🌟 Division 13 Weekly Update 🌟
Division 13 has had a busy and exciting first week! We have spent our time getting to know one another, learning classroom expectations, building routines, and getting organized for a wonderful year ahead.
Thank you to everyone who has already returned their purple Verification Form, Getting to Know You form, and $60 school supply fee. School supply fees can be paid either through the Parent Portal or by sending cash to school in a labeled zip-top bag.
Please also take a few minutes to complete the permission forms on the Parent Portal (walking permissions, outside media consent, yearbook permission, and others) as soon as possible.
📚 Family Reading
It was so lovely to meet many of you this morning during Family Reading! Thank you for taking the time to join us.
If you were unable to attend, please stop by the classroom at your convenience to sign up to contribute something for one of our classroom celebrations. I will send reminders as each event approaches, and once the schedule is finalized, it will be posted under the "Classroom Celebrations" section of our blog.
Volunteer and driver forms available for anyone interested in helping with classroom activities or field trips throughout the year:
- Driver applications and driver's abstracts must be completed annually. (I sent a copy on Tuesday)
- Obtain a current Criminal Record Check.
- Volunteer applications only need to be completed every five years.
Your support is greatly appreciated!
✏️ Please and Thank You!
Today, your child brought home their markers and pencil crayons for labeling.
Please label each marker and pencil crayon with your child's class number, which can be found on the front of their supply bag. A black Sharpie works best.
Please remember to label:
- Both the lid and the marker
- Each individual pencil crayon
Your help with this is greatly appreciated! It makes it much easier for us to return supplies when they are found around the classroom.
There is no need to return the original boxes, as I have already prepared and labeled a pencil bag for each child.
Thank you for helping us keep our classroom organized!
🔤 Name Boggle
Each morning we enjoy a fun literacy activity called Name Boggle, where we try to find as many words as possible using the letters from our Special Helper's name.
This has quickly become a favourite activity, and the students are already becoming very skilled at it!
When it is your child's Special Helper day, they will bring their Name Boggle sheet home. If you would like to help them find even more words, we would love that! Take as much time as you need, but please return the sheet when completed, as students enjoy sharing their discoveries with classmates. We will also save these pages in their Memory Books.
I hope you enjoy this fun family activity. It is a great way to strengthen:
- Reading skills
- Writing skills
- Rhyming skills
- Vocabulary development
- Creative thinking
It definitely gets your brain working!
🍕 Munch-a-Lunch
Munch-a-Lunch is now open for all hot lunch orders for the first term.
Upcoming hot lunch dates can also be found on the classroom calendar linked on our blog page.
✅ Reminders
- Complete all permission forms on the Parent Portal.
- Pay the $60 school supply fee through the Parent Portal or by sending cash in a labeled envelope or zip-top bag.
- Return labeled markers and pencil crayons as soon as possible.
📅 Upcoming Dates
(Please see the calendar link at the top of the blog for additional dates and information.)
No School - Monday, September 21
There will be no school on Monday, September 21 due to a School Growth Planning Day.
📚 Home Reading Begins Tuesday
Home Reading begins on Tuesday.
Please remember to:
- Check and sign your child's planner daily.
- Use the planner to communicate brief messages (for example, "Julie will be picked up by her aunt today.")
- Return planners to school each day.
🦊 Fairview Open House & Terry Fox Run
Friday, September 25
Open House: 8:30 - 8:55 a.m.
Families are invited to visit the classroom and enjoy seeing what students have been learning during their first weeks of school.
Terry Fox Run: Approximately 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Following Open House, we will participate in our Terry Fox Run.
If you are available to volunteer and walk with us, please send me an email. If we have enough parent volunteers, we will be able to join the older students on a route off school grounds.
A special thank you to Nolan's family and Teagan's family, who have already offered to help!
Please ensure that your child's walking permission form has been completed on the Parent Portal before Friday.
🎃 Laity Pumpkin Patch Field Trip
October 26 (morning)
We are excited to be visiting the Laity Pumpkin Patch this fall! This field trip will be available on the Parent Portal soon. Parent Drivers will be needed, please complete and return all required forms as soon as possible.
A reminder that the new volunteer driver procedure includes a Criminal Record Check. This can be completed either:
1) Using the cover letter available at the office and submitting it to the RCMP, or
2) Through the BC Services Portal
Thank you for your support. We are off to a wonderful start and I am looking forward to a fantastic year of learning together! 🍎
