Dec. 22/23 - A Very Fun Christmas Week!

Div. 13 enjoyed decorating cookies with their big buddies on Wednesday.  Thanks to Mrs. McBeath for making all the cookies and the icing.  

Thanks to Wyatt, Rhett, Massimo, Aurora, Blake, Juel for bringing our Christmas snacks and treats for our celebration.  Also thanks to Massimo, Gavin and Blake's parents for the pizza on our last day!

The students also loved the pancake breakfast put on by our PAC. The Grinch being there was an added attraction.

Thank you to parents and students for the thoughtful, generous gifts and hugs (I ask the children for an H (a high-five, handshake or hug) but many choose to do all 3!                                                                   Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!  

Dec. 15/23

This has been an exciting but productive, fun week.  We had our skating field trip that sounded and looked like it turned out great!  Thanks to all our parent who helped out with driving and helping with skates and helmets.  

We had our Christmas concert and we finished up the Christmas Toy Drive was all wrapped up, it was a huge success!  The Fairview community was amazing and so generous!

If your child is interested in participating in any or all of these special days that have been organized for next week, please look below for what to wear each day.

Monday, December 18	Tuesday, December 19	Wednesday, December 20	Thursday, December 21	Friday, December 22
Sensational Festive Scarf or Sock Day	Holiday Headwear Day	Ugly Christmas Sweater Day	Dress like a Christmas Character Day	Pancake Breakfast & PJ Day

Next week we'll be busy finishing our Christmas Reader's Workshop, Math and our special craft stations. 

Div. 13''s Classroom Celebration will be on Thursday, Dec. 21.  Thanks in advance to the following families who signed up to bring treats...  Fruit Plate - Wyatt,   Veggie Tray -  Rhett, Cheese Crackers/Small Sandwiches - Massimo,   Special Treat - Aurora, Chips/Popcorn etc. -  Blake,   Other - Juel

December 8/23

It was so nice to meet with all of you to celebrate your child's learning and to set goals.  Thank you all for taking the time to come in and your continued support. 

Monday morning is the last day to send in donations/toys for the Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper.  Div. 13 has done an amazing job of the announcements each morning encouraging Fairview that Little People Can Make A Big Difference!  

Our skating field trip will be on Tuesday, Dec. 12.  If you haven't already done so please sign up on the parent portal.  Students need to bring their skating equipment and clothing plus booster seats on Tuesday morning.  If you are renting skates/helmets please send in the money on Monday. Thanks to these parents who have signed up to drive, Gavin, Deighton, Massimo, Easton, Rhett, Aurora, Mary, August, Blake and Aneka.  Please arrive at 12:20.

The Christmas concert is on Wednesday, Dec. 13th.  We are performing with our big buddies and are presenting Jingle Bell Rock, the lyrics are in your child's Poetry Book. We've named ourselves 'The Snow It Alls!   Costume is black and white if possible.  The dress rehearsal will be on Tuesday, Dec. 12 in the morning.  

Div. 13''s Classroom Celebration will be on Thursday, Dec. 21.  Thanks in advance to the following families who signed up to bring treats...  Fruit Plate - Wyatt,   Veggie Tray -  Rhett, Cheese Crackers/Small Sandwiches - Massimo,   Special Treat - Aurora, Chips/Popcorn etc. -  Blake,   Other - Juel

A big thank you to Rhett and Aurora's family for cutting and supplying enough wood for both Div. 12 & 13 to make our special snowman craft.  

Div. 13 had 14 Club RED members, way to read!  There were a total of 177 Club RED members at Fairview.  

This round of Explorations has been enjoyed by everyone!  The students are making a stocking for our fireplace and completing a December calendar but the train station, the Polar Express and Lincoln logs are the highlights!  They created many of the Fort Langley buildings!

December 1st

                                 Wow it is already December!   We had a fun busy week... 

Flashlight reading was enjoyed by all!  Please remember to send in Club RED calendars (signed and coloured) by Dec. 6th.  

Div. 3 & 13 did a good job of promoting the Christmas Toy Hamper. 

                                          

Conferences are this week on Thursday and Friday Dec. 7 & 8th.  Thursday is an early dismissal at 11:30 and Friday there is no school due to conferences.  Please sign up asap.  The conferences will be approximately 30 minutes long.  (1st 15 minutes with your child in the hall to celebrate and go through their work. Then 15 minutes with your child and I to discuss their report card and set goals for our next term).  If you are unable to make the conference in person please email so that I can set up a zoom time and send home your child's book ahead of time.  

Skating for Tuesday, Dec. 12th in the afternoon is on the portal portal, please sign up and let me know if you are able to join us (even if you are planning to drive your own child).  

As you hopefully saw in your child's poetry book, Div. 3 & 13 will be singing Jingle Bell Rock! They are the Snow-It-Alls!  For the concert they should wear white and black.  Concert tickets are available on the parent portal. 

