Reminder - Assembly tomorrow!

Hi Parents & Guardians,

Please be reminded that our assembly is tomorrow, May 29 at 1:30pm. We are excited to share some of our learning with you - we hope to see you all there!!

BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY - Tuesday June 4th

Dear Families,

We are excited that CJP will be participating on Bike to School Day on Tuesday June 4th. Students are invited to participate by biking from home to school or driving closer to school and biking the rest of the distance. Bike to School Day helps students become active and engaged with the outdoors. CJP has participated in this project for a few years, to encourage students to build a healthy lifestyle while having fun! More information can be found at: http://calgarybiketoschool.weebly.com/

If your child is choosing to participate please ensure their bike and helmet is clearly labeled with their first name, last name and room number. Students will be storing their helmets inside their classrooms. 

Please do not bring your bike in through the front doors. There will be two outdoor doors connected to the gym for students to drop their bikes off. Grades K-3 will enter through the west door (door closest to staff parking lot) with their bikes. Please be courteous to staff by not parking in the staff parking lot. The other entrance for grade 4-6 will be the the door closest to the front entrance of the school facing Northmount drive. Both doors will be marked with a sign and pylon. The students will enter the door and drop their bikes off inside the gym by their designated classroom spot marked with a number. Please note which door your child takes their bike in, they will be exiting through this door at the end of the day to meet you outside. Due to the volume of people participating, students are asked to independently bring their bike in and out of the gym. Teachers and volunteers will be assisting students in parking and retrieving their bikes. 

We are looking for CBE approved parent volunteers to help usher the students into the doors, help park their bikes and cheer them on! If you are able to volunteer in the morning from 8:45am-9:20am and/or 3:45pm-4pm please email
chwross@cbe.ab.ca 

Thank you,
CJP Bike to School committee

Transportation Registration & Volunteer Tea Reminder

Please note that transportation registration needs to be completed by the end of May (next week!) if you want your address included on the stop for school buses. More information can be found on the CBE website transportation page.

Please also be reminded that next Tuesday, May 28 is our Volunteer Tea! If you are available to join us please let your child's teacher know - it is not too late to RSVP! We'd love to show our appreciation for your support in our classrooms. 

Plenty of Patterns Spirit Day - May 23

This Thursday, May 23rd is our next Spirit Day: Plenty of Patterns Day! Students are encouraged to dress in A LOT of different patterns and designs. For example: a student might wear a plaid shirt, with polka-dot pants and floral socks. Or perhaps they have a checkered skirt, striped tights, and an animal print sweater. The more miss-matched and different the better! 

  

This week at school...

To Parents and Guardians:

This week at school...

- We practiced our assembly song and worked on a secret project that we can't wait to share with you! We hope you can join us at our assembly on May 29 @ 1:30pm!
- We played soccer games and practiced our dribbling, passing, and kicking skills.
- We finished our First Nations inspired art by adding a pattern to the border.
- Classes researched about prairie animals including bison, moose, gophers, antelope and prairie dogs!
- In Math, grade one students worked on open-ended problems. These problems have more than one answer! Grade two students practiced a new game called Building Bridges and another game called Monster Mansion.
- In the Learning Commons, most of us finished our boats and took a video or picture.
- We started a new Science unit about Small Crawling and Flying animals! Did you know insects and arachnids are invertebrates?! That means they have no backbones.

On Thursday, May 30 we are going to Bowness Park! We still need 3-4 volunteers to join us.

Have an EPIC long weekend!

Love,
Room 6 and Room 13

Field Trip to Bowness Park

Thank you so much to all the families who have already sent back signed field trip forms for our trip to Bowness Park. We are looking forward to this exciting trip!

We are looking for 4-5 volunteers from each class who would be able to join us for the day. If you are available from 9:10-2:45 on May 30 and have your volunteer clearance, please contact your child's teacher or your room's volunteer coordinator.

Be sure to also RSVP for the Volunteer Tea if you're able to join us - it is our small way of thanking you for your huge support!!

Thanks,

Ms. Betty & Mrs. Harvey

Volunteer Tea - May 28