Field Trip Reminder - Pepe's Pumpkin Patch
Friday October 21st.
Since it rained all day today and our field trip is outside, we encourage parents to send students in rain boots and warm jackets tomorrow.
Thursday, October 20, 2016
St. Gabriel & Social Justice News
Read-a-thon
Our school will participate in a school wide read-a-thon on Thursday, October 27th, 2016. Students will be asked to bring their favourite books as well as a blanket or pillow on that day to enjoy while reading. We have many special guests from the community that will be making special visits to read to us.
Please continue to collect money that will benefit all Guardians as this money will be used to buy new items for our school.
Our Social Justice Committee
We Scare Hunger
Millions of people go hungry every day, even in our own backyard.
From Oct. 18 - Nov. 4, St. Gabriel School will be hosting a food drive to once again
support the Downtown Mission. Classrooms will be collecting non-expired cans and
boxes of cereal during this time period. The class with the most food items collected by
Nov. 3 will win an ice cream sundae party!! This is our first campaign in conjunction with Free the Children. Let's be Hunger Heroes and SCARE hunger away this Halloween!
Milk Bag Collection
We are continuing to collect milk bags. This initiative was started by a local teen who has been able to turn thousands of milk bags into sleeping mats, pillows and school bags for children and families in Haiti. Please send in any bags to school throughout the school year for this collection!
Battery Collection
Each year, nearly 450,000 children die due to complications associated with zinc
deficiency. One AA battery contains the amount of zinc that can save the lives of
six children. Let’s help keep batteries out of landfills and help get zinc to the children who need it most. For every battery recycled, Teck will donate the value of zinc it contains to UNICEF in support of our Zinc & Health partnership. Used batteries can be sent to the school for recycling. We will collect batteries throughout the year. You can also take any used batteries to Staples for recycling collection.
Our school will participate in a school wide read-a-thon on Thursday, October 27th, 2016. Students will be asked to bring their favourite books as well as a blanket or pillow on that day to enjoy while reading. We have many special guests from the community that will be making special visits to read to us.
Please continue to collect money that will benefit all Guardians as this money will be used to buy new items for our school.
Our Social Justice Committee
We Scare Hunger
Millions of people go hungry every day, even in our own backyard.
From Oct. 18 - Nov. 4, St. Gabriel School will be hosting a food drive to once again
support the Downtown Mission. Classrooms will be collecting non-expired cans and
boxes of cereal during this time period. The class with the most food items collected by
Nov. 3 will win an ice cream sundae party!! This is our first campaign in conjunction with Free the Children. Let's be Hunger Heroes and SCARE hunger away this Halloween!
Milk Bag Collection
We are continuing to collect milk bags. This initiative was started by a local teen who has been able to turn thousands of milk bags into sleeping mats, pillows and school bags for children and families in Haiti. Please send in any bags to school throughout the school year for this collection!
Battery Collection
Each year, nearly 450,000 children die due to complications associated with zinc
deficiency. One AA battery contains the amount of zinc that can save the lives of
six children. Let’s help keep batteries out of landfills and help get zinc to the children who need it most. For every battery recycled, Teck will donate the value of zinc it contains to UNICEF in support of our Zinc & Health partnership. Used batteries can be sent to the school for recycling. We will collect batteries throughout the year. You can also take any used batteries to Staples for recycling collection.
Friday, October 7, 2016
Happy Thanksgiving
To get ready for Thanksgiving we have been singing some funny turkey songs and reading some great books. Ask your child to sing their favourite song or retell you one of their favourite stories this weekend.
We hope they don't get stuck in your head all weekend.
We are so thankful for this wonderful class and are excited this school year.
Monday, September 19, 2016
Toonies for Terry
Terry Fox Walk
Help support our efforts to raise money for cancer research. Students are asked to bring in a toonie for Terry this week. Our annual Terry Fox walk will take place on Thursday September 29th and the kindergarten classes will walk around the track.
Help support our efforts to raise money for cancer research. Students are asked to bring in a toonie for Terry this week. Our annual Terry Fox walk will take place on Thursday September 29th and the kindergarten classes will walk around the track.
