Welcome Back

I hope you all had a restful and HAPPY Spring Break! We are back at it and busy as ever for the next 2 months! It was great to see the students today. They were all very eager to write and talk about their holiday activities. What lucky little people with fabulous families!

Hot Lunch is TOMORROW if you ordered! (April 29 for Div.1)

 

Aggie Days

Tomorrow we are off to Aggie Days! Thank you to our drivers:

Mrs. Varty

Mrs. S. Baker

Mr. Deys

Mrs. Wolsey

Mrs. Jahn

Mr. Kossuth

Mr. Fallwell

Because we have hot lunch tomorrow we will be leaving at 12:30 or as soon as the students are all cleaned up. If you are at the school by 12:20 that would be perfect! We should be on our way by 12:30 and arriving back just before 3:00. Today we will kick off our rural study of Saskatoon by comparing rural and urban life!

Wednesday May 7^th our Grade 2 team will be hosting the family assembly where we will be focusing on “Seeking first to understand, then to be understood.” Basically we will be talking about being GOOD LISTENERS in our family groups.

 

May 5-8 will be Education week and Mental Health Week at MMH! The theme for Education Week this year is “WE ARE ALL TEACHERS”.

Hats on for Mental Wellness

On May 7^th we ask all students to wear a HAT to promote thinking about and discussing the things we do and can do to keep our minds happy and healthy.

Feel the Beat

On May 14^th we will be heading to Southminster United Church to watch Feel the Beat! This year their performance is Hansel and Gretel! Ms. Nevels does an amazing job preparing the students for this musical experience. We will be needing drivers for this trip and a note will be coming home this week. We will need to be at Southminster by 11:30 and we will be arriving back by 1:00 ish.

Spelling words this week:

dew – flew – new – chew – blew – few – drew – grew – sew – threw

Challenge words this week:

about – warm – laugh – cold – kind – full – should – could-  would – doubt

Sight words this week:

They – said – why – after – because

 

May Events

May 5-8 – Education Week and Mental Health Week

May 7 – Family Assembly – Habit 5

May 7 – Wear a Hat for Mental Health

May 9 – PD Day No School

May 14 – Feel the Beat at 11:30 – 1:00 – Drivers Needed

May 19 – Victoria Day - No School

May 27 – SAAG Arts Alive trip 9:00-10:30 – Drivers Needed

May 30 – Pow wow at our school – Presentation

EASTER WEEK

We jumped right into our busy week with a morning full of dance, whale research and art! Please make sure you have all of these dates organized for our week! Thanks for all you do to help us in the class!

Hot Lunch Order Forms are due TUESDAY the 15^th! No Late orders will be accepted.

Mr. Braico

This is our last week with Mr. Braico and we are so sad to see him go! At the same time we are very excited for Mr. Braico as he becomes a teacher and GRADUATES from the U of L. Thank You Mr. Braico! YOU ARE AWESOME. The students have loved all of your energy and fun projects. We wish you the best always and know any school is lucky to have you! THANK YOU!

 

Easter Egg Decorating on WEDNESDAY

ALL students need 4-5 harboiled eggs for first thing on WEDNESDAY morning! Please send these eggs to school in an easy to transport container lined with paper towel. The eggs must be HARD BOILED at home and then brought to school! THANKS!

SOCK HOP on Thursday

WE have been working hard on learning and groovin’ with some new dance moves. We will be starting our Sock Hop with the grade 1’s shortly after lunch! Come on into the gym to join us and check out our grade 2 HAPPY dance!

Easter Party

We will start our Easter Party right after the sock hop! Thanks to our snack helpers.

Veggies and Dip – Josh

Cheese and Crackers – Gracie

Muffins or Cupcakes – Robbie

Meat and Pickles – Aiden

Cookies – Acacia

Drinks and Napkins – Zachary 

Easter Break

Easter Break starts this Friday and we will return on the 28^th! Have a very safe and Happy Spring Break!

 

Spelling Words this Week:

book – cook – look – took – good – wood – stood – would – could - should

Challenge Words this Week:

large – barge – charge – garage – rage – rain – pain – train – brain - main

Sight words this week:

great – know – really – use – very

Thank you to our Parent Council for an AWESOME Spring Dance! SO MUCH fun and lots of happy faces!

Easter Batik

This Thursday we will be completing our Easter Batik Art projects. Thank you to our volunteers who will be coming in to help on Thursday at 10:30: Mrs. S. Baker, Mr. Deys and Grandma Vincie! The students did a great job on step 1 of this project today. Because we do use permanent dye for this project I suggested the students not wear their favourite clothes on Thursday!

Aggie Days

We are still in need of a few drivers/supervisors for Aggie Days on the 29^th! If you are able to help please let me know!

 

Spelling words this week:

blue – glue – true – cute – tube – rule – huge – sure – use - shoes

Challenge words this week:

fence – choice – glance – voice - moist – chance – fancy – dye – Easter - decorate

Sight words this week:

wanted – April – eggs – after – why

 

Easter Sock Hop

We are getting closer to our sock hop on April 17^th! Please come and join if you are available or come see the grade 2 dance if you are available! We start at 12:30 ish and end at 1:50.

Egg Decorating!

Please remember to send 4-5 hardboiled eggs on April 16^th for egg decorating in our class!

 

Easter Holidays are from April 18 – 27^th! See you back on the 28^th!