Dear Parents,
Happy Indian Republic Day! Enjoy this
second long weekend with your families and friends. Next week will be our first
full week back since the break and all classes are well underway with new units
of learning.
Vacation
Postcard Challenge
At last
count today, we have already received over 80 postcards from all around the
world! As stated in our challenge, we will keep counting until the end of
January, and then the class with the most postcards will win a fun recess with
Ms Calley, Mr Dave and myself.
Field
Days Coming Up - next week (repeat announcement)
All
students will participate in a field day with their grade. Students
should wear their class t-shirt on their day.
Grades
3, 4 & 5: Thursday, January 31st 10:50 - 12:20
Early
Years 3 & 4: Friday, February 1st 8:45 - 10:00
Early
Years 5 and Grades 1 & 2: Friday, February 1st 10:50 -12:20
These days will include games, water
activities, teacher relay races, face painting, and more! Parents are highly
encouraged to come watch the students participate in Field Day.
Upcoming
Literacy Mornings
We are
excited to welcome you to join us during the week of February 11th for Literacy
Mornings. These interactive sessions will be both informative and
experiential. The format will be similar
to the Math Mornings beginning at 8:45 am in Madras Hall. You will be
guided into your child’s classroom to observe the delivery of literacy
instruction. More information will be
shared by your child’s teacher via Edmodo. Specific grade dates times can
be found below.
EY5 & Grade 1 Monday
11 February
Grade 2 Tuesday
12 February
Grade 4 Wednesday
13 February
Grade 3 Thursday
14 February
Grade 5 Friday
15 February
SAISA
Track and Field Season
The
SAISA Track and Field Season will be starting on Monday, February 11th and
practices will be starting at 6:30 am on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
mornings. This year we will be hosting the SAISA track meet beginning on April
9th. Students are allowed to participate in the meet if they are selected for
the team and are 10 years of age or older by April 9th, 2019.
If your
child is interested in joining the AISC SAISA Track team, could you or them
please fill out the following survey prior to Feb 5th? Track and Field Survey 2019
A big
thank you from the coaches!
Pepper
& Ryan McFarland, Alex Ray, James Smeltzer, and Jack Bissonnette
Change
to Playground Safety Guidelines
To
increase safety and create more consistency in terms student use of play
structures, only students from Grades 1 through 5 are allowed on the back part
of the playground - Play Structures 1, 2, and 3. This
change was made to ensure the safety of our younger EY5 students and to ensure
healthy social dynamics with EY5 students. EY5 teachers and students have
all been made aware of the change, and will continue to reinforce this new
rule.
For
safety reasons, this rule applies even when parents are supervising their
children on campus. Early Years 3, 4, and 5 students are allowed to use
the playground up to the boat when supervised by parents. Thank you for
helping your child adapt to these new guidelines.
Grade 5BT and the Butterfly Garden
Grade 5BT started a butterfly garden in
our community garden at AISC. The students discussed the importance of
having a butterfly garden, decided which flowering plants they wanted to plant,
collaborated to go to the garden to work on the beds and also recorded their
work in their E-portfolio.
Before the winter break, students
planted a bunch of seedlings to attract butterflies over the break. To the
children’s surprise, the flower beds were overflowing with flowers, leading to
brainstorming other uses for the flowers. Students decided that these flowers
could also have another purpose - to beautify our school offices and their
initial attempt at a flower arrangement was a great success. The arrangement
has been placed in the elementary office and the class has decided to add a new
arrangement every week. A wonderful way to start the new year!
From soil to the table
February 2019 Lunch
Menu & Order Links
Have a wonderful weekend!
Keryn Dowling, Dave Allen, and Calley Connelly