November 24/23

Our trip to Fort Langley turned out great!  The weather was a bit chilly but so beautiful.  The students seemed to learn and enjoy each of the different buildings.  

We are entering our last week of Club Red.  This week the students are excited for flashlight reading which is Wednesday morning.  Please send a flashlight with your child on Wednesday.  Hopefully your child's calendar is almost totally coloured and initialled, these need to be returned by Dec. 6th at the latest.  Our Club RED celebration on Friday, December 1st, we are asking everyone to wear red.  Thanks for all your support with our special reading program for Literacy Month.   

Conference sign up for Dec. 7 & 8th is up and on the parent portal.  The conferences will be approximately 30 minutes long. (1st 15 minutes with your child in the hall to celebrate and go through their work, then 15 minutes with your child and I to discuss their report card and set goals for our next term).  If you are unable to make the conference in person please email so that I can set up a zoom time and send home your child's book ahead of time.  

Important Messages from the office:

 Concert ticket information will come out on the portal early next week.  Families will be offered 2 tickets each with an extra tickets available for those with additional parents.  This is to ensure there is enough space for all families to view the concert.  Donations to the music program can be made online or at the concert, but there is no cost to attend. 

 Drivers abstracts and volunteer driving forms need to be completed every year as per the new policy.  Please be aware that if you have parents who are driving for the first time this year they will need to complete both forms again even if they had driven last year.  We need to keep copies of both the insurance documents and driving abstract. 

This is very important as we do have skating with our big buddies class on Tuesday, Dec. 12 in the afternoon.  We will be putting this on the portal early this week.  

November 17/23

 This has been a short but busy and productive week!  Div. 13 finished up their acrostic Peace poems and yesterday made these cute fall gnomes. We were all sad to say goodbye to Sean but wish him and his family all the best in Powell River.  

This week we started our Reader's Workshop stations that included our Book Club, this means that some of the students have already brought home a book with a post it.  Please practise these books and encourage your child to bring their book bags daily to school.  Thanks for your help with this.  Also you should be able to access Raz Kids from the link on the side please let me know if you have any difficulties.  

Friday, November 24th is going to be packed fill of fun and adventure.  We have decided to CANCEL Family Reading to give us a bit more time the classroom before we leave for Fort Langley.  If you haven't signed up on the portal please do so asap and if you said you were paying cash please do so as soon as possible. We had a great response from parents to join us for this field trip.  Thanks to Gavin, Easton, Cai, Massimo, Vienna, Rhett, Deighton, Aneka, and Blake's parents who have volunteered to join us.  Please arrive at the 9:20. The extra cost for the parent volunteers will be $5.00 please send in this cash (this cost is shared amongst all of you).  If you are no longer able to join us please let me know asap so I can make the adjustments. The field trip is 2 hours, the majority of the time we will be outside (rain or shine) so please dress for the weather. Your child should have an easy to eat snack in their pocket.  We will arrive back to the school to our hot lunches.  It is also our Club RED Book as Movie day, we will unfortunately miss the hallway reading but they could still bring their books to share in the morning.  After lunch we will be watching the animated version of 'The Grinch' in the gym.  Please let me know if you are not comfortable with this and if so there will be an alternate activity provided in a classroom instead.  

Conference Sign up will be available on the portal Thursday, November 23 (this will be posted by 4 pm at the latest).  In looking ahead to our student-led conferences on Dec. 7 & 8.  It is an approximate 30 minute commitment (1st 15 minutes with your child in the hall to go through their work and celebrate their work and then up to 15 minutes with me). I need to plan ahead to organize if you unable to attend the conference with your child in person and would prefer a virtual zoom conference please email as I need to set these up differently so that the times work out.  

November 9/23

Here are a couple more pictures from Halloween that I wanted to share!

No school tomorrow (Pro D day) or Monday (holiday for Remembrance Day).  We had a very good Remembrance Day assembly today.  This is the collection of wreaths all the Divisions made.  

Please sign up for the field trip on Nov. 24th as soon as possible.  If you have volunteered to drive please ensure you have submitted all the volunteer forms and also your driver's abstract.  

Book Bags went home on Wednesday (with a purple letter explaining it in detail) please help your child remember to bring these bags everyday.  Thanks.  

                    Div. 13's Gone Batty!  The students worked hard to create these pastel moons.

Club Red has continued and hopefully all the students in Div. 13 are continuing to Read Each Day,  colouring in the square on their calendar and you initialing each day.  Joke/Funny Books hallway reading  was successful, students enjoyed sharing these!  On Wednesday, November 15th it is Activate Your Reading!  Students can wear their jerseys, uniforms, dance outfits, etc and bring a book about sports or physical activity from home.  

Thinking ahead to a Christmas craft... I was wondering if any families had any 2 X 4's that they could donate and cut for our class.  The size we need is approximately 7" X 3 1/2" and we'd need 19 pieces. If needed I could purchase the 2X4's if someone is able to cut them.  Please let me know if you are able to help out with this.