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Play Reminder

20/5/2026

Hello Families,
Your child has been working on a play in Fine Arts class with Mrs. Phillips called “Mixed”.
Please Save the Date! Their performance will take place at 11:20 on Tuesday, May 26 in the Gym. Families are invited to come watch their performance!
The students are representing different colours in the play and we have been working on our costumes (big dots for each colour). If they wish to dress in colours matching their original colour they can.
Those colours are as follows:
Red - Rory, Kaysen, Bowden, Ben, Nolan, Beau, Charlie, Tara, Paniz
Yellow - Alvan, Cayley, Olive, Zephyr, Shea, Nethuli, Leo, Wolf, Tessa, Ella, Spencer
Blue - Jayvin, Brock, Lark, Nikki, Gyubin, Taz, Quinn, Van, Jojo, Emma, Zack
If you have any questions, please let me know!
Mrs. Phillips
Bert Edwards Fine Arts teacher

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Learn 2 Fish At Paul Lake

20/5/2026

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Friday, June 6 we will be travelling to Paul Lake to participate in the Learn To Fish program sponsored by the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC. We will leave the school at approximately 9:00 and return for the end of the day. Our plan is to have our snacks upon arrival at the lake and maybe some play time before our lesson. In previous years the presenters began our session with a lesson on fish and identifying them and knot tying with some hands-on practice. We then split into two groups and had some one-on-one lessons on how to cast a rod. The children will need to wait in line for their turn very patiently. We then each got our own rods and spent some time casting into the water and reeling them in. Adults will be required to help with this bit as the Team learns how to handle hooks and rods carefully. We are going to anticipate that our day this year will follow a similar format. Sometime in there we will also eat our lunches. At NO time will the children be allowed into the water as there will be no lifeguard.
The weather can be unpredictable so please plan accordingly and send both a jacket and a sun hat. Pre-dosing your child with bug spray and sunscreen in the morning is also a good idea. Please do not send these items with your child as they tend to overuse them and spray them everywhere, including in eyes, on food and on friends. The children seem to become voracious eaters on trips so some extra snacks or sandwiches would not be amiss and of course, a water bottle. There are washroom facilities at the park. Please join us if you are able as extra adult hands and eyes on field trips are needed for this activity. You could drive your own vehicle or there will also be some room on the bus. If you are taking your child home in your own vehicle at the end of the day, please inform us before leaving.
Unfortunately, no one caught anything last time but there were plenty of fish tales to tell later!

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PAC Family Dance

19/5/2026

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Fresh Air Friday 1/5/26

18/5/2026

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PAC Family Lunch

18/5/2026

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Friday Housekeeping

15/5/2026

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Send your child's library book back in its special bag by Mondays (Tuesday if Monday is a holiday) for exchange. Unfortunately if the librarian is absent, we do not have book exchange that week.
If you know of a family who has a child going into grade one next September (2026), there will be room to join our Team if they are interested. Contact Mrs. Edstrom in the office for more info or to express interest.
Please remember to send your child with a water bottle and with the sunny weather, sunscreen applied in the morning as well as hats and sunglasses are a good idea.
The permission forms for both the upcoming May Big Little Science Centre fieldtrip and the trip to Paul Lake came home. They are stapled together. Please return by the due date or sooner and if you need another one, please let us know. We will need parent helpers.
Thursday, May 21 the BEST skipping team will perform for us in the gym to kick off our Jump Rope 4 Heart event.
Friday, May 22 we will visit the Big Little Science Centre and then spend some time at Riverside Park. Look for info this coming week. Please join us!
Monday, May 25 will be our last library book exchange for the year.
Tuesday, May 26 BEST will have a pancake breakfast.
Tuesday, May 26 Team Awesome will be putting on a play for our families in the gym at 11:20. See you there!
Friday, May 29 is our Learn To Fish fieldtrip to Paul Lake. Info closer to the event. Parent helpers will be needed. Please indicate if you are able to help on the Google form sent previously.
Please remember that items such as accessories/ toys from home should not come to school. Thank you!

Scholastic flyers are available here . All Scholastic orders can be done online whenever you like. Our class code is RC210022.
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 in class: are, her, him, how, out, this, when, your, there. Please feel free to practice together at home.
Newsletters are paperless and 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 Camp!

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Sun Safety

14/5/2026

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Tick Season Reminder

13/5/2026

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Tick season is upon us. As we do a lot of 'bush whacking' during Fresh Air Friday it is especially important that you check your child and their clothing for ticks as soon as they get home. Try to check them every day they go outside, even if its just into your yard, or if you have pets that spend time both outside as well as inside and may bring ticks in on their fur. Check online for more information.
How To Check For Ticks

Step 1 Head straight for your bathroom and strip off all your clothes. Toss them in a dry bathtub. This keeps any critters crawling across the bathroom floor.
Step 2 Check your hair first. If you have long hair, take it down. Run your fingers flat against your scalp and over your entire head. Hold your fingers together and use both hands. Touch the entire surface area of your scalp. Feel for small bumps or objects against your head. It helps to have a partner assist you in the search through your hair, making sure to part the hair in sections while checking thoroughly.
Step 3 Comb your hair. Use a small-toothed comb and thoroughly comb through all of your hair. If your hair is long, pull it up when you're finished.
Step 4 Look over the rest of your body from the top down. Don't forget between the toes, behind the knees, and belly button. Some ticks are very small, so look carefully at your skin. You are looking for a small, round, black or brown bump.
Step 5 Raise your arms and check your armpits. Ticks like dark areas. Check your male and female parts. Ticks will typically head for the hottest area of the body (the head) and will only stop if they are blocked by clothing or armpits, groins, etc.
Step 6 Put on some clean clothes. Carefully pick up your clothes from the bathtub and hold them away from yourself. Look for ticks in the bathtub.
Step 7 Take your clothes outside and give them a shake. Turn them inside out and shake them again. If you found a tick, leave your clothes outside for a while. If you missed one, it should crawl away eventually in search of more food.

How To Remove Ticks

Step 1 Use tweezers to grasp the tick firmly at its head or mouth, next to the skin.
Step 2 Pull firmly and steadily until the tick lets go of the skin.
Step 3 When the tick comes out, hopefully you will see a tiny bit of skin in its mouth parts, which means you got it all and likely didn’t squish its stomach contents under your skin by pulling or squeezing its body. (Try to avoid that.)
Step 4 If it’s kicking and moving around, that is also a sign that you pulled it out whole.
Step 5 Put the tick into a jar or zip-locked bag in case you want to have it identified later.
Step 6 Wipe the area where the tick was attached with a disinfectant, such as rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, or another cleanser.