Dear Families, It has been a busy time since our return to school after winter break and the children have adjusted well to Mrs. Rollheiser teaching Monday and Friday. In math the children have been practicing building, reading and extending simple patterns, skip counting by 2's and 5's as well as playing math games which practice adding on, matching numerals to dot numbers and playful competition.  On Tuesdays the children continued with counting collections. using an increased quantity of objects. They have been using tools to organize materials for skip counting such as cups and plates. The OSCL's for January focused on math and have all been completed and sent home. Photos of student work will be uploaded on SPACES, the district electronic portfolio after Tuesday's inservice. Our Grade Two buddy class resumed in January and has included stem activities with force and motion, buddy reading or story play on Wednesday afternoons. In January our little buddies from Depa...

Welcome back, This term Mrs. Rollheiser and I are implementing a few changes to our teacher schedule upon confirmation from Human Resources. The job amendment was approved by Mrs. Noble and we are simply waiting for it to be processed. Mrs. Rollheiser wil teach 2 days each week and Mrs. McCaw will teach 3 days. Mrs. Rollheiser will teach Friday and Monday.  Both days will be offsite mornings with the children eating lunch upon returning to the school site followed by a whole group activity and show and tell.  They will be onsite during the afternoon and continue with Music on Monday and Library on Friday afternoons. Mrs. Rollehiser will take over managing of the offsite parent google document beginning immediately.  Mrs. McCaw will teach Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and will remain onsite all three days. An updated weekly schedule will go home this week. NEW: Families are invited to join us Thursday mornings for family reading during 8:45 to 9am. Children will come in through our outsi...