Week #15

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
*Thank you for your donations to this year's White Elephant Sale!

This week is Spirit Week at St. Martin de Porres! See details in red below:

Looking Ahead to This Week:

           

*Sun. Dec. 16  Third Sunday of Advent!   
*Mon. Dec. 17 Elf Day!
*Tue. Dec. 18 Wear Red and Green!, Third Week of Advent Mass in the gym (9:45 am)
*Wed. Dec.19 Christmas Sweater Day!
*Thu. Dec. 20 Sports Jersey Day!
* Fri. Dec. 21 PJ Day!

Week #14

 

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
*Thank you for your donations to this year's White Elephant Sale!
*Knights of Columbus Annual Christmas Party at Holy Redeemer Parish 12:00-2:00 pm
*St. Martin de Porres' Social Justice Club is having a Canned Food Drive to help support the Shepherds of Good Hope.
*During this Advent season and in keeping with our board spiritual theme, “Seek Justice, Love Kindness & Mercy, Walk Humbly with God”, St. Martin de Porres has decided to support the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Organization of Ottawa. They are an organization active and present in our school community and they offer in school mentoring to at-risk children. There is no better time than the Holiday Season to reach out to those in need! As a means of achieving our goal, we will be having a Pyjama Day each Friday during the Advent Season. In order to participate, your child is asked to make a $1 donation, which will go towards a donation to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Ottawa. Donations can be made using School Cash Online.

Looking Ahead to This Week:

           

*Sun. Dec. 9  Second Sunday of Advent!
*Tue. Dec. 11 Second Week of Advent Celebration in the gym (9:30-10:30 am), Library visit
*Fri. Dec.14 WWW Sentences due, White Elephant Sale, Pyjama Day for Advent Project
*Sat. Dec. 15 Christmas Party at Holy Redeemer Parish (12:00-2:00pm)

Week #13

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
*White Elephant Sale is fast approaching! Please send in any gently used items to donate to our sale. This is a great opportunity to declutter unused toys before Christmas. The Sale will be held on December 14. Proceeds raised will go towards Grade 6 end of the year activities.
* Christmas Basket...it looks amazing! Bidding has started and will continue until December 19, 2018.

* Our class is scheduled to walk to AY Jackson for our next App. Project on Dec. 6, 2018  (2:10-3:25). On this visit, the Gr. 3 Students will be able to see some coding aspects of the computer games. Permission forms for this field trip to AY Jackson were handed out last week. Please send back the signed permission form ASAP.

Looking Ahead to This Week:              

*Sun. Dec. 2 First Sunday of Advent!
*Tue. Dec. 4 Library visit
*Wed. Dec. 5 First Week of Advent Celebration in the gym (11:00-11:45am)
*Thu. Dec. 6 App Project Field trip to AY Jackson
*Fri. Dec.7 WWW Sentences due

Week #12

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
*White Elephant Sale is fast approaching! Please send in any gently used items to donate to our sale. This is a great opportunity to declutter unused toys before Christmas. The Sale will be held on December 14. Proceeds raised will go towards Grade 6 end of the year activities.
* Christmas Basket...it looks amazing! Bidding has started and will continue until December 19, 2018.

* Our class is scheduled to walk to AY Jackson for our next App. Project on Dec. 6, 2018  (2:10-3:25). On this visit, the Gr. 3 Students will be able to see some coding aspects of the computer games. Permission forms for this field trip to AY Jackson will be handed out later this week. If you have your Vulnerable Sector check and would like to volunteer to accompany us on the trip (including the walk to and from the Secondary School) please write a note in your child's agenda to let me know. 

Looking Ahead to This Week:

*Tue. Nov. 27 Library visit
*Fri. Nov. 30 WWW Sentences due, Justice Truth Assembly,(PJ and Movie Reward if we reach 800 Class Dojo points! We're at 773 as of today)

Week #11

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
*White Elephant Sale is fast approaching! Please send in any gently used items to donate to our sale. This is a great opportunity to declutter unused toys before Christmas. The Sale will be held on December 14. Proceeds raised will go towards Grade 6 end of the year activities.

*Thank you, parents, for donating an item or two to our Christmas Basket...it looks amazing! Bidding has started and will continue until December 19, 2018.

Looking Ahead to This Week:

*Tue. Nov. 20 Library visit
*Thu. Nov 22 Spaghetti Dinner
*Fri. Nov. 23 WWW Sentences due

Week #10

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
*Parent /Teacher interviews on the evening of Thu. November 15 from 4:00-8:00pm 
There are still many spots available on interview night. You can use the following link to book  an interview:
Mrs. Fleury-Fata Grade 3 Interview Times

Christmas Basket Fundraiser:   
 
It is that time of year again to think about our Christmas Basket Fundraiser. This year our class basket theme is ‘Coffee'. We are asking parents to send in an item to add to our basket. Items could be, ground coffee, coffee beans, coffee pods, fancy sugars and stir sticks etc. Anything you think of that would contribute to a wonderful Coffee experience!
We hope to have our basket completed by November 13th so that it can be displayed in time for Parent-Teacher interviews on November 15th; that way parents can start the bidding. Thank you!

