Winter Crafts and Peace Assembly

We had gym with Mr. Der and Art with Mr. Kelly this morning. We continued with drawing and coloring our school. We also created different winter themed crafts, including: chalk light art, loose parts snowmen, tissue paper trees, bubble wrap paint trees, paper trees, and button tree cards. We also had a peace assembly where grade 1/2 students from the Joy pod inspired us to make a difference in our world!

Thank you to all the parents that came in today and helped us out. Thank you so much for your continuous support. 

There is no school next Friday, December 7th. It is a Non-Instruction Day.

Important Updates and Reminders:
- If you have recently gotten a valid police clearance and would like to volunteer sometime this school year, please contact our wonderful volunteer coordinators so they can add you to our list. 

AM: Angie - angie@mrlang.ca
PM: Ashley - ashleywilletts@gmail.com

- We will be painting over the next few weeks so please send your child with clothes that you are ok getting paint on or short sleeved shirts. 

- We are also hoping to get donations of clean glass jars with lids for storing paint (baby food jars, mason jars, pickle jars, etc.).

- Please send the folders back. Just a reminder that we keep the folders at home and use them at school to send information home. They are not sent home on a daily basis.

- Just a friendly reminder to always have an extra change of clothes in your child's backpack. 

I like Tuscany!

Students reflected on what they like in Tuscany today. Students like birds, playgrounds, Eric Harvie, Starbucks, Sobeys, teachers, firefighters, veterinarians, doctors, and more most about Tuscany. We drew and write what we like most about Tuscany in our blue writing journals. We had gym with Mr. Der today as well and had literacy centers and big centers, where we explored a variety of activities. 

PM Kindergarten attends tomorrow Friday, November 30th from 8:25-12:05. There is no school for AM students on Friday.

Important Updates and Reminders:

- If you have recently gotten a valid police clearance and would like to volunteer sometime this school year, please contact our wonderful volunteer coordinators so they can add you to our list. 

AM: Angie - angie@mrlang.ca
PM: Ashley - ashleywilletts@gmail.com

- We will be painting over the next few weeks so please send your child with clothes that you are ok getting paint on or short sleeved shirts. 

- We are also hoping to get donations of clean glass jars with lids for storing paint (baby food jars, mason jars, pickle jars, etc.).

- Please send the folders back. Just a reminder that we keep the folders at home and use them at school to send information home. They are not sent home on a daily basis.

- Just a friendly reminder to always have an extra change of clothes in your child's backpack. 

S is for Sobeys

The red and green groups visited our community Sobey's today. S is for Sobeys. The blue and yellow group worked on printing, played ten down, and played letter bingo today. We had big centers as well. We also worked on learning a new peace song with dance moves and it was also our AM student teacher Ms. Hetland's last day today. She shared a book with us and we wish her all the best in her future endeavors. 

Annika: I enjoyed playing ten down!
Gus: My favorite part today was big centers where I played at the vet center.
Kinsley: I liked coloring today.
Ellen: I liked playing Bingo!

We are looking for PM parent volunteers for this Friday between 10:00-11:00 AM. Please sign up at your earliest convenience here : https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e084badac2dabff2-winter 

You must have a valid police clearance to volunteer. If you have recently gotten a valid police clearance and would like to volunteer sometime this school year, please contact our wonderful volunteer coordinators so they can add you to our list. 

AM: Angie - angie@mrlang.ca
PM: Ashley - ashleywilletts@gmail.com

PM Kindergarten attends Friday, November 30th from 8:25-12:05. There is no school for AM students on Friday.

Important Updates and Reminders:

- If you have recently gotten a valid police clearance and would like to volunteer sometime this school year, please contact our wonderful volunteer coordinators so they can add you to our list. 

AM: Angie - angie@mrlang.ca
PM: Ashley - ashleywilletts@gmail.com

- We will be painting over the next few weeks so please send your child with clothes that you are ok getting paint on or short sleeved shirts. 

- We are also hoping to get donations of clean glass jars with lids for storing paint (baby food jars, mason jars, pickle jars, etc.).

- Please send the folders back. Just a reminder that we keep the folders at home and use them at school to send information home. They are not sent home on a daily basis.

- Just a friendly reminder to always have an extra change of clothes in your child's backpack. 

X is for X-Ray

We continued with our literacy centers today. During printing, we worked on X is for X-Ray. We had centers as well and continued our discussions about community helpers. See below to see some of our favorite community helpers. 

The green and red group will be walking to Sobeys tomorrow. Please dress for the weather. Reminder that students will not need to bring a snack (unless they have allergies and you have let the teacher know) because they will be given pizza and juice there. 

Blue and yellow groups will still need to bring a snack. 

