December 7

BRRRR!!!! Well we've definitely been hit with a wave of winter! On days that are -20 or colder, we have indoor procedures in the morning. This means that when your child comes to school all the doors will be open at 7:45 and students are invited to come into the school and go to their classrooms. It doesn't matter what door they come in so please use the one that is closest to you. A supervisor will be at the doors but they will also be unlocked for you to pull open and for kids to come in. Please if you are later than 8:00 am have your child go through the office doors as no one is at those doors to let students in after 8:00 am. On these days we also stay inside for recess and lunch. In the chance that it warms up and students are able to get a bit of fresh air and exercise, please make sure to have extra warm clothing like hats, mitts, boots, and snow-pants available. As a class we are working on strategies to help keep track of these extra items and keep them organized in our room. Let me know if your kids are missing items that I can help them look for in the lost and found.

In Social Studies, we have started looking at landforms and different types of landscapes across Canada. In completely coincidental timing, we have been looking at the territory of Nunavut this week. Haha! Students have discovered that right now our temperature is very similar to theirs and looking at pictures of the landscape draws a lot of similarities! Today we looked through books as well as pictures and used the thinking routine of "I see, I think, I wonder" in our journals. Students made many inferences based on the pictures such as "it must be cold because there is so much snow there". We also noticed that we didn't see trees or plants in the pictures. After some research we learned that there are few trees and plants because the climate is too cold. It was also identified that because it's mainly rock and ice, the plants don't have soil to grow in. We were excited to see some amazing pictures of icebergs, and snow covered mountains.

We will continue to look at the northern territory and will narrow our focus to the community of Iqaluit.


Parent Council is still looking for a few parents to volunteer as Parent Volunteer Coordinator for each classroom.  If you have received your CBE police clearance and this position would interest you please contact parent council at council's.kennethdtaylor@gmail.com .

On this same note, we will be going to the Glenbow Museum on January 11th for our first field trip. If you would like to volunteer, let me know. If you don't have a police clearance done yet- I believe you still have time. You can email me at ljstewart@cbe.ab.ca Thanks!