November 2013

Hi
Sorry for the delay on getting things posted.  We were having technical difficulty.

We are now starting our third month together and things are coming together nicely.  Thank you for contributing and supporting our Terry Fox Run, bottle drive, Scholastic, greeting cards and meat fundraisers.   This month, we will be doing our Barefoot Books fundraiser (money raised will go towards our new pet gecko) and poinsettias.  We will have another Scholastic out for the holiday season as well.

October was busy!  Thanksgiving, pumpkins, library and RCMP.  Thank you to Save On and Superstore for donating pumpkins to our patch.  It was crazy how many we had.  We were able to count with them, hammer golf tees into them, see if they float and decorate them.  Thank you Jen Compton for doing the leg work on that.  Thank you to Emily and Sue for visiting our classes and putting on a short literature circle for the kids.  Also, a thank you to Aux Constable Beauregard, Constable Helgeson and Constable Payne for visiting our classes and giving them time to explore their cruisers.  The children talked about it for days and it was the highlight of the year thus far (so be nice next time they pull you over ;) ).  The MW pm crew were also happy with the surprise visit by Cst Payne to read them a Halloween book.  It was nice to have the community involved and in our classroom this month.  I believe it is very important to show children that they are part of a bigger picture and that often we come together to benefit each other as demonstrated by the grocery stores, library and RCMP.

Our student teacher from Grant MacEwan will be starting Nov 12.  She will be with us for a month.

We will be working on numbers 6-10 this month, as well as looking at colours and the letters n,v and b.

I will be talking to the kids about Remembrance Day this week.  War won't be mentioned as it is too big a concept for them to understand.  Instead we will talk about how the poppy represents being a peaceful person.  No classes November 11th, I encourage you to go to the service.

November 19/20th will be our field trip to  Millennium  Place (east gym) at 930-1030 or 1-2.  We will meet there.  Please ensure your child has a change of shoes.  I just want to give them the chance to run.

Towards the end of the month, we will be gearing up for our annual Bake Walk.  It will be on Dec 7th at the centre.  Families are asked to donate a couple dozen cookies and we will open up to the community.  A great way to get holiday baking done and show our centre to the community.  Please welcome your friends and family.

We will also be doing a sock drive for Mustard Seed in December.  I will send out more info on that later.

I will be in New Orleans from November 28-December 3.  Cheryl Roberts or Jen Mills will be subbing for me.

Thanks for all of your help and support in the classroom.

~Meghan Hetherington