Hello Parents,

**** THERE IS A VERY IMPORTANT NOTE IN YOUR CHILD'S AGENDA. PLEASE CHECK.

Last week we gathered as a school community for our Advent Mass. This is the 2nd week of Advent. The liturgical colour is purple. Advent is a time for waiting. We are waiting for the birth of our saviour, Jesus! We gathered around the Nativity Scene last week to talk about it. Your child should be able to talk about the meaning of the following: manger, stable, Mary, Joseph, Angel Gabriel, Jesus, Advent, Advent wreath.

• Note that there will not be any new word wall words the week of December 14-18th. We will resume our word wall word study in January.

St. Cecilia Advent Project

As you know each class is collecting items for a needy family this Christmas. Each child picked an item to bring in to put into the basket. Thanks to those who have already sent their item in. If you haven’t done so, please send your item in.

We can still use donations for the White Elephant Sale. The Grade 6’s are looking for books, toys, stuffed animals, puzzles, games, movies, cd’s etc. Note that shoes, clothing or earrings are accepted. Gift wrap, gift bags, tissue paper etc. would also be helpful. Thanks for your help. Donations are accepted up until December 10th.

In Language, students designed a gingerbread house and then described it. We have been discussing and practising “Visualizing” while they listen to a story. I encourage you to have your child write as much as possible at home for real purposes - write a letter or email to grandma/grandpa, write out the grocery list, write out a recipe, write sentences about  your weekend, describe your pet/house/room/favourite toy etc.

We have started our unit on data management (ex. tallies, surveys, bar graphs, pictographs, interpreting data). The children really like collecting data for our graphs. We will be doing for the next two weeks.

In Science, we are exploring our knowledge about Seasons and Seasonal Changes. This week, we will focus on the Summer season (clothing, animals, activities, celebrations, food, weather etc). Seems fitting to do this season this week since our temperatures are above seasonal so it feels like a little bit of summer still lingering!

Christmas Spirit day is on Wednesday this week. Children are encouraged to dress as "Chirstmasy" as they would like. Donations are being accepted.

Important Dates:

•  Christmas Spirit Day: Wednesday, December 9th :
• Grade 1 Art-O-Rama - Wednesday, December 16th (all day)
• Next Library Book Exchange - Wednesday, December 16th

• December Craft with Nanny Sue - Wednesday, December 9th 1:00-2:10pm

(We need some volunteers to help out with this awesome craft! Write a note in your child’s agenda if you can help out for an hour)