Walk, Run, Skip and Dance!

Hi Parents,

I've seen it all this week... and what a week it has been! The Walk&Run was a HUGE success and I want to extend a big Thank You! to all parents who accompanied and/or encouraged their child(ren) to be involved. We reached our goal of 2000 laps by day 2 (when Mr. Jensen and I were planning this event, we really didn't know what the weather would be like!). The kiddos are all excited to celebrate our achievement with a Popsicle Party - and they deserve it! Being active is fun and rewarding :)

Thanks again and have a great weekend!

-- Mrs. B

60's Celebration IMPORTANT NOTICE

IMPORTANT NOTICE

April 23, 2013

Parents,

On Thursday May 9^th, the Raymond Elementary School is celebrating its 50^th Anniversary! To celebrate, the school will be honoring a variety of dignitaries (from past teachers to current political leaders) and holding an assembly to “look back to the 60’s” when the school was first opened. The children have been practicing their performance piece Surfin’ in the USA by the Beach Boys (released in 1963) for quite some time! Please note: The assembly is for current students, staff and invited guests only.
In order for all of the students to have the opportunity to be involved in the celebrations, some changes had to be made and there will be NO PM CLASS. 

** Please take note and make accommodations for the following changes **

THURSDAY, MAY 9th, 2013 50th Anniversary Celebration 8:30AM – BOTH AM & PM CLASSES TO ARRIVE! 9:00AM – WHOLE SCHOOL PICTURE. Children will wear their provided tie-dye t-shirt. We are tie-dying these shirts on Monday, April 29th and we will hold them here at the school until Thursday, May 8th. 9:30AM – Class resumes: Table Activity/Project, Snack (Picnic Style – please send a snack that is picnic friendly!), Song/Cooperative Game 10:30AM – ASSEMBLY. Children MUST WEAR BEACH WEAR (Hawaiian leis, board shorts, sandals, sunglasses, etc.) to keep in theme with their song. 11:25AM – HOMETIME! Please pick-up your child (same location) J

**I NEED YOUR HELP!** This coming Monday, we have been asked to tie dye t-shirts to go with the 60s theme and I need some parent helpers! 2+ in the morning (8:45 - 9:15) and 2+ in the afternoon (12:30 - 1:00). I will also need a parent volunteer for each class who will take these shirts home and dry them for us.

Thank you for all your help in advance. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

-- Mrs. B

April blizzards bring May flowers?

Hi Parents!

No, that doesn't sound right. We really shouldn't be getting all this snow but I do see some green grass peeking underneath! There is light at the end of this tunnel!

Because of the weather last week, the Walk and Run was cancelled and moved to THIS WEEK! I will be out at the track handing out popsicle sticks and would LOVE to see some Kindergarten kids out running/walking the track :)

Raymond Elementary School

2013 Walk & Run

Why?

·      To encourage kids to be active outside of school!

·      Encourage families and our community to be active together.

·      Build school spirit by providing a school-wide activity that everyone can participate in.

When?

·      Monday, April 22nd to Thursday, April 25th

·      Start time will be 8:00 and end time 8:15 (both sharp)

Who?

·      Parents are encouraged to accompany their own children to get them involved.

·      EVERYONE can earn Popsicle sticks to put towards the school goal!

Prizes:

·      Our goal, as a school, is to run 2000 laps! That’s over 2000 kilometers (like running from Raymond to Red Deer and BACK)! If we achieve our goal, each class will get a Popsicle party!

"My dog is nocturnal. He is always asleep in the day!"

Hi Parents,

This was a hard comment to rebuttal - I have two dogs of my own and they seem to always be sleeping! But, this week we will be talking about nocturnal animals and hopefully together (as a class) we will learn why a dog is not considered a nocturnal animal and a wolf is! Other animals that were brought up in today's discussion were: meercats, raccoons, owls, and koala bears. Later this week will will be making a chart and compare animals that are considered nocturnal and animals that are not.

Previous to the Easter break we were talking about tame animals and quite a few students were asking if they could bring their pets to the school to show the class. I told them today that, on a nice day, they can have their pet brought to school (but the pet must be left outside due to allergies)! This needs to be arranged with me a day before the visit so I can plan for it in our schedule :)

This week is bringing a new theme and also bringing a new subject! Since we have gone through the entire alphabet, we are going to start applying what we learned by writing in journals.  I really want to establish a safe environment were the kiddos can grow in confidence in their ability to write words/stories. I will not be correcting them much on what or how they write (especially at this point). When you see the work that gets brought home, it may be helpful to know my expectations for their writing: I am encouraging the kids to explore sounds and write the sounds that they hear in the words of their story. So, the students will be writing phonetically in their journals (for example, writing cat could be written k-a-t, or turtle could be written t-r-t-l) and this is totally correct! I am excited to start this journey with them :)

I hope that you had a great week off of school - I've heard a lot of exciting stories of things that happened over the break... now you have a week to recover!

-- Mrs. B