Lots happening this week. The students were so excited to start researching for our Insect Reports. They have only just begun the process, but it was very fun to listen to them as they discovered new facts that they didn’t know before. We have also continued to talk about Atoms and all the ‘stuff’ of life that the world is made up of. Many of them have found this to be so interesting. We are also wrapping up our Math unit on division. Pink Shirt Day was on Wednesday, and we read the story ‘Recess Queen’ and talked about what bullying is and is not. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Dates to Remember:

Friday, March 1st – Knight Day

Spelling:

1. family
2. friends
3. church
4. played
5. stayed
6. watched
7. cleaned
8. whole
9. March
10. spring

Bible Memory:

1 John 4:7-14

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves God has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world.

Reminders and Other Information:

• Respond and return Friday Letters
• Home Reading – be sure to be reading each night
• Thursday is Library day – just a reminder to return library books on that day so your child can take out new books
• Gym strip goes home on Fridays and needs to be returned on Mondays!
• Don’t forget to send water bottles
• Contact Information for me: trast@highroadacademy.com

This week we celebrated Valentine’s day, which included handing out valentine’s, valentine’s math, and a couple of other games and activities. The kids were all very excited about it all, and lots of fun was had. In Science, we have started talking about matter, which has included some fun experiments. Listening to students curiosity and questions as we explore and question things is always so fun. I hope you all have a wonderful extra long weekend!

Dates to Remember:

Monday, February 19th – Family Day, no school

Thursday, February 22nd – Pink Shirt Day

Spelling:

No spelling list due to the short week.

Bible Memory:

1 John 4:7-14

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves God has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world.

Reminders and Other Information:

Just a reminder that we have a couple more weeks to donate for clean water or to bring in hand size stuffies.

• Respond and return Friday Letters
• Home Reading – be sure to be reading each night
• Thursday is Library day – just a reminder to return library books on that day so your child can take out new books
• Gym strip goes home on Fridays and needs to be returned on Mondays!
• Don’t forget to send water bottles
• Contact Information for me: trast@highroadacademy.com

This week has been a bit out of the ordinary as I missed half of it. I had dental surgery on Wednesday, and spent the next couple of days recovering. I was super swollen and sore, but otherwise have been doing ok. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I look forward to seeing the kids on Monday!

February Dates:

Wednesday, February 14th

• Valentine’s Day colours
• hot lunch fundraiser – order on munchalunch (no pizza lunch today!)

Friday, February 16th – Pro-d, no school

Monday, February 19th – Family Day, no school

Thursday, February 22nd – Pink Shirt Day

Spelling:

No spelling list due to the short week.

Bible Memory:

1 John 4:7-14

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves God has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world.

Reminders and Other Information:

Valentine’s Day is coming up! Writing Valentine’s cards is optional, however, if you choose to do them, i ask that you include the whole class. Thanks so much!

Here is a class list: Tolu, Julia, Felicity, Juliette, River, KinsLee, Christian, Aliyah, Luke H., Mattias, Owen, Lola, Elizabeth, Miina, Luke M., Liza, Shepherd, Rilayah, Ereina, Cai, Noah, Titus, Aubrey, Raha

• Respond and return Friday Letters
• Home Reading – be sure to be reading each night
• Thursday is Library day – just a reminder to return library books on that day so your child can take out new books
• Gym strip goes home on Fridays and needs to be returned on Mondays!
• Don’t forget to send water bottles
• Contact Information for me: trast@highroadacademy.com

A short week, but busy as we packed a lot in. We had a visit from the missions team at our assembly on Tuesday. They came and shared about where they are going, and the purpose of their trip. They also talked to us about how we can be involved and support them as they go (see more information below). This week we talked about Food Webs, and the complexity of how different food chains in an ecosystem are intertwined. Students have really enjoyed learning about this for Science. We have also wrapped up our unit on the Beatitudes for Bible; next we are going to be looking in depth at some of Jesus’ parables. Students were very excited this week to begin learning about division. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

February Dates:

Wednesday, February 14th

• Valentine’s Day colours
• hot lunch fundraiser – order on munchalunch

Friday, February 16th – Pro-d, no school

Monday, February 19th – Family Day, no school

Thursday, February 22nd – Pink Shirt Day

Spelling:

1. producer
2. consumer
3. plants
4. our
5. think
6. thing
7. story
8. life
9. blessed
10. February

Bible Memory:

1 John 4:7-14

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves God has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world.

Reminders and Other Information:

Fundraiser for the Mission Team going to the Philippines:

   

Donations over $20 will get a tax receipt. You can go to the office to donate! Thanks for joining in with our missions team.

Students are also welcome to bring in hand sized stuffies for the team to pack and give to children who have much less!

Hot lunch – orders for hot lunch need to be submitted on Munchalunch by February 7th.

 

We have started our Friday Letters. Every Friday, students will be writing a letter to mom or dad or a sibling, and they will bring it home with them. I am asking that you take a few minutes to read it and respond on the back of the letter. Then they need to return the folder on Monday, so that we can get this back and forth letter writing going. Please make sure that you take some time to respond, it is special for them to read what you write, and I don’t want them to be left out.

• Home Reading – be sure to be reading each night
• Thursday is Library day – just a reminder to return library books on that day so your child can take out new books
• Gym strip goes home on Fridays and needs to be returned on Mondays!
• Don’t forget to send water bottles
• Contact Information for me: trast@highroadacademy.com

Hello Parents!

