Highlights of Our Learning

-We had a school-wide lock down practice today, we demonstrated amazing expected behaviours. We sat in our lock down location for about five minutes, and the students were very responsible and did a great job.

-This week we have been practicing correct letter formation. Yesterday we practiced a group of letters known as the "downers". These letters are lowercase l, t, f, i and k and these letters are formed by making top-down strokes. Today we practiced the “magic c” lowercase  c, o, a, d, s, and e. These letters are made with using a magic c.  See if your child can recall the chant that accompanies each letter to ensure they are printing accurately. Also, have them show you some of their best printing at home.

-We have been working on skip counting by 2's to 20 and yesterday we started skip counting by 5's. We sang a number of songs to help us remember the numbers and we also looked at the patterns (visual and numeric) that exist when counting by 5's. All children cut out the numbers 0, 5, 10, 15...50 and we will be working on ordering and naming these at a later date.

We also practiced rolling dice and printing our numbers from 1 – 10.  Again, we are encouraging the students to start at the top and work their way down.

-We are working on creating colour posters. Please ask your child what colour they are working on and who their partner is.

-We have been learning a lot about the "Zones of Regulation" and trying to demonstrate behaviour in the "Green Zone" has been a target for the students (focused, ready to learn, listening, right level of energy etc.). 

Please have your child tell you about all of the zones...green, yellow, red and blue.

F.Y.I.
-Our BWS Parent Council will be hosting a school dance on Thursday, October 24th.  The form is in your child’s folder if you wish to purchase a ticket. Return ASAP as tickets are limited.

-October 31st will be "Orange and Black Day". Students are welcome to dress in these colours, but costumes are not to be worn to school.

-Please return Learning Commons books every by Tuesday as this is our exchange day.

Have a great evening!