Class Update - January 31

 ¡Hola!

DON'T FORGET: Tomorrow's Field Trip. More details in the poster.

What are we learning this week / ¿Qué estamos aprendiendo esta semana?

• 🔢 Math: Fractions! We are reviewing fractions before we get into equivalent fractions.
• 💃 Spanish: We are looking at the different parts of a tale. We will now turn into the writing phase. 
• 📚 English: We learned about the Acrostic poem and will be completing the poetry booklet in the next few days.
• 🔬 Science: We completed the first part of the chemistry unit.  A short quiz is scheduled for February 2. We are now growing crystals to start off the second part of the unit.
• 🔎 Social Studies: We are critically examining the ways of life of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Students are learning about the way of life of Indigenous Peoples in the Cordillera Region - Northwest Coastal People.
• 🏀 Physical Education and Wellness: We are learning to play badminton and tennis.

Class Update - January 27

¡Hola familias!

Hoy tuvimos una fiesta de lectura junto a la clase de la Sra. Dominguez. Los estudiantes disfrutaron mucho de leer con sus amigos y amigas. Apagamos la luces y encendimos las linternas. ¡Algunos construyeron fuertes con mesas, sillas y mesas!

📣 DON'T FORGET about the Open House at Senator Patrick Burns on February 2.

⛷️ AND the field trip to skiing/snowboarding on February 1.

THE JARS TO GROW CRYSTALS! DON'T FORGET!

You can bring two plastic bottles or glass/plastic jars

THIS WEEK IN REVIEW / LO QUE APRENDIMOS ESTA SEMANA

• 🔢 Math: We completed the unit about transformations. We will finalize with a project in which students will make designs applying what they learned about transformations. 
• 💃 Spanish: We spent the week looking at different tales to practice retelling as one of the key reading comprehension skills. We will now turn into the writing phase. We will also continue with "Centros de Lectura y Escritura" (Literacy Centers). 
• 📚 English: We are reading a variety of chapter books in the literacy circles, mainly fictional and non-fictional texts link to our Social Studies unit about the ways of living about Indigenous Peoples. As for writing, students are finalizing the poetry unit. This week, they learning about Haiku, Triplet, Quatrain, and Cinquain poems. We will finalize our unit with an Acrostic poem and complete a poetry booklet.
• 🔬 Science: We will continue with the unit about chemistry. Students learned about mixtures of solids and liquids, dissolving solids in liquids, mixture of liquids, making suspensions and solutions separating suspensions and solutions. A short quiz is scheduled for January 31st.
• 🔎 Social Studies: We will critically examine the ways of life of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Students are learning about the way of life of Indigenous Peoples in the Cordillera Region - Northwest Coastal People.

School Update - January 27

 Notes from the Music Room

 

I am happy to say that we are moving along with the preparation of the music for the Spring Concert in March.  Please keep an eye out for an email in the next week asking for help from our wonderful volunteer community.  I will be needing help with props and other performance essentials. 

 

The kindergarten students are learning a new song with very simple vocabulary words:

 

Hola amigo mio y

Cómo estás tú?

Mucho gusto

 

We will also be working on simple steps for the Mexican folk dance la Raspa.

 

The Grade 1s are learning two Venezuelan folk songs:

The first song is:

 

Los chimichimitos estaban bailando el coro corito

Tamboré

Los chimichimitos estaban bailando el coro corito

Tamboré

Que baile la niña tamboré

Que baile el niñito tamboré

Que baile la gata tamboré

Que baile el gatito tamboré

Los chimichimitos estaban bailando el coro corito

Tamboré

Los chimichimitos estaban bailado el coro corito

Tamboré

Que baile la vieja tamboré

Que baile el viejito tamboré

Que baile la mona tamboé

Que baile el monito tamboré

 

Our Grade 2 students are busy working on the instrumentation for our Guatemalan song Vamos a la Mar.

 

Our Grade 3 students are becoming exerts at playing all three different xylophone parts for our song El Barreño.

 

Our Grade 4 students are creating a very exciting instrumental accompaniment part for their song Al Tambor with the djembe drum, the xylophone and the ukulele.

 

The Grade 5 students are working very hard at the lyrics for the Zarzuela song La Tarantula.  Please remind your child to visit his teacher’s Google classroom to work on the difficult pronunciation of the lyrics to this song.  This song will be performed at our March concert as well as at the Jubilee for our Que Pasa concert in May.  Details will follow in the next few weeks.

