Who are We Walking For? Terry Fox!

Thirty three years ago, Terry Fox started his Marathon of Hope.  He was hoping to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.  Terry had run a marathon a day for 143 days, and he had run more than 3000 miles across Canada when he had to stop his Marathon of Hope because his cancer had returned and spread to his lungs.  Unfortunately, Terry passed away, but his impact was great.  Each year, communities and schools across Canada continue Terry's dream to raise money for cancer research and more than $500,000,000 has been raised to date.
 
Yesterday, Nellie McClung P.S. held its annual Terry Fox Walk in order to support the Terry Fox Foundation for Cancer Research.  The Kindergarten classes walked around the school field several times chanting:  Who are we walking for?  Terry Fox! 

So far, our class has raised $175!  Thank you to everyone who was able to send in a donation.  (We are accepting donations until October 4th.  You can also donate online directly to the Terry Fox Foundation.)  Here is a photo from our Terry Fox Walk:

 

Toonies for Terry - A Friendly Challenge

As you know, this coming Thursday, our school will be holding a Terry Fox Walk.  All money raised goes to the Terry Fox Foundation in support of cancer research.  Students and their families have been asked to show their support by sending in a toonie (or more) donation.  I am challenging our class to raise $100.  I will match donations from our class up to $100 bringing our total to a possible $200 for the Terry Fox Foundation.  I know we can do it! 

 

Some Notices & Dates to Remember

Pizza Lunches

 

Pizza lunches started last Wednesday, Sept. 18th and will continue until Wednesday, December 18th, inclusive.

If your child is absent on Pizza Day, please let us know if you will be picking up his/her pizza slice(s) at lunch time the same day.  We are unable to refrigerate pizza slices for students who are absent.

 

 

Mr. Sub Sandwich Lunches

 

Mr. Sub Sandwich lunches will start on Tuesday, Sept. 24th and will continue until Tuesday, December 17th, inclusive. 

If your child is absent on Mr. Sub Sandwich Lunch Day, please let us know if you will be picking up his/her lunch the same day. 

 

Library Book Bags

 

Our class started signing out school library books last Wednesday.  Unfortunately, some of the library book bags were mislabelled.  Some labels state:  return the library book on Fridays.  The labels should state:  return the library book on Wednesdays.  We're sorry for any confusion this may have caused.

 

Please have your child return his/her library book on Wednesdays.  Please make sure the book is in the plastic library bag. 

 

 

Monday, September 23, 2013

 

Monday, Sept. 23rd is our first P.A. Day.  There is no school for students.  The staff will be in the school if you need to contact anyone.

 

Thursday, September 26, 2013

 

This coming Thursday, Nellie McClung P.S. will be holding our Terry Fox Walk.  (Rain date ... Friday, Sept. 27)

You should have received an information note and a donation form in your child's communication bag yesterday.  If the note and form did not arrive home, please let us know, and we will send it home again. 

 



Happy First Week of Kindergarten!

Well, we did it!  We survived the first week of Kindergarten, and we didn't have too many tears.  Most of the children are settling in well and adjusting to the routines and expectations of being in school all day. 

The last few days we have been busy getting to know each other and exploring the activities and centres in our room.  We have all painted a self-portrait and written a message for our paintings.  In math, we have been sorting ourselves in different ways and graphing the results.  (We will post some of our graphs on the blog soon.)

We have been reading lots of books about treating others in respectful ways, and we have also been discussing the concepts from the books (e.g., our behaviour is a result of the choices we make).  We all decided that we wanted to have a nice class, and our readings and follow-up discussions have helped the students answer this question that we posed:  What would a nice class feel like, look like and sound like?  Our next step will be to write a class promise based upon our ideas.  (Look for all these ideas posted on our blog soon.)

Forms & Paperwork
Thank you to all the families who have already completed and returned all the various forms to school.  We appreciate your cooperation in helping us update and/or provide the school/class the information we need at the beginning of each school year.  If you have not yet completed and returned all the forms that were sent home last week, please do so as soon as possible.



 

Just One More Big Sleep!

Happy Labour Day!

We hope you are all enjoying the last day of the summer holidays.  We are looking forward to starting school again tomorrow morning and seeing you all again. 

For all our friends who will be starting Grade One, have a great day!  We know your new teachers will love having you in their classes as much as we loved having you in our class.

See you soon ... just one more big sleep!