November post 7

Hello everyone

Good news! Almost all the children are able to do up their coats/jackets which is terrific now that the weather is getting colder. Thank you very much for helping your child with this skill at home.

On November 11 the children participated in our Remembrance Day Ceremony and their behaviour was exemplary. A special thank you to Chloe and Callum who did an excellent job in their reading.

This Friday, November 20 is our second Sharing Assembly. We are preparing a song called “Falling Leaves”. The assembly will take place in the lunchroom after morning announcements. Parents whose children are receiving awards (and every child will receive an award by the end of the year – not to worry – I will present 3 students each month) will be notified by email this evening.

This Friday, November 20 is also the Seeds of Hope Day/Fundraiser in which LKS students will wear black and the Seeds of Hope Ambassadors will wear Yellow. Funds raised will go towards building a school in Kenya. A black shirt/dress is fine.

The children have been working hard on their Lettering and Phonics booklets and I have prepared two new booklets for them to work on (and as always, the booklets will go home once your child has completed the exercises): Patterning, and Small and Capital Letters.

Thank you very much to the parents who have been helping with Book Bags and with Reading Club, as well as all the other volunteers who help the children with Computer Lab, by being Mystery readers, and with Library. Your help is sincerely appreciated.

On Friday, November 27 the library will be having a very special guest: Andrea Beck, who is the creator/writer of Elliott Moose. Our normal library time is changed that day from 9:42-10:24 to 10:35-11:35. Dr. Mehta, you are our library helper that day, so please be kind enough to arrive at 10:30 that morning. Mrs. McPhail, you are our Reading Club volunteer that morning, so if possible I would like to change the time of Reading Club to 9:30-10:30. Please let me know if these changes aren’t possible.

Four outstanding Grade 8 volunteers (Teigan (I can’t believe I’ve forgotten her last name since I taught her last year and she is a lovely student!), Scott Sedran, Emily McLean, Maggie Solby and Morganna Turner have been volunteering in my classroom when their regular school work is finished (with teacher permission) which the children are very excited about and which I am delighted about as well.

A reminder to please hand in your “request for interview” forms if you haven’t already done so; I am coordinating times with other teachers who teach our class’ siblings and would like to complete my scheduling by Monday and have those times to you by then.

That’s all the news for today. Please never hesitate to ask me questions etc. I do have time after 11:45 and before school, and I’m also back to LKS at about 3:45 each day.

Beverley