February blog

Jan 31, 2020

Dear grade 3B and C Families,

Dear Parent / Guardian 

Mr. O’Reilly will be on a leave for the month of February 2020. 

To ensure continuity Ms. Latham will be redeployed from her

role as PE Specialist to work with Ms. Ley in the grade three

classroom.  Ms. Latham has experience both with the grade

three curriculum and well established relationships with all

of our students at SVS. PE will be taught by home room teachers

or a designated grade team member for the month of February 2020.

  Mr. O’Reilly will be returning on March 2, 2020. If you have any

questions or concerns please contact administration through

the front office at 403-777-6660. 

Respectfully: 

Christopher Snow 

Principal, SVS 

PLEASE CHECK IRIS LEY'S BLOGS FOR FEBRUARY TO STAY 

INFORMED ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR CLASS (3B/3C)

 AND CONTACT HER IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT 

THE BLOG OR OUR CLASS.

The next Parent Council meeting is next week on

Thursday, February 6th at 7 pm in our DLC. 

We are holding the meeting a week early to

accommodate the Teachers' Convention break.

 It’s our Grade 2 teaching teams' turn to present

what your kids have been working on in their classrooms. 

There will also be the usual updates from our

Admin team and other committees.

Babysitting will be available.

And in case you missed this on our school website,

you can review our January meeting minutes here:  http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/simonsvalley/get-involved/school-council/pages/default.aspx

We are excited to go skating! We are going to the rink

between the two schools. We do need parents to help

us get ready to skate. Thanks volunteers!

Skating dates this year are Mon Feb 10-Wed Feb 12.

Our two classes will get two skating blocks. One on

Monday February 10 at 11am at the rink to tie skates

etc... and Wednesday February 12 at 11:35. We need

parents who are available to volunteer either of those

days to help tie up skates and put on helmets. Volunteers

will not be expected to go on the ice (unless they want to!). 

We will be creating Valentines hearts in class for every

child to decorate, have it signed by their peers, and take

home on February 12.

On Wednesday February 5th, we say so long to our

wonderful student teacher Mrs. Maya H. She has

been a kind and caring addition to our class and we

wish her success.

We will be partaking in Yoga once a month for a half

hour per class as a school wide wellness activity. If

you have any questions please contact the admin at

the school.

                                                                                                Student Fundraiser:

Hello grade 3 Families,

    Your kid is probably asking for some money ($1.00 or $0.50). 

We are raising money for the animals in Australia because there's

a big wildfire you might know about this, so we are trying to raise

money to stop this wildfire by doing a jelly bean contest. Kids can

take one guess for $0.50 or two guesses for $1.00 maximum.

The winner will get the jelly beans and the money will go to the

replanting of trees and helping koala and all the other animals.

We will send a cheque to WWF ( world wildlife fund) to support

Australia.

Thank you for supporting this fundraiser!

By James and Rei grade 3 organizers

Dates:

Jan 31st - Non Instructional Day

Feb 3 - Scholastic orders due

Feb 5 - Hot Lunch orders due/ Mrs. H last day

Feb 6- Parent council meeting

Feb 10 - Crime Not to Read Pizza Party forms due

Feb 12 - Making Valentines in class to take home

Feb 19 - Pizza party at Vivo for Crime not to Read

Feb 28 - Grade 3 Assembly in the gym. Please come and 

celebrate our learning through song and dance. The assembly 

starts at 12:30pm sharp.

Thank you,

Brennan O'Reilly