Dear Parents,

This week the students solved a real mystery: Who took the cookies from the cookie jar? As part of this hands-on learning project the students revisited school locations like main office, library and cafeteria and discovered fingerprints as part of clues left by the perpetrator. We learned how to take, analyze, classify and investigate types of fingerprints and ....through some good old fashioned investigation we found out that the Grade 2 teacher: Ms. Perkins had our cookies.

I would like to thank the amazing Elboya staff and Ms. Perkins in particular for playing along and helping us learn.

Hope you have a fantastic weekend,

Ms. Dilov

Upcoming enets:
Monday, Feb 3- Music PM class
Tuesday, Feb 4- Music AM class
Wednesday, Feb 5- Music AM class
Thursday, Feb 6- Library
Friday, Feb 7- AM class

Dear Parents,

We had such an amazing week at school! Our police liaison- Constable Mark visited the classroom. He was very patient with all the cool stories and answered all the amazing questions. He taught us how to recognize real policemen and explained about different tools on his tool belt. Cst. Mark said that many of his tools are commonly used in the classroom like his pencil and notebook and encouraged our students to keep working on their literacy skills. Many of the students indicated a strong interest in becoming involved in the Calgary Police Services. Cst. Mark promised to be back and help us learn more about safety.

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Dilov

Upcoming events:

Monday, Jan 27- PM music

Tuesday, Jan 28- AM music

Wednesday, Jan 29- Library

Thursday, Jan 30- Guest Speaker & Chinese New Year

Friday, Jan 31- PD Day/ No School

Dear Parents,

This week was dedicated on learning about self-regulation and emotions. We read “The Colour Monster” and learned to identify six emotions and what colors are associated with them, for example: green –calm, blue- sad, red- anger, pink- love. Our OT (Occupational therapist) demonstrated the power of “Stop and Think” and played a few games that required extra attentions, stopping and thinking. We started working on a large showcase of our learning, displayed on our bulletin board in the hallway.

You probably have received the shapes books: “I see shapes’ and ‘I see 3D shapes’. Please remind your child to use their index finger and look at the words. Next week, we will continue our geometric exploration with hands-on tasks and fun games.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend,

Ms. Dilov

Upcoming events:

Monday, Jan 20- Music PM class

Tuesday, Jan 21- Music AM class

Wednesday, Jan 22- Community Helpers- Calgary Police Presentation/ Library

Thursday, Jan 23- Music PM class

Friday, Jan 24- PM class

Happy New Year!

Dear Parents,

Happy new year and welcome back to school! Our first week was very exciting as we received a very special gift… our new water/ craft table. THANK YOU! We turned it into an aquarium and rumour has it there might be a shark swimming around. We’ll have to investigate further and we will try to discover it.

Mother nature seems to be sending us through a cold snap that will likely last all week. Please dress your children appropriately with snow pants, boots, hats, mittens and proper jackets. We will try to minimize the time spend outside but during dismissal times, your child may have to be outside for up to 10 minutes.

Home reading: Please remind your child to exchange to books every day. It’s essential for their developing reading skills.

Stay warm this weekend!

Ms .Dilov

Upcoming events:

Monday, Jan 13, 2020- Music PM

Tuesday, Jan 14, 2020- Music AM

Wednesday, Jan 15, 2020- Library

Thursday, Jan 16, 2020- Music PM

Friday, Jan 17, 2020- AM class