Happy 2024!

If it snows overnight, check the school district web page to confirm schools are open. We hope there is just enough to have fun playing in with our friends at school but not so much that it messes up our commutes!snowday

 

 

 

Hopefully, see you all at school tomorrow!

With the New Year comes some new learning routines. We’ll begin our special helper sharing job “Guess my object” this week.

  • Monday – at FLE.
  • Tuesday – at the park.
  • Wednesday – at FLE.
  • Thursday – at FLE.
  • Friday – at FLE. Watching the weather forecast as the planned walk will not take place if the temperature dips below about -6 C.

Final countdown to the holidays!

It’s always refreshing to learn from someone new, and this was our lucky week for that. We had two experts on Spotted Owls from the Northern Spotted Owl Breeding Program come and teach us, along with Small Eyes!

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We also had LEPS come and teach about what actually happens to our waste products and what can we do to reduce, reuse and recycle properly.

 

 

 

The week ahead: Dec. 18-21

Historic Fort Langley ‘villagers’ (staff) have asked us to help them decorate Christmas trees inside the buildings at the Fort. We are supposed to sneak in and decorate without being spotted by the ‘Chief Trader’ who is feeling a little bit “Grinchy” this year. Can we complete our mission and maybe even help the Chief Trader to feel the Christmas spirit? I hope so! We will be walking to the Fort at 12:20, returning at the end of the day. Any parents who are available are welcome to join us.

  • Monday – Christmas Store and walk to Historic Fort Langley
  • Tuesday – Christmas Store
  • Wednesday – Pancake Breakfast and community walk to hunt and tally decorations
  • Thursday – Grinch day – craft and original animated show
  • Friday – no school. Happy Holidays!

See you on January 8th (at Fort Langley Elementary)

 

Hooo’s ready for the Christmas concert?

PXL_20231207_203508347Music teacher Mrs. Evans is always ready for a laugh. Even when preparing 300+ students for a concert!

The students’ ‘stained glass’ winter art projects look amazing!

One of our class teams won the Kindergarten division of the Principal’s Cup floor hockey tournament! Congratulations to all our great players and cheerers and a big thank you to the parent helpers! During the hockey games, teachers collaborated on creating materials for literacy activities. It’s ‘game on’ for learning letters and phonics!

The week ahead: December 11-15

A busy week ahead with learning about owls, being ‘waste-wise’, and Christmas concerts.

  • Monday – at FLE. Spotted Owl presentation. Northern Spotted Owl Breeding Program logo depicting an owl with another smaller owl inside it in brown.
  • Tuesday – at FLE. Concert Dress Rehearsal.
  • Wednesday – at FLE. Fun lunch and Holiday Spirit Wear day.
  • Thursday – at FLE. Please return all library books for winter hibernation. No book exchanges until January. Christmas concert 12:30 and 5:30 PM. We hope you can all attend!
  • Friday – at FLE. LEPS Waste Warriors Presentation.
  • Sunday – I hope to see some of you at the FLE night Giants Game

 

President’s Cup

This week we’ll begin Christmas crafts and activities. We also get to participate in the Principal’s Cup Floor Hockey tournament. It should be a lot of fun!

We are at the school each day until January now. In January we’ll return to the same park we’ve been at.

December 4 to 8

  • Monday – Principal’s cup. Report cards issued on MyEdBC.
  • Tuesday – Principal’s cup
  • Wednesday – Music, Fire Drill
  • Thursday – Library, Principal’s cup
  • Friday – Principal’s cup Final

Another sunny week in November!

I hoped to be recovered but I am still battling this bug. I hope to be back Tuesday as we had planned a marshmallow roast for the last park day until January.

Monday, Nov. 27 – at Fort Langley Elementary (K only)

Tuesday, Nov. 28 – hoping for the park! I will update by email.

Wednesday, Nov. 29 – at FLE

Thursday, Nov. 30 – at FLE

Friday, Dec. 1 – at FLE. Community Walk.

Salmon again

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Everyone enjoyed the hip hop dancing lessons, especially practicing their ‘stinky cheese face’.

The salmon program was rescheduled due to illness, so we look forward to more learning about them this week.

The week ahead: Nov. 20-24

  • Monday – At the school. A TOC will be there to teach since I am sick.
  • Tuesday – At the park.
  • Wednesday – At FLE. Lockdown drill.
  • Thursday – At FLE. Rainbow Day (we are all encouraged to wear colours of the rainbow). Fun lunch. Library.
  • Friday – At FLE. No walk due to Salmon Forest workshop with LEPS.

 

Salmon Spawning Time

I am so proud of my students’ respectful behaviour through the long assembly. A special recognition to Leon and Avery for placing our class wreath. Remembrance Day themes are a lot to process for young minds but important with all the conflicts that continue around the world today.

