Update from Ms. R

Welcome to Room 222!

We had a great first week learning together! Please check here to see and read about what your child did in school each week. I post every Sunday by 1:00 PM and, when I receive all the parent email addresses, I will send out a group email to inform parents when the Room 222 news has been posted.

***PARENTS PLEASE NOTE***

Our class has too many students. The provincial government guidelines restrict primary grade classrooms to 20 students per class. Currently, there are 25 children in our classroom, and even higher numbers in other classrooms. On September 16th, there will be a REORGANIZATION of classes, with new classes opening up to accommodate the overflow of students. Please know, that some children will be moved out of our classroom and placed in different classes that week. (At this time, we do not know if Room 222 will stay grades 2 & 3. The class could possibly become a straight grade 2 or a straight grade 3 classroom.)

HOMEWORK

The homework for this week is to fill out the "A Little Bit About Me" worksheet sent home with your child on Friday. This homework is due on or before Friday, September 13th.

There are two types of homework in Room 222: daily and weekly homework. Daily homework is to study and practise the Word Wall (spelling) Words each day. A copy of these words will be sent home every Monday. Also children are expected to read for at least 20 minutes EVERY day. Weekly homework is assigned every Friday and is due on or before the following Friday.

ALLERGY ALERT

There is a child in our class that has severe, life-threatening allergies to many foods. Our class therefore is a food-free classroom. Water bottles may be kept on students' desks, but please WATER ONLY (no milk, juice, tea etc.).

BIRTHDAYS

Birthdays are celebrated in our class by students creating a group card for the birthday child. If a student has a birthday in July or August, we will celebrate these summer birthdays in June. Some families like to send a small gift for each child (no food please) and these will be distributed at the end of the day.

AGENDAS

This year, our school will not be supplying agendas to students. However, we will have some form of a homemade agenda soon, but we will wait until after reorganization to to this project.

Important Dates:

September 9 - school snack program begins
September 11 - school information forms are due
September 16 - Reorganization Day - students may move classrooms this week
September 20 - Terry Fox Run
September 25 - First School Council meeting -  7:00 pm @ Hodgson Middle School (gym)
October 10 - Curriculum Night & BBQ