Walking Field Trip

On Monday March 2nd we will be going on a walking field trip to mail our post cards!  After morning attendance, we will be walking from CJP to the Northland Plaza (with RBC and Starbucks) to drop our post cards into the mail box.
Please make sure to arrive to school on time.

Book Orders

Book orders went home today.  Please make sure to have your orders in by Monday February 24th.

Our 100th day Celebration!

Today we Celebrated our 100th (-1) day of school!

In Writer's Workshop students wrote about:

• "If I had 100 legs I would..."
• "If I had $100 I would buy..."
• "Before I turn 100 years old I want to..."

In Math, students made a puzzle out of their completed 100 Charts and used their knowledge of numbers (+/-1 and +/-10) to solve each other's.  These puzzles went home today in their Communication Folders.

For Social Studies, students drew pictures of what they think they will look like when they are 100 years old.  We will be using these pictures for our Past, Present and Future projects.

After reading the book 100 Days of Cool, we decided as a class to dress up again tomorrow as "cool kids".

Today we had some 100 year old visitors!

 Ms. Howard

Mrs. Wickerson

A Special Visit

Today we had a special visit from Constable Rich our school Police Officer.  We learned about safety and recognizing different ways to react in situations. He taught us WITS as a great check in.

W - walk away
 I - ignore them
T - talk about it
S - seek help from an adult

No School!

Please remember that there is no school on Thursday, Friday or Monday.

Have a safe and fun long weekend and see everyone back to school on Tuesday!

Rock Sharing Class - the sequel

After much excitement over our first Rock Sharing Class, students have asked for one more sharing class before we finish this Science unit.

Students are welcome to bring in a rock from home or one they have found on their journey to school on Thursday February 20th.  This will be our last Rock Sharing class.

If you participated in the last sharing class and have more to share you are welcome to participate again.

Happy Rock Hunting!

100th Day of School Celebration

On Wednesday February 19th we will be celebrating our 100th day of school! On this day, students are invited to dress like they are 100 years old!
For the celebration we will be focusing on the number 100.  In writing we might write about what we will have accomplished before we turn 100 years old, or what we would do if we won $100.

We will be using our costumes as an idea of what we will look like in the future for our upcoming Social Studies project: My Past, Present and Future.

Parents, if you are interested in coming in to school that day to join our celebration please email Ms Howard.  We would encourage you to also participate in dressing up!

Happy 100th Room 11!

Music Sharing Class

Room 11 is having a Music Sharing Class on Wednesday, February 12th. Please remember to practice and bring what you need to share.

Subtraction Lesson

Please see the following video of Ms. Howard demonstrating step by step how to subtract with regrouping.

Grade 2's are expected to subtract with regrouping up to 100 and grade 3's to 1000.

**Please note I use the word "ones" and "units" they are the same thing.

Felting today

Today we were lucky enough to work on a felting project.  There were many steps we had to take to ensure that our felt stayed together and created the picture we chose.

Ask your child their favourite part of their felting experience and what steps they needed to take.

Our felting projects will be going home sometime next week.

We will be felting again in the first week of March.

Upcoming Social Studies Project

In Social Studies, we continue to study our Community in the Past.  We have examined landmarks and symbols that represent our country, our province, our city and our community. 

Next we will be examining Calgary's past and how it has influenced today, and how our present will influence our future.

We will begin by examining our own past, present, and future.  In order to do this we need your help!  Please send in a baby or toddler picture of your child that you do not expect to get back.  This can be a copy of a picture or an actual photograph.  Please write your child's name and age on the back of the picture.

Pictures are due by February 18th. 

Thank you!

CJP Talent Show

CJP’s Got Talent!

CJP will be hosting a Talent Show in March. We are looking for a variety of acts, including: singing, dancing, playing an instrument, juggling, comedy, gymnastics, magicians, acting, etc.

When: 

Division 1 (Grades 1-3): Wednesday, March 18th 1:30-2:30pm

Division 2 (Grades 4-6): Thursday, March 19th 10:00-11:00am

(If your child is in a grade 3/4 class, we will let you know which talent show they are performing in after auditions take place) 

Auditions: All interested students must audition. Auditions will take place during the last week of February (24-27) at lunch recess (12:15-12:35pm) in front of a panel of teachers. Consideration will be given to those who are attending field trips during this week. 

Audition Requirements:

• Acts must be 2 minutes or less
• If you are singing a song or performing an act with music, the lyrics must be appropriate and have a positive message
• If you are singing, you must use a karaoke track (no one singing along with you)
• You must provide your own costumes, music and materials for both the audition and performance
• If you are performing in a group, each student must complete an audition form

If you are interested in performing, please fill out an audition form and return it to Ms. Nair by Tuesday, February 18th. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Nair at canair@cbe.ab.ca.

Science Fair Judges Needed

Hi Families,

Students in the CJP Science Fair Club have been working hard on their Science Fair projects and would love an opportunity to present and compete in the city wide science fair. In order to know if they are eligible we require judges. Judges need to have volunteer clearance!

Whether you have a specialty or expertise in the field, are passionate about Science or want to be more involved in supporting our CJP community, please sign up online! If all the spaces seem full online- that's okay! Email one of the science fair coordinators as we would like as many judges as possible! If you know someone who would be able to volunteer, pass on the information to them. 

Our Science Fair will be on Tuesday Feb. 25 from 9:30am-12pm. Further information for all volunteers will be sent out a week before the fair. Thank you for your support!
Sign Up Link (if all 10 spaces are filled please email the Science Fair Coordinators)
http://signup.com/go/sTqTnUU

Coordinator emails: Mrs. Toupin (jetoupin@cbe.ab.ca), Ms. Wright (mewright@cbe.ab.ca), Ms. Yong (rsyong@cbe.ab.ca) 

Sincerely,
Your Science Fair Coordinators