Wednesday January 8, 2017

Forms
Swimming Forms must be returned Tomorrow - Thursday, January 9th.  The pool MUST
have them so they can create student groupings.  Please return the form, even if you are unable to
send the money right away.  $15 is being asked from each student to cover a portion of the cost of lessons and transportation for the week.  If you are unable to pay the $15 fee, please contact Mrs. Traquair directly to talk about payment options. Thank you to those who have already returned these forms.

Ask your child:
- how they are modeling this month's virtue: EMPATHY
- to demonstrate their understanding of division with a picture
-what a decomposer is
- about the Literacy event next Thursday - did they put their name in for the draw to receive a book bag
*selected students have "MEDIA RELEASE" forms to bring back tomorrow

Monday January 6, 2014

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season!

Important information coming home today
Swimming lessons will begin January 20 - 24. Please review and sign the field trip forms coming home today so your child can participate. Students will be grouped based on ability so this gives all students a chance to enhance (or begin) their swimming skills. Classes will travel in groups of two or three classes to Village Square Leisure Centre by bus. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to contact me. All forms and $15 are due back by Thursday January 9.

Volunteers
We will be needing volunteers to help support us during swim week. Our class will be traveling during the morning and will be returning before lunch each day (exact timing will be provided at a later date). If you will be able to support us during this time, please let me know as we would love to have as many volunteers as we can!

Daily Reading and Writing
Daily practice of reading and writing is extremely important. Students are encouraged to read daily on Raz Kids or a paper copy of a book. Also, please have your child write each night. They can be  writing about their day or a book, or writing about their favourite things. Please help support your child by setting aside time for this daily practice.


Newsletter
Our January Newsletter can be viewed using the following link. http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b239/news.htm
Please note the important dates/events for January.

Thursday December 19, 2017

We had an amazing last day of school for 2013! Thanks to everyone who participated in pyjama day - we had a blast! Thank you to the anonymous donor of the free Pizza Lunch!

If you are looking for things to do over the break, here are some suggestions.

1. Read - Raz Kids is a great tool for this, or reading books, magazines, even the paper will do the trick.  The Calgary Public Library is open during the holidays - it is a great place to visit and explore new types of text (and movies too!)
2. Cook - encourage students to read recipes for you and be involved in the cooking process. Encourage students to use their math skills to measure out exactly what you need for your meals!
3. Learning Links - to the right you will find a list of educational websites which students can visit at your discretion.

No school for students tomorrow.

Have a safe and happy holiday season! See you on January 6, 2014!

Wednesday December 18,2013

Reminder for Tomorrow!
PJ Day – You can wear appropriate pyjamas to school (clean and covered PJ’s please)
-you MUST wear snow pants if you wear PJ’s (or pants to put overtop for outdoors)
-you can bring a stuffie (not too big)
Pizza lunch –everyone gets a free pizza, juice and a bag of chips and you can stay at school for lunch.

Join your neighbours for some SKATING and hot chocolate!
When: Saturday, January 4th between 1:30pm and 3:30pm
Where: The skating rink in Vista Heights just North of Valleyview Road
Who: Anyone who likes to skate, or who likes hot chocolate, marshmallows and
visiting with neighbours.
For more information, please call the Crossroads
Community Association at (403) 277‐6201

Tuesday December 17, 2013

Today we had the chance to sing together as a school! We sang Jingle Bells, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and Let it Snow! Ask your child to sing these songs with you.

Question of the day: What does compromise mean? Please discuss this concept with your child.

Reminder for Thursday, December 19^th:

PJ Day – You can wear appropriate pyjamas to school (clean and covered PJ’s please)

-you MUST wear snow pants if you wear PJ’s (or pants to put overtop for outdoors)

-you can bring a stuffie (not too big)

Pizza lunch –everyone gets a free pizza, juice and a bag of chips and you can stay at school for lunch

Friday December 13, 2013

Please remember that all students are required to be in attendance for BOTH shows.

If you are unable to attend the evening performance, please drop your child off.
The doors open at 6:10pm.
They will meet in their classroom and wait for their performance time.
The entire show is expected to be finished by 7:15pm and all students can be picked up at their classroom.

