4C Weekly Update November 15th

Highlights

• We created a video sharing all the French we’ve learned so far! We are excited to share them at student-led conferences.
• After learning about First Nations petroglyphs, we created our own pictographs that tell a story of a past memory.
• We completed patterns using addition, subtraction, multiplication to complete a t-table.
• We started some new winter art projects using oil pastels and paint.
• Please continue to practice multiplication facts with your children. When students memorize those facts it helps them in their math work.

Reminders

• Please book a Student Led conference using your MyCBE account https://sis.cbe.ab.ca/public/home.html. Booking opens today, November 15th, at 4:00 pm
• November 21 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm - Student Led Conferences
• November 22 8:30 am - 1:30 pm - Student Led Conferences - No School

On Thursday, November 28 at 6:30 pm, In lieu of a Christmas concert, we will be hosting an evening of Gathering and Giving for our SVS community.  The gathering will start with a 30 minute Pow Wow mash-up led by Jess who taught students how to hoop dance last year. Following Jess's presentation, Ryan and his elder will be blessing the mural.
The giving portion of the evening will follow the gathering.  Student leaders and teachers will take a lead at different stations of giving around the school. Families can circulate and participate in any station they are interested in. Please watch your email inbox for an invite to RSVP.

• Birthday Bags for the Food Bank: There are 100 kids a month who are able to have a birthday party because of this program.  We are asking various businesses in the community as well as parents (before the event) for donations of all the supplies you need to host a birthday party.  At this station, we will assemble the bags and make birthday cards.
• https://www.calgaryfoodbank.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/CCC18-CFB-Birthday-Bag.pdf
• Cards for Meals on Wheels: Meals on Wheels provides healthy meals to people who are unable to cook for themselves, whether it is an injury, illness, disability, the loss of a loved one, or other circumstances. The meals are delivered daily.  At this station, we will create birthday or Christmas cards to be included with the meal to brighten someone's day.
• Food Donations for the Food Bank: We will have 8 Food Hampers around the school to collect donations.  At this station, families can donate food and design the collection boxes.
• SVS Rocks Kindness: At this station, people can create kindness rocks to be shared with the community. Anyone can paint a rock and drop it off somewhere in the community for someone else to find. A piece of paper could accompany it saying, "This is a kindness rock.  Do a random act of kindness and then pass the rock on".
• SVS Hampers: Every year, the staff creates hampers for families at our school who need a helping hand at Christmas.  At this station, we will decorate the Christmas boxes we will be giving out to those families.