Have you ever seen such a great display of grit, determination and perseverance?! Team Awesome was awesome at skating this week! 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 be 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!
- Please send library books back for exchange by next Monday.
- February Family projects went home this week and are due Tuesday, Feb. 6 or when finished. Enjoy!
- Thank you for all the help on our skating trip this week. We will go again next Wednesday and will need parent helpers to put on and tie up skates. Adults are also welcome to skate. Please don't forget a helmet for yourself and your child.
- February hot lunch order forms are due to be returned by Monday, Jan. 23.
- Registration for Kindergarten 2023/ 24 at BEST opens Monday, Jan. 23. It is not first come, first served. For parents who have children entering Kindergarten, join SD 73 in January and February to learn more about schools of choice and registration in Kindergarten. Read more here.
- The week of Jan. 22-28 is Unplug and Play Week in Kamloops and a brochure with a chance to be entered into a draw and a list of free activities has gone home. Return the completed brochure the following week to be entered into the draw.
- BEST will have special theme activities each day next week to participate in Literacy Week. Check out the previous post for more information.
- Wednesday, Feb. 1 is Global School Play Day and Team Awesome as well as some other classes at BEST will be participating. A post with more info will be coming shortly.
- Thursday, Feb. 2 is Groundhog Day and we will be learning about why its a 'thing'.
- 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.
