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Have you seen the new Canada Food Guide? For the past four decades, Health Canada has instructed Canadians that a healthy diet consists of specific servings across four food groups but the new guide not only does away with the four groups, it eliminates serving numbers and sizes and replaces the “rainbow” with a new icon: A plate. Some of the biggest changes from the new food guide are: no more 4 food groups, no specific recommendations to eat a specific number of serving sizes across each of the groups, drink water, eat fewer processed foods and a new emphasis on food behaviours. The revamped guide has both supporters and critics but if we are being honest it doesn't tell us anything we don't already know. What do you think about the new guide?
- As usual, library books are due back for exchange by next Tuesday
- Valentine's Day is Thursday Feb. 14 and I will post about expectations for the day tomorrow.
- Our next Fresh Air Friday is Friday, Feb. 15.
- Monday, Feb. 18 is Family Day and I hope everyone enjoys themselves.
- Friday Feb. 22 is our 100th day of school. We will officially be 100 days smarter and will celebrate by participating in activities centered around the number 100.
- Wednesday, Feb. 27 is Pink Shirt Day and students are encouraged to wear a pink shirt. We often have an assembly on that day.
- Friday Mar. 1 is a Pro D day and the children will have a long weekend while I learn how to be a better teacher.
- Mrs. Villeneuve's class will be once again recycling batteries through the Calltorecycle program. If you have batteries at home that you would like to send in I will make sure they get them or you can drop them at the office.
- February sight words are: come, did, have, get, love, of, said, very, will, yes. 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.
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