Friday, April 15th, 2016

Highlights:

Mrs. Daniel’s and Mrs. Leung-Chow took our clay pots out of their molds yesterday and they look amazing!!!  The inside has been all smoothed out and the outside looks like stones or pebbles.  We have to let them continue drying over the weekend before they can be put in the kiln.

Mrs. Zaharichuk has set up some building centers at the Learning Commons to test our building and thinking skills!  Today she spent some time explaining what each center was and the expectations.  Students got to pick one center to explore.

Homework:

Literacy M.A.P. – Yay, it’s the weekend, take a break!

Tell and Show: Our quest for clue continues with quizzical and quiet letter “q”.  Think over the weekend about what quality mystery obejcts to pick!

Dream Box: Dreambox is an interactive math program that the students have been working on here at school.  We encourage the students to log in at home and practice developing their problem solving skills. Teachers are able to track their progress and see what areas they are excelling in or that may need improvement. Here is the link: https://play.dreambox.com/login/dq8q/panoramahs

Home Reading – Please have your child read around 20 minutes every night.  Don’t forget to ask questions and have conversations about the text.

Kidsa-z.com Reading – Besides reading the at-home white readers that are going home every day, you may also log on to “Raz-Kids”, using the kidsa-z.com website.  The login information is taped on your child’s purple folder.

Ask Me About:

What center did I explore today? 

What game did we play in gym?  How did Ms. Atwal ask us to move?

Important Dates:

Thursday, April 21 - Earth Day Assembly @ 12:55pm

Reminders: 

If your child has not returned their Beautiful Items bag, please send it in by Monday, April 18^th.  We will be revealing the secret object and creating a plan on how to build it.

FYI:

Final School Council Meeting of the year is tonight @ 7:00pm in Rm 120.  Several key positions need filling for next year and we'd love to have you join us.  Visit the school council blog for a description of the positions, or come see us tonight!

Dear Parents,

Please complete our annual Panorama Hills School Parent Survey to help us in planning and organizing for our next year. Please click on the following link. It should only take you 5 – 10 minutes. We would appreciate it if you could complete this by tonight.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DNJFMC8

PHS School monthly Calendar and newsletters 

http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b397/calendar.htm

Milk Cards can be purchased at the office, for students staying at school for lunch

2016 Panorama Hills School Yearbook:

Inside your child’s individual photo package is a white sheet about the 2016 PHS Yearbook.   Yearbooks are $30 each.  Yearbooks will be printed and delivered to the school in June.