Congratulations 
The grade 5's led the school in a third week Advent liturgy yesterday.  The feedback was very positive.  Please ask your children to tell you about it.  I am so proud of them. 

Thank You
Thank you so much for all the thoughtful gifts.  Your thoughtfulness is so appreciated.



Homework
-Christmas Karaoke assignment -students will be performing in front of the primary students tomorrow - some of the students still need some more practice tonight
-Spelling Test -Around the World with Renewable Energy -Friday
-Advent Conspiracy Goals
-Read for 20 minutes

 

Reminders  

-The following students volunteered yesterday to bring Christmas treats for our Advent celebration on Friday - Meghan, Seth, Chelsea, Quintin, Tayler, Chantel - if you are not able to bring treats please just let me know as we have more than enough volunteers 
-Thanks to Kim's mom for coordinating a volunteer to drop off the food hamper
-Thank you to Paige's family who dropped off the food hamper on Wednesday - the family was very grateful for your generosity
-We need a parent volunteer to check out books for library period Tuesday's from 10:45-11:15 starting in January.  Please contact me if you can.

Upcoming Events and Important Dates                                 

 
December
Fri Dec 21 -Class Advent Celebration -Last Day of Classes -2:30 pm dismissal


Fully Alive at Home
Please continue working through the Fully Alive Family Resource at home.  The Fully Alive program will be complete just before Christmas holidays.  It can be found here: http://curtiswagner.blogspot.ca/p/docs-to-download.html   

Reading reminder
Don't forget to encourage your child to read for 20 minutes every night.  A few reading suggestions:  
Sunday - Child reads silently 
Monday - Parent reads out loud to child
Tues - Child reads out loud to parent  
Wed - Child listens to audio book (available at the Public Library and on iTunes) and follows along in a paper copy of the book
Thurs - Child reads to sibling