​A reminder that we will be testing our egg drop contraptions on Wednesday, May 18. If your child would like to participate their contraption must be returned by that morning with a raw egg inside. Thanks! 

​Hello Bert Edwards Families, 
We hope this finds you well and healthy. 
Our Annual Heart and Stroke Jump Rope for Heart campaign for this year has begun!
Our goal is to fundraise $3000 as a school for the Heart and Stroke Foundation!
Can you help us achieve our goal?
Below is the link for our school fundraising page, where you can sign up your child as a participant. 
Here is the newsletter that went home that talks about the rewards available to students who fundraise, including different levels of Gift Certificates. 
We are also tracking our EASY Healthy Habits! The school with the most Healthy Habits tracked has a chance to win $5000 to go towards gym and active living equipment! So make sure to log in every day to track your child's Healthy Habit for the day!
Please note there are NO paper copies of the pledge forms going home this year - it is all being done online. 
Thank you for all your support!
Loren Phillips and Lise-Marie Duquette
 
Sign up today!: 
https://secure-support.heartandstroke.ca/site/TR/Jump2022/Jump2022?team_id=89828&pg=team&fr_id=7760

​Parent Letter:
https://secure-support.heartandstroke.ca/site/DocServer/F21_Jump_Parent_Letter_Prize_School_EN.pdf

A reminder that we will be testing our egg drop contraptions on Wednesday, May 18. If your child would like to participate their contraption must be returned by that morning with a raw egg inside. Thanks! 

Has anyone else noticed a decided lack of bees this spring or is it just me? My neighbour has a towering huge tree covered in white blossoms that positively vibrates with bees in the spring. There are often so many that I can hear them from my house three doors down. But not this year. 
According to the USDA, research on the possible causes of bee population decline is currently ongoing and factors include parasites and pests, pathogens, poor nutrition, climate change and sublethal exposure to pesticides. Bees not only pollinate crops humans eat, they also pollinate a wide variety of plants that other animals rely on. If bees became extinct, it would cause a domino effect in terms of ecosystem destruction. If you'd like to do your part to help our friendly neighbourhood bees, plant flower gardens, refrain from using pesticides, and create bee water fountains.  Save the bees, save the planet!

• Library books are due back on Tuesday so we can choose new ones.
• The May Sharing Project date is Wednesday May 18. We will be sharing all projects on that day so if your child would like to participate they must be returned by then. Have fun building an egg device!
• The fire drill that was scheduled for yesterday was postponed to next Thursday, May 19.
• Friday May 20 is an NI Day so Team Awesome will be home.
• Monday May 23 is a holiday for Victoria Day.
• June lunch orders came home and are due to the office by Monday, May 23.
• BEST will hold a school-wide Bike/Wheels Rodeo on Thursday, May 26. More info posted closer to the date.
• PAC pizza lunch orders went home and are due back by Friday, June 27 with pizza delivered on Friday, June 10.
• Friday May 27 is a possible Fresh Air Friday. Please dress your child appropriately.
• ​ Get your orders for BEST yearbooks to the office soon.
• There will be no Sharing Projects for June as we won't have time to share them all.
• Team Awesome will be putting on a special Primary Play on Thursday June 2 at 11:15am and families are invited to come watch. Save the date!
• Toys/ jewelry etc are coming to school in backpacks and being traded and passed around, causing tears and issues. Please leave these things at home.
• Sign up to fundraise for Jump Rope For Heart here.
  
• We have booked a number of fieldtrips for June and are very excited! We will post info and send forms closer to the dates. You can check them out using the calendar link at the top of this page.
• The May newsletter for BEST can be found here.
• Please have Team Awesome read any little paper books that come home (approximately 1 per week) multiple times for practice/ fluency. Thank you.
• Check out what Mrs. Phillips is doing with Team Awesome here.
• Scholastic flyers are available online monthly. May's is available here. Our class code is RC210022.
• May sight words are: are, her, him, how, has, out, this, when, your. 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.​​

Go forth and Save the Bees!