Welcome to our Kindergarten class
We are so excited to begin this new school year! We are having fun getting to know our new friends!
We have three rules for playtime:
1) Share and take turns.
2) Have fun and learn.
3) When we are done everyone cleans up.
Literacy:
We have started our year with many exciting books. One of our favourites is "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom", feel free to share this video with your child and discuss the letter names and sounds.
We have three rules for playtime:
1) Share and take turns.
2) Have fun and learn.
3) When we are done everyone cleans up.
Literacy:
We have started our year with many exciting books. One of our favourites is "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom", feel free to share this video with your child and discuss the letter names and sounds.
Math: Numeration
We are learning to recognize numbers from 1 to 10, count sets of objects practising one to one correspondence, and sharing counting stories.
Pals:
We have started our PALS program learning how to clap the syllables in our names. The first two letters/sounds introduced will be a & m. The first words will be at and mat.
Scholastic Reading Club:
Click on the link below to pay for Reading Club orders with a credit card. Visit www.scholastic.ca/parentspay
To enter into the parent pay online our school is listed as St Gabriel and teacher name is Wasyluk. Please let us know if you have any problems.
As always, every Reading club order earns our class Bonus Coupons that we can redeem for FREE books and learning materials to enrich our classroom library!
Please look over the attached flyers with your child, indicate your selections on the order form, and return it to school.
Thank you to all families who have sent in school supplies, indoor shoes labelled and head phones.
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Fort McMurray Car Wash Fundraiser at St. Gabriel School!
- Day/Time
- June 5, 2016 from 9:00am to 2:00pm
St. Gabriel School1400 Roselawn Dr.Windsor, ON
N9E 1L8
Event Description Students from St. Gabriel School will be hosting a car wash/bake sale/bbq in the school parking lot on June 5 from 9 AM to 2 PM. All money raised All money raised at this event will be donated directly to the Canadian Red Cross for the relief effort in Fort McMurray Alberta. There will be set prices for food items but only donations will be accepted for car washes. See you there!
N9E 1L8
Event Description Students from St. Gabriel School will be hosting a car wash/bake sale/bbq in the school parking lot on June 5 from 9 AM to 2 PM. All money raised All money raised at this event will be donated directly to the Canadian Red Cross for the relief effort in Fort McMurray Alberta. There will be set prices for food items but only donations will be accepted for car washes. See you there!
Monday, May 2, 2016
Highlights Kindergarten April 2016
We have had so much fun enjoying the arrival of spring. We took a spring walk around our yard looking for signs of spring, taking pictures to build our spring word wall. We have loved our outdoor recesses, bike riding, climbing, bubble blowing and playing in the sand box.
Our big idea for April was "How do we care for our world?" In honour of Earth Day.
Literacy:
We learned about the importance of protecting endangered animals and our responsibility to all animals as we read "Panda Kindergarten". We explored the results of one person doing one small thing to show care for the environment and how it can inspire others while studying "Someone Cared For A Flower". We noticed the importance of messages on posters and how posters can be a great tool to spread news. We created posters to remind fellow students and staff to care for our world through recycling programs, planting trees and flowers, walking instead of driving, picking up litter, not wasting water and electricity, etc.
Mathematics:
Kindergarten students have been exploring a variety of adding activities with the help of books, manipulatives and songs. We have had some challenging questions for students to work on with friends during play. There have been a wide variety of solutions and some very creative ways to solve these math problems! Great work! Ordinal numbers and positional language have also been introduced this month.
We will be exploring patterns in our 100 chart and skip counting in May.
Religion:
We have been sharing bible stories about creation and Noah's ark to emphasize our responsibility to love our earth as it is a beautiful gift from God.
Science:
We saw a rainbow in one of our stories and students were interested in how rainbows were made. Through exploration with prisms, reading books and drawing and painting, water and food colouring experiments we enjoyed recreating many rainbows. We learned the order of the colours through song, and use of ordinal numbers. We have also planted many seeds. We are experimenting with growing seeds with and without soil. We know all living things need water, air and sun to grow well.
Thanks to all of the families who sold school lottery tickets, donated items for the prize baskets, and joined us for the annual pasta dinner. Your support is greatly appreciated!
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