Happy New Year! I hope you had a great holiday with your family and friends.
I wish you all the best in 2026!
I am excited to see my little friends this week! I miss them all. I can’t
wait to hear about their adventures.
Epiphany
This week, we celebrated Epiphany on January 6. It commemorates the Three
Kings who came to worship King Jesus and bring him gifts following his divine
birth. These three kings were happy to see the new baby and they gave him gifts
of frankincense, gold and myrrh. On Epiphany, we are thankful for the gift God
gave us, his Son, Jesus. We will discuss this this week.
As I mentioned in December, We are going to be skating at the Minto
Recreation Sports Centre. We will be going over the other grade 1
classes. I will need some volunteers to help with tying skates and
helping both on and off the ice. For you to be an on-ice helper,
you must be wearing skates and a helmet. The children will need
both skates and a helmet to get on the ice. We are allowed to bring
skating trainers on the ice. If your family owns one, please
consider bringing it. They are so useful for our new skaters. Our
school council purchased a few of them to help the little ones. There
are a few pairs of skates you can borrow at the office. If you would
like your child to borrow a pair, please give us ample time to get
that organized. It is not possible to do it last minute. Please write
me a note in your child's agenda if you are able to help out at the
rink and include which day you are available. If you are able to
help us out, please remember to get your police check prior to our
skating dates. This process is free.
I will be sending home the permission slips this week. Please
return back to school as soon as possible.
Our scheduled sessions are the following:
Monday, January 26 @ 2- 2:50
Monday, February 2 @ 2- 2:50
Jungle Sport
We are so lucky to have Jungle Sport coming back to St. Cecilia.
It is a great opportunity for the children. Our School Council
will be funding this event so there is no fee for you. Permission
slips will be coming home soon as well. Please continue to
check your child’s agenda each day.
Our Classroom Learning
During language, we will begin to listen to some stories to help us learn how
to write our own recounts. Recount writing is retelling or recounting of an
event or an experience that already happened. We will continue to work on
sounds and digraphs. Thank you for practicing the reading sheets and books
that I have been providing each week. We have also been practicing some
nonsense words in the reading charts. Reading non-sense words help
children learn to read larger words.In math, we will continue to work on
gathering data. We will also practice adding and subtracting and then geometry.
I'm looking forward to seeing the children, hearing about their
holidays and having another great week of learning and fun!
Sincerely,
Giovanna Smith😊
