IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
March 17 – SPIRIT DAY: Wear Green for St. Patrick’s Day
March 19 – Edo Fun Lunch Day / Mr. Pretzel Treat Day (order through healthyhunger.ca by March 15 if you are ordering)
March 19 – Evening Student Involved Conferences for K-6
March 20 – Daytime Student Involved Conferences for K-5
March 19 & 20 – Purdys orders can be picked up at the Evening Student Involved Conferences on Thursday or the Daytime Student Involved Conferences on Friday if you placed an order
March 23 – 27 – SPRING BREAK – No school
March 30 – First day of classes after Spring Break
WHAT IS A BEDTIME ROUTINE AND WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?
Did you know, the recommended sleep per 24-hours for Elementary School age children is 9 to 12 hours? Bedtime routines are a consistent, repetitive set of activities that are carried out before bed every night. They help prepare your child for sleep by having them relax and wind down. A predictable routine also gives your child a sense of security and teaches them how to fall asleep on their own.
Research shows that children who follow bedtime routines are more likely to go to sleep earlier, take less time falling asleep, sleep longer, and wake up less during the night. These benefits to sleep quality are still seen years later in children who followed bedtime routines when they were younger.
In addition to improving sleep, bedtime routines teach your child self-care and lay the ground for working memory, attention, and other cognitive skills. They also foster parent-child bonding and may help improve mood, stress levels, and behavior.
In the long term, these benefits translate to better readiness for school, as well as better academic performance and social skills. By contrast, those who don’t follow a bedtime routine in childhood are more likely to have sleep problems and be overweight during adolescence. (From the sleepfoundation.org).
HOW TO BUILD A BEDTIME ROUTINE FOR KIDS
A bedtime routine for kids usually consists of three or four activities, for example, having a snack, brushing teeth, putting on pajamas, and reading a book. These should always be done in the same order. To make the routine even more effective, start winding down the household by dimming the lights and turning off screens in the lead-up to bed.
The bedtime routine should culminate in a goodnight kiss and lights-out. You should leave the room while your child is sleepy but not asleep yet. This way they learn to fall asleep on their own, and they won’t panic if they wake up in the middle of the night and find you gone. Set a consistent bedtime that leaves enough time for your child to sleep the recommended amount of hours for their age. (From the sleepfoundation.org)
STUDENT-INVOLVED CONFERENCES ARE THIS WEEK
If you haven’t done so yet, please book a 15-minute conference time for March 19 or March 20 for our Student-Involved Conferences. Please sign up through your MyCBE Parent Account at https://sis.cbe.ab.ca/public/. Once logged in, click on the purple 'Book and Manage Meeting Times' icon (see below), and then click on the grey 'Book a Conference' button (see below).
Your child will come with you to the Conference so that they can share their learning with you. Teachers will connect the work being shown to the report card marks and comments that were shared on February 24.
If you have not yet downloaded your child’s report card, please do so through your MyCBE Parent Account before your conference time.
These conferences are an important part of home–school communication. They help ensure students and families clearly understand progress so far and the next steps in learning.
We hope all families can attend. Please make every effort to book a time on one of these two days.
LITTLE STEPS WILL BE OFFERING KINDER CARE IN ADDITION TO CARE FOR GRADES ONE TO FIVE IN THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR
Little Steps Out of School Care rents space in our school to provide care to students outside of school hours. Little Steps will be offering Kinder Care for Kindergarten students registered at Northern Lights School for the 2026-2027 school year. Their registration for Grades One-Five is also open now. Click HERE for more information and see their flyer below:
