Parent Information

Yearbook: Deadline to purchase a yearbook is Friday, April 28. The cost is $21. If you want to purchase additional books per student, please contact the office Dalhousie@cbe.ab.ca  It is an optional purchase and can be paid for through your MyCBE account.

 

With the change in weather conditions, please ensure that your child is appropriately dressed for the weather and any changes in weather.  Additionally, please send an extra change of clothes with your child to school to be kept in their backpack.  This should include a top, a bottom, change of socks and underwear.  Recess and lunch is a great opportunity for fun and play in the snow and slush, resulting in wet clothing. The office has a very limited supply of clothes.  Thank you for helping us keeping your child happy and dry.

 

We are so excited to have parent volunteers back in the classrooms! Please ensure your police clearance has been correctly uploaded prior to signing up for one of the many volunteer opportunities. If you are unsure of your status please reach out to our lovely office team who will be more than happy to assist you with this process.

 

Monday, April 17^th - New Principal Day! Please welcome Sr. Jeff Belcher to Dalhousie! 

 

Friday, April 21^st -Earth Day – students to dress in Earth tones and classes will participate in earth friendly activities.

 

Dalhousie Parent Society News

 

www.dalhousieparentsociety.com – check out our website for all this info and more!

dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com – email us if you have questions about anything!

Check out our Facebook and Instagram pages as well! Search for Dalhousie Parent Society – tell your friends and fellow parents to give us a follow!

 

***FAMILY FIESTA***

Family Fiesta will be returning to Dalhousie this June! We are searching for donations for our silent auction, so if you know of any businesses or individuals who would like to donate, please contact us at dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com

We will be needing lots of volunteers to help out on the day of fiesta, so please watch out for the sign up genius link as we get closer to the date!

 

***PLAYGROUND***

Check out the sign up if you are interested in becoming part of the playground committee!

Volunteer here!

 

***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. 

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!  We have some spots from now until the end of the year. Sign up here

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 sibling

Upcoming dates:

April 18 – Mucho Burrito

April 26 – Fat Burger

May 2 - Boston Pizza

May 10 - Tim Horton’s

March 13-17th Weekly learning Journey

 Hola below is our weekly learning journey:

Spanish: 

We have been continuing reading in our guided reading groups with the book "Lula y el nenúfar" to practice our syllables ending in ar-er-ir-or-ur. In writing we worked on creating sentences with words that begin with the syllables na-ne-ni-no-nu. 

Next week: In reading we will be working on the syllables ca-ce-ci-co-cu. In writing we will be working with the next syllables with letters F, B, J, G. 

Math: 

We have been continuing working on addition and subtraction and 3D shapes. 

Ask me: How can we use amigos de 10 (friends of 10) to solve the problem below?

ELAL: 

We have continued to work in our guided reading books with letter sounds x y ff ll ss zz. In writing we wrote about how to catch a leprechaun using the sentence starters first, next, and, finally.  

Next week: In writing we will be working with the sentence starters: first, then, next and finally. 

Our writing prompts will be:

• On the weekend I 
• My Morning Routine
• What Snowmen do at night
• If you give a mouse a cookie

Note: Friday, March 24 is the last day of classes before Spring Break.  Classes will resume on Monday, April 3.  After Spring Break, there is no school on Friday, April 7 and Monday, April 10.

Library books: Please return All overdue books. The overdue books will have a lost book fine applied to their students Powerschool account.

 

Spring Concert March 22 & 23

 

Spring Concert-March 22 & 23

 

Spring Concert - March 22 & 23

Srta. Primak has been working diligently on the spring concert, which take place on March 22 & 23 at 6:30pm.  The same program will be presented on both evenings with a representation from all grades.  As much as possible, the classes were grouped to have siblings perform on the same evening.  Logistically, this was not possible in all cases.   If your child will not be able to participate on their designated evening due to prior commitments, please email your child’s teacher as well as Srta Primak (oprimak@cbe.ab.ca) to let them know.  More specific details will follow. Group A – Concert on Wednesday March 22 Kindergarten Srta. Di Lorenzo – M/W Group Sra. Fredette – M/W Group Grade 1 Sra. Fuentes Srta. Alvarado Grade 2 Srta. Mitchell Sr. Scott Grade 3 Sra. Outhet ​​​​​​​Srta. Galiana Grade 4 Srta. Marasescu Grade 5 See separate email sent   Group B – Concert Thursday March 23 Kindergarten Srta. Di Lorenzo – T/Th Group Sra. Fredette – T/Th Group Grade 1 Srta. Carcamo Srta. Houde Grade 2 Sra. Canji Sr. Sala Grade 3 Sr. Flores Srta. Tugle Grade 4 Sra. Sutherland Grade 5 See separate email sent   We look forward to having our concert in quite some time!  Thank you to everyone who will contribute to make this happen.

February 27th

 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!

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  

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. 

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:

 https://musicplayonline.com/

 

Login as:

Click on "Student"

Enter the code:

In the text field, enter the code: d667951