Hi everyone!
Last week together for 2014! I cant wait to see what 2015 has in hold for all of us! If I do not get to see all of you before then I wish you all the very best Christmas. May it be filled with laughter and the love of your family and friends. Have a very Happy and safe new years and cheers to the new adventures that 2015 brings.
This week we will be tidying up a few projects and assignments but mainly having some fun in class. We have started our Christmas centers, worked on our Christmas gifts to you, finished up the Christmas cards for seniors and counted and rolled all the change that was donated for our turkeys! We have right now about $1100.00!!!!!! I sure hope that we are able to get 100 turkeys with that! I am going to shop around to see what store will give me the best deal. If ya see any good deals keep your eyes open!
At the last minute we decided to dress up all this week as something fun. no worries if you cant make it happen, its just to get into the spirit a little here at school. Today we are all elves and those who didn't have a hat we made some thanks to Holly's great idea! Tomorrow we are thinking of being presents, soo stick a bow on their heads and some ribbon and voila! Thursday will be PJ day. The kids can also come with a pillow or a stuffie to snuggle with when we watch our movie in the afternoon. If you want please feel free to send in a snack for Thursday. We are going to use that day to celebrate and exchange gifts! ( I hope mine get here for the kids I ordered them but they haven't arrived yet!!) Thursday will also be the day we face paint. Don't forget to leave a note in the agenda to give permission. Friday is the half day of school, packed with a lot of assemblies. Then it is au revoir at noon until January 5th. I hope to get the Turkeys bought as well before Thursday so the kids can help pack them in the back of the truck for the delivery. I put some extra books in the reading package for the long break, that's if you get around to reading ;) That's about it for now. Have a merry Christmas everyone. I am heading to PEI to spend it with my dad. I will see you all in the New year.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Get ready to hum along to those Christmas favs!
HI Everyone the count down is on until the Christmas Holidays! I hope that you are all doing well and staying healthy. There's a gastro bug going around so remind your kiddies to wash, wash, wash their hands. No one needs to be sick for Christmas.
As this week comes to an end we will be getting ready for Tuesday's Christmas Concert. I picked up the candy canes last week so the students prepared them for the candy o grams Friday. They pretended they were Elves and some took their job very seriously. We will also be starting our Christmas cards for seniors and some of the cards are soo cute. The virtue of the month is "Love" which our class seems to have a ton of! Here is the scoop for next week.
On Monday Dec 8th we will be having our first Advent Liturgy starting at 10h30 you are all welcome to attend. Choir is cancelled for after school on Monday. On Tuesday we will be having a practice run through of our concert at school in the afternoon. This is the first and only practice as a school so lets hope all goes well. The Christmas concert is at St. Michael's church. The doors are said to be open around 6:00 ish ( I'll be there getting ready for the candy cane sales) The choir is asked to be at the church for 6:20 and all other students should be there for 6:30. The concert will start at 7:00. The consensus of the class is that they want to dress up. Girls in nice dresses and boys in dress shirts and ties. The students are not allowed to leave without telling me before hand, so please make sure that if you are to take your child they are to let me know.
On Thursday December 11th students have Zumba 1:30-2:15, so please make sure they are dressed properly. Friday December 12 the holiday train is in town. I go every year. I find its the best way to get into the Christmas mood, a train covered in lights, Christmas music and hot chocolate. I hope to go but I thought Id mention it to you just in case you are looking for something to do with the kids this week end.
Santa has sent us a magical elf named Lulu, I am sure you have already heard all this. A box arrived Friday after library. They were so excited to open the package. Lulu has been sent to keep a watchful eye on the students this time of year. She also works the night shift in Santa's doll making workshop. I am sure you will hear lots of stories about her. Next week is our last week of school before the Christmas Holidays. I am looking for some parent volunteers to come in, preferably one parent each day to read their favorite Christmas stories with the class. You are more than welcome to read more than one and English is ok too! If you are interested please let me know. Next Thursday December 18 is spirit day. Students are allowed to wear the Pj's to school. We will take advantage of the comfy clothes and do some Christmas centers with the other 2 grade one class. (That's the plan anyway) Also Mme Jacqueline has offered to paint the students faces. She works for a company that does face painting so everything will be sanitary. If you are ok with having your child's face painted please leave me a note in the agenda. I will also try and remember to send a reminder note home next week. Next Friday we have half a day and it will fly by. I believe we have a liturgy in the first part of the am and then we will have a little Christmas party where we will exchange gifts. Students will be dismissed at 12 noon. Please send in a glass mason jar with your child by the end of this week. We need them in order to do a class project. A smaller jar is ideal but if you do not have that any size will do.
