We are so happy to share this exciting and important year with you and your child. September can be a very tiring month. By working together to create healthy routines we can get the year off to a super start and feeling as normal as possible.
Your child will write in their planner each day. Please read and sign the planner every evening and send it back to school the following day. If you have any questions, concerns or joys you would like to share with us, please make a note in the planner – it’s our easiest way to communicate – and we will try our best to get back to you the same day.
Be sure your child has a pair of well-fitting indoor running shoes for gym that can be left at school each day. Sport sandals, Crocs or Mary Janes are not sufficient for Phys Ed classes. Try to label all your child’s belongings.
Please send a labelled filled water bottle with your child each day.
**NEW THIS YEAR** School begins at 9:10 a.m. and finishes at 3:30 p.m.
All snacks and lunches should be nut free. Our school uses the Balanced Day timetable. The children eat in their classrooms from 11:10 - 11:30 a.m. and again from 1:20 - 1:45 p.m. Both of these Nutrition Breaks are followed by 20 minutes of outside recess.
Please be sure to update your child’s personal information via the Parent Portal as soon as possible.
The children enter the school through the classroom doors (off the courtyard). The door will be locked as soon as the children enter. If you are late, please go to the front door of the school and ring the bell. The school day ends at 3:30 p.m. Your child will be dismissed into the courtyard area. Please talk with your child about your family’s pick-up plan. Being on time for school is very important. Please be on time, in the line at the back of the school, at 9:10 a.m. There is a significant disruption to the class routine when students are late. Thank you, in advance, for being on time each day.
Each week on Sunday, we will send a message about events and information for the coming week. This message will be shared with you via School Messenger. There are no paper calendars or newsletters. Please make sure you are signed up to receive emails via School Messenger. https://www.tvdsb.ca/parents/attendance-reporting/school-messenger-step-by-step-guide/
The Ministry of Education has adopted a No Cell Phone Policy. Please do not send cell phones or Smart Watches to school with your child.
Language: We read and write EVERY day in grades one and two. We will begin with shared and independent reading strategies, phonics skills, and journal entries.
Math: We will identify and create patterns, as well as establish calendar routines, number recognition, and number formation.