It was sooo wonderful to see so many of the Bayview Parents at the Cabin party fundraiser. I loved being able to touch base with many of my former parents and I loved being able to talk with some of my current parents. AND it was great even meeting some of the parents that haven't had the opportunity to make it over to Camp Bayview. It was a wonderful evening of hotdogs, auctioned off items (thank you to Nolan's dad who is a great auctioneer!), treats and music (thank you to the Lollygaggers). Everyone looked so happy and relaxed and having a good time. If you didnt make it this year, I am sure we will be doing it again next year. It was a little odd not to have platters this year though, i must say! Maybe next year!
We have had a great week (albeit shorter for me as I left on Friday for the celebration of life for my wonderful neighbour)...thank you to all the people who sent me love. I certainly felt it!
This week we continued our talk about birds. We love birds and there are plenty of birds around our new school. On Wednesday we made our bird seed cookies for the birds. We looked at the simple ingredients, all took turns adding ingredients and then the next day we hung them on the trees and hopefully the birds appreciated our act of kindness.
Speaking of acts of kindness, this Wednesday, Feb.26th is our PINK SHIRT DAY. We will be celebrating kindness, acceptance and diversity. We will meet in our Family Teams to do a special activity led by our Spirit Team. We are encouraging all Bayview students,staff, parents and families to join in on this acknowledgment by wearing pink...lots of it. Please help your child contribute to this important day by helping him/her to find something pink to wear. And...if you cannot and they do not want to...then that is fine as well. We will accept everything...it is fine! Pink Shirt Day started in 2007 when two Nova Scotia high school students decided to create a "Sea of Pink" to support a grade 9 boy who was called homophobic names when he wore a pink shirt to school.
The following messages are hope to be taken from this acknowledgement:
*Colours, toys, sports, etc don't belong to any gender
*Homophobia, gender teasing, and name-calling are not OK
*Speaking up to meanness and bullying does make a difference
*students have the power to inspire meaningful change.
Bayview is an anti-bullying school. I will take this opportunity to remind the children of what to do if they find themselves or their friends in a situation where they feel uncomfortable or bullied. By definition, bullying is intentionally aggressive behaviour, repeated over time, that involves an imbalance of power. Bullying is mean but mean doesn't necessarily mean bullying!
These past weeks we have been travelling across Canada. Every Tuesday we have been lucky to have Mrs. Whitelaw join us to talk about another province. We are creating our own travel guides. This Tuesday we will be heading to Quebec! I think when we are done you will be asked to go on a cross country trip. They are certainly in the know and are like little sponges sucking up the wonderful information!! We will show you their booklets during our parent teacher child conferences.
Reminders:
1: This Friday is our last skating session. Thank you so much to all the parents who have driven for the last three. I am going to ask one more time for a beg. I am short (by a lot) for drivers for the last session. If you can help out, we meet in the classroom for 1220, and are back at the school for 240ish. If you cannot help and stay at the rink its fine, I just need you to drive there, drop off, pick up and drive back to the school. Let me know if you can squeeze in a session with us.
2: Please send in washed out milk/water containers..the four liter ones are the best, the others do not work. These will be used for making mini green houses that will stay outside over the spring break. And then we will see what we will have when we get back from our two week vacation. So exciting to watch seeds grow!
I hope you enjoy getting these weekly updates.
We do more than this...but this is just a little snapshot of your blossoming child.
Enjoy the pictures
and enjoy the rest of your day.
xo
teri
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| We hung our bird seed cookies in the apple trees by the field. I hope the birds enjoyed their little treats. |
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| If you would like to make your own, here is the recipe. |
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| Nolan was the first to take on the make a duck challenge. I went to a workshop and we were given 6 lego pieces and told to make a duck. You should have seen all the different ducks that were created. So I brought the pieces back and am curious to see how many different ducks our class will create! I like your duck Nolan! |
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| Looking at our cookies! |
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| Look at our sunny day!!! Hard to believe with the rain coming down right now. |
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