I have found some more French and English books to send home in the weekly reading package. This will give you more selection and some of the French books have easier words in them to build your child's confidence. Please take care of the English books, they belong to the Fontas and Pinel collection in the reading room. Also could you please take a look around the house for matching games. Some have come back missing pieces or not come back at all.
I think that's it for this week and hope I haven't missed anything. I went to post this once and lost everything soo this is all I could remember! ;)
If you have any questions please feel free to drop me a line.
I hope to see you all Tuesday, don't forget your .50!
Laurie Anne
As this week comes to an end we will be getting ready for Tuesday's Christmas Concert. I picked up the candy canes last week so the students prepared them for the candy o grams Friday. They pretended they were Elves and some took their job very seriously. We will also be starting our Christmas cards for seniors and some of the cards are soo cute. The virtue of the month is "Love" which our class seems to have a ton of! Here is the scoop for next week.
On Monday Dec 8th we will be having our first Advent Liturgy starting at 10h30 you are all welcome to attend. Choir is cancelled for after school on Monday. On Tuesday we will be having a practice run through of our concert at school in the afternoon. This is the first and only practice as a school so lets hope all goes well. The Christmas concert is at St. Michael's church. The doors are said to be open around 6:00 ish ( I'll be there getting ready for the candy cane sales) The choir is asked to be at the church for 6:20 and all other students should be there for 6:30. The concert will start at 7:00. The consensus of the class is that they want to dress up. Girls in nice dresses and boys in dress shirts and ties. The students are not allowed to leave without telling me before hand, so please make sure that if you are to take your child they are to let me know.
On Thursday December 11th students have Zumba 1:30-2:15, so please make sure they are dressed properly. Friday December 12 the holiday train is in town. I go every year. I find its the best way to get into the Christmas mood, a train covered in lights, Christmas music and hot chocolate. I hope to go but I thought Id mention it to you just in case you are looking for something to do with the kids this week end.
Santa has sent us a magical elf named Lulu, I am sure you have already heard all this. A box arrived Friday after library. They were so excited to open the package. Lulu has been sent to keep a watchful eye on the students this time of year. She also works the night shift in Santa's doll making workshop. I am sure you will hear lots of stories about her. Next week is our last week of school before the Christmas Holidays. I am looking for some parent volunteers to come in, preferably one parent each day to read their favorite Christmas stories with the class. You are more than welcome to read more than one and English is ok too! If you are interested please let me know. Next Thursday December 18 is spirit day. Students are allowed to wear the Pj's to school. We will take advantage of the comfy clothes and do some Christmas centers with the other 2 grade one class. (That's the plan anyway) Also Mme Jacqueline has offered to paint the students faces. She works for a company that does face painting so everything will be sanitary. If you are ok with having your child's face painted please leave me a note in the agenda. I will also try and remember to send a reminder note home next week. Next Friday we have half a day and it will fly by. I believe we have a liturgy in the first part of the am and then we will have a little Christmas party where we will exchange gifts. Students will be dismissed at 12 noon. Please send in a glass mason jar with your child by the end of this week. We need them in order to do a class project. A smaller jar is ideal but if you do not have that any size will do.
I have found some more French and English books to send home in the weekly reading package. This will give you more selection and some of the French books have easier words in them to build your child's confidence. Please take care of the English books, they belong to the Fontas and Pinel collection in the reading room. Also could you please take a look around the house for matching games. Some have come back missing pieces or not come back at all.
I think that's it for this week and hope I haven't missed anything. I went to post this once and lost everything soo this is all I could remember! ;)
If you have any questions please feel free to drop me a line.
I hope to see you all Tuesday, don't forget your .50!
Laurie Anne
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