Christmas Craft Day

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Dear parents, 

We had a very busy but fun morning doing Christmas crafts in family groups. Huge thanks to Nodin's mom for helping me out in our room. Also, thanks go to Sam's mom and Alessio's mom for helping out in other rooms. 

We have Subway Day tomorrow. Yeah!!

Best wishes, 

Mrs. Gerri Karr

Centerpiece making next Monday!

Dear parents,

Next Monday afternoon, December 16th, from 1:30 until 2:30, we will be buddying up with our Grade 7's to make evergreen centerpieces. Please have your child bring a clean margarine or yogurt container (500 ml size), some greenery cut from cedar, fir, and holly trees, and some small ornaments to make their centerpieces. Greenery should be brought in plastic bags (white kitchen catcher size is fine). 

I will buy the wet oasis sponge to stick the greenery in. There may even be goodies, you just never know!! :)

If you can provide more than one container and/or greenery, that would be super. It's always good to have extras in case some children don't bring their supplies in. 

Thanks for your help with this! 

Best wishes,

Mrs. Gerri Karr

Hyper today?

Dear parents,

Sorry if your child came home rather hyper today. We were constructing 3-D figures with marshmallows and toothpicks. I suggested eating around 4! Well, you know the rest of this story!! He he At any rate, they had fun, and hopefully learned a lot about corners, edges and faces. 

The children will be singing "Jolly Old St. Nicholaus" for the Christmas concert sing-a-long next Wednesday, December 18th. The children will be performing for a matinee during class time on Wednesday, but they will also be required to return for the evening concert. We are asking that they wear their holiday best for both these concerts. No special colours are needed, but just wear dressier clothes and shoes. Our music teacher rehearsed the song today. They will have one more rehearsal prior to their concert, so please stress quiet responsible manners when going to music. 

We had a good games day today. I bought a bracelet making "thing" for the class and it seemed to be a big hit.

Thanks to Toma for an enjoyable guitar performance last Sunday down at Capilano Mall! 

Thanks also to Maya and Linnea, who sharpened a multitude of pencils today! Yes, they also did their regular work!! 

Reminder that we have Library tomorrow. Mrs. Evans would appreciate getting all overdue books in prior to the Christmas holidays. 

Best wishes,

Mrs. Gerri Karr

Nutcracker Ballet

Dear parents,

We sure had the right backdrop for the performance today. It was magical with the snow falling down. A few if us, including me, went slip sliding away on our walk to and from the theatre. 

I had many former students performing today, so that's always enjoyable to see them grow up and take on more challenging lead roles in the production. 

Our students were moderately well behaved. I would have preferred less wiggling around and less chatting during the show, but considering this was a first live performance for many students, I don't think we fared too badly. 

Mr. Chan will be teaching the class until recess tomorrow while I attend a meeting. 

Best wishes,

Mrs. Gerri Karr

Spelling words for Dec. 9-13

Dear parents,

Our spelling words are the past tense of irregular verbs. They are: laid, said, saw, flew, took, wrote, woke, won, rode, fell, held, swam, sent, built, and went. The bonus words are sarcophagus and lustrous. 

I won't be doing a theme for next week, as we will be doing Christmas activities. 

We are going to The Nutcracker Ballet performance next Monday, December 9th. We will walk to and from the theatre so make sure your children are dressed for the weather. Boots may be needed, as snow is forecasted. I have gone over my behaviour expectations for this field trip with the students, but I'd appreciate it if you emphasize quiet and appreciative audience manners with your child.

We have a Christmas band performance at 2:15 on Wednesday, and we have a Christmas craft making morning on Thursday. Sounds like Christmas is on it's way!

Best wishes,

Mrs. Gerri Karr

More fitness fun!

Dear parents,

We had a fun time in fitness today. Enjoy the photos! 

Pirates!

Dear parents,

We played a great game of Pirates in gym today, to kick off our pirate theme.