Friday October 27th update

¡Hola Familias!

• This week we continued with hot and cold in science and we are getting familiar with thermometers and taking temperature.
• In Math we have started daily math centres and the class has been practicing rotation of stations for different days according to your group. 
• We have also started a daily 5 group rotation involving reading and writing skills. 
• In social studies we have started talking about communities. 
• In Gym we continued with pre-basketball .
• In Spanish we have started working on a scarecrow art which we will have to describe orally

Please remember Monday will be Halloween and students are encouraged to dress up. Please do not send any candy to school.

Tuesday is library day. Please return any library books.

Sound Kreations Dance

Dalhousie students will have the opportunity to participate in a 6-day dance residency at school. Sound Kreations will be coming to dance with the students on November 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, and 22. Our students will be participating in a program called CubaNYC where a Spanish speaking instructor will focus on teaching the students hip hop and Latin street dance moves. The cost of this residency will be $7.26 per student which can be paid through your MYCBE account. We are excited to get our groove on, ask your child to see the moves they learned at school.

 

Have a great weekend!

October 25 update

¡ Hola familias!

 

Reminders:

 

We are doing a food drive so bring donations:

 

* paper items (kleenex, toilet paper and paper towel)

 

* non-perishable food items (cans, cereal, granola bars, oatmeal, fruit roll ups, noodles, pasta)

 

There is no swimming tomorrow, today was our last day.

 

There is no school on Friday.

 

This week we will be working on the following:

 

·  Reading strategies in English, what are adjectives and adding description to our writing, editing our writing for COPS (capitals, organization, punctuation, spelling).

·  Naming shapes, reading strategies, reading syllables

·  addition facts with answers up to 20 (mental math), reviewing the addition strategies from last year, such as +1, +0, count up, doubles facts, doubles plus one, tens partners.

·  We started our hot and cold unit for science

·  We have started our unit on communities in social studies

We will be hosting a Scholastic book fair in November, with a virtual and in-person option.  The virtual fair will be active from November 18^th  – November 28^th 2022 inclusive. You can preview and explore the digital flyer by clicking the link!

 

https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5184055

October 21st update

¡Hola Familias!

This week we have had swimming every day and things have gone well. Please remember that we have swimming on Monday and Tuesday October 24th and 25th.

Tuesday is library day. Please remember to return books.

Please ask your child for their card with the RAZKids login information. It should be in their back packs. Please keep this information handy so students can 

Learning:

This week we worked on - mental math strategies

                                        - Spanish vocabulary and dictionary building

                                        - Long "i" and the bossy "e" in ELA as well as writing about swimming

                                        - a magnetic toy science game. Ask your child                                                                                     what they designed.

                                        - Mapping in social studies

                                        - Cubist art (student showed a face from many different sides)

  

October 18th update

 ¡Hola familias!

This week has been exciting so far because of our swimming activity. Students have been stepping up and doing really well with getting to and from swimming. 

This week we have been and will be continuing to work on the following:

• Science project completion
• Writing about swimming and long I sound in ELAL
• Mapping in social studies
• Fall vocabulary and syllables in Spanish
• Shapes and mental math in math

Please remember to return library boons on Tuesdays

Friday October 14th update

  ¡Hola familias!

This was another short but busy week. Here is our learning summary:

• Grade 2 started building their magnetic toy/game for grade 1s in science. Please ask your child about it. 
• In ELAL we worked on the long oo sound as well as summarizing a story using the 5Ws (who, what, where, when and why) and we started with daily 5s for our reading and writing program. 
• In Math we started reviewing 2D shapes.  
• For art we completed a leaf rubbing art 
• In Spanish we continued to learn Fall vocabulary.

Please remember that Next week we have swimming. Come prepared with your bathing suit on, bring towels and perhaps an extra bag for wet clothes. The bus leaves at 9:05am. Please also bring an extra snack as students get hungry after swimming. For long hair please braid or tie in a pony tail as we will not have time to brush it after swimming.

More updates!

 

School photos retakes were originally scheduled to happen on October 17 & 18 have been rescheduled to November 2 & 3.  If you would like your child to have photo retakes, please email your child's teacher to let them know. Class Photos will also happen on the same days.

Starting on Monday, October 17, 2022 we will be collecting food/non-perishable items for the Veteran’s Food Drive. There will be boxes set up at the front and back door for food drop off. At Dalhousie School, we want to support Calgarians who are less fortunate than us, and one way we are doing this is through the Veteran’s Food Drive. This drive will run until after Remembrance Day. Items that the food bank is urgent need of are the following:

• Kleenex – tissue boxes
• Napkins
• Paper towel
• 1 litre juice cartons
• Juice boxes for lunches
• Cereal
• Coffee and coffee pods
• Pancake mix
• Laundry soap
• Granola bars
• Ziploc bags (medium and large)
• Fabric softener
• Rice packages
• Cookies
• Canned chili / stew
• Mayonnaise
• $25.00 grocery gift cards

Thank you for your support of this worthy cause.