We sure had a lot of fun at Brae Island this week! I think we all will remember forever the close up experience with a huge chum salmon.

More learning and playing :

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  • Learning about bats with Danielle from BC Bats.
  • STEM play with sand and water.
  • All aboard the pretend boat!
  • Making 5 with nature materials.

The week ahead: Nov. 14-17

This week we begin a new round of sharing for ‘special helpers’. The theme is Family Traditions. When it is your child’s turn, they will bring home a reminder notice. Please help them prepare something to show and tell about a family tradition the next day – it could be Christmas-themed or something else. We will share on indoor and outdoor days. In the past, most students bring a drawing, small object, storybook, or photo to help them talk about their tradition. If you would like to join in to share food or anything else special and need a few days to plan ahead, please let me know and we will schedule a convenient day. We look forward to learning about each other’s culture and family traditions!

  • Monday – holiday
  • Tuesday – at the park. Salmon Forest program with Langley Environmental Partners Society. (cost included with the LEAP Academy Fee)
  • Wednesday – At FLE. Jess Dance (hip hop workshop)
  • Thursday – At FLE. Jess Dance and library book exchange.
  • Friday – At FLE. Community Walk to look for lichen and other natural gifts from the wind storm.

Peaceful week

PXL_20231103_160755407Students are completing their math unit on patterns and their eyes are finding patterns everywhere!

We had a fun, busy week with Halloween activities and our final day at the park with flashlight reading and roasting. I’ll miss the beautiful rocky creeks and the resident owl.

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The week ahead: November 6-10

This week, we begin learning about Remembrance Day. We’ll be reciting a poem at the assembly on Thursday. Leading up to this, students will be guided to reflect on what the poppy symbolizes and what peace means to them. We are also lucky to have a bat expert coming to teach us more about local bats!

  • Monday – at the new park.
  • Tuesday – at the park.
  • Wednesday – at FLE. Walk to the cenotaph with K classes.
  • Thursday – at FLE. Remembrance Day Assembly, Library, and Bat workshop.
  • Friday – no school for students (Design and Assessment/Report Card Prep Day)
  • Monday – Holiday for Remembrance Day

Have a wonderful long weekend! See you all Tuesday, Nov. 14

Happy Halloween

Last week students connected their learning from the pumpkin patch to our explorations with them at the park. We learned that pumpkins float! We also discovered so many different shapes, sizes and colours of fungi! Nature is amazing!

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The week ahead: Oct. 30-Nov. 3

  • Monday – at the park. Our last day at this park so we will roast a marshmallow and collect garbage. No need to send anything special.
  • Tuesday – at FLE. Student can wear a costume (leave masks and toy weapons at home) and bring their item for the shared food. Best to pack a small snack and main lunch item as well. We will be having fun Halloween themed activities and join our K buddies for a short movie called “Room on the Broom”. Parents are welcome to come to the gym for the costume parade around 8:45AM.
  • Wednesday – at FLE.
  • Thursday – at FLE. Library book exchange. Fun lunch and Photo Retakes.
  • Friday – at FLE. Community walk to look for patterns around us.

 

Pumpkin time

We had a wonderful day at the Pumpkin Patch! Thank you to all the parents who drove and stayed to help and enjoy the special day.

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Students have been practicing letter identification, sounds and formation.

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This week our theme is pumpkin explorations! We are so grateful to the Borland family for donating pumpkins for us to use at the park!

The week ahead: October 23-27

Student-led Conferences October 25-26

This week we are excited to welcome parents and guardians to our classroom for conferences. I have switched the meetings to be “Student-Led” instead of “Parent-Teacher” conferences. This means your child will need to attend to show you about their learning and play. This change aligns us with the other K classrooms in our school. If you have not yet registered for a time slot, or need to make a change, please sign up at fle.parentteacherconferences.net

  • Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 23-24 – at the park. Pumpkin activities.
  • Wednesday, Oct. 25 – at FLE. Early dismissal at 1:08 for conferences. Sign up for class Halloween party food.
  • Thursday, Oct. 26 – at FLE. Library book exchange. Early dismissal at 1:08 for conferences. Sign up for class Halloween party food.
  • Friday, Oct. 27 – at FLE. Going on a ghost hunt! (We’ll be tallying up all the spooky decorations we see around the neighbourhood)

Looking ahead:

  • Monday, Oct. 30 – at the park. Last day at Williams Park. We’ll roast marshmallows provided by teachers!
  • Tuesday, Oct. 31 – at FLE for Halloween fun. I will not be signing up our class for the Haunted House. Interested students could maybe tag along with a big buddy class. Students are encouraged to wear a fun costume but leave masks and toy weapons at home.  We will be asking parents to sign up for a food item to bring for a class party.