Congratulations to our Gr. 5--8 Band!! Your performance at the Symphony last night was excellent. What a wonderful event for all to spend time with their families at. Thank-you to all who participated. Congratulations to Mr. B for making the band a great success!!!
Mr. Badiuk & Mr. Wozney now have blogs. They have just been connected to our website. You can view them at www.bsls.ca.
Artists in The School--Thank-you Allison Moore (artist in residence) for creating a beautiful mural on our hallway walls with the students. Please take a look at your child's creation the next time you are in the school. They did a great job and should be very proud!
I Love to Read Week--February 13 - 17
Spirit Week - Monday - Wear a shirt with words
Tuesday - Wear red and pink (also Valentine's Day)
Wednesday - Dress as your favorite Storybook character
Thursday - Wacky Day
Friday - Pajama Day (Bring a bedtime story)
Other activities for the week: Write a Round-Robin story (story travels from class to class), Ring-Read (always have a book with you for DEAR at the sound of a bell), List your top 5 favorite books, List your top 5 reasons why "Our School is Cool"
ELA--I will be checking reading logs on Monday for 150 min. of reading as well as Agendas for signatures. The students have completed their final novel projects for Searching for David's Heart and half of the class presented on Friday. The others will present on Monday. The students will be starting a Fairy Tale project to go with I Love to Read Week.
Math--Both Grades continue to work on Ch. 6 this week on fractions. They should finish by Thursday and hopefully will have a test then.
Social Studies--Students are completing their unit on Egypt this week and will be starting a new Chapter on the Ancient Greeks. They will have a test on all of Egypt on Wed. Feb. 15.
Religion--Pastor Schnarr will be coming for a visit in our class on Feb. 22. We will be starting a children's bible story project. If you have any Children's Bible Story books at home could you please send them to school with your child on Tuesday. They will be selecting a story to summarize and illustrate and then present to their reading buddies.
French-- We are finishing a large unit and the students will have a test on this material on February 21st. They have had two Quizzes reviewing of which will help them boost the outcome of the test. The following week should be filled with fun and will conclude with the field trip to "Festival du voyageur".
Mme Hélène.
Festival du Voyageur--The students will be going to Festival on Friday with Mme Hélène. Mrs. McCrea will be taking the students to the park and Mr. B. will be meeting them there. There will be two staff members with the students at all times. If parents who are driving wish to stay they are welcome to but will need to pay their entrance fee to the park. The students are participating in two activities: Lacrosse and Aboriginal Camp. After these two activities they will have an opportunity to go to the Sugar Shack for maple toffee as well as to the tobogganing area. Students will need to bring money for the maple toffee. They may have a little bit of supervised time in the souvenir building. If you would like them to have money for this then please send it along but they will need to be responsible for their own money. It looks like the weather should be good but students should dress accordingly as they will be outside for approximately three hours.
I will be away from Feb. 17--24. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs. McCrea in my absence or you can email me and I will respond upon my return.
Important Dates
Feb. 13--Lunch Lady Lunch
Feb. 15--Egypt Test
Feb. 15--Shops p.m.
Feb. 16--BSLS Open House 6:00-8:00
Feb. 17--Festival du Voyageur Field Trip leaving at 11:30.
Feb. 20--No School, Louis Riel Day
Feb. 22--BSLS Open House 6:00-8:00, Perogy Lunch
Feb. 24--Shops p.m., Cupcakes for Camp
Feb. 27--Four Reader Responses due for February
Mar. 5--Shops p.m.
Mar. 9--No School Admin. Day
