April 22 BUZZ
Happy Monday & Happy Earth Day!
Today is the first day of the Strathcona County Shoe Drive. We are asking families and staff to bring in any shoes you no longer need to donate to the shoe drive. More information can be blog post article below.
This week is also Administrative Professionals Week. We want to extend much gratitude to Mrs. Delainey and Mrs. Camp who are dedicated to providing our school community with a welcoming, safe, and caring school experience. Whether they are greeting students, answering questions, tracking attendance, ordering school resources, managing school funds, registering students, administering first aid, giving out spoons, forks, bandaids, vaseline, snacks, and the list goes on, we can always count on them to do it with a smile, positivity and kindness. We are lucky to have both Mrs. Delainey and Mrs. Camp at Glen Allan!
It's a great week for a great week!
Please read through the following blog post articles for important Glen Allan information.
Action
Opportunity
Information
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Information
- Goota Visit
- Kindergarten Time
- Coding, Dare & Announcement Club - We have fun learning at Glen Allan!
- Camp Day
WEEK AT A GLANCE - April 22 - 26
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ACTION
Strathcona County Earth Day Shoe Drive
Let's see how many pairs of shoes we can collect between Tuesday and Friday?! For each pair of shoes brought in, students will receive an entry for a prize draw. The more shoes we collect, the more prizes will be in our prize pack!
To help us with keeping the shoes organized, please tie them together in pairs, or put an elastic band around the pair.
OPPORTUNITY
Bev Facey School Council Sponsored Event - Parent Workshop on Anxiety- April 24 @ 6:30 PM
BFCHS School Council welcomes presenter Amanda Skwarok
Amanda is a Registered Provisional Psychologist with a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology and degrees in Elementary Education and Fine Arts. She has experience working with children and youth from varying backgrounds, cultures, and beliefs from ages 6 to 18 years old. She works with teens & young adults on a range of presenting concerns such as anxiety, depression, body image concerns, eating struggles, gender and sexual identity, friendship repairs, school struggles, struggles at home, self-esteem, and self-confidence, and much more.
RSVP HERE: Parent Workshop on Anxiety | Smore Newsletters for Education
2024-2025 School Supply Lists
The 2024-2025 school supply lists for all grade levels and kindergarten are now available! 2024-2025 School Supply Lists and Write On Stationary Information.
You may purchase supplies on your own, or order with Write On Stationary. For Write-On Stations Orders:
- Go to www.write-on.ca
- Click on “PARENTS – Order Here”
- School Name: Glen Allan School - SHERWOOD PARK
- Choose your grade and place your order.
- Complete your order by clicking ‘PLACE ORDER’
- You will receive an automatic email confirmation to confirm your order has been received
- VISA, MC, AMEX, Visa Debit and Interac On-line are accepted
INFORMATION
Literacy Corner - LitBits Episode 2
EIk Island Public Schools Supports for Students Literacy team has created a series of videos with quick tips and tricks to help you child improve at reading and writing at home. This week's video is called Map the Snap.
FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS, AND INUIT INFORMATION
Grade 5 Blanket Exercise
In 1996, the Aboriginal Rights Coalition worked with Indigenous elders and teachers to develop an interactive way of learning the Indigenous history most Canadians are never taught. The Blanket Exercise was the result; it has since been offered thousands of times and the fourth edition was released in 2016.
How it works
The Blanket Exercise is based on participatory education methodology and the goal is to build understanding about our shared history as Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada by walking through pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization and resistance. Everyone is actively involved as they step onto blankets that represent the land, and into the role of First Nations, Inuit and later Métis peoples.
PHOTO GALLERIES
Goota Visits Grades 1-3
This is Kindergarten!
Coding, DARE & Announcement Club - We have fun learning at Glen Allan!
Camp Day
If you didn't know, Mrs. Camp loves making us laugh! A few months ago she left a funny picture of herself on Mrs. Appleby's desk with a reminder to turn our school bells on. We thought it was our turn to make her laugh and declared April 18th "Camp Day!" Many staff were spotted wearing t-shirts with the funny picture Mrs. Camp took of herself. We have fun here at Glen Allan!
