Dear Parents,

Thank you to all the volunteers!

Teacher's Pet, an in class field trip, came to our class today. The students enjoyed building an animal enclosure. Each enclosure needed a bed, food, water, shelter, toys and a fenced area. Your child will bring the enclosure home this week.

In Science, we made wind vanes and tested them outside. The students were asked to test them at home as well.

As part of our unit 'building things', the students made a car with recycled materials. This coming week,  the student's will be making chairs and tables. The students are to bring recycled materials to make these items.

In Math, we are working on adding and subtracting numbers to 20, grouping 10's to make 100.

Dear Parents,

We had a fantastic day at Telus Spark. The grade 1’s enjoyed riding the bus with the grade 2’s and 3’s. Upon their arrival, the students spent some time in the Creative Museum until our session began. During our session, the students discovered the urban natural world at Telus Spark’s backyard outdoor classroom. The students learned about animal adaptations and the environment through several games. The highlight of the activity, according to them, was playing Coyote tag.

The students burned some energy while playing at Telus Spark’s playground called Brainaisium. This is no ordinary playground. The students were drawn towards the 63 foot slide. Before going down, the students needed to climb a rope style tower.

After eating lunch in the cafeteria, the students explored the many exhibits at the Science Center and especially enjoyed the bed of nails. At the end of the day, most of the grade 1 students attended a free science demo called FIRE in one of Telus Spark’s many theatres. 

I still need parent volunteers for the in-class field trip on May 25th at 1:00 p.m. Please let me know if you can volunteer.

Dear Parents,


We have finally finished all of our 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' plays. Congratulations, grade 1's!

Our in-class field trip was a success. The students discovered different communities in Alberta, played a 'Rights and Responsibilities game, and applied strategies for making decisions to create a puppet play. Thank you to all the volunteers.

The next T-Pet Field trip is on May 25th at 1:00. We will need 4 volunteers.

Our Telus Spark field trip is on May 16th.

Tomorrow, Friday, the students who are interested in qualifying for the Gala Oratoire will present their poem "Mon Chat" and again early next week. By Thursday, we will choose 2 students to represent our school.  The Gala will take place on a Saturday at the end of the month.

Please make sure your child's library books are in their backpacks. I've asked the students to put them there each dayeverytime they read them.