Posted by free2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on September 11, 2021
How exciting! We made it through the first week! We are getting back into the swing of coming to school. It has been a wonderful week of getting to know your child and I look forward to the journey that God has set before us. This week has been full of information and learning the new normal in Grade One. I also look forward to getting to know all of you parents this year. Feel free to communicate with me via email and if you need to communicate with me in person, we can set up appointments as needed.
Lots of information will be coming your way … so be sure to check this blog for important or last minute details.
Updated School Start time: Thank you for a wonderful start to the school year. We also want to thank you for taking the time to do your health checks with your children! Just a note to our fabulous parents on our school starting time! Our school doors will be opening at our traditional time of 8:55. Classrooms will be closed until that time as teachers work hard to prepare classroom materials, set up their classroom and participate in before school meetings. We encourage parents to try to arrive at the school between 8:45 and 8:55. However, if students arrive earlier, they can head to the playground where we will have supervision. At 8:55, the school bell will ring and students will be welcomed into the school. On days that are extreme rain days, students will be brought into the gym. Students can enter the gym through the side gym door and head to their grade area. On these rainy days, we would again encourage families to try and bring students as close to the start of school as possible as activities will be limited in the gym.
End of day dismissal: starting this next week the end of the day dismissal will return to normal, which means students will be dismissed from the classroom to the playground where you can pick them up. There will be after school supervision until 3:25 p.m.
Food with Nuts: while we are not specifically a nut free classroom, students are being strongly encouraged NOT to have nuts in their lunches at school. We have some students with severe allergies in the school, and so if a lunch does have nuts, they will have to remain seated at their desks and wash their hands after (they will not be allowed outside to eat their snacks, which could cut into their playtime.
Gym shoes – not all students have indoor PE shoes, so please send indoor running shoes, which will remain in lockers all year long. Our gym days are Monday, Thursday, Friday
Water bottles – I would encourage each student to bring a water bottle,which we can have in the classroom whenever thirsty.
Getting to Know Your Your Child information sheets went home this week, and I would appreciate if you would fill it out and send it back to class with your child. It is helpful for me to have some information to get the year started off right, and to know what you want me to know about your child.
Dates to Remember:
Thursday, September 16 – Picture day
Friday, September 17 – Knight day
Friday, September 24 – Knight day
Wednesday, September 29 – Orange Shirt Day
Thursday, September 30 – Truth and Reconciliation day – no school
Friday, October 1 – Pro-D-Day – no school