Making Patterns & Loose Parts Bin

We have been learning all about patterns! Patterns are everywhere and can be shown in many different ways. 
"It is only a pattern if it repeats!"- A.F

Loose Parts Play Bin at Copperfield School

Our Loose Parts Play Bin has arrived! We are the first and only school in Calgary that will have a Loose Parts Play Bin and we are very fortunate to pilot this project in collaboration with The Calgary Deep South Coalition. Their mission is to help build a strong community that supports families in providing young children with nurturing, caring environments for healthy development.

The Loose Parts Bin is on the back compound to the side of one of the gym exits. The actual bin remains outside but the loose parts materials will only be out in the bin during school hours. Some of the materials we currently have include: buckets, fabric, a couple of skipping ropes and PVC piping. We hope to add to this as the year progresses.  

Loose parts offer unique opportunities of play:

-          They allow children to manipulate their environment.

-          Loose parts are inclusive. All ages and abilities can engage with loose parts. There is no right or wrong way to use the parts. All kindergarten students might use a PVC pipe as a slide for little pebbles, while older students may use the pipes to make the frame of a fort. 

-          Loose Parts play encourages development across all five areas of development.

-          Loose Parts play encourages problem solving and creative thinking.

We hope the students at Copperfield School enjoy using their creativity, design thinking and learning to work with others through this project.

Home Reading & Centers Club

Home Reading books due tomorrow!

There is going to be a Centers Club, that will be held at lunchtime, for the Grade 1's. Unfortunately due to space and supervision they will only be able to take the first 60 applicants. If your child wishes to be a part of Center Club please print and fill out the form. Please have them handed in by Wednesday December 5th!

Center Club

Tuesday November 27, 2018

Reminders for Parents:
- If you are planning on going to movie night please have the forms handed in by Friday!
- If you are wanting some books from this months scholastic please put in your orders by this Thursday!
- We have our concert on December 12th! Please do not forget to put this in your calendars!


Today we:
- Learned how to count the days  until Christmas.
-In Science we wrote about ladybugs.
-  We got our new words of the week.
- In gym we played  a catching game
-We got a new calendar
- We stated doing yoga at the beginning of the day
- We started having our star student share today.


Words  of the Week:
go
- get
- did
- but
-each

Important Reminders

- If you have not done this yet, please sign up for conferences. I am looking forward to seeing everyone there!

- Tomorrow is Jersey Day!!!

- If you have not paid or handed in the forms for Clay for Kids. Please make sure to hand them in by Monday.

- There is a book fair going on during conferences. Please remember to take a look!

- Tomorrow is a half day! And there is no school on Friday!

Conferences, Jersey Day, and Skipping Club!

We have Parent Teacher conferences this Thursday and Friday. As a result Thursday is a half day and there is no school on Friday. I am looking forward to seeing everyone then!

During our November Parent Teacher Conferences we will be having a book fair! Usborne Books will be set up in the Learning Commons! Students will be able to tour and preview the book fair with their class, during the week of Monday, November November 21st. The Book Fair will be open for students and families to make purchases on Thursday, November 22nd, from 8:00- 12:00, 1:00-3:00 and 4:00-7:45pm and it will be open again on Friday, November 23rd from 8:00-12:00. A portion of the proceeds from the book fair will go towards adding to the Copperfield School's Learning Commons.

This Thursday is Jersey Day! Please if you have a sports jersey remember to wear them!

If you wish to be a part of the skipping club please have this form in BY WEDNESDAY. The first 30 students to hand in their forms will be allowed to participate in the club as there is limited space.

LINK: Skipping Club


Words of the Week:

• at
• are
• about
• day
• fun

Book Truck

Calgary Public Library Book Truck Information 

The next book truck visit at Copperfield School will be on Wednesday November 14 from 8:30am-11:15am. 

Students who signed out a book on the last visit:

If you have already returned your book to the nearest Public Library, fantastic! 

You can also return your books to the blue bin labeled “Book Truck” in the learning commons. These books will then be checked in on November 14 “fine free”. (The loan period is 3 weeks but there will be no charges by the Calgary Public Library if they are returned for November 14)

Students who have not returned their forms but would like to participate:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ct5VreQJoE1SHS8DSA0R7Nt6sOdVOsum/view  (CPL Application Form)

OR

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZiYk-GRUfjy0adkrO87AHCKDI3CrtRec/view (Library Card Information)

Monday, October 29, 2018

Words of the Week:

• Green
• Pink
• Gray
• Brown
• Purple
• Light Blue

It is hard to believe that it is already the last week of the month! It is already going to be Halloween this Wednesday! A reminder that we are not allowed to wear our costumes on Wednesday morning. However, we can pack them into our backpacks and they can go on at lunchtime. Please keep any weapons at home or big accessories, and please remember that we are not allowed to wear masks at school. We need to keep the costumes school appropriate. 

