October News and Events

We have had a great start to the year! I am really looking forward to the fun and exciting things that we have in store for October. We will be continuing with many of our learning focuses as well as starting some new things this month:

• I Am Unique (Citizenship and Identity)
• Numbers 1-5 (Early Numeracy)
• Pre-writing skills and writing our names (Early Literacy)
• Fall, Thanksgiving and Halloween (Environment and Community Awareness) 
• Buddy reading with Grade 2's (Mrs Wessner's class) (Early Literacy and Personal and Social Identity)
• Fire Safety week is Oct 4-10. The chief of the fire department will be presenting to our class Thursday Oct 8 on fire safety! (Environment and Community Awareness and Personal and Social Responsibility)

There will be lots of new things happening this month so make sure you are checking our blog regularly.

1. Library

This week we will be starting library! We will be going to the library every Tuesday morning and the students will be able to pick out one book to take home. Each student will have a library bag that will contain their book and their homereading book. The homereading is completely optional so don't feel like you need to complete the activities each week. It is very important that the students remember to bring their books back each week. If we find that many students are forgetting their books, the students will not be able to take their books home anymore. Please return library books EVERY TUESDAY.

2. Hot Lunches

The forms and information for hot lunches can be found on the PES website. The first one will be on Oct 20 from Subway. Please fill out and return forms to the school if you would like to order a hot lunch.

3. Halloween Party

Thursday Oct 29 will be our Halloween party. Students are free to dress up and wear their costumes to school. In the afternoon we will watch a short Halloween film and have some snacks, as well as play time.

Stay tuned for our October calendar of events!

Looking forward to November...
Congratulations to our class for raising the most money for Terry Fox!!! The prize for raising the most money is a free swim at the Ponoka Aquaplex. I have booked our swim for TUESDAY NOVEMBER 3, 1:00-2:200. We really need lots of parent  volunteers to come with us and get in the pool with us. Please let me know if you are available to help out! Your help is very much appreciated! Don't forget to pack a swimsuit and towel for your child to bring to school that day.