Book Fair details (and some other info too)!

Yesterday, your child had a chance to preview the Book Fair. With an adult's help, they looked through the books, and came home with a "wish list". Please note that you are not under any obligation to purchase anything - if you would like them to purchase any items off of their wish list, we will be able to purchase tomorrow (Thursday). Please send in the money along with a note listing the items your child wishes to purchase.

**Please note: This year, due to circumstances beyond the school's control, we did NOT receive a debit machine for purchases at the Book Fair. Unfortunately, parents will not be able to purchase items using debit (our apologies). The Book Fair is still able to accept cash, cheque, and credit cards. It will also be open on Friday morning during our Muffin Breakfast if you would like to browse during that time.

Some upcoming reminders for this week:

• Tomorrow (Thursday) students are invited to dress as their favourite book character or math symbol.
• Friday will be Red and White Day

As we move into the warmer weather, students might be tempted to wear sandals, flip flops, and/or crocs to school. Please remind them that for safety reasons, we cannot permit them to play on the play structure with any footwear other than running shoes.

Sunscreen - please apply to your child before school. Teachers cannot apply sunscreen to students at school.

For quick updates, please follow us on Twitter: @MsCQuinn and @NCaceros

Education Week May 4-8

Next week is Catholic Education Week, a week spent celebrating all of the wonderful things happening in our school. There will be a number of different special events taking place at our school, including our school-wide Mass at St. Isidore Parish on Tuesday, May 4 and our Book Fair. Kindergarten students will have an opportunity to preview the sale on Tuesday afternoon, and will be able to purchase items later on in the week (details to follow). The week will end with our annual Muffin Breakfast and Open House. Parents are welcome to attend - please see the attached flyer for more information about this event.

Muffin Breakfast Invitation

For more information about any of the events being held at our school next week, please refer to our school website: geo.ocsb.ca

NOUS PLANTONS!!

With the arrival of the warmer weather, we have become gardeners.  The children loved planting their seeds and are thrilled that the flowers and vegetables have already started growing.  We are also watching the bottom piece of lettuce grow new lettuce leaves simply by placing it in a container with water!!


PLANTING VEGETABLE SEEDS

PLANTING FLOWER SEEDS

                                                                                           

                                               OUR PLANTING SENSORY BIN                                                    

We have also started blending sounds as a pre-reading skill in French.  The students are catching on quickly!!  Please feel free to practice with your child at home.

ba be bi bo bu

da de di do du

fa fe fi fo fu

la le li lo lu

ma me mi mo mu

na ne ni no nu

pa pe pi po pu

ra re ri ro ru

sa se si so su

ta te ti to tu

We are learning these using song and a flashcard game and the students are really enjoying it! I hope to teach the sounds specific to French before the end of the year such as "on, en, an, in, oi, eau, ai".

finally, I am very sorry to have to miss the muffin breakfast and open house next Friday.  I was going to visit as it is my day off, however my kids' open house happens to be on Friday morning as well.  I hope you enjoy your visit to our class!!

Dance-a-thon Tomorrow!

Just a reminder that our annual Dance-a-thon is being held tomorrow, April 17th. Please return all pledge forms and collected money. Students are invited to wear their beach/Hawaiian clothes and get ready to boogie!

Thank you for your continued support in helping us fundraise for healthcare in Haiti.

GV Dance-a-thon!

Today your child is coming home with a pledge form for our annual Dance-a-thon, which will be held next Friday, April 17. Students are asked to gather pledges from family members and close friends to help support our fundraising efforts. This year, our school's social justice club has chosen to support rebuilding the healthcare system in Haiti, which was devastated 5 years ago during an earthquake. We are asking for students to bring back their pledge form and all money collected next Friday. Students will be invited to wear their favourite beach wear to have a Hawaiian Dance Party on Friday, April 17th!

Also, Scholastic book order forms for April were sent home earlier in the week. If you did not receive one and would like to, please send a note in your child's note tote.

Thanks for your continued support.

LE PRNTEMPS

Spring is slowly arriving and we are welcoming it with open arms!!  I would like to announce that I am now on twitter and invite you to follow me @NCaceros.  I will continue to blog French resources, and larger "share" items, however I look forward to posting pictures more frequently as Twitter allows us to do so easily!

Following are some French Spring themed songs and vocabulary that you may wish to review with your child.  Spring time allows for such natural curiosity and wonder that I look forward to rich inquiries and investigations in the coming months. I will share these through Twitter and our blog.

Tuesday we will be celebrating our "cabane à sucre" French Canadian tradition in class.  Along with eating pancakes and maple syrup, we will view this little television episode "Mouk:  Le sirop d'érable" and dance to this French Canadian song "La Bastringue"

Mouk:Le sirop d'érable

La Bastringue

Following are some French Spring songs that we have been learning in class.

Chanson: Le printemps

Le Printemps

Cherchez moi, coucou coucou

And finally, some French vocabulary that we will be learning.

Le printemps vocabulary

Planting Vocabulary

HAVE FUN!!!

Spring has Sprung (sort of...)

Now that the warmer weather is finally starting to arrive, just a reminder that students should be dressed appropriately every day for outdoor play. Weather permitting, we try to get outside every day, and the yard is quite wet and mucky (as you have probably noticed by your child's clothes at the end of the day)! Please ensure your child has:

• snow pants or waterproof splash pants
• boots
• waterproof mittens (extra mittens in their backpack are recommended)
• extra clothes in their cubbies (just in case)
• hat

Thanks! 

Have a wonderful, blessed Easter weekend!