Grade Three At WRCA: December 2011

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Here are your holiday updates and reminders:

I spoke with Mr. Dykstra today and it is becoming regular occurence where grade three students do not have proper footwear. I think all students should have a pair of gym shoes at school, especially girls who like to wear dress shoes or boots. If you choose not to do this, please make sure your child comes to school on PE days with proper athletic footwear. Also, every PE class there has been at least one student who does not have PE strip. Please make sure your child has gym strip on Wednesday and Thursday. I try to send all gym bags home over the weekend, so they can be washed and sent back Monday or Tuesday in time for gym.

Homework: I have sent home some "Holiday Homework" to keep the students sharp over Christmas. Also, remember to keep reading and recording! Book reports and reading logs will be due January 3rd, the day we come back to school.

If you are interested in volunteering next year, I will have a sign up sheet on the bulletin board inside the portable. If you have a certain day or time that works best, and is not listed please do not hesitiate to contact me.

I wish you a MOST WONDERFUL Christmas, and all of God's Best in the New Year!

Mrs. Thiessen

Bring canned/boxed food items for the Food Bank by Tuesday, December 13. The grade with the most food wins a pizza lunch!!!

IF you have small, fine tipped paintbrushes (like the kind you get with a kid's paint set), please send them LABELLED next week by Wednesday, December 14. You do NOT need to go out and buy one, just send in whatever you have and we'll make do.

Thursday morning, Bonnie Brown is coming in to decorate cookies with the kids. If you are available to come help out from 10:50 until 11:50, please let me know! :)

We will be having a Christmas party on the last day of school, so feel free to send some snacks/treats - don't feel obligated, only if you would like to! Also, I think we'll make hot chocolate again, so send a mug to school on Friday as well.

Well, here we are, in the last two weeks of school before Christmas break! :) Here are some tidbits for this week and next:

Tomorrow, Tuesday Dec 6, is the WRCA Elementary skate day! Grades 3 - 5 will be leaving at 12:15pm to head down to the ice rink. All students MUST wear a helmet to be on the ice, so please bring one, or let me know if your child needs to rent one. At this point I am assuming no one will need one as I didn't have any permission forms come back with that request. All other info is on the blue sheet you have at home. We should be getting back to the school around 2:15. IF you are planning on taking your child from the rink, please let me know so that I can pack up their planner, etc ahead of time.

The Elementary Christmas concert will be this Thursday at 7pm. Please have your child come to our classroom by 6:30. Students are to be in full uniform, which means the boys must wear their sweaters, and girls should be wearing tights (not socks). Please also send your children in black dress shoes (not boots or runners, etc).

If you were wanting to donate a coat for charity, the last day to do so is Friday December 9th

There will be chapel this week and next. This Friday is the grade 4 class and next Friday we will do an informal Christmas carol sing-a-long.

The highschool is currently fundraising for the Guatemala Field Trip by selling bags of coffee from Guatemala in the foyer after school. They are selling several different roasts at $10 for 3/4lb. For more information, please see last week's warrior.