see the Sign Up Genius for information and to volunteer:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080d44afab28abf94-terry1

We appreciate your help and support!

Painting Fall Trees

We had gym where we pretended to walk around the gym like different animals and worked on catching a ball. We read the book "Tree" by Britta Teckentrup and did a guided drawing of a fall tree. We painted the tree trunk and branches with acrylic paint and some of us even got started on painting the leaves with red, orange, yellow, purple, and brown paint and clothespins and cotton balls. We had centres as well. AM students got to share their happiness museum items and PM students visited the playground.

- Ask your child to show you how to use a variety of vertical and diagonal lines to draw a tree.
- Ask your child to describe our Fall Basket poem. 

Important Updates and Reminders:

- Scholastic book orders were sent yesterday. Order online or using the forms included by October 1st.

- We are looking for fake/silk flowers or fake plants for one of our upcoming centres. If you have extras at home that you would like to donate to our classroom, please send them with your child.

- We also need some small metal items (nuts, bolts, screws) for our loose parts collection. If you have extras at home that you would like to donate to our classroom, please send them with your child.
- We will acknowledge Orange Shirt Day on Monday, October 1st. Please wear an orange shirt to help us keep the discussion of residential schools happening each year.

- AM Kindergarten attends this Friday. No school for PM Kindergarten.

- The annual Eric Harvie Terry Fox Run is taking place on Friday, September 28. Please note Friday,
September 28th, is AM Kindergarten. Only AM Kindergarten students will attend this event. PM kindergarten will have their own Terry Fox run on Thursday, September 27th in the afternoon. We are teaming up withTwelve Mile Coulee School and Tuscany School this year. EHS requires 45 course volunteers who will be stationed along the course (with an option of running) and five food volunteers.

Please see the Sign Up Genius for information and to volunteer:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080d44afab28abf94-terry1

- Snack time happens during centres. This means that it is an option and your child may not choose to eat everyday. Please remember to send one small snack to school that they can quickly eat.

- A reminder that city bylaw states that No Dogs are allowed on school grounds, playgrounds and sports fields. While on a pathway, your dog must be on a leash.

- Please do not cut across the field when bringing afternoon Kindergarten students to school.

We appreciate your help and support!