We are looking forward to our spring concert and this year instead of our usual “Spring Showcase” the Kindergarten – Grade 3 classes will be performing “The Music Machine” on Monday, May 13 at 6:30pm.

We are asking that students wear jeans or uniform pants, sneakers, and a short sleeved t-shirt in a solid colour of your choosing, with no printing on the front (shirts may be turned inside out to hide printing if needed).

On February 5^th and 7^th, the children will be video recording some dialogue with the Conductor, played by Mrs. Shinness in our studio.  We are asking that all students please bring a solid-colour t-shirt with no printing on the front.  They can change into the t-shirt before heading to the studio.

The following classes will be recorded on the following days:

Feb 5^th: Kindergarten (Mrs. Morris), Grade 2 (Mrs. Ellis), Grade 3 (Miss Rast) and Grade 3 (Mrs. VanLeeuwen)

Feb 7^th:  Kindergarten (Mrs. Larsson), Grade 1 (Mrs. Folkerts), Grade ½ (Miss Evans)

Please make sure your child brings their shirt on the day they will be recorded.

At the bottom of this message is a link to a copy of the entire musical.  We have adapted the dialogue portion for groups of children instead of the Stevie and Nancy characters. Your children will enjoy hearing their music at home, and it will help them prepare for the performance.

We are also in need of assistance from any willing parents who would love to create some props.  We need 2 large snail costumes.  If you would like to help, please contact Alynne Shinness (ashinness@highroadacademy.com) or Angela Kennedy (akennedy@highroadacademy.com)

Welcome back after a few extra days off! I hope you were able to enjoy some extra time at home, staying cozy when you weren’t out playing in the snow! I’ve heard that lots of fun was had.

Just a couple notes for the week.

1. we will not have a spelling list this week, instead we did our spelling test for last week today – and those went home with them today
2. PJ/Cozy day has been rescheduled for this Wednesday: January 24th

We have quickly settled back in this week, and have been working hard from the start. It was great to hear about everyone’s Christmas break, all the celebrations and fun. The students enjoyed our Cozy, Casual day that we earned from the food drive, and are looking forward to another one next week! Enjoy the weekend!

January Dates:

Wednesday, January 17th -Cozy, Casual/PJ Day

Friday, January 19th – Knight Day

Friday, January 26th – Knight Day

Monday, January 29th – Pro-D Day

Spelling:

List will be introduced on Monday, January 15th and tested on Friday, January 19th.

1. January
2. snow
3. safe
4. dear
5. change
6. very
7. any
8. told
9. soon
10. best

Bible Memory:

1 John 4:7-14

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves God has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world.

Reminders and Other Information:

• Reminder to DRESS FOR THE WEATHER! Please make sure your kids have toques, mittens, and scarves to keep warm when we go outside on chilly days!
• Home Reading – be sure to be reading each night
• Thursday is Library day – just a reminder to return library books on that day so your child can take out new books
• Gym strip goes home on Fridays and needs to be returned on Mondays!
• Don’t forget to send water bottles
• Contact Information for me: trast@highroadacademy.com

Welcome Back!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break! I spent much of mine sick (which felt bound to happen after weeks of sickness rotating through our class!) but was able to enjoy the last few days getting out and about. I have enjoyed hearing all about the break from the students today, sounds like lots of fun was had.

Just wanted to send out a couple of pieces of information for this week, and then will have a more detailed post on Friday.

Wednesday, January 10th and January 17th – both of these Wednesdays are PJ/Cozy Casual Day. We had the one planned already, but the second one was added because we reached our goal with the canned food drive. Yay!

We have no spelling list this week.

Christmas holidays have arrived! The students all did such an  amazing job in the concert this morning. I was so proud of them all. I want to say a HUGE thank you for the kind words, cards and gifts that so many of you blessed me with. I am looking forward to a restful break and hope that you all are as well! See you in the New Year!

We have had another fun week in Grade 3, and it is hard to believe we are about to begin the last week before Christmas. This week our theme’s were: Santa Claus day, Snow day, Candy Cane day, Stocking day, and Reindeer day. This morning we were able to pop in and watch the intermediates and high school in their dress rehearsal for the concert. It was great to watch them perform. I hope you all have a wonderful and restful weekend. One more week!

Dates to Remember:

December 18th-20th – Last few days to participate in Highroad Helps! Let’s push hard in these last few days to reach our goal of 1,000 items to earn a cozy casual day when we return in January!

December 18th-20th – Christmas Clothes … students may wear festive sweaters, hats, socks, etc.

Thursday, December 21st

• Christmas Concert – K-3 – 9:30am – wear your ‘Best Christmas’ dress!
• Early dismissal – right after the concert

Spelling:

No spelling until the new year.

Bible Memory:

Luke 2:3-14

And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared  with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favour rests.”

Reminders and Other Information:

• Please RETURN ALL LIBRARY books this week!
• Grade Three’s are being asked to wear their Christmas Best for the concert on Thursday!
• Home Reading – be sure to be reading each night!
• Thursday is Library day – just a reminder to return library books on that day so your child can take out new books
• Gym strip goes home on Fridays and needs to be returned on Mondays!
• Don’t forget to send water bottles
• Contact Information for me: trast@highroadacademy.com