November 13-14, 2025

Winter is here! It is extremely important that your child is dressed well and properly for each day at school. Every day, students go outside for two recess times. On Friday, students go outside for longer periods of time to participate in Field Study Fridays. We do these activities in any weather! I firmly believe that in Calgary there is no bad weather and it matters what we wear to help us stay warm.

The only times when students will not go outside due to weather is when it is colder than -18°C, with the wind chill. On these days, students will be kept inside as it is a "Blue Day". 

It is also extremely helpful to foster independence for your child in getting dressed for winter on their own. This includes following logical steps to get dressed, such as getting your jacket zipped up before you put on your mittens. It is difficult as the only adult in our classroom to help each child get dressed on time.

We learned about two new spellings for phonics this week. We learned about the FLSZ rule; this rule is followed when we spell one-syllable words that end in F, L, S, or Z. When it follows a short vowel, we double that letter!

We also learned about the ending /k/ sound. When we hear that sound at the end of words and there is a short vowel right before it, we spell the /k/ sound with a 'ck'.

Our heart word that we practiced this week was the word "was". This is a heart word because the 's' makes a /z/ sound!

We continued learning about Fat Bear Week and made predictions about which bear we thought was the biggest and could survive hibernation over the winter! Here are some of our predicitions!

We also began learning about Canada Geese. We learned about migration and why they fly in a v-formation! It was so cool when we got to see them flying outside during our Field Study time today!

We spent time outside for Field Study Friday today! We observed signs of winter and looked for objects in the snow.

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

November 19 - Picture Retake Day

November 20 – Pita Basket Fun Lunch – Place orders at healthyhunger.ca

November 20 – Hoodie / t-shirt orders

November 21 – KINDERGARTEN ONLY – Student Learning Conferences (Regular classes for Grades 1-5)

November 26 – 6:00 – School Council / Parent Fundraising Society Annual General Meeting (at Northern Lights School)

November 27 – Kinder to Grade Five – Evening Parent / Teacher / Student Learning Conferences

November 28 – Kinder to Grade Five – Daytime Parent / Teacher / Student Learning Conferences (No school for K-5)

HOODIES AND T-SHIRTS

If you are interested in ordering an NLS hoodie or t-shirt, please see the flier send home to families or click HERE for all the information you need.

PARENT / TEACHER / STUDENT LEARNING CONFERENCES

The Parent / Teacher / Student Learning Conference booking system will open to families on Monday. The system will send you an email letting you know they are open.  Families can book a 15-minute slot with the homeroom teacher during the available times. All bookings will be done through your parent MyCBE account at sis.cbe.ab.ca.

Conferences times that you can book your 15-minute slot are as follows:

Friday, November 21 – 9:15 – 1:15 (for Kindergarten only)

Thursday, November 27 from 4:30 – 7:45 (for Kindergarten to Grade Five)

Friday, November 28 from 9:15 – 2:00 (for Kindergarten to Grade Five)

LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION SERVICES

We help students and families from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.  We help you get to know our schools and our system, and to feel at home with us.

You can request an interpreter to help you communicate effectively in a Parent/Teacher Conference or any other meeting with a teacher or CBE staff if you are a parent or guardian. Having an interpreter at a meeting will improve everyone’s understanding of the discussion. There is no cost to families for language interpretation services. 

For more information on this service, please visit the CBE Interpretation and Translations Services webpage.

HOW TO BOOK A PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCE

1. Log-in to MyCBE​. If you do not have an account, follow the Create a MyCBE Account​ instructions.
2. Click on the My School Conferences icon.
3. Click on the time slot that is available and convenient for you. Ensure pop-up windows are allowed.
4. In the pop-up window, you will choose your child (you have the option to enter the student's name), the name of the parent / guardian is pre-filled, but can also be changed.​​​​​​​​

 HOW TO CREATE A MYCBE ACCOUNT (IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE ONE)

1. Go to www.cbe.ab.ca/mycbe and click on the “Create Parent Account” link.
   Important: The email that you are using to create your account must be the same one you have provided to the school.