- Please send library books back in their special bag by next Monday for exchange.
- Help your child develop a strong digital citizenship foundation while reminding them that their digital tattoo reflects their real and online selves. SD 73 upcoming parent engagement session, Wednesday Mar. 6, Social Media Awareness. Register here
- Sunday, Mar. 10 clocks jump ahead for Daylight Savings time.
- Lunch orders for April are due to the office by Monday, Mar. 11.
- PAC sponsored Chopped Leaf orders are due back Tuesday, Mar. 12 with lunch for Friday, April 12.
- BEST will be participating in a Cardboard Challenge and we will be needing some boxes of various sizes (cereal, tissue, cracker etc.- nothing too huge) for the week of March 11 please. Projects are available for parents to view on Thursday, March 14 from 2:10-2:40. Our projects will go home on Thursday, March 14. Fun!
- Second term report cards will come home Wednesday, Mar. 13. Please return signed envelops for reuse last term.
- PAC will host a Snack Day sale on Wednesday, Mar. 13. Orders accepted until that morning.
- Friday, Mar. 15 is a possible Fresh Air Friday. We will confirm closer to the date.
- March 16 to April 2 is our Spring Break with a return to school on Wednesday, April 3. Enjoy!
- Please remember that items such as 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: come, did, have, get, love, of, said, very, will, yes. 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.
Stage One Theatre School: For over 40 years, WCT 's Stage One Theatre School has been the home for theatre education for young people in our community. These classes build confidence, and teach collaboration and communication skills. There is a space for every child in this fun and engaging program geared towards all skill levels from ages 4 -18! Stage One runs year-round, with after-school programs, week-long camps, special workshops and even performance opportunities.
As of last week we are 100 days smarter! And boy were we busy learning so we can be 200 days smarter. We made crowns, we played games and puzzles, we tried to write 100 words, find things 100 cm long and we are working on adding 100 fish to a giant fishbowl. We did 100 seconds at stations in the gym and played with 100 Lego pieces. 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!
The time to begin preparing children for the challenges and demands of the future is when they are young. Children are curious and excited learners and it is our responsibility as parents and educators to create learning experiences that tap into that natural curiosity and excitement. This includes not only supporting emerging skills in reading, math, science and social studies, but also the 21st century skills of critical thinking, collaboration, communication, creativity, technology literacy, and social-emotional development. Children need to begin to develop the early foundational skills that will help them reason, think creatively, analyze data, and work collaboratively in the future. And Global Schools Play Day does just that. Every year we have such a great time on Global Schools Play Day and so do the children. Play is at the heart of how children learn. We see so many of the 21st century learning skills being practiced although the Team is unaware that they are doing more than play. All day long they negotiate, collaborate, problem solve, create, think and use so many more skills that help build foundations for learning and thriving in the real world. What a privilege it is to witness Team Awesome strengthening their skills to become our future leaders and citizens of our society!
Have you ever seen such a great display of grit, determination and perseverance?! Team Awesome was awesome at skating! If there was a gold medal given for perseverance and sheer grit, every member of Team Awesome would have received one. It made our hearts sing to see the sheer determination from those new skaters on the ice. It also made us a little ashamed of our own lack of similar joyful determination when learning something new and difficult. Many of the children had never been on skates (as evidenced from the spaghetti legs and slapstick falls) and spent more time getting up than they did actually staying up. And some of those falls were hard- there might have been bruises. But not one single child asked to have their skates taken off early. Not one of them complained or cried or whined. And every face had a beaming smile despite the difficulties some of them were having staying on their feet, much less actually moving. And a big thank you to those parents and family members who were able to come with us. It makes activities like this so much easier when there are extra adults to help out. We are so proud of Team Awesome!
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