Week #16

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
* Again this year, we have been able to rent some ice time at the Jack Charron Arena on January 8th until March 9th. Visits to the arena will provide an excellent opportunity for skating skill development. Below you will find our skating dates and times. A permission form will be sent home today.
Fri. Jan. 11 (2-3pm)
Fri. Jan. 18 (2-3pm)
Thu. Mar. 7 (1-2pm)

Looking Ahead to This Week:

*Tue. Jan. 8 Library visit
*Thu. Jan. 10 Hope & Courage Assembly in gym (2:30-3:30pm)
* Fri. 11 WWW Sentences due, Skating at Jack Charron Arena (2-3pm)

Week #15

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
*Thank you for your donations to this year's White Elephant Sale!

This week is Spirit Week at St. Martin de Porres! See details in red below:

Looking Ahead to This Week:

           

*Sun. Dec. 16  Third Sunday of Advent!   
*Mon. Dec. 17 Elf Day!
*Tue. Dec. 18 Wear Red and Green!, Third Week of Advent Mass in the gym (9:45 am)
*Wed. Dec.19 Christmas Sweater Day!
*Thu. Dec. 20 Sports Jersey Day!
* Fri. Dec. 21 PJ Day!

Week #14

 

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
*Thank you for your donations to this year's White Elephant Sale!
*Knights of Columbus Annual Christmas Party at Holy Redeemer Parish 12:00-2:00 pm
*St. Martin de Porres' Social Justice Club is having a Canned Food Drive to help support the Shepherds of Good Hope.
*During this Advent season and in keeping with our board spiritual theme, “Seek Justice, Love Kindness & Mercy, Walk Humbly with God”, St. Martin de Porres has decided to support the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Organization of Ottawa. They are an organization active and present in our school community and they offer in school mentoring to at-risk children. There is no better time than the Holiday Season to reach out to those in need! As a means of achieving our goal, we will be having a Pyjama Day each Friday during the Advent Season. In order to participate, your child is asked to make a $1 donation, which will go towards a donation to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Ottawa. Donations can be made using School Cash Online.

Looking Ahead to This Week:

           

*Sun. Dec. 9  Second Sunday of Advent!
*Tue. Dec. 11 Second Week of Advent Celebration in the gym (9:30-10:30 am), Library visit
*Fri. Dec.14 WWW Sentences due, White Elephant Sale, Pyjama Day for Advent Project
*Sat. Dec. 15 Christmas Party at Holy Redeemer Parish (12:00-2:00pm)

Week #13

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
*White Elephant Sale is fast approaching! Please send in any gently used items to donate to our sale. This is a great opportunity to declutter unused toys before Christmas. The Sale will be held on December 14. Proceeds raised will go towards Grade 6 end of the year activities.
* Christmas Basket...it looks amazing! Bidding has started and will continue until December 19, 2018.

* Our class is scheduled to walk to AY Jackson for our next App. Project on Dec. 6, 2018  (2:10-3:25). On this visit, the Gr. 3 Students will be able to see some coding aspects of the computer games. Permission forms for this field trip to AY Jackson were handed out last week. Please send back the signed permission form ASAP.

Looking Ahead to This Week:              

*Sun. Dec. 2 First Sunday of Advent!
*Tue. Dec. 4 Library visit
*Wed. Dec. 5 First Week of Advent Celebration in the gym (11:00-11:45am)
*Thu. Dec. 6 App Project Field trip to AY Jackson
*Fri. Dec.7 WWW Sentences due

Week #12

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
*White Elephant Sale is fast approaching! Please send in any gently used items to donate to our sale. This is a great opportunity to declutter unused toys before Christmas. The Sale will be held on December 14. Proceeds raised will go towards Grade 6 end of the year activities.
* Christmas Basket...it looks amazing! Bidding has started and will continue until December 19, 2018.

* Our class is scheduled to walk to AY Jackson for our next App. Project on Dec. 6, 2018  (2:10-3:25). On this visit, the Gr. 3 Students will be able to see some coding aspects of the computer games. Permission forms for this field trip to AY Jackson will be handed out later this week. If you have your Vulnerable Sector check and would like to volunteer to accompany us on the trip (including the walk to and from the Secondary School) please write a note in your child's agenda to let me know. 

Looking Ahead to This Week:

*Tue. Nov. 27 Library visit
*Fri. Nov. 30 WWW Sentences due, Justice Truth Assembly,(PJ and Movie Reward if we reach 800 Class Dojo points! We're at 773 as of today)

Week #11

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
*White Elephant Sale is fast approaching! Please send in any gently used items to donate to our sale. This is a great opportunity to declutter unused toys before Christmas. The Sale will be held on December 14. Proceeds raised will go towards Grade 6 end of the year activities.

*Thank you, parents, for donating an item or two to our Christmas Basket...it looks amazing! Bidding has started and will continue until December 19, 2018.

Looking Ahead to This Week:

*Tue. Nov. 20 Library visit
*Thu. Nov 22 Spaghetti Dinner
*Fri. Nov. 23 WWW Sentences due

Week #10

Reminders/Announcements:

*Please sign/initial your child's agenda daily.
*Thank you for taking the time to read with your child nightly (R.E.D)
*Parent /Teacher interviews on the evening of Thu. November 15 from 4:00-8:00pm 
There are still many spots available on interview night. You can use the following link to book  an interview:
Mrs. Fleury-Fata Grade 3 Interview Times

Christmas Basket Fundraiser:   
 
It is that time of year again to think about our Christmas Basket Fundraiser. This year our class basket theme is ‘Coffee'. We are asking parents to send in an item to add to our basket. Items could be, ground coffee, coffee beans, coffee pods, fancy sugars and stir sticks etc. Anything you think of that would contribute to a wonderful Coffee experience!
We hope to have our basket completed by November 13th so that it can be displayed in time for Parent-Teacher interviews on November 15th; that way parents can start the bidding. Thank you!

Thank you to those who have already contributed an item or two for our class' theme basket!

Family Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser: 
Our Catholic School Council is pleased to announce its first-ever Family Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser!
Date: Thursday, November 22, 2018
Cost: $10 adult $5 children (2 and under free)
Where: School Gymnasium (only the gymnasium doors will be open)
Menu: Spaghetti, Choice of sauce - Meat, veggie or plain tomato, Bun, Coffee/tea/juice, Cake

PLEASE NOTE: A School cash online order form needs to be filled out for EACH family member. There is a form for Adult meals and another for Children's meals. The forms can all be submitted using the same account.
Anyone with specific dietary concerns please contact: kelena.mcdowell@gmail.com note them in the space in the cash online system.

This is a limited availability event and once tickets are sold they are sold out! Tickets will be available ONLY via cash online until November 14th – if we have availability we will be selling tickets during the parent/teacher interview night of November 15th.

We are asking you to choose your time slot and your type of sauce to ensure that we have sufficient product and space!
Time slots available will be every 15 minutes starting at 4:30 p.m. and the last slot will be at 7:00 p.m. To ensure the smooth flow, we ask that you please respect your selected time slot.

Should there a snow day we will postpone until January 2019. No refunds will be available.

Looking Ahead to This Week:

*Tue. Nov. 13 Library visit, Family Life hwk (family tree, family flag) due
*Wed. Nov. 14 Photo Retake Day, Last Day to Sign Up for Spaghetti Dinner
*Thu. Nov 15 WWW Sentences due, App. Project, Parent/Teacher Interview Evening
*Fri. Nov. 16 PD Day-No School