December 22nd

Thanks to all the parents who drove and helped out with skating.  The fact it was snowing just made it even more exciting!

The children loved the snow and ice and had very creative ideas of what they could do!

Thanks to those parents that sent in snacks and treats today for our celebration. Also thanks to everyone for the neat and generous gifts and Christmas wishes.  I hope you and your families have a wonderful holiday season!
Strange to say but we will see you in 2018!

Dec. 15th

It was a busy 'Christmas' week at Fairview.  We hope you liked the concert I thought Div. 8 & 9
did an excellent job of 'Zat you Santa Claus'!

We have been busy with some Christmas crafts, Christmas math games and even Christmas 
explorations!  At Explorations they are creating 'The Polar Express' with the train set and then
 a North Pole station which they can create whatever they'd like.  Below are a few pictures of 
their creations.  

Look we made 'The Polar Express'!

Christmas card art orders came in and were sent home on Thursday.  

Our field trip to Burnaby Village was very successful   Thank you so much to all the parents who drove 
and helped with the supervising. Even the staff at Burnaby Village commented on how fortunate 
we were to have so many volunteers!  You're the Best! I think the children learned a lot about how 
Christmas and life was many years ago.  They were asking some great questions!

This last week before the break Fairview Leadership is collecting new and gently used warm clothing

and towels and blankets for the  SPCA.  Please send any donations in with your child, we have boxes 

outside each classroom.

Tuesday, Dec. 19th is hot lunch and skating in the afternoon.  Thanks to everyone who volunteered 
to drive and help out!  You will need to send boosters and all their skating gear on Tuesday morning.  
Please send in the money for skates and helmets on Monday so that I can organize it all after school.  

Pajama and bring your favourite Christmas book is Friday!  Treats for our celebration on Friday, Dec. 22 
afternoon are provided by the following...
Alexis - fruit plate, Jerome - veggie plate, Mannat - cheese/crackers or small sandwiches, 
Kamryn - sweet treat, Jared - popcorn/chips or pretzels, Josh - Grinch Kabobs.  Thank you all!

Dec. 8/17

Excitement is definitely in the air! Christmas concert tickets that were pre-ordered went home today with the oldest child attending Fairview (if you wanted tickets and didn’t order any please check the parent portal and contact Natalie Currie by email) 

Concert reminders…

Costume - pajamas and a Santa Hat (only if you want them to have one – if you are sending one please label it with your child’s name with masking tape on the inside) Sorry for the late notice but one of the student’s suggested it and we thought it was a cute idea!

Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 9:00 dress rehearsal ***Students should come to school in pj’s

Evening performance at 6:30 that day ***we are asking the children to arrive at their classrooms at 6:15 pm so please have them stay with you until that time!

Wednesday, Dec. 13 1:00 pm performance

Div.9 has now finished all their great Canadians. I was very proud of how well all of the students did. Public speaking is not easy and all of them did an awesome job!  The posters all look great in the hall too and will be an important addition to their memory books.

You should have received your copy of your child’s report card on Tuesday.  If for some reason you didn’t get it please let me know.

Our field trip to Burnaby Museum is on Friday, Dec. 15^th.  Thanks to everyone who volunteered to join us.  It should be a great day!  Please send in the $9.00 asap. 

Skating is on Tuesday, Dec. 19 afternoon after hot lunch! Another exciting day!

Our Christmas celebration will be on Friday, Dec. 22.  Thanks to the following students for supplying the goodies and snacks.

Your child may have mentioned that I didn’t come back after lunch today. Unfortunately, my mom isn’t well and I had to suddenly book a flight to Calgary. I am actually writing this as I am flying over the rockies! I really hope to be back for Monday but I may to need to stay longer.  Hope you all have a great weekend.  Sheralyn

   

December 2nd

Thanks to everyone for attending your child's conference these last couple of days.  It was great to see everyone, to celebrate your child's work and learning so far this year and to set goals for our next term.

It's so hard to believe it is already December!  It will be a fun but busy month.  I have updated the calendar on this blog with all the important dates for class and school wide events.

Our concert is coming up quickly and you've probably heard your child singing their songs.  We will be wearing pyjamas for our costume. They will need to wear them on Tuesday, Dec. 12 in the morning for the dress rehearsal, again that evening (the concert is at 6:30pm) and then again for the afternoon performance on Wednesday, Dec. 13th (1:00pm).

We have two field trips planned for December. Friday, Dec. 15th to Burnaby Village Museum and then skating at Planet Ice on Tuesday, Dec. 19th.  Both of these trips are on the portal so please sign up asap.  Thanks to everyone who already has and also to everyone who has signed up to drive.  Please ensure you have a current driver's abstract on file in the office.  If you are uncertain please contact Joy in the office (604-465-9331) or just write a note in your child's planner and I will send home the volunteer form with all the directions (it is very quick and easy now as it can be done online or over the phone).

The last day of school before the break will be our classroom celebration. I will post the reminder notice to all parents who are bringing in snacks closer to the date.

Enjoy your weekend - it looks like we may see some sun next week!