🌉 Bridge Walk Itinerary 🌉

Thursday, May 26

• Formal uniform
• Backpack, snack/lunch, water bottle 
• Dress for the weather 
• Students will carry their own backpack all day along with their visual journals. 

9:00 Parent volunteers arrive at LRD

9:30 Leave school 

9:45 Arrive at drop off downtown to begin the Bridge Walk

1st  Bridge - George C. King Bridge

2nd Bridge - Reconciliation Bridge 

3rd Bridge - Center Street Bridge 

4th Bridge - Jaipur Bridge (under renovation) 

Lunch Break - Playground Time 

5th Bridge-  Peace Bridge 

1:30 (approx.) - Load Bus and return to LRD 

May 16 - May 19

Check out our Zoo Trip reflections: 

🐵 May 17 - ZOO TRIP UPDATE 🐵 

• Formal uniform
• Backpack, snack/lunch, water bottle (we will eat our snack at school before we leave)
• Dress for the weather (it looks like a bit of rain)
• Students will carry their own backpack all day along with their visual journals. 

9:00 -Volunteers arrive at to school to sign in 

9:30 - depart from school

9:50 - arrive at Zoo, gather with your group and begin your tour

11:30 -Meet for lunch as a grade group

12:00 - continue tour

1:35 - meet outside the entrance to the zoo

1:45 - bus leave 

2:10 - arrive back at school  

😎Thank you volunteers for making this day possible😎

MAY 9 - MAY 13

🐵 We are looking forward to our ZOO trip Tuesday, May 17.  Please look at the Blog for updates so we are all prepared for this day.  

👫 I am still looking for more volunteers to help with the ZOO trip and the BRIDGE walk.

👶 Baby pictures need to be emailed to me by Monday, May 16 so I can put them into a slideshow for our assembly.  After this date, I will only be able to insert the child's names on the slide.

This week in class we have been busy testing materials for building, making fraction trains, learning about mass, calculating perimeter, researching endangered animals and getting ready for our leadership assembly.  Check out these pictures of our work.

Traits of a Leader (connected to animals):

Testing material for building:

Learning about mass and fractions:

🌿Please attend to the the following🌿

1. Please email 1 baby pictures to me by Monday, May 16th    rmhowell@cbe.ab.ca

2.  Return BOTH field trip notices before Friday

3. We are still looking for volunteers for BOTH field trips.  Please email me if you are available to help out. Thank you 

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 🌼 May 2 - May 6 🌼

Wishing all the moms a very Happy Mother's Day

Please check back here Sunday evening for some pretty special pictures celebrating YOU......see below

We have a very busy month......Please continue to review the Blog and emails to keep up to date.

🚌 Field Trip:

🐵 Zoo May 17th (notices will go home this week)

🌉 Bridge Walk May 26th (notices will go home Monday, May 9).  

Thank you to those parents who have offered to help out. We need a few more volunteers to make these trips possible.  If you are available to help please let me know next week. 

🍼 Baby Pictures:

In preparation for our Grade 3 assembly (May 30) we are asking for a baby picture of your child.  Please email me a baby photo at rmhowell@cbe.ab.ca  Baby photos will be arranged into a slide show and shared during our assembly. Please email me a photo by May 13.  

🎶 Recorders:

Next week you will be playing recorders during music class.  If you did not order a recorder from school, you will need to bring one from home.   

Mother's Day Fused Glass Gift:

This process started back in March and we were keeping it a secret until now!!  Take a look at the process of setting up the glass pieces to make a picture or design.  The end results are priceless.

Happy Mother's Day

Field Trips in May

Calgary Zoo: Tuesday, May 17

Bridge Walk: Thursday, May 26th   

Parent volunteers are needed in order to make these trips happen. We need to have 5 parent volunteers for each day and without help we will not be able to go. Please, email me at rmhowell@cbe.ab.ca to let me know you can help.

Thank you for your support

🌷APRIL 25 - APRIL 29 🌷

Students who celebrate EID are invited to wear their FANCY FORMAL CELEBRATION clothing on Monday, May 2 - NO JEANS ALLOWED.  If your family does not celebrate Ramadan and EID then please be sure to wear your formal uniform on Monday as usual.

