Celebrating the 50th Day of School!

We counted by 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10' s to 50. Then we used loose parts to show how we could count to 50. So many creative ideas!

The Zones of Regulation

We have added a Cozy Nook to our classroom in order to provide students with yet another Safe Space that they can visit when they need a little break.  We are trying to teach the students a variety of tools for Self-Regulation. Our Safe Spaces in the classroom (Colour Me Calm drawing centre, Reading Corner in our classroom library, Prayer Table and the new Cozy Nook) are just one type of tool students can use to help them self-regulate their feelings and emotions.

Above our Cozy Nook there is a Zones of Regulation poster. There are four Zones (e.g. Blue, Green, Yellow and Red).  Each colour is associated with a set of related feelings. The optimal zone is the Green Zone. When we are in the Green Zone we feel happy, calm, focussed and ready to learn.  Underneath each zone colour there is a cup. Students are invited to move their personal craft stick in order to communicate which zone they feel they are in. By doing this, they are learning to recognize their own feelings which is the first step toward self-regulating.  It also provides an opportunity for collaboration (e.g. student-student, student-teacher, etc.).

Pajama Day & Family Movie Night Tomorrow

Thursday November 18th will be pajama day at school! 

All are welcome to the Family Movie night on Thursday evening. It is too late to order pizza but not too late to attend the movie night! All are welcome. 

Anti-Bullying Week - 'Be an Upstander not a Bystander'

This week is 'Anti-Bullying Week' at Georges Vanier Catholic School.  Throughout the week the students will be participating in lessons and activities that further their awareness and understanding of what bullying is and how to deal with bullying.
The goals of the lessons are:
-help students to better understand what bullying is by recognizing bullying behaviours
-teach students what happens to those who bully others as well as what happens to those that are bullied
-build a better understanding of how bullying affects everyone in the school
-provide positive and proactive strategies to students in order to help them deal with bullying
-promote love and kindness through the sharing of prayers and Gospel passages in order to deepen their understanding of how our Catholic faith calls us to deal with bullying.

Line Art People

We used what we learned about various types of lines, to create these characters!

Parent Teacher Interviews

Just a reminder that the Parent-Teacher Interviews are this Thursday, November 10th, 2016.  A blue slip was sent home with the Progress Reports instructing parents how to book interviews on-line.

Also, please return the envelope. We reuse them for the year!  Kindly sign the bottom portion of the second page of the report and return it with your child's envelope. Thank You!!

Extra Clothes!

November is upon us and with it has come the rain and mud.  The children, being children, have been playing in the mud and coming in from recess very wet and dirty!  If you can, please send along a spare set of socks, pants and gloves to wear. Thank you!