 

Dalhousie School News

 

Dalhousie students participated in a reading party today.  Ask your child what we did in our class!

 

Families will be able to view online student report cards for grade 1-12 students on Jan. 30. Report cards for the 2022-23 school year can be viewed, downloaded and printed.  Please see here for more information on how to access your child’s report card.    A reminder that there is no report card in January for Kindergarten.  Please see the separate email that was sent with this information.

 

A reminder that February 3 is a non-instruction day with no classes for all students.

The next Dalhousie School Council/Parent Society meeting will be held through Teams on February 8 at 6pm.  All are welcome to attend.

Dalhousie Parent Society Updates 

www.dalhousieparentsociety.com – check out our website for all this info and more!
dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com – email us if you have questions about anything!
Check out our Facebook and Instagram pages as well! Search for Dalhousie Parent Society

***FUNDRAISERS***
PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE – we are trying SO hard to get the funding to build a new playground but we need more help!  Check out the sign up if you are interested in becoming part of the playground committee!  Did you know? You will be supported by the Parent Society in your volunteer role. We have a Playground Lead who will have your back through the whole process!

 ***FUN LUNCH***
Volunteers need to have police clearance to volunteer for fun lunch, please email dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com if you would like us to confirm.  WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!  Feb 7, 15 and 21^st need some spots filled! View the sign up here. 

Don’t forget to send students with reusable straws if they have ordered Booster Juice! If they show a fun lunch volunteer they will be entered to win a free Subway fun lunch on March 21.

If your child will be absent and you‘ve already ordered fun lunch please email dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com before 11:00am and let us know if you’d like to:
-Pick up the order from the office after 12:30pm
-Donate it to the amazing Dalhousie staff
-Have it sent home with a sibling

Upcoming dates:
February 1 - Opa
February 8 - Boston Pizza
Feb 15 – Fat Burger & Booster Juice
Feb 21 – The Saucy Bread Company

Class Update - January 24

¡Hola!

Reading Party is coming up this Friday, January 27th - Gear up to share about your favourite book. 

Don't forget about the Open House at Senator Patrick Burns on February 2.

AND the field trip to skiing/snowboarding on February 1.

THE WEEK AHEAD / LO QUE VIENE ESTA SEMANA

• 🔢 Math: We reviewed reflection of geometric shapes. We learned how to draw a reflection from the mirror line and how to describe the position and orientation of the reflected imaged. We will finalize the unit with a project. 
• 💃 Spanish: We rolled out our "Centros de Lectura y Escritura" (Literacy Centres). Students are reading, practicing reading comprehension strategies, and adverbs.
• 📚 English: We started guided reading and reviewed the different roles that students Literacy Circles. We continue with poetry writing. Students have written Couples, Limericks and Haikus. They will complete the unit with Triplets, Quatrains, Cinquains and Acrostic poems.
• 🔬 Science: We will continue with the unit about chemistry. Students will learn about mixtures of solids and liquids, dissolving solids in liquids, separating suspensions and solutions, and mixture of liquids. A short quiz is scheduled for January 31st.
• 🔎 Social Studies: We will critically examine the ways of life of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. 
• 🏀 Physical Education and Wellness: We played different games using the Omnikin ball. That was quite fun! 

Class Update - January 20

Hola familias,

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

• 🔢 Math: We have finalized rotation of geometric shapes. We learned how to rotate the shape from different points of rotations and how to describe the rotation, indicating the direction, the point of rotation and the fraction. Next, will be reflections.
• 💃 Spanish: We rolled out our "Centros de Lectura de Escritura" (Literacy Centres). Students are reading, practicing reading comprehension strategies, and adverbs.
• 📚 English: We started guided reading and reviewed the different roles that students Literacy Circles.
• 🔬 Science: We continued with the unit about chemistry. Students learned how to separate mixtures of solids through different methods (magnets, water, by hand, using sieves). Next week, they will learn about separation of solids and liquids.
• 🔎 Social Studies: We quickly review how to analyze historical artifacts such as documents and pictures. This skills will help us to critically examine the ways of life of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. 
• 🏀 Physical Education and Wellness: We played different games using the Omnikin ball. That was quite fun! 

School Updates - January 20

 If you have not already, please fill out the Kindergarten to Grade 4 Intent to Return Form or the Grade 6 Plans Form by January 27.

 

Registration for the 2023-24 school year is ongoing.  Please visit the CBE website to register a younger sibling.  Submission must be received by February 14 at noon.