Good News!!!!!

We filled up the bean jar to the first gold line!!!!!! Please ask us what our special reward was and what we are working towards by filling up the whole jar!

Wednesda,y October 24th, 2018

Reminders for Parents:
- There is no school this Friday! It is a PD day
- Do not forget to set your clocks back an hour this weekend! It is the time change this weekend.
- Home Reading starts tomorrow! Please remember that we change out the books every Thursday.
- It is Halloween next Wednesday. If you are wearing a costume. Pack it in your bags for the morning. We will be having our classroom party in the afternoon and that is when we will get to wear our costumes. Students can put on their costumes at lunch. Please remember no weapons, no face masks, no make-up please
- Scholastic Orders due on Monday!

Chances for Further Learning in the Community!

As our school development plan for this year has a strong focus on math,

Copperfield community and school have been given the opportunity to work with an amazing artist and teacher named Sharon Fortowsky. We would like to engage our Copperfield families with a math task that you can work on together. You may have seen some of the electrical boxes in Copperfield with some beautiful paintings on them.  One of them is by the Shell station and the other is on 52^nd.  Sharon has painted these boxes with a purpose and is encouraging parents and students to take a look at the boxes as there are math riddles that go along with the paintings. A short article with the riddle has been posted in the Copperfield-Mahogany community association newsletter Copperfield Mahogany Community newsletter

The first clues so far have also been posted on the community facebook page Copperfield Mahogany Facebook page.   Because it might be difficult for families to get over to the physical boxes, there is a link to the riddles and pictures of the boxes for your family to take a look at.  We encourage you to discuss with your child any math that your child sees on these two boxes.  Please copy the link below to take a look at the three riddles that have been given so far.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_RP7i1QSoTHnDGQHz_GhiGsBlhMjmpjX/view?usp=sharing

Assembly Tomorrow!

A reminder that we have our grade 1 assembly tomorrow! Please make sure that students are wearing either a red shirt or their Copperfield shirt. Our assembly starts at 9am and everyone is invited!

We have been working really hard on our silent reading. Here are some pictures from today:

Wednesday October 17, 2018

On Friday we have our class assembly. Parents, Grandparents, siblings and all family members are welcome to join us! It will be starting at 9am. We ask that all the students either wear a red shirt that day or their Copperfield Shirts!!!! This is because every Friday is red shirt day!!!

On Monday we have our in-class field trip. We will be doing our felting art!! Some families still have not paid for this experience. If you have not paid this needs to be done by Friday.

We are going to be starting our home reading next week! Each student is going to be starting off with 1 book. We are asking that you use raz-kids to help supplement the home reading books until we are able to get some more!

Class Pets and Forms

Today when we got into the class we arrived to see a HUGE surprise! Our class has gained 2 more fiends that are going to be with us for the year. We are going to be scientists and we are going to be doing research about our fiends this year. To start we learned how to collect data in order to figure out what their names would be. As a class we voted to have their names be Lava and Mrs. RA Junior.
To help you guess what our new friends really are we have some clues for you:

-"They are green."- T.L
- "It starts with an F".- S.Q
- "They have webbed hands."- A.F
- ""It is something that swims in the water."- A.R
- "They can jump."- A.P
- "We wonder if they have sticky hands?"- Q.A

Walk-tober continues!  Enjoy this glorious weather and walk, wheel, ride or scoot to school. 

Reminders:
- Book truck comes this week. Forms need to be in by tomorrow in order for us to be able to take out books.
- We have the Grade 1 assembly this Friday!
- Art Felt and Baking forms need to be in by this Thursday!  
- Library Tomorrow! Please return your books!

Our First BFG

Today we had our very first BIG FRIENDLY GROUPS (BFG's!). There were 2 challenges that were happening around the school. The first one is called "The Poison", and this was a math problem. The second one that some of us did was called the "Marble Challenge", everyone had a lot of fun! I encourage you to ask your child which one they did and see if they can show you how to do it at home.

Our job this weekend is to observe the pond!! We are going to be scientists all year and we are going to document our findings about the pond, so we need to be keeping a good eye on it!