Thursday December 12, 2013

Please note...
Gr. 2/3 Digital Champions Club is CANCELLED this Friday due to the QUEST Theatre performances.  Students will have the opportunity to share the Read + Write Gold program with classes next week.  Watch for new Digital Champion clubs beginning in January.


Here is some information that you will need to know for Friday
- Please bring your tickets as we will be collecting them at the door
- Doors will open at 6:10pm for the evening performance
- Students will gather in their classrooms with their classroom teachers
- The performance will take approximately 45 minutes (starting at 6:30pm)
- All students can be picked up from their individual classrooms after the presentation is complete.

Wednesday December 11, 2013

Students are really excited about their roles and performances in their upcoming virtues play that they have been practicing with Lara from Quest Theater. Ask your child about their role and how they are expected to perform. We hope you got your tickets. Its going to be a great show.
Aside from performance practices, students enjoyed drawing Christmas symbols in Art and continued working on their  summaries from our Science unit on Plants.

Tuesday December 10,2013

Purdy’s Chocolate Orders have arrived!
                -you can pick up your order from your child’s classroom
                -after the Quest performance on Friday, December 13th – is an ideal time!

Quest Theatre
Our students will share their work with their parents/guardians on Friday, December 13th at 1:30 and 6:30. Please check the yellow notice which came home yesterday as it outlines how to receive tickets for the performance.
Ticket requests must be submitted by tomorrow Wednesday, December 11.

Monday December 9, 2017

Quest Theatre!
Artists from Quest Theatre will be working with our staff and students to create a story about specific virtues this week. There will be an opportunity for our students to share their work with their parents/guardians on Friday, December 13th at 1:30 and 6:30. Please check the yellow notice which came home today as it outlines how to receive tickets for the performance.

Our class virtue is courage. Please discuss this virtue with your child. What is courage? What is an example of courage? Why is this virtue important?

Wednesday December 4, 2013

Today's learning tasks: using badminton rackets and birdies in gym, writing Cinquain poems to go with our art, demonstrating place value with manipulatives in math, listening to Anabelle share her writing from her trip to Cuba, and paragraph writing in Science about plants.

Ask your child:
- what the difference is between 'badminton' and 'volleyball'
- to recite the numbers 1-10, colors  and greetings in French
- about our new virtue of the month "FAIRNESS".  How do they plan to model fairness?  What is the difference between fairness and equality.   Can they give you an example or 'fairness'?  'equality'?

Tuesday December 3, 2013

Unfortunately, due to the weather, a number of students were absent today and missed out on
a fabulous presentation about flowers from Julie and Kayla, instructors from Kananaskis in the Classroom!

If your child was here today please ask what they learned and what their favourite part of this presentation was.

Parent Teacher Interviews/Student Led Conferences
It is very important that I have a chance to meet with you and your child regarding their learning thus far. Please visit the following link (http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b239/)to book a time to meet with me this Thursday evening or Friday morning. If you have any problems booking an appointment, please email me and I can help you.

Important Dates for December
December 5 & 6 - Parent Teacher Conferences
December 9 to 13 - Quest Theatre
December 13 - Quest Theatre Performances at 1:30 and 6:30
December 17 to 19 - Seasonal Singing
December 19 - Free Pizza Lunch for all and Pyjama Day *Last day of school for students*
January 6 - Students return to school from winter break

Thanks,
Mrs. Jackman

Monday December 2, 2013

Student Led Conferences
Please visit this webpage http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b239/  to sign up for a time to visit with me this Thursday and Friday. If you have any difficulty booking a time, please feel free to email me and I can book it for you.

Photo Retakes
Retakes were sent home last week. Please note that all orders are due tomorrow.

Friday Nov.29,2013

Parent Teacher Conferences
Correction: In previous blogs I stated that the conferences were available to be booked, this was not the case. You will be able to book a conference time with me starting Saturday November 30, 2013. 

 You can find the link on our school website.


