September 28

Sept 28

Today Ms. Janice our school nurse came in shared how we should be washing our hands so that everyone stays healthy. Ask me about how I should be washing my hands and when I should be washing my hands.

1) Orange Shirt Day: Tomorrow students are encouraged to wear an orange shirt as we are honoring Orange Shirt Day which grew out of Phyllis' story of having her shiny new orange shirt taken away on her first day of school at the Mission, and it has become an opportunity to keep the discussion on all aspects of residential schools happening annually.  If you would like more information please visit the following link.

Today as a part of our inquiry into seasonal changes we had the opportunity to sketch a tree. Each month we will take an opportunity to closely examine this tree in order to record and document the changes that we see.   

 Teach Your Monster to Read: Today notices and login cards where sent home about the program Teach Your Monster to Read. This is an excellent resource and will support your child in developing their reading skills.

Orange Shirt Day:  Friday is Orange Shirt Day.  This is a day set aside to acknowledge the Truth and Reconciliation Act.  It is an opportunity for students to learn more about our Canadian history and to acknowledge the lasting damage done through residential schools.  Please have your student wear an orange shirt on this day if you have one.

Monday, Sept 25

It was a pleasure to meet so many families last week at Parent Teacher Conferences.
On Monday we continued to look at sorting by attributes.  Students were charged with sorting houses in as many different ways as they could and explaining their sorting rule using attributes.  We wrote about what we did on the weekend.  In gym we played full body Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Family Fun Fair

2^nd Annual Family Fun Fair

Thursday, Sept 28th from 5:30-7:30pm at ROS and WDP!
9 food trucks (bring $$), CPS, Calgary Public Library, family games, lots of fun!
Come out and play, eat and visit with our fantastic school community!

On Tuesday, October 3rd, Royal Oak School and William D. Pratt School will be participating in the Terry Fox Run.  Students will gather on the field between the two schools to take part in the annual 30-minute run, which is scheduled to begin at 10:30am.  Students attending afternoon Kindergarten are welcome to attend, if they are accompanied by a supervising adult.

On this day please ensure that your child is appropriately dressed for the weather (including running shoes).  If the weather is poor, students will walk inside the school during their PE class time.

We are asking that each child donate a “Toonie for Terry” for the Terry Fox Foundation during the week of September 26 - October 3rd. 

All parents/guardians who are interested in joining their child/children in this event are more than welcome.

We do require a fair number of volunteers for this event to ensure its success.  If you have security clearance and if you are able to volunteer during the run time, kindly contact our school Volunteer Coordinator at rosvolunteers@gmail.com.

Thank you for your continued support.

The Terry Fox Run Committee

Helen Hennick

Physical Education Specialist, Royal Oak School

Calgary Board of Education

t 403-777-6279 ext 7237

hdhennick@cbe.ab.ca

"Physical Education is the only subject which, by the very nature of its content, has the potential to affect how a person will feel every moment of every day for the rest of his or her life."

Monday, September 18

This week is safety week. Today we had our first fire drill. We did an excellent job at getting out safely.

There has been a change of date for our evacuation drill - the evacuation drill will now take place on Wednesday morning.

1) Conferences: If you have not had the chance to sign up for conferences yet. Please sign up as soon as possible.

2) Opening school packages: Please return completed forms by Sept 20th

3) Conference questions: If you have not returned your conference questions please send them in by tomorrow.

Friday, September 15

Important Reminders!

1. All blue forms that have gone home this week need to be returned ASAP. 
2. Conferences are on Thursday evening and Friday morning. Please book online ASAP and see the office if you do not have your My CBE account set up. 
3. Library books can be returned anytime. This week we will be setting up for the book fair so the students will NOT be taking out new books this week. 



This week in math we worked on problem solving and sorting.  We are learning how to organize our thoughts in our math journal so we can 'prove' what we know and show our thinking.  

Students wrote about their favourite part of the week in their home journals.  Please be sure to read and respond.  


Next week, September 18 - 21 is Safety Week.  We will be discussing and practising our safety routines in school.  Please see below for dates and times of our drills.
Monday, September 18 - Fire Drill - 1:30
Tuesday, September 19 - Evacuation Drill - 9:45
Wednesday, September 20 - Lockdown Drill - 1:30
These drills are required by the CBE and serve to prepare students and staff in the unlikely event of a real emergency.