Thank you to those who have already contributed an item or two for our class' theme basket!

Family Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser: 
Our Catholic School Council is pleased to announce its first-ever Family Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser!
Date: Thursday, November 22, 2018
Cost: $10 adult $5 children (2 and under free)
Where: School Gymnasium (only the gymnasium doors will be open)
Menu: Spaghetti, Choice of sauce - Meat, veggie or plain tomato, Bun, Coffee/tea/juice, Cake

PLEASE NOTE: A School cash online order form needs to be filled out for EACH family member. There is a form for Adult meals and another for Children's meals. The forms can all be submitted using the same account.
Anyone with specific dietary concerns please contact: kelena.mcdowell@gmail.com note them in the space in the cash online system.

This is a limited availability event and once tickets are sold they are sold out! Tickets will be available ONLY via cash online until November 14th – if we have availability we will be selling tickets during the parent/teacher interview night of November 15th.

We are asking you to choose your time slot and your type of sauce to ensure that we have sufficient product and space!
Time slots available will be every 15 minutes starting at 4:30 p.m. and the last slot will be at 7:00 p.m. To ensure the smooth flow, we ask that you please respect your selected time slot.

Should there a snow day we will postpone until January 2019. No refunds will be available.

Looking Ahead to This Week:

*Tue. Nov. 13 Library visit, Family Life hwk (family tree, family flag) due
*Wed. Nov. 14 Photo Retake Day, Last Day to Sign Up for Spaghetti Dinner
*Thu. Nov 15 WWW Sentences due, App. Project, Parent/Teacher Interview Evening
*Fri. Nov. 16 PD Day-No School

Week #9

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
*Parent /Teacher interviews on the evening of Thu. November 15 from 4:00-8:00pm


Christmas Basket Fundraiser

It is that time of year again to think about our Christmas Basket Fundraiser. This year our class basket theme is ‘Coffee'. We are asking parents to send in an item to add to our basket. Items could be, ground coffee, coffee beans, coffee pods,  fancy sugars and stir sticks etc. Anything you think of that would contribute to a wonderful Coffee experience!
We hope to have our basket completed by November 13th so that it can be displayed in time for Parent-Teacher interviews on November 15th; that way parents can start the bidding. Thank you!

Looking Ahead to This Week:

*Mon. Nov. 5 Picture orders due
*Tue. Nov. 6 Library visit, Family Life hwk (family tree, family flag) due next Tue. Nov. 13
*Fri. Nov. 9 WWW Sentences due, Remembrance Day Ceremony 10:45am

Week #8

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
*Parent /Teacher interviews on the evening of Thu. November 15 from 4:00-8:00pm
* Picture Orders are due Nov. 5, 2018.
Looking Ahead to This Week:

*Tue. Oct. 30 Library Visit
*Wed. Oct. 31 Halloween: Students dress in orange and black!
*Thu. Nov. 1 Progress Report,
*Fri. Nov. 2  Pizza Party, WWW Sentences due

Week #7

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)

Looking Ahead to This Week:

*Mon. Oct. 22 First Nation Guest Speaker: Roy Barnes
*Tue. Oct 23 Library Visit
*Thu. Oct 25 AY Jackson Field Trip
*Fri. Oct.26 Gr.6 Bake Sale (Social Justice Group)

Week #6

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
*Scholastic Book Fair the week!
*I have glued into your child's agenda (1st page after cover) their School Board email address and new password for your reference.
*Permission forms for our little field trip to AY Jackson forms will be handed out this week.

Looking Ahead to This Week:

*Tue. Oct 16 Book Fair (preview )
*Thu. Oct. 18 Book Fair (purchase)

Week #5

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
* Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
*Due to your contributions to our School's Terry Fox Run/Walk our class donated $166.00. I am happy to announce that our class won a pizza party! The date will be confirmed as soon as possible. Thank you so much for your support!
***Scholastic Book Fair at St. Martin de Porres from Oct. 15-19 (no library book exchange)

Looking Ahead to This Week:

*Tue. Oct 9. Thanksgiving Liturgy (1:15), Library Visit
*Fri. Oct. 12 Picture Day, AY Jackson App. Project

The AY Jackson App. Project is an ongoing partnership project (Oct.-Jan) with Grade 9 and 10 Computer Science students at AY Jackson Secondary School. The goal of this unique project is to collaboratively design an educational computer game. The High School Students will be generally coming to our school to work on the project. However, we are scheduled to visit the Secondary School twice to see a few computer programming aspects such as animation and the coding used to create the games. We will share our finished projects in January. The date will be determined soon.
Our first visit to AY Jackson Secondary School will be on Thursday, October 25. Please let me know (via note in agenda) if you would like to volunteer to join us for the visit as well as accompany us on the walk to and from the Secondary School.  Permission forms for this excursion will be coming home soon.

