Thursday 19 March 2020
Positive Mental Health Resources
Positive Mental Health Resources: Here are some suggested resources for students and their families as they navigate through these challenging times.
Many of the WHO resources are available in multiple languages. One of the attached resources, Talking to Children About COVID-19: A Parent Resource (National Association of School Psychologists and Nurses) is also available in many languages. Here is where you can find it in multiple languages. https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/health-crisis-resources/talking-to-children-about-covid-19-(coronavirus)-a-parent-resource
Wednesday 18 March 2020
Parents received a system message about Interim K-9 resources and activities to engage children in, for the time prior to the scheduled spring break. You can access the resources here.
These activities are easy to do at home using common materials and are engaging for students and families.
We also suggest home reading or home journal writing. For Kindergarten we recommend printing letters, practicing printing your name (first and last), drawing an item you can find in your kitchen (and sounding out and writing the word for the item).
We also encourage practice with our sight words!
In Kindergarten, we focus on the pre-primer and primer Dolch sight words which are listed below.
a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you
all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes
Friday 13 March 2020
March 13, 2020
Important – School Events Postponed
Dear Parents & Guardians,
Based on the changing provincial and local response to COVID-19, the CBE has given us direction to postpone our school council meeting scheduled for this evening, March 12, Fun Lunch scheduled for March 17 and Parent/Teacher conferences scheduled for March 19 & 20, 2020 .
All CBE schools have been given direction to postpone or cancel events that include populations from other schools and/or parents or other community members, such as Parent-Teacher Interviews, celebrations of learning, drama/musical performances, dances, athletic competitions, etc. This decision is effective from Mar. 12 until the end of March break. This decision will be revisited during March break to determine whether events should be rescheduled.
All CBE schools have been given direction to postpone or cancel events that include populations from other schools and/or parents or other community members, such as Parent-Teacher Interviews, celebrations of learning, drama/musical performances, dances, athletic competitions, etc. This decision is effective from Mar. 12 until the end of March break. This decision will be revisited during March break to determine whether events should be rescheduled.
Events outside of school hours that include the regular student and staff population of the school (school clubs, practices, etc) and scheduled field trips may continue at this time.
I know this may be disappointing news. Students and staff have spent a significant amount of time preparing for these events, but the health of our community is our priority.
For the most up to date information about the CBE’s approach to COVID-19 and the actions we are taking, please visit our website. Answers to frequently asked questions will continue to be posted as information becomes available.
Thank you,
Sandra Traquair
Principal, Thorncliffe School
Calgary Board of Education
t | 403-777-6670 ext 2123
Thursday 12 March 2020
This Friday is AM students attending only. Only 4-5 days of school until Spring Break and Parent Teacher Interviews Thursday Mar. 19th and Friday Mar. 20th. Please dress your children for the upcoming shift with snow and colder weather.
Parents can shop the Scholastic Book Fair next Thursday during Parent Teacher Interviews for TLC students. Feel free to drop into the library during that time.
If your child is sick please keep them at home.
If your child is missing a cardigan please let Mr. Larson or myself know during parent conferences or you can email us. We have cardigans without names and would like to reunite kids with their cardigans!
Help us keep your children safe by not blocking traffic by stopping or parking in the bus zones.
Parents can shop the Scholastic Book Fair next Thursday during Parent Teacher Interviews for TLC students. Feel free to drop into the library during that time.
If your child is sick please keep them at home.
If your child is missing a cardigan please let Mr. Larson or myself know during parent conferences or you can email us. We have cardigans without names and would like to reunite kids with their cardigans!
Help us keep your children safe by not blocking traffic by stopping or parking in the bus zones.
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Conference Booking
Parent Teacher online sign up begins this Thursday. Parents can sign up online on Thursday May 12th!
Parent Teacher Conferences Coming Soon!
March 19th and 20th are the dates for the upcoming Parent Teacher Conferences. Please go online and book a conference time if you haven't already.
