Hi Families,
Thank you for taking the time to connect during Conferences this week. We love having the opportunity to celebrate your child, and share their experiences in Kindergarten with you.
First report cards will be going home at the end of January, and our next set of conferences are mid-March. Please do not feel that you need to wait for these opportunities to reach out and connect over any concerns or questions.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Ms. Thomas
Dear Families,
The Virtual Book Fair ends on Sunday, November 28th
Experience the joy of a Book Fair online by joining us at our Virtual Family Event! Click the link below:
https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5163640
Remember, all purchases benefit our school and earn Rewards that can be redeemed for books and Education Resources for our school’s classrooms and library.
Thank you for participating in our Scholastic Virtual Book Fair!
Happy Reading!
Dear Families,
It’s here! Our school’s Scholastic Virtual Book Fair has begun! Our very own shopping site will be open from Monday, November 22nd – Sunday, November 28th
https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5163640
Share this link with Grandparents, too! Extended family can participate in the Virtual Book Fair from the comfort of home.
Remember, all purchases benefit our school and earn Rewards that can be redeemed for books and Education Resources for our school’s classrooms and library.
Thank you for participating in our
Scholastic Virtual Book Fair!
Happy Reading!
Hi Families,
This week in Math, we started exploring our Subitizing Superpower! What does subitize mean? To subitize means to identify the numbers of things in a set simply by quickly looking at them, not counting them one by one. A common example, and where we started our practice, is with the dot patterns on dice!
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| Using Math Shakers, children practiced their subitizing skills for numbers 1 to 6. Accurate one-by-one counting was reinforced as an additional strategy as we develop our Superpower. |
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| Children played a simple board game, applying their subitizing of dice patterns, as well as turn-taking, fair play and cooperation. |
Last year, as a whole school, we enjoyed a virtual residency from Mindfulness Educator, Amber Pavey. We continue to benefit from her teaching, and have started introducing the students to some practices to help connect with our bodies and breath.
Finally, we continue with MOVE-ember! As a school, we are participating in a daily "Drop Everything and Plank!" challenge!
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| We are building our stamina for 60 seconds of planking! A reminder that Conferences are being held on Thursday, November 25th from 4:00pm - 7:30pm and Friday, November 26th from 8:00am - 1:00pm. Please book a conference time through your My CBE/PowerSchool account. These conferences are VIRTUAL - you will need access to Microsoft Teams for your scheduled conference. We look forward to connecting with you! |
Please see the additional blog notes regarding the Veterans Food Drive - Final Update, and Scholastic Virtual Book Fair - Save the Date!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Ms. Thomas
Hello Families!
Wow! The students In Action Club are blown away by your donations. When we add up all of the items brought in, we ended up with a grand total of 1,152 food items! Way to show care and generosity LBS! By donating these items, you have helped make a huge positive change in the lives of Veterans that needed our help.
The Students in Action Club would like to thank you for helping make this food drive such a success. Please check out the stop motion clip that we made to track our growing donations table.
The Students in Action Club
Kindergarten Remembrance Day Wreath
Constructed with loose part poppies
A collaboration between AM and PM classes
SAVE THE DATE!
Dear Families,
Our school’s Scholastic Virtual Book Fair will begin next week! Today, your child brought home a flyer showing some of the expected available selection. Our very own shopping site will be open from Monday, November 22nd – Sunday, November 28th
Experience the joy of a Book Fair online by joining us at our Virtual Family Event! Make your favourite snacks, and come together as a family to view the fun, exciting and inspiring titles. A link will be sent out on Monday the 22nd.
Remember, all purchases benefit our school and earn Rewards that can be redeemed for books and Education Resources for our school’s classrooms and library.
Thank you for participating in our Scholastic Virtual Book Fair!
Happy Reading!
Lake Bonavista School
Lake Bonavista School Council is pleased to announce the production of the 12th annual school yearbook! Purchase your yearbook today to take part of the early bird pricing of $22 a yearbook.
The yearbook is put together by parent volunteers and captures all the events that take place throughout the school year. Each student is also featured on their home room page.
Go to: ybpay.lifetouch.ca Enter school code: 11352722
Please remember to check out our Fill Your Freezer Feastival Fundraiser as this is the last week to make your purchases. Shop now to make sure you don’t miss out on these awesome deals! https://lbs.myteamfund.ca/
As of today we have collected 809 food items, which is absolutely amazing! Thanks for your continued generosity so far everyone! Please keep bringing in food items until November 16th and help build our donations. We are going to have such a positive impact on the lives of Veterans.
Some ideas for donations are:
Thank you!
Students in Action
Hi Families,
This week, our learning was focused around Remembrance Day.
We were able to watch a beautiful assembly hosted by the students in Ms. Burnham's grade 6 class, and Mrs. Melindy's grade 1 class.
Remembrance Day is a big concept that students had a lot of questions about. We encourage you to continue the conversation at home.
As a class, we created loose part poppies to make a wreath of Remembrance. We look forward to sharing the final product with you.
A reminder that there is no school tomorrow (Remembrance Day observance) or Friday (PD Day for teachers).
See everyone Monday!
Ms. Thomas
Hello Families,
Lake Bonavista School Virtual Learning Conferences are being held on:
Thursday, November 25th from 4:00pm - 7:30pm
Friday, November 26th from 8:00am - 1:00pm
Virtual conferences are held through Microsoft Teams. You will be sent a meeting link once you sign up for a time.
If you would prefer to have a conference via phone, please book an appointment and then follow up with an email to the teacher to let them know your preference.
All time slots are in 15-minute blocks.
You will need to book a separate time slot with each classroom teacher if you have multiple children in the school.
Thank you families!
Ms. Thomas
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| We reviewed Mat Man and shapes and lines we see in his body. |
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| We did a step-by-step drawing, creating a non-example and example as success criteria. |
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| Our first draft! We celebrated our successes! |
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| And made connections between our drawings and the success criteria. |
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| We made goals for our second copy. |
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| And included specific details to support "how" or "why". |
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| We did a second draft. We helped Ms. Thomas make her Mat Man look like her. |
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| We added our own details to make our Mat Man look like us, in our Halloween costume. |
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| We shared our work with our classroom friends, reflected on our goal, and shared compliments. In the upcoming weeks, we look forward to learning how background details add to our story, building success criteria for colouring, and transferring our skills to other ideas. In Other News We introduced four more characters, their letters, sounds and actions, from the Animated Literacy program:     In math, we explored our classroom for examples of numbers, and tried to identify the different purposes for number in our learning environments. We read non-fiction books to identify how numbers are used in other environments, like stores. Can you support your child by looking for examples of number in your home, and other places you visit this weekend? What is the purpose of those numbers? What information do they tell us? Reminders and Upcoming Events: - please see the additional blogs notes regarding Move-ember and the Veteran's Food Drive - Freezer FEastival ongoing until November 11th: https://lbs.myteamfund.ca/ - Time Change this weekend! - Thursday, November 11th: Remembrance Day. School Closed. - Friday, November 12th: PD Day. No school for students. - Friday, November 19th: AM Kindergarten Have a wonderful weekend everyone! Ms. Thomas |
Hello Families!
So far, our food drive to support the Veterans Food Bank is off to a great start! As of today we have collected 112 food items! Our goal is to collect 500 items and we hope that you will continue to help us not only reach that goal, but make a positive difference in the lives of veterans. Keep up the generosity LBS Community!
Did you know that the food items that food banks are in need of are:
Thank you!
The Students in Action Club
