We are working very hard in our kindergarten classroom to be kind and caring members of our classroom and school community. We are learning that we need to be respectful of our classroom and the materials in our space. We are learning that if we take home materials from the classroom, we soon wont have much to play and explore with here.
We need your help to ensure that we are being honest and keeping our learning materials at school. Recently many materials have gone missing and we are unable to find them in our classroom. We are missing a small red fox and a white artic fox from our Canadian animals center. If we are bringing things home that are not familiar to you, could you please help us and send them back in our blue folders.
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Valley View Food Drive: December 4 – 8, 2017
It’s time again for Valley View’s annual food drive! From December 4th to 8th, students will be bringing non-perishable food to school to help address hunger on a local level. Supporting the Calgary Food Bank is the perfect way to participate in the spirit of the season. When making your donation please think about the non-perishable food in your own home. What do you usually buy and use? Those items often make the best donations. It’s helpful for donors to double check the expiry dates on items they bring in. See below for a list of non-perishable food needed: Cereal Peanut butter Pancake mix Syrup Canned meat (ham, turkey) Canned fish Canned fruit Canned vegetables (corn, peas, carrots, mixed vegetables) Stuffing mix Cranberry sauce (whole berry) Soup (tomato, cream of mushroom, chicken noodle, chunky-style soups & stews, dry packaged soups, canned chili) Pasta sauce (tomato based) Juice Brown Beans Dry Pasta Baby Food From December 4-8 we will be accepting food donations to contribute to the 29th annual Mayor's food bank drive. This is a great cause and we look forward to any contributions. In kindergarten we have learned about sharing and taking care of others we learned about giving at Grow Calgary when visiting in October.
We are enjoying taking our learning out into our school yard. We started to venture outside in during our fall discoveries. We will continue to go outdoors during the winter months. Please send appropriate outdoor clothing to school with your child every day.
We need to be wearing: Snowpants Boots Jackets Toques and Gloves Being dressed for the weather will help us explore, learn and enjoy ourselves! Please ask you students about what we do on our nature walks? What animal tracks have we found? What did winter smell, sound and look like? Wednesday November 8 - Photo Retakes
Friday November 10 - Remembrance Day Assembly Thursday November 16 - Parent-Teacher Conferences ( HALF DAY! School done at 12) 4pm - 7:15pm (please sign up online) Friday November 17 - Parent-Teacher Conferences 8am-11:30am (please sign up online) Monday November 20 - National Child's Day - Please wear blue Photo retakes are Wednesday November 8th. Please send a note in your child's blue folder if you would like them to get retakes.
Grow Calgary
Today was a whirlwind of a day. Grow Calgary was an amazing field trip that offered many educational insights into fall, gardening and giving back. We learned about composting, reusing materials, green houses (where we saw tomatoes and pumpkins) and where they grow the food. We were so lucky that we got to race Farmer Paul to the top of a dirt mountain. The farmers use this dirt to help plant their crops. We went into the earth ship, which was a small building with used tires and recycled materials to help plants grow during the winter. We saw the trailer they used to store all of the seeds they plant. We learned that Grow Calgary gives away all of the food they grow to families that don’t have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. We even got to see the hardest workers at the farm… the bees and worms. They work the hardest by pollinating. We look forward to continue to learn about the changing seasons, how plants grow and what we can do to help give back to our community. Thank you to all our volunteers. Without you this would not have been possible. If you would like to volunteer on a future field trip, please stop by the office and they will help you get started. Here are some questions to ask your child: -Who is the hardest worker on the farm? -Does Grow Calgary keep the food they grow? -What kinds of fruits and vegetables do they grow? |