The Scholastics Fair will be open and brochures/flyers went home yesterday. Students will be given time to browse through the Fair prior to the conferences.
The letter this week is z. Students brainstormed a list of words with the initial, middle and end letter z.
As part of our ongoing inquiry on animals the students are busy planning and building beaver lodges which will be on display during the conferences.
Students will be building bridges for bears as part of their math problem solving learning.
Pictures will be posted shortly!
Next Wednesday, May 18th, students can wear a team jersey to support this month's virtue of sportsmanship for Spirit Day. Students can wear any sports jersey. If they choose to not participate it's uniforms as usual.
The Scholastics Fair will be open and brochures/flyers went home yesterday. Students will be given time to browse through the Fair prior to the conferences.
The letter this week is z. Students brainstormed a list of words with the initial, middle and end letter z.
As part of our ongoing inquiry on animals the students are busy planning and building beaver lodges which will be on display during the conferences.
Students will be building bridges for bears as part of their math problem solving learning.
Pictures will be posted shortly!
Next Wednesday, May 18th, students can wear a team jersey to support this month's virtue of sportsmanship for Spirit Day. Students can wear any sports jersey. If they choose to not participate it's uniforms as usual.
Scholastic Book Fair Coming Next Week
Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school March 19 & 20, 2020. We invite your entire family to participate by purchasing the latest and greatest in children’s books. Your support helps us obtain new books and resources for our library and classrooms.
Visit the Scholastic Book Fairs website at www.scholastic.ca/bookfairs to read reviews of the Featured Books. You can also watch book trailers and author videos with your child on the BookTube page.
A Book Fair flyer that provides a preview of only a FEW of the many books available to purchase at our Fair will be going home. The flyer also contains a special Family Draw ballot that students can deposit during their classroom preview visit. You could win $50.00 in books - $25.00 for your family PLUS $25.00 for your child’s classroom! The draw will be made Thursday afternoon, March 20, 2020 at 1:30 pm.
Please do NOT send money to school with your child. Purchases can only be made Thursday, March 19 from 4:00-7:45 pm and Friday, March 20, 2020 from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm.
Don’t forget to mark the Book Fair dates on your calendar! We thank you, in advance, for supporting this great literary event. Thank you for believing in books and the impact of reading on your child’s future.
Sandra Traquair
Principal, Thorncliffe School
Calgary Board of Education
t | 403-777-6670 ext 2123
Wednesday 4 March 2020
Casual Dress For Trickster Performance
We are getting ready for our performance tomorrow night!
Dress Code for Students
Students are NOT required to wear their school uniforms for school tomorrow or Friday. School uniforms are also not required for the evening performance tomorrow night.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night!
Dress Code for Students
Students are NOT required to wear their school uniforms for school tomorrow or Friday. School uniforms are also not required for the evening performance tomorrow night.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night!
Monday 2 March 2020
Trickster Tickets/The Week Ahead
Reminders
Please fill out and return the Trickster Theatre ticket requests on the peach paper/letter sent home last week. Please send them back tomorrow if you haven't already.
We're looking forward to Thursday night's performance and hope to see you there! We need the forms back as soon as possible to process the tickets and send them home to you with students.
Students worked with members of the Trickster team today and will be rehearsing for their performance in the coming days. Ask them what they did in our work for the performance today!
The letter this week is y.
Please feel free to email or call if you have any questions about Trickster and our performance on Thursday evening.
Ms. Phillips
Please fill out and return the Trickster Theatre ticket requests on the peach paper/letter sent home last week. Please send them back tomorrow if you haven't already.
We're looking forward to Thursday night's performance and hope to see you there! We need the forms back as soon as possible to process the tickets and send them home to you with students.
Students worked with members of the Trickster team today and will be rehearsing for their performance in the coming days. Ask them what they did in our work for the performance today!
The letter this week is y.
Please feel free to email or call if you have any questions about Trickster and our performance on Thursday evening.
Ms. Phillips
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