White Elephant Sale Tomorrow!

Tomorrow (December 16) is our school's annual White Elephant Sale. Kindergarten students will have an opportunity to visit the sale and purchase treasures with the help of a Grade 6 personal shopper. 

If you wish for your kindergartener to be able to do a little Christmas shopping please send them with their shopping money in a sandwich sized ziploc style bag with their name and class (i.e.,Team Hummingbird) clearly printed on the bag. (Quarters, loonies and toonies are appreciated  **Please do not send $10 and $20 bills)

For parents who are new to our White Elephant Sale there are always items at all price points.  They start at 0.25 and sometimes range up to about $5.00.  Most kindergarten age students do very well at the sale with $5.00 in change but even as little as 0.25  or 0.50 lets them come home with a treasure.

It is a good idea to send a reusable shopping bag labelled with your child's name and class to help your shopper carry home his/her treasures.

If you would like your son or daughter to shop for specific family members ( ie: mom, dad, baby sister) please send a "I want to buy for" list in the bag with your child's money in order to help the teacher and grade 6 shopping helpers.   **Please make sure the shopping list and ziploc bag with their money is inside their note tote (so that we can see it in the morning)!**

Baby Jesus' Birthday Party

A reminder that our Birthday Party for Baby Jesus will be held tomorrow afternoon, at 2:00 in the school gym. The students have been preparing to celebrate with all of you, and have some very special songs to share. In the spirit of giving and sharing at Christmas time, you are invited to bring a jar of baby food, diaper wipes, or any other baby item to be deposited in the "birthday present box" during tomorrow's celebration. All items collected will be donated to St. Mary's Home.

Parents and grandparents are welcome to attend, celebrate and participate with students - please consider arriving early at 1:45 so that we can begin our celebration promptly at 2:00. Younger siblings are invited to attend, however we ask that older siblings remain in their classrooms with their classmates and teachers. 

We hope to see you there!

The Hummingbird Teachers

White Elephant Sale

Friday, December 16 will be our school's annual White Elephant sale. All of the proceeds from the sale will be donated to families in need and other special charities, as chosen by our grade 6 students who help organize and run the sale. Students will have an opportunity to shop for items for their family members on that day. The school is looking for donations of gently used items that can be sold in the sale. Some suggestions include: knick knacks, books, household items, small toys, and Christmas wrapping items (i.e. gift bags, wrapping paper, tape). If you have any items that you would like to donate to the sale, they can be dropped off at the front office. Thanks for your support!

Pyjama Day and Movie Night!

To help celebrate our Family Movie Night tomorrow, students are invited to wear their coziest pyjamas to school tomorrow!

A reminder that our Family Movie Night is tomorrow, November 17. Families are invited to join us in the gym for our showing of "Finding Dory". Since Friday is a PD Day, feel free to wear your jammies, bring a blanket to sit on, and have a fun time with your family and friends. Doors open at 5:30 and the movie will start at 6:15. There will be drinks and popcorn for sale, as well as a bake sale put on by our Social Justice Club. Admission is free, however please consider donating a winter clothing item (such as a hat or pair of mittens your family has outgrown) to our Winter Clothing Drive.

For our classroom...
As the cold weather begins to settle in, we've noticed lots of runny noses in our class. To help keep germs at bay, we kindly ask each student to please provide a box of kleenex to be shared with the class. As you can imagine, we go through lots of kleenex during the year, so donations are gladly accepted! We're also looking for boxes of small (sandwich size) and large ziploc bags. If you have any of these items you would like to donate to our class, we appreciate it.

Jolly Phonics Songs

Thank you to all of the parents and family members who took the time last evening to meet with myself and Mrs. S. We enjoyed sharing our observations of your child's first few months in Team Hummingbird and along with Mme Brooking, we are looking forward to a fun year ahead!

Thank you also to the families who took the time today to join us at our Remembrance Day ceremony today, and a special thank you to Major Ouelette who collected our Postcards for Peace and will deliver them to members of the Forces currently serving within Canada and overseas.

Below are some links to some Jolly Phonics videos we like to enjoy. Each letter sound corresponds with an action that the students enjoy making as we sing the song together.

Jolly Phonics Song

Ms. Quinn's Favourite Letter

Have a wonderful weekend!

Family Math Bags

Thanks for all of the interest in our Family Math Bag program! The bags are ready, and will be sent home today. If you will be coming this evening for an interview with Ms. Quinn or Mme Brooking, we will have your child's bag ready to give to you; if you will not be attending this evening, your child will have his/her bag in their note tote.

Some reminders about the math bags:

• All of the materials you should need, including instructions, will be inside the bag. Please make sure that all of the items are returned with the bag so the next student will be able to enjoy!
• Take your time with the math bag - return it when you are finished with it, and we'll send another one for you to explore and enjoy. 
• Most of all - HAVE FUN! All of the math bags are simple math games to be played with small groups of people. Take the time to play the games with your child and have fun learning math! There is no right or wrong way to play the games :)

Remembrance Day

Our Remembrance Day Ceremony will be held this Friday in our school gym, beginning at 10:45 a.m. Families are welcome to attend. Kindergarten students will be able to purchase a poppy sticker to wear to the ceremony on Friday morning. If you would like to make a donation to the Royal Canadian Legion's Poppy Campaign, please send it in your child's note tote on Friday.

Do you have a family member or friend who is or was a member of the Forces? Please send in a photo of them for our class "Thank You Wall". Please do not send in precious photos that you want returned - photocopies or colour printouts are a great idea. Please label any photos that you send in.