Pyjama Day and Movie Night!

To help celebrate our Family Movie Night tomorrow, students are invited to wear their coziest pyjamas to school tomorrow!

A reminder that our Family Movie Night is tomorrow, November 17. Families are invited to join us in the gym for our showing of "Finding Dory". Since Friday is a PD Day, feel free to wear your jammies, bring a blanket to sit on, and have a fun time with your family and friends. Doors open at 5:30 and the movie will start at 6:15. There will be drinks and popcorn for sale, as well as a bake sale put on by our Social Justice Club. Admission is free, however please consider donating a winter clothing item (such as a hat or pair of mittens your family has outgrown) to our Winter Clothing Drive.

For our classroom...
As the cold weather begins to settle in, we've noticed lots of runny noses in our class. To help keep germs at bay, we kindly ask each student to please provide a box of kleenex to be shared with the class. As you can imagine, we go through lots of kleenex during the year, so donations are gladly accepted! We're also looking for boxes of small (sandwich size) and large ziploc bags. If you have any of these items you would like to donate to our class, we appreciate it.

Jolly Phonics Songs

Thank you to all of the parents and family members who took the time last evening to meet with myself and Mrs. S. We enjoyed sharing our observations of your child's first few months in Team Hummingbird and along with Mme Brooking, we are looking forward to a fun year ahead!

Thank you also to the families who took the time today to join us at our Remembrance Day ceremony today, and a special thank you to Major Ouelette who collected our Postcards for Peace and will deliver them to members of the Forces currently serving within Canada and overseas.

Below are some links to some Jolly Phonics videos we like to enjoy. Each letter sound corresponds with an action that the students enjoy making as we sing the song together.

Jolly Phonics Song

Ms. Quinn's Favourite Letter

Have a wonderful weekend!

Family Math Bags

Thanks for all of the interest in our Family Math Bag program! The bags are ready, and will be sent home today. If you will be coming this evening for an interview with Ms. Quinn or Mme Brooking, we will have your child's bag ready to give to you; if you will not be attending this evening, your child will have his/her bag in their note tote.

Some reminders about the math bags:

• All of the materials you should need, including instructions, will be inside the bag. Please make sure that all of the items are returned with the bag so the next student will be able to enjoy!
• Take your time with the math bag - return it when you are finished with it, and we'll send another one for you to explore and enjoy. 
• Most of all - HAVE FUN! All of the math bags are simple math games to be played with small groups of people. Take the time to play the games with your child and have fun learning math! There is no right or wrong way to play the games :)

Remembrance Day

Our Remembrance Day Ceremony will be held this Friday in our school gym, beginning at 10:45 a.m. Families are welcome to attend. Kindergarten students will be able to purchase a poppy sticker to wear to the ceremony on Friday morning. If you would like to make a donation to the Royal Canadian Legion's Poppy Campaign, please send it in your child's note tote on Friday.

Do you have a family member or friend who is or was a member of the Forces? Please send in a photo of them for our class "Thank You Wall". Please do not send in precious photos that you want returned - photocopies or colour printouts are a great idea. Please label any photos that you send in.