December 18

We were fortunate to have Heather Myhre, a staff member in our district, come in to visit and share some oral tradition and stories about the Indegenous Peoples of Canada.

 

Carol Singing

December 21

Dear Parents,

As we move into the last day before our winter break, we say a big THANK YOU for the lovely cards and gifts and to let you know how proud I am of the students for their singing at the concert on Wednesday night. It was a great team effort to practice and perform.

Katie and I wish you all a safe and happy holiday and look forward to seeing you in 2019!

Sincerely,

Lisa Kam

Katie Moxey

Week of December 17

Dear Parents,

Here we are at the last week before the holiday break!

And a busy one at that!

First, it was great to see such a high turnout for our Jingle Mingle on Thursday evening! I hope everyone enjoyed themselves.

We will not be having any spelling this week- we will resume after the break.

Concert- we will be having our dress rehearsal on Wednesday afternoon. As previously mentioned, our evening performance will be at 6:00 pm. Students may be dropped off at 5:40. Students are being asked to wear their "holiday best". 

Gingerbread House making- Thursday Dec. 20- a reminder that students are to bring in a 250ml (milk) carton to build around as well as a plate to build on, ready to go icing, utensils to spread icing with, and candy to decorate with. 

We will also continue with our tradition of carol singing in the open area in the morning this week.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kam

More Jingle walk photos

Jingle Walk

December 11, 2018

Dear Parents,

We were fortunate to have another lovely day for our donation pickup. A HUGE THANKS again to our helpers yesterday for such a great cause.

Also Tomorrow- volunteers

A reminder from the office to make sure your volunteer forms are up to date if this is your first time volunteering with us.

Thank you!

Tomorrow

Dear Parents,

A reminder that tomorrow is our Jingle collection day- Please help your children to have BOOTS and a PROPER RAIN JACKET. Small gloves are also a good option. 

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kam

Planetarium Visit

The kids really enjoyed our visit inside the portable planetarium! Our leader projected a variety of images onto the inside and shared many interesting facts about space.

December 2018

Dear Parents,

Hope you are all keeping warm in this frosty weather!

A reminder that tomorrow is our Jingle Walk flyer delivery. Please help your children to dress appropriately for any cold or wet weather we may have. The same as well for our Jingle Walk pickup on Monday. 

Thank you in advance to our volunteer helpers!

Jingle Mingle- is less than a week away! Thank you families for all of the donations to our basket so far. It's still not too late to donate! (Wednesday December 12)

Christmas Concert- as mentioned in a bulletin, we will be having our concert on the evening of Wednesday Dec. 19. As also mentioned, due to limited space we are asking for just parents/guardians. We look forward to seeing you there!

Spelling- we will continue with spelling this week, but there will likely be no spelling during the last week before the holidays 

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kam

Mrs. Moxey

Jingle Mingle

Dear Parents,

It is time to start thinking about our annual schoolwide Jingle Mingle Event! Notices went home yesterday with information. As in previous years, each class will responsible for collecting items for a basket that will get raffled off. We are also looking for volunteers to take shifts at a couple of stations. Below are pictures of item suggestions for our basket as well as volunteer sign up sheets that are now posted outside of our classroom.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kam

Mrs. Moxey

Conference Schedule

Dear Parents,

Here is a copy of the parent-student-teacher conference schedule for today and Thursday, ad it is now offline. We look forward to seeing you!

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kam

Mrs. Moxey

Diwali photos

Diwali

Dear Parents,

A HUGE thanks to the mom's that came in to lead our Area B grade 1's and 2's and recognizing and celebrating Diwali on Wednesday.

Thursday Info

Dear Parents,

We have been asked to request if possible for kids if they can bring utensils for fun lunch tomorrow.

Also, students are invited to bring donations for poppies as part of our recognition of Remembrance Day.

Thank you.

Mrs. Kam

Interviews

Dear Parents,

A heads up that reporting conferences are coming up. We will be using a similar online sign up (Sign-up Genius) to what we used last year. The sign up will go live this coming week.

These conferences will involve Teachers, Parents, AND Students. Last year this format was used in the Spring, but this year we are doing it for Term one. We would like everyone to sign up please.

We will be setting up our schedule so that both of us can try to be in attendance.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kam

Mrs. Moxey

A Few Photos

Dear Parents,

I hope the kids had a fun and safe time trick or treating and enjoyed our school parade and dancing to Thriller on Wednesday afternoon. 

Week of October 29th

Dear Parents,

Welcome to Halloween week! As Mr. Kelly outlined in his email to parents, we will be doing a parade with costumes (dressing up is optional) on Wednesday afternoon,culminating in the gym. Costumes should be age and school appropriate, and without weapons.

We scare Hunger- our Do Good commitee is collecting extra candy and canned items tomorrow for donation.

As a reminder, due to to an increasing amount of wet weather, and our extra time outside during our "fire drill" yesterday, we encourage you to help your children have boots on wet days, inside shoes, and  some extra clothing just in case.

Spelling- grade 1's and 2's have spelling practice this week

Nov. 2- Pro-d

Scholastic- a new flyer will be coming out shortly for November. Although a few books from the October order just came in, i apologize that some have not yet. After a lengthy discussion with Scholastic, we figured out that a couple of the online orders had been put under a different account and are thus being shipped separately. 

Wonder Wednesday- a new question- Why do we carve pumpkins at Halloween?

Thank you.