Week #4

Happy Autumn! 

The time of year when the gorgeous foliage, crisp air, crunchy leaves beneath our feet, and the festive traditions allows us to slow down a little to spend quality time with our families!

Below is a prayer of thanksgiving to share with your loved ones.

Reminders:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Your child's R.E.D (Read Every Day) duo tang went home last week. Please take the time to read together or have your child read independently. Make sure to record the reading on the reading log. Once the log is filled, send it back to school and your child will get a reward for reading!
* Thank you so much for your donations to our Terry Fox Run/Walk last Friday!  #Seek Justice

Looking Ahead to This Week & Next:

*Mon. Oct. 1 Orange Shirt Day
*Tue. Oct 2. Library Visit
*Fri. Oct. 4 PD Day (No school for students)
*Mon. Oct. 8 Thanksgiving Monday (No school)
*Tue. Oct 9 Thanksgiving Liturgy at 1:15pm, Library Visit
*Fri Oct. 12 Photo Day, WWW hwk due
***Scholastic Book Fair at St. Martin de Porres from Oct. 15-19 (no library exchange)

Week #3

It was so nice to meet so many parents last Wednesday at our Program Night. If you were unable to attend, I have sent home the handout in your child's agenda to keep you informed. You can also view the slide presentation here.

Reminders:

*Thank you for verifying, correcting and sending back to school your child's Student Information Verification forms.

*Thank you for completing and sending back school the Introducing Your Child form (I gave out on the first day of school) your insights and feedback is so helpful to me.

*Thank you for completing and sending back to school the Informed Consent for Student Participation and Acknowledgment of Risks form.

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.

Looking Ahead to This Week:

*Tue. Sept. 25 Library Visit
*Fri. Sept. 28 Terry Fox Run/Walk at 2:30pm **Please send in toonie donations for such meaningful cause**

Week #2

We had another great week together in Grade 3! I'm looking forward to meeting parents this Wednesday evening from 6:30-8:00pm for Program Night.

Reminders:
*Thank you for verifying, correcting and sending back to school your child's Student Verification Form  (Due Sept. 19)

*Please sign/initial tour child's agenda daily.

*Thank you for completing and sending back to school the Informed Consent for Student Participation and Acknowledgment of Risks form.

*Please join our Classroom Community on Class Dojo. Each day, your child has the opportunity to earn points based on co-constructed criteria. You will be able to track your child's behaviour in three areas (positive, neutral, needs work).

*Please follow our class Twitter account @mrs_fleuryfata for daily updates of our learning.

Looking Ahead to This Week:

*Tue. Sept. 18 Brown Bag Autobiography due, First Library Visit
* Wed. Sept. 19 (6:30pm-8:00pm) Program Night (Meet the Teacher)!

Week #1

We had a very busy, but very enjoyable first week back to school!

Thank you for sending in many of the items from the Suggested School Supplies List such as tissue boxes, large ziplock bags, dry erase markers, glues sticks, and soap with your child. Your contributions to our classroom's community supplies will be well used and are so very much appreciated!

The students have been familiarizing themselves with our classroom expectations and routines. Over the next week or so, we will continue with a number of "Getting to Know You" activities focusing on our individual strengths, interests, and needs. Thank you for completing and sending back to school the Introducing Your Child page (I gave out on the first day of school) your insights and feedback about your child are valuable and very helpful to me.

Reminders:
*Please verify, correct and send back to school your child's Student Verification Form  (handed out today, due Sept. 19)

*Please read through and sign the first 4 (white pages) of the student agenda outlining School Information Policies and Procedures. Thank you also for signing/initialing the agenda daily.

*Thank you for completing and sending back to school the Informed Consent for Student Participation and Acknowledgment of Risks form.

*Please join our Classroom Community on Class Dojo. Each day, your child has the opportunity to earn points based on co-constructed criteria. You will be able to track your child's behaviour in three areas (positive, neutral, needs work).

*Please follow our class Twitter account @mrs_fleuryfata for daily updates of our learning.

Looking Ahead to This Week:
*Tue. Sept. 11 (11:30am in the school gym) Terry Fox Kick-Off Assembly

*Fri. Sept. 14 (11:00am in the school gym) Opening School Liturgy

****Save the Date: Wed. Sept. 19 (6:30pm-8:00pm) Program Night (Meet the Teacher)!

Welcome!

Welcome to our Grade 3 (2018-2019) Class Blog!

 A Prayer for the First Day of School

A school year begins!

New people to meet,

exciting new things to learn,

new discoveries about the goodness of

your world and your people, God.

But I am a little afraid.

Maybe others are too, too, even my teachers.

God of New Beginnings,

I know you are with me.

I hear you say my name.

“Go forth with my Wisdom and Spirit to learn and grow.”  

Amen.