EES MTS: June 2024

Friday, June 21, 2024

June 21, 2024

Dear Families,

Welcome to our final blog of the 2023-2024 school year!

We have been working through our last full week of school by doing some fun learning activities. We have been doing a ten day countdown to summer, with each day having a different theme. The students have enjoyed Jellyfish Day, King and Queen Day, Popcorn Day, Jungle Day, and Clay Art Day. We have worked through a lot of stories, songs, and art projects to help us celebrate each day. The students have also had a lot of fun creating masks, crowns, and dressing up in costumes to help them understand and connect to each theme. As part of Clay Art Day, we are creating some beautiful pieces for the students to bring home next week. The students have also been enjoying their gym time outside, as well as music in the music room throughout the week.

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Over the course of this past school term, we have been focusing on a lot of functional academic skills.

In Language Arts, the students in EES have worked on:
- examining ways that messages can be organized and presented for different purposes through stories, pictures, books and play

- learning different listening behaviours such as focusing on the speaker, taking turns, using appropriate body posture and using appropriate gestures while listening

- developing vocabulary through a variety of literacy experiences such as rhymes, songs, poems, read alouds, pictures, conversations and learning on the land

- using antonyms and synonyms in speaking and writing

- building phonological awareness through experimenting with sounds in words and identifying sounds at the beginning and end of words

- learning rhymes through songs and poems and recognizing what rhymes are

- learning that sentences can be separated into words

In Math, the students in EES have worked on:

- learning that quantity can be represented using objects, pictures, words and numerals

- counting forwards and backwards, and learning to start at any number

- learning to subitize small quantities

- investigating 2D and 3D shapes

- exploring size and weight through direct comparison

- identifying and creating repeating patterns using familiar objects and shapes

- describing time in different ways using words such as next, first, today, etc.

- describing time using standard units such as days, hours and minutes

In Science, the students in EES have worked on:

- investigating and examining properties of objects and environments using the 5 senses

- exploring movements of objects, humans and animals

- investigating and examining the needs of plants and animals

- investigating the behaviours and sources of light and sound

- examining landforms and bodies of water

EES has done a lot of learning this term!

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Fun Lunch

The last day for Fun Lunch will be Wednesday June 26 .

Fun Lunch is only for grades 1-4 and our EES students. Orders are accepted 1 week prior to the day.

Go to healthyhunger.ca
Log into you existing account or create a new one.
Add your child’s information in the “add child” box – name, province, city, school, grade and class.
All Fun Lunches will then populate – select the order now button!

Please make sure to send a morning snack with your child on Fun Lunch Days.

Report Cards

Families will be able to view online student report cards for kindergarten to Grade 12 from June 26 – July 26, 2024.

Parents and Guardians can sign in to MyCBE to view student information, including report cards, comments from your child’s teacher, assignments and grades, and attendance information.

For best access to information, log in to the MyCBE portal.

Last Day of School

Just a reminder, our last day of school will be Thursday June 27. Students will be dismissed at 12:00pm.

Upcoming Dates

June 25 - Sports Day - Tropical Shirt Day

June 26 - Kindergarten Graduation - AM Kindergarten 9:30am / PM Kindergarten 1:45pm

June 26 - FUN LUNCH - Little Caesars

June 26 - Report Cards Available

June 27 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL (early dismissal 12:00pm)

Have a fabulous summer, and we look forward to seeing you all in the fall!

Ms. Emma, Ms. Veronika & Ms. Swapna

Friday, June 14, 2024

June 10-14, 2024

Dear Families,

It was another busy week here in EES! Our students are working their way toward summer vacation with lots of fun learning activities here at school.

Students have been focusing on sea animals, community helpers, and money! We have been learning lots of songs and exploring vocabulary to understand these new creatures, people and concepts. The students have also had lots of opportunity for outdoor learning and exploration in the sunshine. Our friends also got to create some beautiful pieces of art using paint, salt dough and other fun materials.

To help us keep track of the days until the end of the year, we have started a 10 day countdown! Today the students made some delicious lemonade and enjoyed some tasty cookies to kick off the countdown. We were able to explore some fun vocabulary while we sampled the ingredients of the lemonade along with the finished product. We had to practice our life skills to measure, mix, and use words like 'sour' and 'sweet' to describe the lemonade and cookies. The students will have to wait and see what fun activities are in store for them next week!

Global Citizenship Fundraiser

They will be selling various student handmade items for $2. There will also be lemonade and fudge bites available for purchase.

If you would like your child to participate, please send money with them and we will help them select their items to purchase.

Thank you for all of your support!

Jersey Day

In support of the Edmonton Oilers in the playoffs, we are encouraging students and staff to wear their jerseys on playoff days (June 18, 21, 24).

If you don't have an Oilers Jersey, any jersey will do.

Let's cheer on our Canadian Team!!