Did you find your City of Kamloops Activity Guide in last week's newspaper? The Activity Guide is published three times per year and offers a wide range of programs, including swimming lessons; exercise and dance classes; cooking, language, and arts courses; outdoor activities; and more. There are courses and programs for people of all ages and abilities. In case you missed it you can use the online link here.

• I am away most of next week and won't get to editing and posting photos or videos until next weekend.
• As usual, library books are due back for exchange by next Tuesday.
• ​​There are no Family Projects for March due to the holiday but April's (kite & tail) came home this week and is due Friday April 5.
• The grade 6s are hosting a fundraiser by selling garden seeds. An order form went home last week. Send it in and they will get your order together ASAP.
• ​We said a sad good-bye to Ms. Dowler today and wish her the best in her future teaching career.
• Spring Break runs from Saturday, March 16 though Sunday, March 24. We will see you all back here on Monday, March 25. Enjoy!​
• Report cards came home with your child today. Please sign and return the envelope for our last reporting period of the year.
• PAC is sponsoring a pizza day in April. The orders are due to the office by Friday March 29 with pizza on Friday April 5.
• Monday April 1 is an NI Day so Team Awesome will stay  home.
• We have a presentation with the Sierra Club on Thursday April 4.
• Friday April 6 is very busy with Day of Sucwentwec, an assembly, family projects due, PAC pizza lunch and a Fresh Air Friday.
• Mrs. Leonard is looking for donations of white buttons for a project she is working on. If you have some you would like to donate, leave them with me.
• March sight words are: because, fun, have, jump, make, why. If a word comes up repeatedly in our studies we will sometimes add it to our words for the month. Please feel free to practice them at home.​
• BEST monthly newsletter can be found here.

Go forth and Enjoy Spring Break!

I usually have two videos from our trips to the Big Little Science Centre but because our demo lab was about light and colour, most of it was in the dark so this trip there is only one video.

​Did you ever think to head to TED for parenting advice and inspiration? Go! It’s a treasure chest of insightful gems from some of the world’s best storytellers. To prove it to you, we’ve rounded up 7 TED Talks about parenting that are incredibly inspiring.

To wrap up Kindness Week (although we never stop being kind),  here is a list of ideas to help you continue the learning from our classroom at home. #100 is particularly easy and contagious! Click on the 4 arrows in the right hand corner of the document above to view the full screen version.

• As usual, library books are due back for exchange by next Tuesday.
• ​​There are no Family Projects for March due to the holiday but April's will come next week.
• The grade 6s are hosting a fundraiser by selling garden seeds. An order form went home this week. Send it in and they will get your order together ASAP.
• Sunday, March 10 we will jump the clocks ahead an hour to Daylight Savings time.
• Order forms for Bannock came home this week and are due the beginning of next week. Bannock will be delivered to your child if ordered on Friday, March 15.
• Friday, March 15 expect a formal report card in your child's backpack. Sign the report card envelope and send it back to me please for our last reporting period in June.
• We have tentatively scheduled a Fresh Air Friday afternoon at the river on Friday March 15 and it is the last school day before Spring Break.
• Lunch orders for April are due to the office by Friday March 15.
• ​We will be saying a sad good-bye to Ms. Dowler on Friday, March 15 and wish her the best in her future teaching career.
• Spring Break runs from Saturday, March 16 though Sunday, March 24. We will see you all back here on Monday, March 25.
• PAC is sponsoring a pizza day in April. The orders are due to the office by Friday March 29 with pizza on Friday April 5.
• Mrs. Leonard is looking for donations of white buttons for a project she is working on. If you have some you would like to donate, leave them with me.
• Mrs. Villeneuve's class will be once again recycling batteries through the Calltorecycle program. If you have batteries at home that you would like to send in I will make sure they get them or you can drop them at the office.
• March sight words are: because, fun, have, jump, make, why. If a word comes up repeatedly in our studies we will sometimes add it to our words for the month. Please feel free to practice them at home.​
• BEST monthly newsletter can be found here.

Go forth and Count Down to Spring Break!

​As of last week we are 100 days smarter! And boy were we busy learning so we can be 200 days smarter. We made ties with 100 stamps, we measured with meter sticks (100 cm), built towers with 100 cups and created a 100 Monster. Yikes! We had so many 100 Day activities that they continued through this week during centres. We read 'Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten' and some other books about 100 and made plenty of connections. It was a great 100th day of Kindergarten!

• As usual, library books are due back for exchange by next Tuesday.
• ​​There are no Family Projects for March due to the holiday but April's will come in March.
• Thursday, March 7 is the PAC sponsored pizza lunch.
• Friday, March 8 we will be joining Mrs. Farber's Friends for the morning at the Big Little Science Centre. Permission forms and $2.00 for the bus are due by Monday, Mar. 4.
• Sunday, March 10 we will jump the clocks ahead an hour to Daylight Savings time.
• Friday, March 15 expect a formal report card in your child's backpack. We have also tentatively scheduled a Fresh Air Friday afternoon at the river and it is the last school day before Spring Break.
• ​We will be saying a sad good-bye to Ms. Dowler on Friday, March 15 and wish her the best in her teaching career.
• Spring Break runs from Saturday, March 16 though Sunday, March 24. We will see you all back here on Monday, March 25.
• Mrs. Villeneuve's class will be once again recycling batteries through the Calltorecycle program. If you have batteries at home that you would like to send in I will make sure they get them or you can drop them at the office.
• February sight words are: come, did, have, get, love, of, said, very, will, yes. If a word comes up repeatedly in our studies we will sometimes add it to our words for the month. Please feel free to practice them at home.​
• BEST monthly newsletter can be found here.

Go forth and Stay Warm!