Halloween

With Halloween coming up, students are invited to wear costumes to school on Monday, October 31.  The costumes must be worn the whole day and must be appropriate for school environment meaning no violent or inappropriate content or messaging. Accessories such as swords, guns, knives, weapons etc. should not be brought to school.  As costumes should not impede learning, we ask that no mask even if it’s a half face mask be worn to school.  Those wanting to wear COVID masks are welcome to. Due to dietary restrictions and preferences, no food should be brought to school for sharing purposes.  While well intended, other non-food treats should also be not brought to school (goodie/loot bags).

 

 

 

Dalhousie Parent Society News

www.dalhousieparentsociety.com – check out our website for all this info and more!

Playground Party 

We are having a playground party on Friday, Oct 21 from 1:30pm-3:3 pm to explore our current playground and check out some ideas for the new playground we are hoping to build! Join us with your kiddos and ask any questions that you might have!

Did you know?? Our playground has already had portions removed due to safety issues. We hope to have all of those taken care of with a new playground!!

If you ordered any produce from the Indeygo Harvest Fundraiser, pickup is next week October 18 from 3-5pm

We have launched our holiday fundraisers so you can get a jump on shopping for some goodies!

Check out our Growing Smiles Link to order gorgeous holiday floral arrangements.  Order deadline is Nov 15 and pick up is Nov 29.  Click for holiday magic!

Purdy’s Chocolates!! Need we say more? Grab some delicious treats for that special someone! Order deadline is Nov 26^th and pickup is Dec 13^th.  Click for yummy chocolate!

Fun Lunch Contest Time

Win a free fun lunch!!! On Oct 18, Nov 15, and Dec 13, bring a reusable straw and show your fun lunch delivery person when you get your Booster Juice to be entered into the draw for a free Subway lunch on Dec 21! Good luck!

School updates

 Dalhousie School News

Dalhousie students and families participated in the annual Terry Fox run this week. Donations can be made online to the Terry Fox Foundation under Dalhousie School until Monday, October 3.   Cash will also be accepted until then.  Thank you for your generosity in making this initiative such a success! 

School photos retakes will take place on take place on October 17 & 18, 2022.

There is no school on Friday, October 7 due to a non-instruction day and Monday, October 10 due to Thanksgiving.

Dalhousie Parent Society Updates

Thank you to everyone who purchased for our Apple Fundraiser! Apples will be delivered October 11 from 3pm-5pm at the school. We will need a few volunteers to help with the deliveries. 

Fun Lunch

Oct 4 – Boston Pizza (orders due Sept 29)

Oct 12 – Subway (orders due Oct 7)

Oct 18 – Opa & Booster Juice (deadline Oct 13)

Oct 26 – Fat Burger (deadline Oct 21)

Nov 1 – The Saucy Bread Company (deadline Oct 27)

If your child is going to be absent and you have ordered them a lunch, please email dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com before 11am the morning of fun lunch and let us know if you would

1.          like it sent home with a sibling

2.          You would like to pick it up

3.          Donate it to the amazing staff

*KINDER PARENTS*

Please make sure you are only ordering for the day your child is attending.

If you would like to volunteer for fun lunch, check out available spots.  

If you aren’t sure if you have clearance for volunteering, please email us and we will be able to help you out dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com

 Please look on our website www.dalhousieparentsociety.com for all info and more! 

October 6th update

 ¡Hola familias!

This week we worked on increasing patterns using manipulatives and identifying the pattern rule. We also started talking about our science project. In social studies, we have started identifying Canada's provinces and territories. In Spanish we started learning about fall vocabulary. In English we continued to work on identifying parts of a story and summarizing a story.

Reminder:

Bring supplies for building our magnetic games for the grade ones. 

Remember there is no school this Friday or Monday, because of the Thanksgiving long weekend. 

Tuesdays are our library days. Please bring library books back.

Our first day of swimming is on October 17. 

Please remember to bring indoor shoes if you do not have any yet, as the weather changes this will be very important.

Playground Party 

We are having a playground party on Friday, Oct 21^st from 1:30-3:30 pm to explore our current playground and check out some ideas for the new playground we are hoping to build! Join us with your kiddos and ask any questions that you might have!

Did you know?? Our current playground is over 22 years old!!

Check out our Growing Smiles Link to order gorgeous holiday floral arrangements. 

We still need one volunteer to help with Apple delivery. Almost 300 boxes of apples were purchased by our school so the help will be greatly appreciated.  

Fun Lunch Contest Time

Win a free fun lunch!!! On Oct 18, Nov 15, and Dec 13, bring a reusable straw and show your fun lunch delivery person when you get your Booster Juice to be entered into the draw for a free Subway lunch on Dec 21! Good luck!

 Oct 12 – Subway (orders due Oct 7^th)

Oct 18 – Opa & Booster Juice (deadline Oct 13^th)

Oct 26 – Fat Burger (deadline Oct 21^st)

Nov 1 – The Saucy Bread Company (deadline Oct 27^th)

Nov 9 – Boston Pizza (deadline Nov 4^th)