Upcoming Events

The last two weeks of school will be very busy with lots of exciting events:
June 20th - Aboriginal Day
June 26th - Grade 5 Farewell
June 27th - Bike Trip
June 28th - last day of school

We will also have a party with our grade 2 partners as well as a few other surprises. If parents are free on June 27th, please feel free to join us for lunch at the Children's playground in Assiniboine Park. We will also be outside for the afternoon of June 28th, where we will participate in picnic games and some dancing. Feel free to join us from 2:00 - 3:00!

Track & Field

All the grade 4 & 5 students headed out to the track at John Taylor Collegiate for the St. James Divisional Track & Field. We participated in a variety of activities which included: 50m, 100m, long jump, disc throw, ball throw, shuttle relay, and even golf. The weather was great and all the students had a great time with their friends.

Festival du Voyageur

Hé Ho les amis!

It is that time of the year when all the French Canadians celebrate in the heart of St. Boniface with singing, dancing, and a good old time! I encourage you to visit the Festival du Voyageur over the next 10 days. The Festival begins tonight and continues until February 26th. Festival Park offers snow play structures, a first nations encampment, a fur trade museum, sleigh rides and lots of entertainment. You can also try la tire or a beaver tail - mmm! It is a perfect opportunity to get a little bit of the French Canadian "joie de vivre!" Please visit the official site: http://festivalvoyageur.mb.ca/festival-du-voyageur/ to find more information.

WWF National Sweater Day

On Thursday, February 9th, many Canadians will be joining in WWF’s National Sweater Day and we’d like to encourage you to take part in this celebration of energy conservation.

Our classroom will join schools across Canada by turning down our thermostats, wearing sweaters and bringing out the best conservation efforts in all of us. Students are encouraged to wear a sweater - the more interesting or colourful - the better.

Residential heating is a major contributor to the changing climate. If every Canadian turned down their thermostat by two degrees Celsius each winter, 2.2 mega-tonnes of carbon dioxide could be saved every year – equivalent to taking 350,000 cars off the road.

Join us February 9th by wearing a sweater! For ideas on how you can get involved please visit http://www.sweaterday.ca

I Love to Read

I Love to Read month is in full swing at École Assiniboine. We have had a variety of activities to promote reading and share a love for books!

Last week, Jenna Khan from Breakfast Television visited our class and read a few Robert Munsch stories and answered the many questions the students had about her job, school and favourite author. You can visit the Breakfast Television website to see the clip that was filmed at our school.

This week, Tom Ethans from Take Pride Winnipeg visited and shared his favourite Franklin book "Franklin - Plants a Tree." He even practiced his French with the students.

We also went to the gym to watch magician Ryan Price amaze us with tricks and his love for reading and books.

I have loved reading and all types of books since I was a little girl. Reading is an activity that can take you to a faraway land and help you learn something new.

"We read to know we are not alone." - C.S. Lewis

Happy New Year

I hope everyone had an enjoyable and relaxing holiday season. We are back at school and will be working on a variety of new things throughout the month of January.

In math, we are going to be working on multiplication strategies which will enable us to multiply 2 digit numbers. I suggest practicing multiplication flash cards at home.

In français, we will be working on writing a 2 minutes speech about a topic of choice. These speeches will be presented as part of the Concours d'art oratoire.

In science we will begin a unit on sound and vibrations. In sciences humaines, we are going to be learning about the Inuit and northern Canada.

January is also "I love to read month" and we have many fun activities planned. Any parents who would like to come in and read a book to the class can contact me via email.

Adopt a Family

Thank you to those parents who have sent in items for our adopted family. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. In addition to this list we have also received some gifts for the kids and 30$ (for the purchase of gifts or other food). Here is what we have received so far and what we are still missing:

Items needed	How many we need	What we've received so far
Bread	3 loaves	3 loaves - DONE
Cake Mix	2 pkgs.	3 boxes - DONE
Candy	1lb	1 bag - DONE
Cereal	2 large boxes	3 boxes - DONE
Chips	2 bags	3 bags - DONE
Cookies	2 boxes	3 boxes - DONE
Cranberry Sauce	2 cans	2 cans- DONE
Eggs	2 dozen
Fruit	3 cans	3 cans - DONE
Jam or Honey	2 jars	1 jar
Jelly Powder	2 pkgs.	2 boxes - DONE
Juice	1.3L	1 L - DONE
Milk	4L
Nuts	2 cans
Oatmeal	2 pkgs.	1 package
Onions	1 small bag
Pancake Mix	2 pkgs.	2 packages - DONE
Pancake Syrup	1 regular bottle	1 bottle - DONE
Pasta	2 Pkgs.	4 packages - DONE
Pasta Sauce	2 cans	4 cans - DONE
Peanut Butter	2 jars	3 jars - DONE
Potatoes	5LB bag	1 bag - DONE
Pudding	2 pkgs.	3 packages - DONE
Rice	2 pkgs.	3 packages - DONE
Margarine	1 small container
Gravy	2 cans/pkgs.	5 packages - DONE
Crackers	1 box	2 boxes - DONE
Soup	3 cans	7 cans - DONE
Sugar	2 1/2 K	1 package - DONE
Tea or Coffee	2 pkgs.	2 packages - DONE
Tuna	3 cans	8 cans - DONE
Turkey	9-12 lbs.	1 turkey - DONE
Vegetables	3 cans	4 cans - DONE
OTHER THINGS WE HAVE RECEIVED	Gifts: 1 year old - stuffed toys & t-shirts 6 year old - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toy & shirt 12 year old - Star Wars Lego Mom - soap gift basket Shampoo & baking sheet	WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED: mustard, hamburger helper, Alphagetti X2