Week of October 15

Dear Parents,

A few reminders:

Spelling- grade 2's have started this week. There is a sheet that should have come home for them to be practicing their list (lower case, letters facing correct direction etc.) each day, then bringing it back on Friday. Grade1's will be starting next week. Much of the initial work will be through oral discussion, but students will be getting a sheet to take home with some practice activities.

If you happen to be going away for an extended period of time, please also let the office know and they can put absences directly into the system ahead of time.

As we are starting to see the need, we are asking each student if they could please bring in a kleenex box to be shared.

Volunteer Schedule- I am currently working on November so it will be ready for next week. Thank you for letting me know if you were unable to make it or needed to make changes. Much appreciated.

Math- we are moving into counting and number sense. Please feel free to spill out some objects to have your children practice counting and skipcounting.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kam

Mrs. Moxey

Week of October 9

Dear Parents,

We hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend!

Guided Reading is now up and running. A reminder to please help your child to do their guided reading homework each night, then bring it back ( with their folder and homework bag) to be checked.

Students will also be bringing home a book for home reading.

Spelling will likely be starting up next week.

Scholastic- a new set of flyers was given to students yesterday and I have asked for any orders that are not being done online to be back to me by Monday October 15.

Choosing is also up and running- students look forward to it each time!

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kam

Mrs. Moxey

Orange Shirt Day

Dear Parents,

Today we had an assembly in connection with Orange Shirt Day. Students watched a video clip, as well as heard stories read by Mr. Kelly. As a follow up activity, students in the school are being asked to bring in a (non-decorated) rock that they have chosen, not too big, not too small, a just-right-for-them rock that we will be decorating. I have asked students to have by WEDNESDAY morning please.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kam

Orange Shirt Day

Dear Parents,

A reminder that tomorrow is Orange Shirt Day. We will be having an assembly and activities in recognition or reconciliation and the ( age appropriate) history surrounding Residential Schools.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kam

Welcome 2018!

Dear Parents,

Welcome to another exciting school start at Brooksbank!

Division 13 is made up of grade 1 and 2 students, and we (Lisa Kam and Katie Moxey) will be working with your children.

We are looking forward to seeing you this evening as we outline some of the things that will be happening in the class this year.

A couple of quick reminders- tomorrow is individual photo day and Monday September 24 is a Pro-d.

As well, a notice may be going home today regarding bringing in a few items to say "Goodbye Summer" and for Tuesday to bring in some kind of Fall artifact they may have collected over the weekend to say "Hello Fall"!

Volunteer Forms- if those could be back to me by this Tuesday please then I can starting putting together a schedule.

See you tonight!

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kam 

Mrs. Moxey

Cops For Cancer

Cops For Cancer

Sept. 19

Yesterday we were fortunate to have the riders of the Cops for Cancer come to visit our school. We tied it into raising awareness with our upcoming Terry Fox Run, and recognizing 2 brothers in our school that each had long hair that chose to cut it and donate it.

June 20, 2018

Dear Parents,

A few reminders as we head into our final days of the school year.

We have about a half dozen students with overdue library books, if you could please help your child to look and return as soon as possible.

Home Reading- please also check at home for any remaining classroom home reading books.

KM Club- we are are holding our final ribbon assembly today and children will also be getting certificates with the total of how many km they ran. Great Work Div. 12!

Tomorrow is National Aboriginal Day.

Next Wednesday will be our walking field trip to Ray Perrault Park.

***Please send your child with an extra bag or two by Friday as we will be sending some things home.

Spelling 32- our last unit!

Please also make sure your child is bringing their homework bags as we do collect them at the end of the year.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kam

June 6, 2018

Dear Parents,

A reminder thar tomorrow night is our school's Ice Cream Social. Familes are invited to come and a enjoy some ice cream between 6 and 7 pm. Hope to see you there.

Spelling- we are working on Unit 30, a review unit

Self Assessment- students should have brought home yesterday an 11x17 page that was divided into 3 sections related to their own thoughts on their thinking, communicating, and personal and social skills. Please take a look and discuss.

Library- students have taken out biiks this week, but the library is hoping all books (including overdues) will be back by the end of next week.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kam

More photos

Fun Day

Dear Parents,

We were fortunate to have fantastic weather today for our annual Fun Day!

We started with meetings in our team colours to learn pur cheers, then headed out for a parade before gathering on the gravel field to present our cheers!

After recess, students moved in teams through various stations, and in the afternoon we met as a whole school for hula hoops, tug o' wars and balloon tossing. a great way to spend the day!

Week of May 14, 2018

Dear Parents,

We hope you have all been enjoying the nice weather! With that, we are reminding students to be sun aware by having a hat or sunscreen as well as water as they are out at recess, lunch, KM Club and Outdoor Learning.

Tomorrow, May 16 , will be our last Loutet Farm visit for the year.

KM Club is moving along nicely and the next ribbon ceremony is just around the corner. Keep up the good work!

Math- I am currently doing some work with money with students, please feel free to continue providing your children with opportunities to count with money using a variety of combinations and make change. Students are also working on data collection and surveys with Mrs. Startup.

A reminder that Monday is Victoria Day and students will not be in attendance.

There will be one more Scholastic order placed for June- I will send the flyers out likely next week to allow enough time for the order to be shipped before the end of the school year.

A June schedule for classroom volunteers will be put into students mailboxes today. Please let us know if something doesn't work for you.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kam

Chicks