Dear Grade Two Families,
On Wednesday, the students celebrated the 100th day of Grade Two! They wrote about what they will do when they’re 100 years old and created a craft to go along with it. One hundred thanks to you, parents, for helping your children with their one-derful costumes! The past hundred days of school have flown by and there’s no slowing down!
Speaking of not slowing down, next week your children will continue preparing for their First Reconciliation! Please practice the steps with them every day leading up to their First Confession. A copy of this was sent home along with an Examination of Conscience. It is helpful to practice this daily so the children are aware of their actions and feel more comfortable confessing their sins. Don’t forget we have a meeting this Wednesday where we will talk about Reconciliation and the Making Peace theme.
Finally, congratulations on completing the first half of the First Communion program! We are four Masses and four meetings down! Your children have been praying, reflecting, and participating excellently as they prepare their hearts for Jesus. I truly appreciate the dedication and support you have given your child throughout this first part of the program. Please make sure all of the pages in the Gold Book for the themes of Belonging, Celebrating, Listening, and Caring are completed.
Here are the reminders for the week:
First Communion Theme: Making Peace
Star of the Week: Ethan
Phonics Skill: Long VCC (-ild, -old, -ind, -olt, -ost)
Open Parachute: Managing Big Emotions
Monday
- Daily Lenten Mass @ 8:15 am
- Return Gold Book
- PE today
- Home Reading folder sent home with phonics skill activities
- Yummy Pizza Hot Lunch
Tuesday
- Daily Lenten Mass @ 8:15 am
- Confessional visit with Fr. Sajy today
- The class will get to take a look inside the confessional as they prepare for their First Reconciliation
- Music and French today
Wednesday
- Daily Lenten Mass @ 8:15 am
- Pink Shirt Day
- Students can dress out of uniform, wearing pink, in support of anti-bullying
- Please bring in a $2 donation
- PE today
- No PE strip needed today
- Dismissal at 2 pm today
- Parent Meeting
- 6:45 pm in the school gym
- Please sign in before you have a seat
- Kindly make childcare arrangements as children are not allowed to come to the meeting
Thursday
- Daily Lenten Mass @ 8:15 am
- French today
- Word Study Assessment: Long VCC
- Please return Home Reading folders to school
- Gold Book goes home
- They will stay home over the weekend and be brought back to school on Monday
- Please go through the whole chapter with them
- Complete any unfinished work
- Please do not work ahead to the next chapters
Friday
- Daily Lenten Mass @ 8:15 am
- Weekly RAZ-Kids recording due by today (only one please!)
- School Assembly @ 9:15 to welcome Archbishop Miller ~ please join us!
- PE today
- Library today
- Please return any library books not yet brought back
Saturday
- First Communion Mass – Making Peace
- 5:00 pm in the church
- Please arrive 15 minutes earlier
- Please sign-in in the foyer of the church
- Please come in your Sunday best (no play clothes, jeans, or runners)
Upcoming Dates
- Monday, March 4- Triple O’s Hot Lunch
- Thursday, March 7- First Reconciliation for Grade Two
- Please keep all the students in your prayers!
- Friday, March 8- Fukuroku Hot Lunch
- Friday, March 8- Last Day before Spring Break
Please email me at jwu@stpaulschool.ca or write me a note in your child’s agenda if you have any questions or concerns.
Warmly,
Miss Wu