Welcome back! We hope our students and families had a rejuvenating spring break with lots of love, laughter and fun!
This month brings us swimming lessons for grades 1-4 and a few field trips. Please consider volunteering to assist if you are able – information below. We look forward to celebrating both Education Week and Support Staff Appreciation Week later in the month.
Please note that there is school on Monday, April 6, following the Easter holiday weekend. I am mentioning it as this has been a non-instructional day in several years past.
The Week Ahead:
Monday March 30 | Welcome back! |
Tuesday March 31 | |
Wednesday April 1 | |
Thursday April 2 | |
Friday April 3 | Good Friday holiday – No School Today |
Monday April 6 | School is in session, regular hours. Grade 6 vaccinations, as well as some catch-up in other grades (Only for families who have received and returned written consent forms. Questions about vaccinations are to be directed to our school public health nurse.) |
Updates and Information:
Volunteer Opportunities – Grade 1-4 Swimming Lessons
For families of grades 1-4 students, we have planned swimming lessons for the weeks of April 13-17 (grade 3 & 4) and April 27-May 1 (grade 1 & 2). We will need volunteers to assist supervising the change room areas. Volunteers will not be swimming. If you are available to help and have your security clearance in place, please sign up via the links sent March 20th, or call the office. We will need both male and female volunteers to assist with changerooms.
Grade 6 - Mandatory Outdoor School Meeting
Our grade 6 students will be attending camp in May. There is a mandatory meeting on Thursday, April 16th at 6:00, just ahead of the School Council meeting. All grade 6 students must have a parent/guardian attend. Grade 6 students are also welcome to attend the meeting with their parent/guardian(s).
Speech and Language Workshops for Parents/Caregivers
The CBE Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) K-2 team will be offering two parent workshops online in April and May targeting Language and Reading. It is targeted towards parents of K-2 students.
The sessions are as follows:
April 20 - Supporting Language Comprehension with Shared Reading
May 4 - Identifying and Playing with Sounds at Home
The registration deadline is April 16 and there is a QR code and link on the invitation for families to register. Language and Reading Parent Workshop Invitation.pdf
From School Council:
The next meeting will be Thursday, April 16th at 6:30 p.m.