Halloween and Pumpkinella

Happy Halloween!  Students are invited to wear their regular clothes, orange/black clothes, or their Halloween costumes to school on Thursday, October 31st.  All pretend weapons must remain at home.  We also ask that you please do not send any food, candy, toys or other items to be handed out to students on this day. 

On Wednesday, October 30, class group photos and individual retakes will take place.  If you would like your child to have retakes, please tell them to listen for the announcement.  There is no paper to sign and you do not need to contact the teacher regarding retakes.

On Thursday, October 31, Coventry Hills School will be having our seventh annual “Pumpkinella” event.  Children may bring in a Jack-O-Lantern to be put in the gym as part of our ‘spooktacular’ display.  Pumpkins can be brought to the gym between 8:55 – 9:10 and must be picked up by 4:15 the same day.  Unclaimed pumpkins will be composted.  In past years, we have had as many as 100 entries into the exciting event.  Our students enjoy viewing the Jack-O-Lanterns and voting for their favorite.  There will be prizes for the top three most voted for entries!!

We had indoor recess all day today.  We may have a little more energy than usual to burn off when we get home.

Author Jace Jax and artist Henry Hama visited our school today!  These local Calgarians read their new book Kidsburgh Chronicles Little Jack Jarmagan: A Halloween Tale!  Accompany young Jack Jarmagan as he encounters the creatures lurking in Kidsburgh on Halloween night! 

In math, we continued to work on making groups to better understand multiplication.  Tomorrow we will be looking at arrays as another strategy for understanding multiplication.

We got a new list of spelling words today.  Please ask your child to sort the words and begin to practice them.