June 2-6, 2025

 Hello EES families!

Lots of exciting events were happening this week at EES! We started to learn about community signs. It is  a very important life skill preparing our students to successful experiences when out in the community. We have integrated this topic into Language Arts, Math and Art to create unforgettable and hands-on experiences. Our students have worked very hard learning, sorting, matching and creating our own road and community signs. 

In Language Arts, our focus was on exploring different signs we can see when walking on driving in our community, learning about their meaning and applied rules. We practiced reading new words, build sentences using new vocabulary, describing signs and their purpose in pre-printed and our own words. 

In Math, we combined "driving" lessons and addition and subtraction exercises! Through this activity, we have practiced to differentiate between these two important mathematical operations and when to use "plus" or "minus" symbols. Using cars and driving them forward or backward on the "parking lot" with numbered spots helped visualize the addition as "moving up", "forward" and subtraction as "moving backward" on the number line. We also have learned to recognize shapes of the signs and match them with the real pictures. 

In Art, one group got their our hands painted red and green in order to create traffic signs! It was a very fun art and sensory experience. Another group worked hard to cut, glue and decorate the signs with colorful papers. 

The weather was beautiful this week, which allowed us to practice following traffic sign through a game. Now we know that "Red" means "STOP" and "Green" means "GO"! 

As a "bonus" lesson, we were fortunate to go on the community walk and discover what community signs we can find on the street!

Important dates and information:

SPORTS DAY Volunteers Needed!

This year, Sports Day will take place on Tuesday, June 24 with two sessions:

• Morning Session: 9:00-10:30 AM (AM Kinders, grades 3 and 4)

• Afternoon Session: 1:00-2:15 PM (PM Kinders, grades 1 and 2)

We have 22 stations this year, so we'll need lots of hands on deck. Volunteers will meet in the gym at the start to receive instructions on setting up, running stations, and returning equipment to the gym afterward. Mr. V. will provide all necessary equipment and an instruction sheet for each station. 

Morning volunteers should plan to be at the school from 8:20 to 10:45, and afternoon volunteers from 12:20 to 2:30. 

Only those who have been cleared in the office can volunteer for this event.

Here is the link below if you would like to help.

SPORTS DAY

Fun Lunch

Our last Fun Lunch for this school year will be held on Wednesday June 25

Grade 3 and The Calgary Bridge Foundation

On Thursday June 12, the Grade Three students at our school will be hosting a fundraiser in support of the Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth, which supports newly arrived immigrants and refugees.

They will be selling various student-handmade items for $2. There will also be lemonade and cookies 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!

Upcoming Dates

June 12                               Grade 3 Art Sale

June 12                               Ride Your Bike to School Day

June 13                               Volunteer Tea - 10:30am

June 19                               Ride Your Bike to School Day

June 20                               Grade 4 Celebration - 11:00am

June 24                               Sports Day

June 25                               Fun Lunch - Little Caesars

June 26                               Ride Your Bike to School Day

June 26                               LAST DAY of SCHOOL - Dismiss at 12:00pm

Have a nice weekend! 

Ms. Veronika, Ms. Emma and Ms. Swapna