We are looking for PM parent volunteers for this Friday between 10:00-11:00 AM. Please sign up at your earliest convenience here : https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e084badac2dabff2-winter 

You must have a valid police clearance to volunteer. 

PM Kindergarten attends Friday, November 30th from 8:25-12:05. There is no school for AM students on Friday.


Ask your child:-

- To copy the word X-ray at home today.

- Which community helper they want to be when they grow up and have them tell you what important role they play in our community.

- Read at home for 20 minutes. 



Who is your favorite community helper and why?

- Vet because they look after pets and I have a dog. (Violet)
- Police officer because blue is my favorite color. (Marwan)
- Police officer because they help people by not speeding on the road. (Rayyan)
- Firefighter because they take out fires. (Justin)
- Librarian because they give you beautiful books about different things. (Olivia C.)
- Construction workers (especially girl ones) because they build a lot of stuff. (Maya)
- Teachers because they teach you new things everyday. (Gwendolyn)
- Police officers because they help people. (Agastya)

- Police because they help people. (Hayden)
- Firefighter because they spray water on fire. (Lily)
- I like doctors because they help sick people feel better. (Kayla)
- Baker because they make tasty food for people to eat. (Matilda)
- Police officer because I want to help people. (Lincoln)
- Baker because they make cake and other tasty food. (Nolan)
- Firefighter because they put out fires. (Declan)
- Vet because they help animals and I love animals. (Raquel)
- Firefighters because they put out fires. (Isabelle)
- Dentists because they keep my teeth healthy. (Mrs. Mickelson)
- Teacher because I get to hang out with you guys all afternoon. (Mrs. Watterson)

Important Updates and Reminders:

- We will be painting over the next few weeks so please send your child with clothes that you are ok getting paint on or short sleeved shirts. We are also hoping to get donations of clean glass jars with lids for storing paint (baby food jars, mason jars, pickle jars, etc.).

- Forms about ordering Poinsettias were sent home. Please return them no later than Wednesday, November 28, 2018. When you place poinsettia orders and send in cheques, please make them payable to Eric Harvie School. 

- Please send the folders back. Just a reminder that we keep the folders at home and use them at school to send information home. They are not sent home on a daily basis.

- Just a friendly reminder to always have an extra change of clothes in your child's backpack.

A is for Ambulance

Today we continued to work on Community ABC's and completed A is for Ambulance. We also did literacy centers which included activities such as letter, sound and word games. We had centers and read three books today! We have also started to create our life-sized community helpers. We cannot wait to share with you what we are working on.

PM kindergarten attends Friday, November 30th from 8:25-12:05. There is no school for AM students on Friday.

We will be painting over the next few weeks so please send your child with clothes that you are ok getting paint on or short sleeved shirts. We are also hoping to get donations of clean glass jars with lids for storing paint (baby food jars, mason jars, pickle jars, etc.).

Ask your child:-

- To copy the word ambulance at home today.
- What their favorite centre was today.
- Which community helper they want to be when they grow up and have them tell you what important role they play in our community.

- Forms about ordering Poinsettias were sent home. Please return them no later than Wednesday, November 28, 2018. When you place poinsettia orders and send in cheques, please make them payable to Eric Harvie School. 

- Please send the folders back. Just a reminder that we keep the folders at home and use them at school to send information home. They are not sent home on a daily basis.

- Just a friendly reminder to always have an extra change of clothes in your child's backpack.

D is for Dentist

Today we continued to work on Community ABC's and completed D is for Dentist. We also did literacy centers which included activities such as letter, sound and word games. The AM Kindergarten played "walk the dog" with a soccer ball in gym with Mr.Der and the PM Kindergarten green group had a chance to visit the climbing wall the the yellow group went to the fire station. Thank you again to all of our parent volunteers for making these community field trips possible!

What is a community? Here are some of our answers.

"It's where people live." - Nolan

"Where people help people do chores." - Aryana

"It's where people live." - Raquel

"It's where bobcats live in the forrest." - Carys

"A community is where pets live." - Quinn

"Where people can live." - Xander

"It's where forrest animals live." - Mikayla

Reminder there is NO SCHOOL for AM and PM Kindergarten on Thursday, Nov.22 and Friday, Nov.23.

- A note was sent home about the upcoming Polar Express event and is due back by Nov.23

- Forms about ordering Poinsettias were sent home. Please return them no later than Wednesday, November 28, 2018. When you place poinsettia orders and send in cheques, please make them payable to Eric Harvie School.

- Please send the folders back. Just a reminder that we keep the folders at home and use them at school to send information home. They are not sent home on a daily basis.

- Just a friendly reminder to always have an extra change of clothes in your child's backpack.

We hope to see everyone at parent teacher conferences!