 

Report cards will be viewable through your MyCBE account on January 31.  Please contact the office if you need help with this. If you have any questions about the contents of the report card, please contact your child’s teacher.

 

February 3 is a non-instruction day with no classes for all students.

 

The next Dalhousie School Council Parent Society meeting will be held through Teams on February 8 at 6pm.  All are welcome to attend.

 

A reminder that we are a nut and allergy aware school, so no nuts or products containing nuts should be brought to school.  Additionally, due to dietary/medical restrictions and preferences, students are not permitted to share or trade food at any time.  In the same vein, we ask that no food or toys be sent to school for birthdays or other celebrations.  There may be occasion for a class celebration in relation to learning, during which the teacher may ask for healthy and food specific donations. 

 

 

NOTES FROM THE MUSIC ROOM

 

We will have our Spring concert in the evening the week of March 20.  Exact date and time are still to be confirmed.    You will be informed in a few weeks when your child will be performing. 

Please refer to last week’s update for the lyrics of the songs that your children are working on. 

In addition to the songs mentioned last week, I would like to share with you a song that we are all learnin: Un Barquito de Cascara de Nuez (the little nutshell boat).  The link to the Youtube video is below.  For anyone familiar with children’s music from Spain back in the 70s, this is the voice of Miliki (and the cartoon character that’s singing is him as well).  I am teaching the words to the G1-5 students and the kindergarten students will become “familiar” with the song rather than be expected to fully learn the lyrics.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfzUom7wAjY

 

Un barquito de cáscara de nuez,

adornado con velas de papel,

se hizo hoy a la mar para lejos llevar

gotitas doradas de miel.

 

Un mosquito sin miedo va en él

muy seguro de ser buen timonel.

Y subiendo y bajando las olas

el barquito ya se fue.

 

 

Navegar sin temor

en el mar es lo mejor,

no hay razón de ponerse a temblar.

Y si viene negra tempestad

reír y remar y cantar.

 

Navegar sin temor

en el mar es lo mejor.

Y si el cielo está muy azul,

el barquito va contento

por los mares lejanos del Sur.

 

And since you have read this whole message, I would like to share with you a special treat.  I use the website www.musicplayonline.com for a number of activities with the children.  The CBE has purchased the rights to use this site for us this year.  Unfortunately, it’s not free, so this is a treat for me.  This website has a student access code.  Many of the children are familiar with this site since I used it quite a bit during our COVID days and am still using it from time to time.  Below are the instructions to access the use of the site, which is only to be used by our Dalhousie Students:

 

Navigate to:

 https://musicplayonline.com/

 

Login as:

Click on "Student"

Enter the code:

In the text field, enter the code: d667951

Class Update - January 17

Hola familias,

THE WEEK AHEAD

• 🔢 Math: We are working on rotations. Next, will be reflections.
• 💃 Spanish: Today we look at common adverbs of place and we will continue working on this topic for the next two weeks. We have started guided reading! Students who are not reading with the teacher, are working in literacy centres.
• 📚 English: We continue with the poetry unit and students have wrote a couplet and a limerick poem. We have also started guided reading and will soon head into Literacy Circles.
• 🔬 Science: We continued we the unit about chemistry. Students will be working on separation of mixtures.
• 🔎 Social Studies: We are critically examining the ways of life of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. 
• 🏀 Physical Education and Wellness: We are with doing different games using the Omnikin ball, which present a great challenge for balancing. 

Class Update - January 13

¡Feliz viernes!

¡CONGRATULATIONS to all the students who participated in the Open House on Thursday, January 12! You did a fantastic job and demonstrated extraordinary pride and leadership skills. 

Are you ready for grade 6? Senator Patrick Burns will be hosting an Open House on February 2 at 6pm.  Please see the attached flyer for more information.

THIS WEEK IN REVIEW

• 🔢 Math: We have started our geometry unit about transformations, looking at the translation of shapes. Next week, we will working on rotations.
• 💃 Spanish: Today we look at common adverbs of place and we will continue working on this topic for the next two weeks. 
• 📚 English: We continue with the poetry unit. This week we learned about poetic structures and actually writing poetry! Students wrote their first couplet poem.
• 🔬 Science: We continued we the unit about chemistry. Students are learning about the Scientific Method, so we can start doing experiments next week!
• 🔎 Social Studies: We will become anthropologists the critically examine the ways of life of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. 
• 🏀 Physical Education and Wellness: We played handball and next week we will be playing Kin Ball. 

