Merry Christmas!!

I wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. I hope that you enjoy your time together over this holiday break. I look forward to see you all in the New Year.

Joyeux Noël!!

                                         

PJ Day

Tomorrow is Pajama Day!! The students are encouraged to wear their most festive PJs tomorrow.

                                           

Book Orders

I will be placing book orders on Thursday if you are interested.

Raffle Tickets and Spirit Wear

Raffle Ticket for the Christmas baskets are for sale. They are 5 for $10.00 or 3 for $2.00. Tickets can be purchased before the Christmas Concert on Wednesday, December 19th.

Spirit Wear has arrived. If you need to arrange pick up at the school, please do so.

New Math Unit, Family Christmas Concert, and Other Important Dates

We will beginning our new Math unit on Probability today. Words and phrases to review with your child: likely, unlikely, probable, impossible.

On Wednesday, December 19th, the school will be having it's Family Christmas Concert. I hope to see you there! the students have been working really hard on their song, Le renne au nez rouge.

Thursday, December 20th, will be PJ day, and Friday, December 21st will be the last day of school before Christmas break.

Math Test

Our Measurement math unit is coming to an end. The students will have a test on Wednesday to complete the unit.

Santa's School Bus

Dear St. André School Community,

During this Christmas Season of Giving, our school will be participating in the WECDSB Santa’s School Bus initiative.  

St. André school will be partnering with other schools in our board, and we will be collecting toys to be donated to local needy families at Christmas.  We kindly ask that you donate new, unwrapped toys to this very worthy cause.

Some toy ideas are:

• GAMES for kids 7 -10
• CRAFT  ITEMS
• BUILDING SETS (LEGO)
• TOYS  for toddlers​​

The toy collection will go from December 6th  -12th. On December 12th, school buses will travel to the participating schools and pick up the donated toys. They will then be delivered to various charities across Windsor-Essex.

Thank you for your continued generosity and support for our St. André School community’s charity initiatives.

St Anne Field Trip

The school is participating in a field trip to St Anne's High School on Thursday to see a Christmas Concert. There are a couple students that have not handed in their permission form and money. This is due tomorrow. Thanks for your assistance in this matter.

Reminder and Plays

Just a friendly reminder that Parent Council fundraising items can be picked up today from 3-6pm.

Also, we will be performing our plays on Monday, December 10th. If you would like to come and see the plays that the students have been working on, you are invited to come to our class at 1:30pm.

Parent Council Fundraiser Item Pick-up

If you had ordered from the fundraiser catalog, your items are in. They will be available for pick-up this week between 3:30-4:30, in the computer lab. Unfortunately, students are not allowed to bring these items on the bus.

Capacity and Mass, Plays, and Donations

Our Measurement is continuing, but we are moving in a slightly different direction. We will be focusing the second half of this unit on Capacity and Mass. We will be doing some hands-on activities in class o get a better idea of what these two words mean. We will be looking at capacity first, and how much can fit into a container. You can try this at home. Compare the sizes of different containers at home.

They students will be presenting their Plays to me and their classmates in class tomorrow. They have been asked to dress for their part, which means, if they are supposed to be a white bunny, to wear white clothing. I hope that this doesn't cause any confusion. They parents will be invited into the classroom at a later date to view their plays. Please stay tuned for that.

There are a couple different fundraisers happening right now. The first is the Parent Council baskets. They have assigned each class a theme, to create a basket that will be raffled off at the Christmas concert. Our theme is Disney Toys. If you are able to purchase anything for the basket, they would be very grateful for your donation. The second donations we are asking for are supplies (toiletries, socks, mitts, tuques, etc...) that will be donated to Drouillard Place.

Crazy Socks, Hot Lunch, and Advent Mass

Tomorrow the school community will be ending anti-bullying week with a crazy sock day. The students are encouraged to sport their CRAZIEST socks tomorrow, to show that they stand up to bullying.
                                                                       
                                               
 

Also, Monday, November 26th will be last day to order the Hot Lunch that will take place on Friday, November 30th.

Finally, There will be an Advent Mass in the gym on Tuesday, November 27th @ 2:00pm. Please feel free to join us if you are available.

Social Studies

We have just begun our Social Studies units in  grades 2 and 3. The grade 2 students will be learning about different regions around the world, and the adaptations needed to live in each area. The grade 3 students will be learning about Ontario's different regions and communities within them.

Donations for Drouillard Place

Spirit Wear and Extra Socks

If you were interested in purchasing spirit wear, the order forms were sent home last week. I am unsure of the due date for these orders. Please check the order form for this information.

As the temperature is changing, it is more more and more wet outside. The students frequently come back to class with soaked feet. I'm suggesting that you put a couple extra pairs of socks in their back packs in case this happens to them.

Picture Retakes

Tomorrow is picture retake day.

Remembrance Day Celebration

We will be having a Remembrance Day Celebration tomorrow, in our gym at 2:30. Feel free to come and celebrate with us if you are available.

November Oral Communication Assignment

Our Oral Communication Assignment for November is a short play.. They will be performing the play, "Petit chat cherche une famille". Each student was put into a group, and given a part. Each student in the group must learn their part, and have a little costume to represent their characters they day they present to me, Wednesday, November 28, 2018.

Also, Scholastic orders are due next Monday, November 19, 2018.

Parent-Teacher Interview Forms

Parent-teacher interview forms were sent home with your children yesterday. Please check the front of the agendas for this form. If you would like to have an interview on Wednesday, please fill out the form indicating which times you would be available to meet.

Swim to Survive

Just a reminder that tomorrow is the last Swim to Survive lesson for the grade 3 students. Please send them to school with their bathing suit and towel.

                                                         

Some Updates

We recently began our third Mathematics unit. The focus of this unit is measurement. The students are learning about time, and how to tell time using an analogue clock. This is a difficult concept for some. We are also learning about elapsed time, which is also a difficult concept for some. Please practice these skills with your child.

                                                              
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