My favorite part of the day was:
-curling during gym
-seeing everyone in the class
-creating our eagle
-doing the english centers
-getting to play in the snow
Adios!
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Feb 13th -15th
Hola families! Here is our learning journey this week:
Spanish:
We have been writing about our muñeco de invierno. In our guided reading groups we read "El sapo y la seta" to practice reading with the syllables sa-se-si-so-su.
English:
We created valentine cards to healthcare workers to spread love. We have continued working in our guided reading groups.
Math:
We have been continuing working with addition and subtraction in our math centers.
Science:
We have been working with our 5 senses in centers.
Ask me: What was my favorite center?
Social:
We have been learning about the Eagle as part of the seven sacred teachings.
Ask me: What does the Eagle represent in the seven sacred teachings?
Reminders:
There will be no school due to Teachers’ Convention on February 16 & 17 as well as February 20 due to Family Day
Pink Shirt Day will be on February 22. Everyone is encouraged to wear pink as a symbol of kindness.
We have our ongoing Food Drive as part of Kindness month. Donations are gratefully accepted in the donation boxes found at either the front or the back doors of the school.
Please see the separate email sent out regarding our Celebration of Learning. Booking details will follow. At the same time as our Celebration of Learning, we will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair. We hope to see you there for both events!
Our Spring Concert will be held on March 22 & 23 at 6:30pm. You can see which classes perform when in the separate email sent out. Srta. Primak is also looking for helping with prop creation. You can sign up here if you can help out.
Notes from the Music Room
The March concert is fast approaching. An email was sent to families with the dates and information pertaining to the concert, which will be held here at the school. Two nights of beautiful renditions of Latin American songs and Spanish songs performed by the talents and voices of our Dalhousie students. I for one can’t wait to show you what they have accomplished. Do send me a note letting me know if your child will not be present at the concert. For some songs the children are assigned instruments and partners. For children to find themselves without their partner on the night of the concert is terribly distressing and confusing, which leads to a not so pleasant concert experience.
Please go the videos and lyrics to the songs the children are working on. Children who have taken the opportunity to work on the songs at home have taken great enjoyment and pride in singing them.
The Grade 1s are learning two Venezuelan folk songs:
The first song is:
Los chimichimitos estaban bailando el coro corito
Tamboré
Los chimichimitos estaban bailando el coro corito
Tamboré
Que baile la niña tamboré
Que baile el niñito tamboré
Que baile la gata tamboré
Que baile el gatito tamboré
Los chimichimitos estaban bailando el coro corito
Tamboré
Los chimichimitos estaban bailado el coro corito
Tamboré
Que baile la vieja tamboré
Que baile el viejito tamboré
Que baile la mona tamboé
Que baile el monito tamboré
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-awBRtaAog
Friday, February 10, 2023
Weekly Learning Journey Feb 7- 10th
Spanish:
We have been working on our muñeco de invierno. We will start to describe our muñeco using our winter clothing and parts of the body vocabulary. We have been continuing our guided reading groups this week we focused using the syllables la-le-li-lo-lu to read the Spanish books.
ELAL:
We have been working on our writing journals with the theme of kindness this month. We have been continuing our guided reading groups.
Math:
We have been working with addition and subtraction word problems and centers.
Friday, January 20, 2023
Parent updates
If you have not already, please fill out the Kindergarten to Grade 4 Intent to Return Form or the Grade 6 Plans Form by January 27.
Registration for the 2023-24 school year is ongoing. Please visit the CBE website to register a younger sibling. Submission must be received by February 14 at noon.
Report cards will be viewable through your MyCBE account on January 31. Please contact the office if you need help with this. If you have any questions about the contents of the report card, please contact your child’s teacher.
February 3 is a non-instruction day with no classes for all students.
The next Dalhousie School Council Parent Society meeting will be held through Teams on February 8 at 6pm. All are welcome to attend.
