Friday, September 4, 2020

Welcome back to school everyone! It's been a long time. We were thrilled to see our students again and we're excited to get back to in-school teaching and learning. The first week has flown by. It' an exciting time when we get to know our students and learn about their interests, personalities and strengths. 

We have many new procedures to learn this year - sanitizing, hand washing, mask wearing, one directional hallways, staying within our classroom cohort, just to name a few. I've been very impressed this week with how well prepared the children were with mask wearing and their understanding of why we need to do this. We will continue to reinforce the importance of this as the year goes on. We will continue to follow AHS guidelines to keep all of us safe.

As we haven't been in school for such a long time, we will slowly grow into our learning routines, focusing first and foremost on wellness and rebuilding our classroom community.

Our class is 18 students and we are able to spread out well in a large, bright classroom. We will do as much of our learning outside as possible - as long as the weather holds.

Please do not hesitate to call the school if you have any questions.

We are looking forward to a great year in Room 4 with our Grade 1 and 2 students.