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| Constable PatAllen, during our Pedestrian Safety talk |
Did I tell you how thankful I am for all the wonderful children that I am teaching this year.Thank you! Also a big thank you to all the parents who came and met with me for our Parent -Teacher conferences. It was so nice to see some dads as well as the moms for our chats. I loved telling you all about the successes that your child is achieving and I loved getting to know everyone. As I said to you all, we have an open door policy in our classroom, so anytime you would like to chat or come in to volunteer or visit, that door is always open. Feel free and welcome to come by. A continuing thank you to my lunch parents, the kids are eating and filling their bellies so that they have lots of energy for the afternoon, it is noticed. Thank you to my reading dad who comes in and listens to the children when he can. Thank you to my cooking mamas....we are making some wonderful things. And thank you for the continued donations to our classroom. We have filled three boxes for the Food Bank, just from our class alone. The boxes will be picked up at the end of this month, so if you haven't contributed and you still would like to, our boxes will still be available.
This week:
1. This Thursday we had The Great British Columbia Shake Out. This is an annual earthquake preparedness drill. We reviewed the basic rules of Drop and Cover and Count to 60. We were in the library when we had this drill, so we talked about how if there were to be an earthquake you would have to know what to do, wherever you were. We learned that the reason you count to 60 is that there might be aftershocks and you don't want to be going out of the school if there was still shaking going on. The children were calm, well behaved and took the drill seriously. You might want to discuss this further with your children.
2. This Friday morning we had Constable Pat Allen come in and talk to the children about Pedestrian Safety. The children were already pretty well informed, but the he did review the basic concepts of Stop, Look and Listen, before you cross the road. He also talked about the construction that will be occurring in the Bayview area very soon, and how they should be very careful while walking to school and leaving the school when this happens. Ask your child what they learned on this day.
3. The Grade 2's cooked some delicious Apple Brownies. The children were so excited to be sampling such delicious treats. We took some pictures of the cooks in action, so you will get to see the process, i forgot to take pictures of their big smiling faces as they ate these delicious and healthy apple brownies. I have extra recipes if you would like a copy (Angelina B. loved them so much that they took a copy and will be baking this weekend!)
4. We are continuing with our Todd Parr unit in the library and read the book, Peace, in the beautiful and funny Todd Parr style. Then we wrote about what we felt peace was like. Peace is reading a book with your mom, while snuggling in bed. We really encouraged the children not to use Peace is don't....., no negatives only positive images. I am holding onto them for now and will be putting them up in November for Rembrance Day.
5. The grade ones went and worked on the computers today while in the library and while the Grade 2's cooked. Computer will be scheduled till xmas on Fridays and in the library. They learned how to log on, find the Bayview website, and go on the starfall. Everyone just got to play and look at the starfall activities. They loved it!
6. In art we made owl windsocks to celebrate learning (based on the story Twoo Twit) and to celebrate Fall....they look very fally and will be hanging in the classroom on Monday!
7. If you walk past the office and even into the office you will see some beautiful fall leaves made by the buddy classes......they made Miss May very happy!!!
And with that ...enjoy your foggy filled day and each other and I will see everyone on Monday!!
Teri
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| Our beautiful Van Goghs! |
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