February Fun!

It's hard to believe we are entering the second half of the school year! A reminder that our Day 4 gym class has begun. Students have been enjoying time outside with our class sets of snowshoes. We thank you so much for ensuring that your students are prepared with all the gear for outside play. The students can enjoy their extra time spent outside in comfort and warmth!

A couple of weeks ago the students enjoyed a free robotics session hosted by Max. Students not only created the robots, but programmed commands for the robot to follow. It was a fantastic opportunity for our students.

Valentine's Day is fast approaching, students have the names of their classmates for valentines. Students can bring a small personal snack for our party on Friday. As always, please remember our school allergy policy.

We are beginning a new adventure in the coming weeks. We have joined Little Green Thumbs and will be starting our very own classroom greenhouses. Students will be responsible for growing, maintaining and harvesting their garden. The students are very excited to get started.

The Grade Three classes are working on structures in Science. Next week we will have an in class field trip from Bricks 4 Kidz. Check out Twitter for some pics!

A reminder to send a message to your child's teacher when absent so it can be recorded properly! Also, check out our recently updated Upcoming Dates section. As always, if you have any questions, please email us directly!

Merci,
Colleen & Tracy

December Fun!

The students are working very hard to prepare for their Christmas Musical On Thursday evening at 7 pm. It will be a very special kick-off to the Holiday season! If you have not yet purchased tickets, please send in the money as soon as possible.  Both classes have extra tickets if you are in need! No tickets will be sold at the door. 

In the Newsletter our 12 days of Christmas went home.  Please consult for any special theme days.

We have a number of up and coming events planned for Christmas. Friday, we will be creating our very own "Wooden Santas" for author Kevin Major's visit next week.  A supply letter and design idea have gone home with your child today.  Please take a look at any materials needed to make the Santa on Friday afternoon.  Any parent 'glue gun' volunteers will be welcome Friday afternoon.  Please let us know if you are available!

Any questions or concerns, please drop us an email!
See you Thursday night!

Colleen & Tracy

Fall Fun!

We have been having a great time learning this fall! We have attended our first field trip at the Fluvarium where the students explored different soil samples for our Science unit.  We have also started our curling sessions for the year and will have two completed before Christmas and two following the holiday. 

This week is our Spooky Week. We will be doing several activities centered around Halloween. The students have written Spooky Halloween stories in English and we will be doing a read-aloud Halloween morning by flashlight.  As well, in French we are preparing posters for Halloween safety to present to our buddy readers. 

 We will have Halloween celebrations on Thursday afternoon. Students can bring a costume and change during the lunch break.  As well, you can send a small personal party snack for an afternoon recess during our Halloween festivities.

Small reminder that there are no classes for students tomorrow, October 29th!

BIENVENUE

Welcome to Grade 3, we are so excited to see all of the happy, smiling faces today!
We look forward to a wonderful year ahead and can't wait to get to know your children.  Please use the homework and important dates links to help keep you on track this year.  Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions or concerns.  See you all on curriculum night, September 19th at 7 pm in your child's classroom.

Mme Young & Mme McGrath

End of Term Two

Hello parents, the end of Term Two is here and reports went home on Tuesday. The students have had many successes this term and we encourage you to celebrate their accomplishments! Interviews are Thursday of this week.  Please go to Optis to book your time slot.  We look forward to seeing you all!

A reminder that Monday, March 25th is a closeout as teachers will have a Professional Development Day. Also, our third curling session is March 28th.  We encourage any parent volunteers to help us on the ice.  As it is distracting to students, we ask that if you come, please assist us rather than watching from the observation deck.

As we say goodbye to March, Easter is right around the corner! We hope to see some of you at the Auction Saturday night!

March Updates

This week is Education week and we have a number of in-class activities to celebrate! Tomorrow is pancake Day in Grade Three.  Please include snacks, a drink and anything special your child wants to have on their pancakes.  We will have syrup. 

On Thursday, we will have a Quiz on the Addition portion of this chapter.  Please review estimation strategies and two addition strategies. Students have their booklet in their Red Duotang to review. 

Please take a few minutes to review March events in the Important Dates section of the website.

January Updates

We hope you all enjoyed your Christmas break.  We are well back into the swing of things!  The students are busy exploring a novel in French called "Ma nuit dans les glaçes'. We are working on land and water masses in Social Studies and have started the Geometry unit in Math. Our next Math unit is addition and subtraction (3 digit numbers). Please review single digit addition and in particular subtraction to assist in this upcoming task.

Please have a look at the upcoming events section of the website. It has a few special dates to note.