 

School Update - January 13

 Notes from the Music Room

As you can see we have chosen a different way to communicate with you so that more of you have access to this information.

 

First order of business is to inform you that we will have Calgary Opera come to our school and do their School Tour performance of Cinderella.  This opera has been modified using aspects of the opera Cendrillon by Massenet and Rossini’s Cenerentola.  Basically, what that means is that it will be a very lovely performance based on the beloved fairy tale with beautiful music.

The company will come to our school on February 27^th at 2:00 pm.  This is a student only show.

 

The Grade 5s were introduced to the ukulele last year.  This year they are continuing to work on their skills adding singing and playing at the same time.  They will be learning a beautiful Chilean song which the Grade 3s sang for our Remembrance Day Assembly, however, this time they will be adding their own accompaniment to it.

Es mi caballo blanco

Como un amanezer.

Siempre juntitos vamos

Es mi amigo mas fiel.

Mi caballo galopando va
Mi caballo se va y se va

Dalhousie School Updates

This is the time of year when we begin planning next school year’s organization, especially in terms of our enrollment and student population projections. Please indicate whether or not you anticipate that your child/ren will attend Dalhousie School again next year. We realize that plans may change over time and would ask you to kindly let the office know in these cases, so that we may staff with accurate numbers. If you have more than one child at Dalhousie, please fill out one form for each child currently Kindergarten to Grade 4. Families do not need to do anything to continue their child’s registration at Dalhousie as it for automatically rolls over for the next year for existing Dalhousie Kindergarten to Grade 4 students, assuming that they are not out of area, unless we hear from the family that their child will be attending elsewhere. 

Similarly, if you have a child in Grade 5, please indicate whether your child will be continuing on to Senator Patrick Burns or attending another school next year. Again, we realize that plans may change over time and would ask you to kindly let the office know in these cases, so that we have accurate numbers. Please complete this form by January 27, 2023. Grade 5 Dalhousie students will be designated to Senator Patrick Burns, unless we hear otherwise from families.  If your child is continuing on to SPB, you do not need to do anything. 

In all cases, if you have any questions about registration at any level, please call the office, who will be happy to help you.

A reminder that we are a nut and allergy aware school, so no nuts or products containing nuts should be brought to school.  Additionally, due to dietary/medical restrictions and preferences, students are not permitted to share or trade food at any time.  In the same vein, we ask that no food or toys be sent to school for birthdays or other celebrations.  There may be occasion for a class celebration in relation to learning, during which the teacher may ask for healthy and food specific donations. 

Dalhousie Parent Society Updates

www.dalhousieparentsociety.com – check out our website for all this info and more!
dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com – email us if you have questions about anything! 

***FUNDRAISERS***

PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE – we are trying SO hard to get the funding to build a new playground but we need more help! Check out the sign up if you are interested in becoming part of the playground committee!

***FUN LUNCH***

Volunteers need to have police clearance to volunteer for fun lunch, please email dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com if you would like us to confirm. Don’t forget to send students with reusable straws if they have ordered Booster Juice! If they show a fun lunch volunteer they will be entered to win a free Subway fun lunch on March 21.  If your child will be absent and you‘ve already ordered fun lunch please email dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com before 11:00am and let us know if you’d like to:
-Pick up the order from the office after 12:30pm
-Donate it to the amazing Dalhousie staff
-Have it sent home with a sibling

Upcoming dates:
January 18 - Subway/Booster Juice
January 24 - Papa Murphy’s 
February 1 - Opa
February 8 - Boston Pizza

¡Feliz Año 2023!

Queridas familias,

It is a real pleasure to reconnect with you in the New Year. We have start the week very busy with the Kindergarten Tour, happening on Thursday, January 12 in the evening. Thank you to all the families who signed up for this and for supporting the school in this initiative. 

For those of you who are staying for the Kinder Tour, remember the dress code is white shirt and black pant. You can bring your clothe to school and change right before the event starts. Also, pizza will be provided and there is GLUTEN FREE! All the food requirements have been considered, so don't worry about it.

What are we working on this week?

• Math: We have started our geometry unit about geometry, looking at the transformation of shapes.
• Spanish: Today we look at common adverbs of place and we will continue working on this topic for the next two weeks. 
• ELAL: We continue with the poetry unit. This week we will start learning about poetic structures and actually write poetry!. 
• Social Studies: We will become anthropologists the critically examine the ways of life of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.