Cranston families, if you are interested in helping…
IMPORTANT à Please send your child’s teacher a comment through this BLOG post titled ‘FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES AT CHRISTMAS’. State what item you are willing to contribute or donate based off of the needs the family has indicated so that all other families in your child’s class can see what has been contributed and what still is in need.
Please remember that our families would love to not have to worry about the purchase of food items and more than one gift card to their chosen grocery store would be welcomed!
**We welcome donations of gently used items for our families as well.
All gifts/donations will need to be wrapped and labeled for whom they are intended for. Wrapped contributions will be due by:
Wednesday December 2nd, 2015
In the spirit of giving this holiday season, all staff at Cranston school would like to thank families in advance for their thoughts and contributions! Thank you for making a families Christmas a little brighter!!
Our Learning:
" In the morning we had a tour of our new learning commons and we checked out all three of them!" - Sydney
" We had music with Mrs. Jones. We went over the 4 parts of music; tempo, pitch, dynamic, and rhythm" - Henry
" Then we had a special Remembrance Day Assembly in the gym." - Aryana
" We had math. Mrs.Quilleys math group did rounding up to 236, 475." - Sahran
" In Ms. Collins math group we made 3 digit numbers in different ways." - Marcus
" We had two rounds of Daily 5. I finished up Read to Someone and did Word Work." - Dylan
" Miss Brierley taught us Word Work about the "ing" word family." - Alex
Notices:
November Scholastic Book Orders went home today. They are due back by Thursday November 19, 2015.
Families Helping Families information sheet went home today.
Landmark Cinemas Admission Tickets - due November 19th
Reminders:
No School Tomorrow - Wednesday November 11, 2015
To Families of Cranston Students:
Part of our work at Cranston School is to provide our students with opportunities to grow in their character development and to learn how to best respond in particular social situations.
We know from brain research that how we react to others, and in particular situations, can often be changed through the power of story. This Thursday, November 12, we are going to share in a story-event as a whole student body when we come together to view the video "Inside Out". This Pixar film tells the story of a character who lives inside a child's brain and tries to keep core memories of positive personal stories strong in the face of challenges associated with moving to a new city and school. As the students encounter the story of the main character, Riley, they will begin to share understanding of how they can control and manage their responses to new events based on their past experiences, and that their responses can be changed.
A shared experience of story like this provides all students with opportunities to develop common language and understanding that will support our daily work at Cranston School to build peaceful communities of strong, connected, responsible and positive young citizens.
The film is 102 minutes long and we will be showing it in the gym right after lunch. Please discuss the film with your children to reinforce the positive messages the video contains.
Thank you.
Mrs. Kinsman, Principal
Calgary Reads Read Up! Tutoring Program
We have a strong need for Calgary Reads volunteers who are able to donate 35 minutes twice a week for about 4 months to read with struggling Grade 2 readers during the school day. Cranston School will be offering a training component on Thursday, November 26th from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.
If you are able to support this initiative and are able to attend Calgary Reads training on Thursday, November 26th, please call Angele Borrelli at 403-777-6267 ext. 0 or email @ [email protected].
A maximum of 15 people need to attend in order for Calgary Reads representative to come and train at Cranston School on November 26th.
IMPORTANT à Please send your child’s teacher a comment through this BLOG post titled ‘FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES AT CHRISTMAS’. State what item you are willing to contribute or donate based off of the needs the family has indicated so that all other families in your child’s class can see what has been contributed and what still is in need.
Please remember that our families would love to not have to worry about the purchase of food items and more than one gift card to their chosen grocery store would be welcomed!
**We welcome donations of gently used items for our families as well.
All gifts/donations will need to be wrapped and labeled for whom they are intended for. Wrapped contributions will be due by:
Wednesday December 2nd, 2015
In the spirit of giving this holiday season, all staff at Cranston school would like to thank families in advance for their thoughts and contributions! Thank you for making a families Christmas a little brighter!!
Our Learning:
" In the morning we had a tour of our new learning commons and we checked out all three of them!" - Sydney
" We had music with Mrs. Jones. We went over the 4 parts of music; tempo, pitch, dynamic, and rhythm" - Henry
" Then we had a special Remembrance Day Assembly in the gym." - Aryana
" We had math. Mrs.Quilleys math group did rounding up to 236, 475." - Sahran
" In Ms. Collins math group we made 3 digit numbers in different ways." - Marcus
" We had two rounds of Daily 5. I finished up Read to Someone and did Word Work." - Dylan
" Miss Brierley taught us Word Work about the "ing" word family." - Alex
Notices:
November Scholastic Book Orders went home today. They are due back by Thursday November 19, 2015.
Families Helping Families information sheet went home today.
Landmark Cinemas Admission Tickets - due November 19th
Reminders:
No School Tomorrow - Wednesday November 11, 2015
To Families of Cranston Students:
Part of our work at Cranston School is to provide our students with opportunities to grow in their character development and to learn how to best respond in particular social situations.
We know from brain research that how we react to others, and in particular situations, can often be changed through the power of story. This Thursday, November 12, we are going to share in a story-event as a whole student body when we come together to view the video "Inside Out". This Pixar film tells the story of a character who lives inside a child's brain and tries to keep core memories of positive personal stories strong in the face of challenges associated with moving to a new city and school. As the students encounter the story of the main character, Riley, they will begin to share understanding of how they can control and manage their responses to new events based on their past experiences, and that their responses can be changed.
A shared experience of story like this provides all students with opportunities to develop common language and understanding that will support our daily work at Cranston School to build peaceful communities of strong, connected, responsible and positive young citizens.
The film is 102 minutes long and we will be showing it in the gym right after lunch. Please discuss the film with your children to reinforce the positive messages the video contains.
Thank you.
Mrs. Kinsman, Principal
Calgary Reads Read Up! Tutoring Program
We have a strong need for Calgary Reads volunteers who are able to donate 35 minutes twice a week for about 4 months to read with struggling Grade 2 readers during the school day. Cranston School will be offering a training component on Thursday, November 26th from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.
If you are able to support this initiative and are able to attend Calgary Reads training on Thursday, November 26th, please call Angele Borrelli at 403-777-6267 ext. 0 or email @ [email protected].
A maximum of 15 people need to attend in order for Calgary Reads representative to come and train at Cranston School on November 26th.