 🤠  Wednesday, May 4 is HAT’S ON for Mental Health.  Students are invited to wear hats to school that day to honor and recognize the importance of good mental health.   Students must still wear uniform – this is NOT a casual day. 

CHARACTER:

We continue to discuss traits of a positive leader such honesty, courage, truth, love, humility, wisdom and respect.  We are beginning to understand these traits, as well as the connected animal symbolism and its importance in First Nation culture.    

MATH:

Pixel Fraction Art and Measurement 

Earth Day:

Although we "celebrated" Earth Day Friday, April 22 we are reminded that everyday is Earth Day. Check out our Earth Day Art:

Click HERE for your LC task for Monday, April 25th

⛅ April 19 - April 22 ⛅

Please read email from Mrs. Taylor.....

Reminder:  If you and your family formally celebrate Orthodox Easter, you are invited to wear the FORMAL Easter attire for this celebration on Monday. THIS IS NOT A CASUAL DAY

Ask your child about the learning we did this week...

Spring Concert:

The entire school continued to rehearse for the Spring Concert.  We had many opportunities to practice our singing....I must say they sounded splendid and the concert was a hit.  Thank you to everyone for ALL their hard work. 

Earth Day:

During the week we discussed ways we can show RESPECT to our earth.  Students shared ideas with friends and recorded their ideas on chart paper.  We started to draw creative pictures of the earth and will complete these drawing next week.  

Math:
The students continued to learn about fractions by using colourful blocks to make different fractions.  We extended our thinking and started to design pictures using a 100 grid.  Some students are recognizing how fractions and percentages connect!!!!  

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From Mrs. Taylor's email...Please read:

Willy Wonka performance information:

- Please be sure to mark your calendars with dates, times and dress requirements for this upcoming week as it is very important for our play to be successful.  ALL actors and actresses should have their full costume at the school on Tuesday (if there is a problem, you must email Mrs. Taylor this weekend to come up with plan B).

- All tickets will be coming home with students on Tuesday.  Please be sure to put them in a safe place as you will need them to find your seats on the night of the concert.  All seats are assigned with a seat between each family group to support some social distancing.  Masks are not required, although as always, if you are more comfortable wearing a mask in a large group, you are more than welcome to do so.   Students may wear a mask while waiting for their performance time if they would like, however masks are encouraged to be removed during the performance so you can see and hear their beautiful voices! 

- Students MUST BE IN FORMAL UNIFORM (including black or navy socks with no holes in the toes!) on Thursday for school for our Dress rehearsal as well as the concert in the evening.  Please ensure your child has their white collared dress shirt, and green cardigan washed and ready for Thursday!

- All Actors and Actresses should arrive at First Alliance Church between 4:45 - 5:00 and should have already eaten.

- Students will arrive at FAC between 6:00- 6:15  in their FORMAL UNIFORM and find their teachers in the designated areas in the foyer.  Coats and shoes need to remain with the parents (students will be in socks only)

- Doors will open at 6:15 for everyone to find their seats - please ensure that everyone has used the washrooms prior to entering the sanctuary (including the students before you drop them off with their teachers)

- Concert will begin at 6:30 sharp!.  In the event that you arrive late, you will be escorted to the upper balcony in an effort to not disturb the audience or the play.  Please be EARLY!  There is parking on the far south side of the church in the event that the first parking lot seems full - there is LOTS of room for everyone on the south side.

🐣 April 11 - April 14 🐣

Please review the email sent from Mrs. Taylor.  Next week will be another busy week with rehearsals for the Spring Concert.  

Cultural Celebrations:

This week we learned about Easter celebrations happening this weekend and Orthodox Easter (celebrated April 24).  We decorated eggs using special symbols with meanings of love, good health and happiness. 

Social Studies:

Learning about types of Leadership traits - Students worked in groups and discussed ideas that would help make our class a better place to learn.  Suggestions such as student organizers bins, first aid containers, more books, cameras and boxes full of stress relief tools were shared with the class.  Each student then had a chance to VOTE for the best idea.  The BALLOTS will be counted on Tuesday, April 19.

Math:

Fraction fun!!

Yearbook Cover

The judging of the winning cover page for the yearbook will be happening soon.  Check out our creative art work that is on displayed!