CP Holiday Train
Don’t miss Grammy award winning singer Sarah McLachlan performing at the annual CP Holiday Train at Anderson Station on Saturday December 7, 2013. This free concert will also feature The Tenors and Matt Dusk.
In support of the Calgary Food Bank and hosted by Peter Mansbridge, the event begins with the opening of the North Pole Station at 4:00 p.m. followed by the concert, which begins at 5:00 p.m.
Explore the North Pole Station and its family-oriented activities including Santa, ice carving and hot chocolate before the show begins.
Attendees are encouraged to take Calgary Transit to this event as parking is limited. The event is free, however attendees are asked to make a donation or bring non-perishable food items for the Calgary Food Bank.

For more information visit Canadian Pacific's Facebook Page.

Wednesday November 27, 2013

Reminders:
- Friday is Pita Lunch (orders should have been placed already)

- The University of Calgary will be presenting the solar car this Thursday (tomorrow) afternoon.  Please sign the release form and return tomorrow so your child can be photographed with the car.

Today's learning tasks:
Gym: Low organizational games focusing on listening and cooperating.

Art: Painting Alberta Landscapes with a focus on foreground, horizon, and background.

Math: Creating 3-digit numbers from the numbers 7,2,5 and placing them in order from greatest to least
Language Arts: Listening to student readers and providing feedbackScience: Exploring CBE Library and recording in our jot notebooks, 3 new facts about plants. 

Thursday November 28,2013

Today's learning tasks:
Physical Education: ball skills with paddle bats 
Language Arts: Fix It! Focus on capitalizing names and placesMath: Working on multiplication facts
Music: Playing recorders

Ask your child:
- what they thought about the solar car (No photos were taken after all)
Homework:
- nightly reading, math facts 

Reminders:
- Tomorrow is Pita Lunch 
- a general use computer is located at Vista Heights school if parents should require access to submit online forms, etc. Please feel free to check-in at the front desk should you need to access this computer. 
- Save the Date! December 5th & 6th we will be hosting parent-teacher conferences. 

Monday November 25, 2013

Interviews

Parent-Teacher Interviews and Student-Led Conferences are next week, Thursday, December 5 and Friday, December 6.  Please use the information coming home today to book an interview time online. For more information, visit the Vista Heights School home page.

Special Lunch

Last Day to order a Pita Lunch for  your child is Wednesday November 27,2013. 

Visit  www.healthyhunger.ca to place an order for your child.  If you do not have internet access at home, please feel free to visit the school to use one of our computers.

Please visit this website for more information and to create a new account for your child.  https://www.healthyhunger.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=27

Thursday November 21, 2013

Learning tasks:
- good game of volleyball with our Gr. 3/4 neighbours
- We know the rules and how to be the best learners we can be (Writing)
- "Learning Stations" on Alberta
- Music: new recorder song "looking down"

Ask your child:
- what they know about school rules and how they can demonstrate integrity through their learning
- about something they learned about Alberta today


Homework:
- nightly reading and math facts

Reminders:
- no school tomorrow (System PD Day)
- does your child have a pair of earbuds to leave at school?

See you on Monday!
Bonne weekend!

Tuesday November 19, 2013

Brrr! It sure has been cold outside these past few days. Too cold to be out outside for any length of time.  Parents, please do not send your child to school any earlier than 8:35 as there is no

supervision prior to this time. 

In our effort to decrease our environmental footprint, we will be using an online ordering process for our next "special lunch" day. Information was sent home today with your child on how to order fromwww.healthyhunger.ca

Please visit this website for more information and to create a new account for your child.  https://www.healthyhunger.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=27

On our next "special lunch" day we will be having a Pita lunch - November 29 

Monday November 18, 2013

Today's learning tasks: cooperative tag games, evacuation chat with Mrs. Traquair, writing about lockdown practices, working on multiplication and addition in Math, listening to Anabelle read aloud, taking jot notes for Science from a video on plants.

Ask your child:
- how they demonstrated cooperative behavior today
- what to do in case of a "lockdown" or "evacuation"
- what they learned about plants today

Reminders:
- picture retakes TOMORROW (individual and class).  class photos are FREE
-no school on Friday (PD Day)

Homework:
- nightly reading and math facts practice