A reminder that we are a nut and allergy aware school, so no nuts or products containing nuts should be brought to school. Additionally, due to dietary/medical restrictions and preferences, students are not permitted to share or trade food at any time. In the same vein, we ask that no food or toys be sent to school for birthdays or other celebrations. There may be occasion for a class celebration in relation to learning, during which the teacher may ask for healthy and food specific donations.
NOTES FROM THE MUSIC ROOM
We will have our Spring concert in the evening the week of March 20. Exact date and time are still to be confirmed. You will be informed in a few weeks when your child will be performing.
Please refer to last week’s update for the lyrics of the songs that your children are working on.
In addition to the songs mentioned last week, I would like to share with you a song that we are all learnin: Un Barquito de Cascara de Nuez (the little nutshell boat). The link to the Youtube video is below. For anyone familiar with children’s music from Spain back in the 70s, this is the voice of Miliki (and the cartoon character that’s singing is him as well). I am teaching the words to the G1-5 students and the kindergarten students will become “familiar” with the song rather than be expected to fully learn the lyrics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfzUom7wAjY
Un barquito de cáscara de nuez,
adornado con velas de papel,
se hizo hoy a la mar para lejos llevar
gotitas doradas de miel.
Un mosquito sin miedo va en él
muy seguro de ser buen timonel.
Y subiendo y bajando las olas
el barquito ya se fue.
Navegar sin temor
en el mar es lo mejor,
no hay razón de ponerse a temblar.
Y si viene negra tempestad
reír y remar y cantar.
Navegar sin temor
en el mar es lo mejor.
Y si el cielo está muy azul,
el barquito va contento
por los mares lejanos del Sur.
And since you have read this whole message, I would like to share with you a special treat. I use the website www.musicplayonline.com for a number of activities with the children. The CBE has purchased the rights to use this site for us this year. Unfortunately, it’s not free, so this is a treat for me. This website has a student access code. Many of the children are familiar with this site since I used it quite a bit during our COVID days and am still using it from time to time. Below are the instructions to access the use of the site, which is only to be used by our Dalhousie Students:
Navigate to:
Login as:
Click on "Student"
Enter the code:
In the text field, enter the code: d667951
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
January 17 2023
My favorite part of the day was:
-Playing with all my friends outside.
-I liked that we played train track with the omnikin.
-Doing Calendario
-The story called Andrew's Loose Tooth.
-I like the english game center
Adios! 😀💖
Thursday, January 12, 2023
January 12 2023
Hola!
Today we drew and labeled partes del cuerpo. In math we learned 6 ways to make 5 with addition and we played "a-di-ccion". In gym we learned how to pass basketballs and we learned a new game called gatos y ratones. In music we got to play on xylophones. After lunch we read a book called Big Bear Little Bear and wrote about our favorite parts. Then we wrote this message together.
Love to all.
From the grade ones 😊
Parent updates
Notes from the Music Room
As you can see we have chosen a different way to communicate with you so that more of you have access to this information.
First order of business is to inform you that we will have Calgary Opera come to our school and do their School Tour performance of Cinderella. This opera has been modified using aspects of the opera Cendrillon by Massenet and Rossini’s Cenerentola. Basically, what that means is that it will be a very lovely performance based on the beloved fairy tale with beautiful music.
The company will come to our school on February 27th at 2:00 pm. This is a student only show.
Kindergarten kids are learning a song/game about a mouse:
El ratoncito hace “squeak, squeak, squeak.”
Yo no lo veo “peak, peak, peak.”
Ahi esta. El viene aca.
Un, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco y ya!
The Grade 1s are working on a song with separate base xylophone and alto parts.
La ardilla corre, corre, corre.
La ardilla corre, corre rapido.
The Grade 2s are learning a song from Puerto Rico calle Vamos a la Mar.
This is a complicated musical piece with more intricate base, alto and soprano xylophone parts, in addition to bongos.
Vamos a la mar,
A comer pescado.
