Feb. 14

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had a great afternoon visiting our CSSI Buddies and delivering our handmade Valentine's Day cards to them.  They were so happy to get them from us - so happy that some students didn't want to put them down.  We had some time to do puzzles with them, explore some of their technology, and read some books together.  Don't we look so proud of our heart animals we created?

This morning we got our letters from our penpals at Buffalo Rubbing Stone. They made us beautiful cards with polar bears on the front.  We partnered up to read out letters and many of us made connections to the similar learning between their classroom and ours. For example, they are learning about the inuit and so are we.  We also noticed that they were getting ready for a grand opening just like us.  We came up with a simple letter template to use tomorrow when we start writing our letters back.  The students confidence with letter writing has greatly increased this year.  There is a better understanding of the purpose of letter writing and the structure of a letter. With these letters, we plan to make some Ken Taylor Postcards as a way of showing them a little more about our school.  

 Coming up:

• No School Thursday or Friday for Teacher's Convention
• No School Monday for Family Day

Feb. 13

Today our class had some time to make some Valentine's Day cards for our CSSI buddies.  Tomorrow afternoon we will go to our buddies to give them our cards and do a short art activity with them. 

Just a reminder about Valentine's Day for tomorrow:

 We will celebrate Valentine's Day tomorrow afternoon.  If your child wishes to hand out cards/candy please ensure that each child in the class is given one.  Here is a list of the students in the class:

Kyle
Bosco
Justin
Thomas
Adam
Ramish
Tandra
Ella
Catrrina
Amarelle
Everee
Zoe
Chloe
Makennia
Juliette
Isra
Jayden
Ben
Carter
Kieran
Sam
Katerina

We will have a special time in the afternoon hand out our cards, play some fun Valentine's Day games, and have a special snack. Please send a special snack of your child's choice for this afternoon. This snack will just be for your child to enjoy so you don't need to worry about bringing enough for the whole class. 

Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions.

Two messages from Parent Council:

Coming up:

• No School Thursday or Friday due to Teacher's Convention. 
• No School Monday - Family Day
• Watch for Bird Sanctuary Field Trip forms coming home next week

Feb. 6

I hope you all kept warm and dry today with all that snow out there! 

Thank you to everyone for coming out to our student led conferences on Thursday and Friday. It was so nice to connect with you all and talk about your child and their learning. They have all come so far and we are only half way through the year.  We will have another chance to get together like this is April.

I have had several questions about Valentine's Day.   We will celebrate Valentine's Day at Ken Taylor in the afternoon of the 14th.  If your child wishes to hand out cards/candy please ensure that each child in the class is given one.  Here is a list of the students in the class:

Kyle
Bosco
Justin
Thomas
Adam
Ramish
Tandra
Ella
Catrrina
Amarelle
Everee
Zoe
Chloe
Makennia
Juliette
Isra
Jayden
Ben
Carter
Kieran
Sam
Katerina

We will have a special time in the afternoon of the 14th to hand out our cards, play some fun Valentine's Day games, and have a special snack. Please send a special snack of your child's choice for this afternoon. This snack will just be for your child to enjoy so you don't need to worry about bringing enough for the whole class. 

Coming Up:

• Grand Opening Rehearsal Thursday/ Grand Opening Friday - get your tickets here: https://kdtopeningceremony.eventbrite.ca