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Valentine's Day

7/2/2023

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When I looked for a picture of the Valentine cards I remember giving when I was in elementary school I had to use the search term "vintage". Boy am I dating myself! Every card was printed on sturdy thin cardboard and no two were the same. They all had to be cut out by hand and one had to be very selective who received which card lest the message conveyed something unintentional. I remember spending hours cutting, choosing the perfect beneficiary, and laboriously printing names the night before Valentine's Day. No fancy stickers, toys, lollipops or candies involved, just homemade chocolate cupcakes with sprinkles to share with the class.
For most of Team Awesome this will be their first experience with Valentine's Day and cards and the children will only have a vague idea what its all about. We will be doing some activities like crafts with hearts throughout the week but of course will go all-out on the 14th. Please make sure the 'From' part on Valentine cards are filled in before coming to class as we will not have time on Monday to do that. Please leave off the name beside 'To' as it makes the cards easier to hand out. We have 35 children in our class this year. Have your child bring their valentines in their zipper bag and then put the zipper bag in its usual box in the morning so they don't get lost/ crunched- we will hand them out later in the day.

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7 Root Safety Strategies

6/2/2023

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Friday Housekeeping

3/2/2023

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  • Please send library books back for exchange by next Monday.​
  • Our February Sharing Project is due back when it is finished. It is a collection of 100 items in celebration of 100th Day later in the month.
  • PAC pizza orders are due by Monday, Feb. 6 with lunch delivered on Friday, Feb. 10.
  • There will be a theatre performance at BEST on Friday, Feb. 10.
  • Friday, Feb. 10 is a probable Fresh Air Friday. Please dress your child accordingly.​​
  • Valentine's activities will happen on Tuesday, Feb. 14. A post will come shortly with info but if you are keen to get started, please have your child fill in their name beside 'From' on valentine cards but NOT the 'To' portion. It makes it so much easier to hand them out. We have 35 Team members.
  • Point of progress reports will be sent home Thursday, Feb. 16. Please sign and return the brown envelopes to be reused at the end of June.
  • Friday, Feb. 17 we will be cheering on BEST students at the Talent Show.
  • Monday, Feb. 20 is Family Day and we will all enjoy the long weekend. 
  • Wednesday, Feb. 22 is Pink Shirt Day. Students are encouraged to wear a pink item in support. As always, they are welcome to participate or not.
  • A number of items from home are beginning to show up in our learning spaces, causing issues. Please have your child leave their toys and accessories at home. Thank you.
  • Yearbooks are $20 and will be delivered at the end of the school year.
  • Please have Team Awesome read any little paper books that come home (approximately 1 per week) multiple times for practice/ fluency. Thank you.
  • Sight words we are learning right now: come, did, have, get, love, of, said, very, will. Please feel free to practice at home.​
  • Scholastic flyers are available here monthly. They are done online and sent directly to your home. Our class code is RC210022.
  • Newsletters can be found on the BEST website at best.sd73.bc.ca.​
  • If your child is exhibiting illness symptoms of any kind they must be kept home. Thank you. ​
Go forth and Love February!​ 
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Eager Engineers

2/2/2023

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Dental Screening

1/2/2023

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February Calendar

30/1/2023

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Friday Housekeeping

27/1/2023

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  • Please send library books back for exchange by next Monday.​
  • February Family projects are due Tuesday, Feb. 6 or when finished. Enjoy!​
  • Thank you for all the help on our skating trips. The Team had a great time and we hope you did too. If you wish to accompany us on any of our other fieldtrips this year, don't forget to get a criminal record check. Info and link on the BEST website.
  • Registration for Kindergarten 2023/ 24 at BEST opened Monday, Jan. 23. 
  • Return the completed Unplug and Play Week brochure to be entered into the draw.​​
  • Wednesday, Feb. 1 is Global School Play Day and Team Awesome as well as some other classes at BEST will be participating. Check out previous post for more info.
  • Thursday, Feb. 2 is Groundhog Day and we will be learning all about it. 
  • ​Friday, Feb. 3 is an NI day so Team Awesome will be home.
  • PAC pizza orders are due by Monday, Feb. 6 with lunch delivered on Friday, Feb. 10.
  • Yearbooks are $20 and will be delivered at the end of the school year.
  • Please have Team Awesome read any little paper books that come home (approximately 1 per week) multiple times for practice/ fluency. Thank you.
  • Sight words we are learning right now: be, big, can, it, little, me, on, us, with, we. Please feel free to practice at home.​
  • Scholastic flyers are available here monthly. They are done online and sent directly to your home. Our class code is RC210022.
  • Newsletters can be found on the BEST website at best.sd73.bc.ca.​
  • If your child is exhibiting illness symptoms of any kind they must be kept home. Thank you. ​
Go forth and happy Lunar New Year!​ 
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Global School Play Day. One Day. Nothing But Play.

26/1/2023

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We know that many people believe that ​primary students often do nothing but play all day. Especially in Kindergarten. And while it is true that we have some time set aside every day to have unstructured play time- where the children decide which activities they will engage in and how that will look- sometimes we have to actively fight to keep that time unstructured as the demands and expectations of what we should be doing instead increases. On top of that, the time allotted to courses like art, music, and physical education is being whittled away to make more room for reading, math, and traditionally 'heavier' courses, so kids in general are spending less time moving, less time being creative, and more time preparing for tests. Play has been gradually taken away from children and replaced with structured activities, academic work, and digital experiences to the point where they hardly ever “play” at all. As this trend has continued, there has been a rise in childhood anxiety, childhood suicide, and a growing number of kids who simply don’t know how to play.
Three California educators—Eric Saibel, Scott Bedley, and Tim Bedley— along with a group of other educators, launched 
Global School Play Day, a full day in February set aside to just let students play. All day long. No screens, no structure, no adult interference. Now in its eighth year, Global School Play Day has spread across the world. Although one day out of the year isn’t nearly enough, they are hoping that the day will inspire schools to build more time for unstructured play into every school day. And so some of the BEST classes will be participating for some part, if not all, of the play day on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Our students need play and all the rich learning that comes from play in their lives, even if for just one day. ​
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Skating Superstars

25/1/2023

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FAF 13/1/23 (Very Few) Signs of Winter

24/1/2023

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