Christmas Fun!

I hope that your families had an excellent weekend enjoying the snowy weather!

We will be enjoying Christmas caroling in the gym every day this week, and students are welcome to wear any santa hats or Christmas accessories they have for the rest of the week. 

Students will be visiting the WPS Christmas Market this week to pick out a gift for their parents. If you have miscellaneous items around your house that you would like to donate for children to choose from, or extra wrapping paper/bows, please send them to school tomorrow.

We will be sending students home with their building projects tomorrow. They will need to carry them with two hands, but should be able to manage transporting them home independently, whether it is on the bus or walking home. 

On Thursday morning we will be having a visit from Santa Claus. On Thursday afternoon, students will do a Christmas craft with their Willow Park School Family Groups.

On Friday morning Division 1 will do Christmas station rotations. On Friday afternoon, we will have a Christmas celebration with a Christmas movie, some games, and a Christmas snack.

If you would like to send along a special Christmas snack for Friday afternoon, please email me for class numbers and allergy information. 

Christmas Vacation is from Monday, Dec. 21- Friday, Jan. 1st. School resumes Monday, January 4th. 

What We Were Up To This Week: Christmas Concert Fun!

It has been a very festive week in Grade 1H! I have attached a clip of the student's performance from yesterday afternoon, they did a WONDERFUL job. The students all looked so sweet in their PJs and slippers, and it was great to see how proud they felt after their performance. 

I have included a link to the video of their performance here, as well as the 'Links and Resources' page: https://youtu.be/gKBDPYv0lec

This week we were busy learning all about words that have the "short o" sound at the beginning, middle, or end of the word. We went on a number hunt around the school to see how many numbers over 10 we could find. There were LOTS, which shows us it is very important to know about numbers more than 10. 

This week we also continued our building project by adding a path from the homes to the school. First, we watched some videos of students in Columbia who must travel across a canyon on dangerous ziplines to get to school, and another village in Columbia where students must cross a river with a very fast current in order to get to school. 

Los Pinos zipline to school: https://youtu.be/Wh0o2zNOx8Y

Ortega River Crossing: https://youtu.be/g0LZeInblQI

We agreed that we are very fortunate to have safe paths to school, whether it is by bus, vehicle, or walking on the sidewalk! Students were amazed to see how hard these children work to get to school. I have included the links to these videos. If you would like, please watch and discuss with your children. 

Starting next week, the sledding hill will be open. If you'd like your child to participate in sledding at recess, please send their permission forms and their sleds. 

That is all for now, have a great weekend!

Christmas Concert Information

It is a busy week in Grade 1 with a lot to remember!

Hot lunch orders are due on Wednesday

Christmas Concert Information

We have all busing permission forms handed in. This means that all students are able to be transported to Daystar Church and back to Willow Park School on Wednesday for our dress rehearsal, and on Thursday for the afternoon concert. Thank you for returning these promptly!

The address to Daystar Church is: 

360 Gaetz Road, Leduc, Alberta- The corner of Rollyview Road & Gaetz Road (RR250)

Here is a link to a map: http://www.daystarchurch.ca/location-map.html

Wednesday:

We will leave for Daystar Church as soon as we do attendance, so at about 8:40. It will be important to be on time! Please send a mess free snack (no crumbs, no utensils, no chance of smearing on nice new carpets!!!) for your child to eat while we are there. We will be back at the school for the afternoon.

Thursday afternoon:

Please send your child to school in their PJ Costumes on Thursday (slippers in backpack). We will have a modified schedule on Thursday, and will eat lunch before heading to Daystar Church. If you plan on attending the afternoon concert at 12:45, please note that you may not bring your child home from the church, they must return to the school with the rest of the students at the end of the concert. Students will be wearing their outdoor shoes to the church, and bringing along their indoor shoes. Slippers will be sent home with the students to bring back for the concert. 

Thursday evening:

Concert begins at 7:00 pm. Students should arrive at 6:30 and report to their assigned waiting area. Parents should take their child’s outdoor footwear with them into the church. Students may bring books, small toys, games or electronics  to use while waiting. These should be labelled and in backpacks. They should also bring a water bottle. Parents MUST bring tickets for the evening performance. Grades K-3 students will be dismissed from the stage at the conclusion of the concert. This means that you must return to the waiting area at the end of the night to pick up your child's belongings. 

As always, please let me know if you have any further questions or require additional information! 

What We've Been Up to This Week: Nov. 30-Dec. 4

It was a busy week in Grade 1, full of December fun!

Students have been busy practicing their Christmas song, and are excited to perform it during the Christmas Concerts next week! We have a very enthusiastic bunch of singers in 1H. They even won Music Class of the Month for Division 1. We celebrated by singing some of our favourite songs, including 'Let it Go' from Frozen.

We have been busy building our model of Willow Park School, and creating a Winter Wonderland. Students love to build together using blocks and some of the materials that parents have donated. This week we read 'Three Little Pigs' and students re-told the story using bricks, sticks, and hay. We learned all about the 'short i' vowel sound at the beginning, middle, and end of words. In the midst of Christmas Concert practices, performances, and festive fun in the week to come, we will also be focusing on the 'short o' vowel sound. 

Please stay tuned for more important information regarding the Christmas Concert in the days to come!