Dear Midnapore Families,
It was great to have everybody back in the building. Spring break was an opportunity for all of us to connect with friends and family, but we are now excited to jump back into learning. We have many exciting activities and learning opportunities planned for the final stretch of the season. Please be aware that there is a solar eclipse on Monday and that we are taking safety precautions to ensure the well-being of all. We will have an indoor lunch, and it is recommended nobody is outside between 11:30pm - 2:00pm. If your child walks home for lunch, we would like to welcome you to stay for the entire day. If you choose to stay, please pack your child a lunch and let your child’s homeroom teacher know.
Literacy Month
We have so many fun-filled activities planned for our Literacy Month this year! The goal is to help our students create positive associations with reading, and carry some of these habits forward so students are engaging in reading even throughout the summer! We have posted a calendar on our Instagram page @midnaporeschool. It will also be posted to our website and shared with our students next week.
For this week, the activities are:
April 8 – Word Scramble Contest – Classrooms will all hear the same “mystery word” in the morning. They have to come up with as many words as they can using only the letters in the word. The class with the most words wins!
April 9 – Word Rhyme Contest - Classrooms will all hear the same “mystery word” in the morning. They have to come up with as many rhyming words as they can. The class with the most words wins!
April 10 – Bring a stuffy to cuddle up and read with. Nothing like a cozy reading session!
April 11 – Game Show Reading day – Students will be playing a game of jeopardy to test their literacy skills!
April 12 – Wear your softest PJs to really get cozy while reading. Teachers will play some smooth jazz music to really make students feel comfy and relaxed.
Mandarin Update
This week in Ms. Fan's Grade 1 class, we had lots of fun learning
about nouns, verbs and naming parts of a sentence. We learned ways to make "juicy" sentences in English. Everyone worked together to brainstorm
a list of nouns that could be in our imaginary “noun town". Our town grew
with every idea, such as “Calgary tower, a dinosaur theme park, and even flying whales”. Then we talked about “adventure verbs” and came up with creative sentences of things that we can do in our noun town.
In Mandarin class, we learned a wonderful song called "Where is Spring?" and we read a poem about Spring called “Chun Xiao”. We also had a great time in science, looking at different objects with wheels and trying out ways to move them. We discovered ways to make them go fast, slow and
even change direction.
Next week, we're going to have chicken eggs in our class! We're really excited to watch them hatch and learn about them all month long.
这个星期，在凡老师的一年级班级里，我们度过了充实而愉快的一周。在英语课上，我们深入学习了句子的构成，并详细了解了名词和动词的用法。全班同学都踊跃参与，一起构思出了一个充满创意的“名词小镇”，小镇里汇聚了很多奇思妙想，如“卡尔加里塔”、“恐龙主题公园”以及“飞翔的鲸鱼”。紧接着，我们学习了一系列“有趣的动词”，并用这些动词来造句，来描述在“名词小镇”内可以做的有趣的活动。
在中文课上，我们不仅学习了旋律优美的歌曲《春天在哪里》，还朗读了反映春天景象的诗歌《春晓》。在科学课上，我们动手探索了带轮子的物体，通过实验发现了控制它们移动的多种方式，例如调整它们的速度和改变它们移动的方向。
下一周，我们的课堂即将迎来一些特别的新”成员”：鸡蛋！我们非常期待观察鸡蛋的孵化过程，并将在接下来的一个月里详细学习和观察。
Are your children attending Midnapore School next year?
As we are beginning to plan for the next school year, we would
like to know if you are planning to remain at Midnapore School. Accurate
enrolment data helps us to plan effectively.
We want to remind parents that our current grade 6 students will
automatically be enrolled for grade 7 at their designated school for August
2024. Our Students in Grade 4 for the Mandarin Program will also
automatically be enrolled in our partner Panabaker school program. You do
not need to do anything to register.
Please inform us as soon as possible if your child(ren) will NOT be attending Midnapore School in August 2024 by emailing Mrs. Stewart at chstewart@cbe.ab.ca
Please confirm the following information in your email:
- Student Name(s)
- Current Classroom(s)
- New School
If you are transferring to a different CBE school, please
complete the attached Student Transfer form and email Mrs. Stewart ASAP.
If you are leaving the CBE school division, you do not need to complete the
Student Transfer form.
If your child(ren) is/are remaining at Midnapore School next year, you do not need to email Mrs. Stewart, thank you.
Kindergarten Registrations – Please check you School Engage Account
Thank you to our kindergarten families who have already registered for the 2024-25 school year. Early registration allows us to thoughtfully plan forward for staffing. If you have registered for kindergarten, please check your School Engage account to see if additional information is required for registration purposes. We will process registrations when we have received all required information and documents.
Literacy Fact of the Week
Children’s academic successes at ages 9 and 10 can be attributed to the amount of talk they hear from birth through age 3. Young children who are exposed to certain early language and literacy experiences also prove to be good readers later on in life. Ask your children to narrate what they see as you drive or walk to school! Play a game of “I spy” and look for words that start with specific letter sounds.
Key Dates
April 8 - Fun lunch - Taco Time
April 8 - Indoor Lunch- Solar Eclipse
April 10 - Bring your stuffy and Read day
April 12 - PJ and read day
April 12 - Grade 1 Assembly sharing - Wisdom (9:30 am)
April 19 - Fun snack - Kernels- Grade 6 Camp Fundraiser
April 25 - Fun lunch - Empanada Queen
May 6 - School Council
Thank you,
Greg & Meagan