IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
December 10 – SPIRIT DAY: Festive Sock and Hat/Headwear Day
December 11 – 3:00 – 5:00: Purdys Pick Up for those that ordered. (Volunteers will be at the school to hand out orders.)
December 17 – SPIRIT DAY: Festive Sweater Day
December 18 – School Council Meeting at 6:00 – Please come to have your voice heard on where $20000 of Casino Fundraiser money will be spent. The grades two and three teachers will also be presenting.
December 19 – Popcorn Day (orders due by December 14 through healthyhunger.ca)
December 20 – SPIRIT DAY: PJ Day
December 20 – Last day of classes before Winter Break
January 6 – First day of classes after Winter Break
SINGLE COTTON MITTENS, GLOVES OR SOCKS
Students use individual whiteboards during their learning day. To erase the whiteboard marker from the board, we are looking for any cotton single mittens, gloves or socks that might be around your house for us to use as the ‘erasers’. If you have any single lost cotton socks, mittens or gloves, please send them with your child and we will use them.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE DIVERSITY SURVEY
We had 115 families complete our diversity survey. Thanks to everyone that completed it. It has helped us add even more important dates to our calendars so we can help students learn more about each other and what matters in their families.
The winner of the four Telus Spark passes was Aazva in Grade Five. Congratulations to Aazva!
CARDS FOR SENIORS
For the fifth year in a row, classes are creating cards for the seniors over at Newport Harbour Long-Term Care and Assisted Living facility. Classes read the book, “Share Some Kindness, Bring Some Light” by Apryl Stott for inspiration on how they can spread some kindness. The cards contained messages / words and pictures of hope, love and joy. They will be delivered on Monday and we hope they will bring a moment of happiness to the residents.
OUR NLS WISH TREES
In our school, we have set up two Wish Trees. After reading the book, “The Wish Tree” by Kyo Maclear, students engaged in discussions about how generosity can help bring joy to others. They then created a paper wish for the tree that reflected what they hoped for in the world, beyond their own wants. Wishes were written for their families, others in the school, those in the Coventry Hills and Harvest Hills communities, individuals in Calgary, Alberta, Canada or around the world. The wishes now hang on the tree for others to read when they have a moment. Classes will also be taking some time to read the wishes and discuss how their own actions or positive intentions can help change the world for the better.