*We have our assembly next week on Friday October 19 at 9am*

Notes to Parents:
- Forms still need to be handed in. (I have included another link to the forms below)
- We will be having the library send the school the book truck. If you wish to apply for a library card, or already have one for your child and would like for them to have the chance to take out a book please fill out the appropriate form and have it brought in on Monday (links are below)
- If you wish to order fall pictures, forms need to be in by Tuesday, or you can order them online.
-Library day is on Tuesday. Don't forget your books!

Library Card Application
Book Truck 
Art Felt Form
Baking

We are Scientists!

For the rest of the school year we are going to be working on our observation skills. A good scientist observes the world around them and shares what they learn with others. Over the weekend our job is to observe the pond because we are going to be recording our observations in the classroom in a big classroom display.  We can hardly wait for you to see it!

Reminders for Parents:
- Fun lunch is coming up! If you wish to order something it needs to be done this week.
- It is still Walktober! Please take any chance you can to walk to school this month!
- We are having the Library Van come to our school. If you wish for your student to be able to use the truck please fill out the form that was sent with your weekly update and have them turn it into the teacher. 

Art Felt and Baking

Hello Wonderful Families!

I have 2 in School Activity Forms for you. One is a link for the Art Felt (which will be happening this October 22nd), and the other one is for our baking fee. We will be doing a couple of different baking activities throughout the school year but we only need this form filled out once. If you could please print of these forms, fill them out and have them back into me by Thursday October 18th, it would be greatly appreciated.

Baking Supplies Form

Art Felt Form

Thursday, October 4th, 2018

Reminders:

-Tomorrow is Red Shirt day! If you have a Copperfield Shirt. Hoodie or a red shirt please do not forget to wear it tomorrow!
- There is no school on Monday! We hope that everyone has a great Thanksgiving.
- Please do not forget to practice our list of words at home! Knowing these words is super important for us to start reading!
- It is Walktober! Whenever you can please try to walk or wheel to school!

Home Reading Form

Home Reading is going to begin in our classroom soon (the date is to be announced). In order to help prepare you I have included a document with information about home reading here at Copperfield School.

Link to Home Reading Form

Walktober!!!!

Hi Everyone,

 Tomorrow is International Walk to School Day.  If you are able, please bundle up and  walk to school for the month of October.  Tomorrow there will be special guests to greet you.

Please remember to dress warmly everyone! Let's remember to wear our hats, mitts, boots, scarves, and our warm coats. If you have snow pants please remember to wear them tomorrow!

Library and Scholastic

We can hardly believe that it is already the start of October! There are going to be many exciting things happening this month.

Our words of the week are:

• as
• by
• could
• easy
• fly

A couple of reminders:
- Tomorrow is Library Day! Please remember to return your books so that we can get some new ones to read at home!
- Scholastic Flyers went home today. If you wish to order any books from this month's flyers please have those orders in to me by October 26th, or you can order online.
- Please do not forget to bring in some leaves this week!

Pull Tabs

The Grade 1 students are continuing to collect pull tabs to donate to the Calgary Lions Club. They can come from cans like drink cans, dog food cans, cat food cans etc. Volunteers at the Lions Club take the aluminum pull tabs to be recycled and refunded money is donated to help send diabetic children to Diabetic Camp.  Please help us show generosity by bringing in clean pull tabs to a Grade 1 room and we will be keeping track of the collection. Thank you so much for your support!

The Students in Grade One

Celebrating Terry Fox and Orange Shirt Day!

Today was a very important day! We were remembering Terry Fox and everything that he did. He was a true Canadian Hero! It was raining outside today so we did our run in the gym! We know that Terry Fox is a hero because:

-"He helped people that were sick and that had caner."- T.S
- "He wanted to make people feel better and have places to live."- A.R
- "Terry Fox is a hero and he helped people that had cancer. He helped people that were sick but he died a very very long time ago."- J.K
- "He was raising money for kids who had cancer."- S.R
He helped Canadians raise money for cancer." - L.M
- "He was raising a lot of money so that he could help kids and a lot of people."- S.Q
- He wanted to help people." - A.F
- "He was a hero because he was raising money to find better cures for cancer."- O.W
- "He always ran and he was always helping people when they are sick. People also helped him and he cared for other people."- D. C
- "Even though he a robot leg he still ran. My grandma had cancer in real life and Terry Fox helped save her"- J. H
- " He ran for the world."- L.W

- If parents and students could please collect leaves over the next couple of days that would be appreciated. We are hoping to have some in by Wednesday next week so that we can start being scientists and observe the changes that happen in fall.

