Thank you to everyone who attended our Grade One concert on Thursday. The children loved performing for you! What a great way to get into the holiday spirit. :)

The students have started writing independent sentences in their notebooks. We are learning sentence conventions such as the correct use of uppercase letters, spaces between words, and punctuation.

We also worked with compound words this week. We are learning how to identify these special words and are beginning to break them into their two separate words.

In Math, we focused on patterns this week. We made patterns with shapes, colours, actions, and sounds. We are learning to identify missing parts of patterns and how to extend existing patterns. Next week, we will continue working with patterns. We'll also work with measurement.

The students have enjoyed sharing their family traditions with one another. If your child has not yet had a chance to share, please email a photo or two (if you have any) or have them bring in something that represents the tradition. Please take some time to talk with your child about your tradition. 

Please return all library books this week. We will not be signing out books again until the new year.

Yellow folders did not go home this week. We will resume this in the new year as well.

*Please return the Soup Day permission form on Monday. Please have your child bring in their vegetable for Thursday. Thank you for your support. :)

Upcoming Dates

December 16 - Carolling 9am

December 17 - Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks

December 18 - Carolling 1pm

December 19 - Pajama Day! (New Date)

December 22 - January 2   Winter Break - NO SCHOOL

January 5 - School resumes

The Magic of Christmas

Every Christmas Eve, The Magic of Christmas loads up Calgary Transit buses that are magically transformed into “reindeer buses”, with hundreds of gifts and volunteers dressed as Santa and his elves.  Then they deliver Christmas spirit into the homes and hearts of those who need it most. 

From now to December 18, students and staff can bring in a new, unwrapped donation items (not food) and place them in the boxes located in the front foyer.  

Please see the attached wish list for ideas of items to donate. 

For more information or to make a monetary donation, please visit:  www.themagicofchristmas.org/donate 

Thank you for your support!

Fun Lunch

The next Fun Lunch will be held on Wednesday December 17.

Fun Lunch is only for grades 1-4 and our EES students. 

• Go to healthyhunger.ca
• Log into you existing account or create a new one.
• Add your child’s information in the “add child” box – name, province, city, school, grade and class.
• All Fun Lunches will then populate – select the order now button!

Please make sure to send a morning snack with your child on Fun Lunch Days. Orders must be placed by the Friday before the day.

Food Support

Did you know that the Breakfast Club of Canada has shared research demonstrating that 40% of Alberta’s children experience food insecurity?  This means that 4 out of 10 children do not have access to food when they are hungry. 

If your family is experiencing challenges with providing food for your children you can find help at Brown Bagging Calgary. 

Complete this form for support and they can deliver lunches to McKenzie Towne School for your children. https://go.bb4ck.org/l/858913/2024-01-15/38fdbw You can also find out more information on their website https://bb4ck.org/

Brown Bagging for Calgary's Kids