Fritito y asado,
En sarten de palo.
Vamos a la mar,
A comer pescado.
Boca colorada,
En sarten de palo.
The Grade 3s have been preparing a song since last term. El Barreño, which is a song from Guatemala.
De los caballitos que me trajo usted,
Ninguno me gusta solo el que monte.
Hagase pa ca, agase pa lla,
Que mi caballito lo atropellara.
Por ahi viene el lecherito,
Con su cantaro de plata.
Y la niña le responde,
« Esa leche a mi me mata »
Ay barreño si, Ay barreño no
Ay barreño dueño de mi corazón!
The Grade 4s are working diligently on their ukulele technique and learning the necessary chords to play the song Al Tambor which is a folk song from Panama.
Al tambor, al tambor
Al tambor de la alegria.
Yo quiero que tu me lleves a
l tambor de la alegria.
Maria o Maria, Maria amiga mia.
Yo quiero que tu me lleves
Al tambo de la alegria.
The Grade 5s were introduced to the ukulele last year. This year they are continuing to work on their skills adding singing and playing at the same time. They will be learning a beautiful Chilean song which the Grade 3s sang for our Remembrance Day Assembly, however, this time they will be adding their own accompaniment to it.
Es mi caballo blanco
Como un amanezer.
Siempre juntitos vamos
Es mi amigo mas fiel.
Mi caballo galopando vaMi caballo se va y se va
Dalhousie School Updates
This is the time of year when we begin planning next school year’s organization, especially in terms of our enrollment and student population projections. Please indicate whether or not you anticipate that your child/ren will attend Dalhousie School again next year. We realize that plans may change over time and would ask you to kindly let the office know in these cases, so that we may staff with accurate numbers. If you have more than one child at Dalhousie, please fill out one form for each child currently Kindergarten to Grade 4. Families do not need to do anything to continue their child’s registration at Dalhousie as it for automatically rolls over for the next year for existing Dalhousie Kindergarten to Grade 4 students, assuming that they are not out of area, unless we hear from the family that their child will be attending elsewhere.
Similarly, if you have a child in Grade 5, please indicate whether your child will be continuing on to Senator Patrick Burns or attending another school next year. Again, we realize that plans may change over time and would ask you to kindly let the office know in these cases, so that we have accurate numbers. Please complete this form by January 27, 2023. Grade 5 Dalhousie students will be designated to Senator Patrick Burns, unless we hear otherwise from families. If your child is continuing on to SPB, you do not need to do anything.
In all cases, if you have any questions about registration at any level, please call the office, who will be happy to help you.
A reminder that we are a nut and allergy aware school, so no nuts or products containing nuts should be brought to school. Additionally, due to dietary/medical restrictions and preferences, students are not permitted to share or trade food at any time. In the same vein, we ask that no food or toys be sent to school for birthdays or other celebrations. There may be occasion for a class celebration in relation to learning, during which the teacher may ask for healthy and food specific donations.
Dalhousie Parent Society Updates
www.dalhousieparentsociety.com – check out our website for all this info and more!dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com – email us if you have questions about anything!
***FUNDRAISERS***
PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE – we are trying SO hard to get the funding to build a new playground but we need more help! Check out the sign up if you are interested in becoming part of the playground committee!
***FUN LUNCH***
Volunteers need to have police clearance to volunteer for fun lunch, please email dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com if you would like us to confirm. Don’t forget to send students with reusable straws if they have ordered Booster Juice! If they show a fun lunch volunteer they will be entered to win a free Subway fun lunch on March 21. If your child will be absent and you‘ve already ordered fun lunch please email dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com before 11:00am and let us know if you’d like to:-Pick up the order from the office after 12:30pm-Donate it to the amazing Dalhousie staff-Have it sent home with a siblingUpcoming dates:January 18 - Subway/Booster JuiceJanuary 24 - Papa Murphy’s February 1 - OpaFebruary 8 - Boston Pizza
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