- It is Orange Shirt day on Monday. We are having an assembly Monday morning at 9am. The Grade 1's will be singing a song. All parents are welcome to come join us for this assembly. Please encourage your child to wear an Orange Shirt on Monday!

Pond walk Today!!!

This afternoon we took advantage of the nice sunny weather and we did a walk around the pond. We were being scientis and looking to see if fall is here! Some of the things that we saw were:
- "Birds flying around" J.H
- Yellow leaves" - L.W
- "Cattails" - L.H
- I saw a squirrel in the trees." O.W
- "I saw a spider web" - D.D
- "I saw ladybugs."- L.W
- "I saw a ladybug too." - K.
- "I saw a two squirrels." - O.L
- "I saw a bare tree" - A.R
- I saw 5 ladybugs and I saw 3 more at the playground. They were a family" A.P
- "I saw an orange leaf" - C.B
As a class we have concluded that fall is here!

If you find evidence of fall at home this week please bring it in so that we can continue our investigations.

Picture and Library Tomorrow

Tomorrow is library day! Please remember to have your library books returned tomorrow so that we can exchange them for new ones.

It is also picture day tomorrow. Please remember to bring your smile! 😀

Words of the week:

• and
• ask
• any
• an
• after 
• again

Please make sure to be practicing these words of the week with your children at home! 

Pictures and Conferences

Pictures Day is on Tuesday September 25th. There have been sheets sent home with the information in your child's backpack.

Tomorrow is a half day! The students do not need to bring a lunch for tomorrow. There is also no school on Friday. We will be having parent-teacher conferences Thursday night and Friday morning. Students are also welcome to be a part of our conferences. 

Copperfield Swag

Today we got a from for the Copperfield Shirts, Hoodies and Pants. If you wish to order any of these items please have your child bring back the filled out form by SEPTEMBER 28TH.

As a class we have been working super hard to earn beans for our bean jar! Today we earned 23 beans towards our classroom reward!

REMINDER: This Thursday and Friday is parent teacher confreres. If you have not booked a time yet please do so!

New Meeting Spot

Dear Parents:

 

As per the parent letter regarding Vesta Fencing that was emailed out to you on Thursday September 13, Grade 1 students will have a new meeting spot starting Monday Morning. We will be meeting on the compound area between the two orange doors at teacher’s signs. Supervision will start at 8:05 AM each morning until the students go in. We highly encourage parents to drop off their students and be on their way to best alleviate congestion on the compound. There will be numerous teacher supervisors wearing orange vests to ensure student safety and help guide them to their correct meeting spots. All Grade 1 teachers will be coming out to pick up their classes until further notice.  Thank you again for your continued cooperation and flexibility.

 

 

Please make sure you send in the student information consent forms and media release forms. You can find these forms on the school website.

Thanks!

Warm Clothes and Growth Mindset

Today we learned about Growth Mindset and the power of the word YET! This important word helps us grow our brains. Our brain is a muscle and we can make it stronger by exercising it. We do this by challenging ourselves and working on things that maybe we are not good at yet.

PLEASE WEAR WARM CLOHES TOMORROW. Every one should have a coat, warm boots, mittens, and hats. Stay warm everyone!

IN ORDER TO FIND THE FORMS GO TO THE SCHOOL WEBSITE AND YOU CAN FIND THE LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. PLEASE PRINT THESE OFF AND SIGN THEM. WE NEED THEM IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Forms

What a wonderful start to the week! We are already starting to get into routine. Today some of us have white envelopes in our backpacks. Please make sure that these envelopes are back at the school in 3 days! We are also still missing a whole bunch of the student information consent forms and media release forms. If you could please have those printed off, signed and brought back to school by Friday that would be greatly appreciated! You can find these forms on the school website.

Our Entry and Dismissal Routine

Our entry routine:

Please bring your child to the soccer field and have them line up at their teacher’s sign. There is supervision on the soccer field starting at 8:05am every morning so please feel free to drop off your child at this time.

Our dismissal routine:

Parents please wait for your child at the end of the day ON THE SOCCER FIELD. Thank you for your help and understanding in keeping the grade one doors free of congestion. We appreciate your patience as we figure out what is best and safest for the students at Copperfield School.  J

Welcome Back!

Welcome back! I am looking forward to meeting all of you!

There is more information to come!

See all of you on Tuesday!