31.5.17

GRADE 2 PARENTS-- IMPORTANT INFO

Confirmation is this FRIDAY-- Please ensure you have signed up for something, as they did the work for our First Communion reception! THANKS! 

Confirmation Reception
Friday, June 2, 2017

❖ Mass will be celebrated at 7 pm
❖ Reception expected to start at 8:45 pm in Parish Centre Auditorium
❖ There will be 57 students + family members

Decorating: Friday, June 2 @ 3-4 pm
​Duties:
- Clean all tables with dishcloth, including edges
- put on white table clothes on rounds
- decorate tables with folded out napkins, 
- vases (kitchenette in corner cupboard) filled with silk flowers (yellow, orange & red)
- massage the sticky tack.  Tack is to be used for ALL decoration on walls
- place one banner per flame
- Do not place any banners above the beverage stations.
- Decorate entrance with vined silk flowers
- Set up tables for Bishops dinner in Bushey Room
- THANK YOU!
Church Duties:
- Fold programs
- Reserve seats
- Vacuum carpets
- Tidy pews (books, papers removed, kneelers up)
- Tidy bathrooms
- THANK YOU!
Dinner:  Friday, June 2 @ 6-8 pm
​Duties:
- Clear dinner dishes
- Prepare dessert
- Store left over food
- Clear room
- Dishes
- Sweep floor
- Table clothes to go in assigned bags
- THANK YOU!
Kitchen:  Friday, June @ 7:30-9:30 pm
​​Duties:
- Coffee urns, careful about plug ins same wall will blow breaker, takes about 1 hour to percolate
- turn on dishwasher (needs time to warm up)
- put out coffee tables:  cups & saucers, spoons, cream, milk, sugar
- precut & plate 4 of slab cakes which are in cooler, put one uncut cake in centre of tables for displayand have someone cut & serve when precuts complete.  NAPKINS.
- punch can be mixed in large red jugs then put into water jugs for pre pouring into glasses or leaving for self-pour with left overs.  Put pre-poured cups of punch on a rectangle serving table
- put out extra plates, cups & saucers, glasses, water jugs (do last, from tap)
- clean up as necessary
- Assign persons;
- 2 for cake
- 1 per coffee station (keep tidy, refill creamers, sugar as necessary, etc.)
- 1 per punch station (refill glasses, keep tidy)
- 2 people in kitchen keeping clean and washing dishes
- 2 people floating for clean up
- THANK YOU!

Clean up, Friday, June 2 @ 9-11 pm
​​Duties:
- Scrape plates of waste, dishwashing
- clearing tables
- white table clothes to go in clear plastic bags and placed in bins
- take down decorations from walls & tables, return in orderly fashion in storage containers, save sticky tack (like gold around here)
- store leftover food
- clean kitchen (wipe counters, wipe trolleys, clean sinks, sweep floors – kitchen and gym)
- leave tables up
- Chairs can be stacked along, north & south walls, do not block doors
- THANK YOU!

23.5.17

May 23

Last few weeks of schoool! Here we go!!!!

Important dates:

Tomorrow: non-uniform-- purple day! (Bring $2 for Tessa Beauchamp Foundation and popcorn)

May 30- Field Trip for the zoo (More info to come this week!)

May 31- Crowning of Mary-- Each student is asked to bring ONE flower. Grade 2 students are invited to bring their First Communion clothes to wear that afternoon.

JUNE 6- CELEBRATION OF LEARNING
Come at 11 am to hear their Passion Project presentations! 

Please see the school calendar for more important dates as June is JAMPACKED with activities! 

16.5.17

May 16

NON UNIFORM DAY ON THURSDAY for RODEO/ WESTERN WEAR!
Also, we are having a Purple Day on May 24 and popcorn sale ($1) in memory of Tessa Beauchamp. Bring $1 to donate to her charity.

FIELD TRIP FORMS ARE DUE THIS THURSDAY.

Your child is bringing home their Discovery (orange) duotang. PLEASE take the time to look through it with them as they have made their plans for their passion projects. Some students need materials to bring to school on TUES MAY 23 so they can work on their projects. (They are mostly poster paper or blocks, etc. I highlighted any materials that they need to bring from home.

OUR CELEBRATION OF LEARNING IS ON JUNE 6 AT 11 AM in the PARISH CENTER.
The students will present their passion projects to you. If your child needs support from home, I will reach out to you via email. Otherwise, all the children are responsible for completing these projects IN CLASS. The work you will see is their own accomplishment! I will send home a list of the projects next week with a proper invitation :)

CROWNING OF MARY-- MAY 31 at 1:30
Grade 2 students will be presenting Crowning of Mary with Sister Mary's class. They are invited to bring and wear their First Communion clothes that day. (We can change into them at lunch). Please only send the actual dress or dress pants and shirts. Any thig extra (veils, tiaras, etc) would be too distracting! You are welcome to join us for the Rosary and crowning in the church.

5.5.17

May 5

Lions and tigers and bears! Oh my! We are going to the ZOO!!! Permission slips went home today!

We went to Adoration and Confession today. It was such a nice start to our weekend!

PLEASE check your child's uniform. Cate is missing a sweater and Peter is missing shoes! Both are labelled!

Have a great weekend!

4.5.17

May 4

Congratulations to our Grade 3 Track Meet Participants! Despite the rainy weather, they had a great time and tried their best!

A note from Mr. K:
"Well I have finished planning the next two track meets.  All event notices have been given to your children.  I thank you for the understanding you have shown by waiting patiently for this notice.  Please inform me by tomorrow if there are any complications.  I am so looking forward to better weather at these track meets... any weather could be better than the shower we all took today!!!"

We have been working for a month on provinces and capital cities. Tomorrow is our test!

Tomorrow is also our Adoration and Confession. Grade 3's will be doing confession and the Grade 2s are encouraged to go as well, even if they just did it last week.

Grade 2 parents, I will post the link for the First Communion pictures on the Dojo, if you have not recieved it yet! Thanks to Mrs. Silva for taking such precious photos!

Our class book has been shipped! I cannot wait to see the finished product. If you placed an order, I will let you know as soon as it arrives.

1.5.17

May 1


CONGRATULATIONS to our Grade 2s for receiving their First Communion. It was a beautiful day to celebrate with loved ones and each other!

Next week the intermediate grades will be performing Aladdin. We are looking for donations of makeup - foundation, lipsticks, blush, liners (lip and eye) - anything you have at home that you are willing to part with.

If you are interested in watching the play on May 11 (1pm or 7pm) please purchase your tickets! The class will be watching the dress rehearsal so tickets for them are not necessary unless they are joining you for either of the shows on May 11. Our grade 3 choir members will be part of the performance in the chorus. 

Track & Field athletes-- there is a track meet this Wednesday at St. Matthew's. Please ensure that your child has a ride to and from the track meet! Check Mr K's blog for times!