Tuesday October 17, 2017

New Grade 1 Teacher
-Royal Oak School is happy to welcome Mr. Pereira to our Grade 1 team. Mr. Pereira spent the day with Ms. Barley’s class today. He will be taking over for Ms. Barley as she goes onto maternity leave.  Her last day will be on Wednesday this week.  We wish her all the best with her exciting venture with her new little one.

School Spirit Wear
-If you would like to order the Royal Oak School spirit wear please complete the form that is in your child’s folder today. 

Iris
-You will be receiving a yellow sheet with your child’s login information for Iris. You may access Iris through the link on the drop down menu on the blog in the top left hand corner. We encourage parents to login and catch a glimpse of what we have been doing here at school. We also encourage parents to have their child practice logging into Iris independently.

Wetlands
-Mrs. Daniels’ class will be doing a fall wetlands visit on Thursday Oct. 19. Please be sure that students are wearing appropriate clothing and footwear.  If you would like to volunteer and have clearance, kindly sign up on the sign up genius invite. 

Book orders
-Please return any book orders for September and October by the end of the week so I can place the Sept/Oct. order.


****Home Reading****
-Please send back clear home reading book bags every Tuesday and Thursday to get your new books! The volunteers exchange the books in the morning so it is important that students hand them in first thing when they arrive.





   ”Pumpkinella”

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Halloween will soon be upon us and Royal Oak School would like to recognize the occasion with our annual “Pumpkinella” event. This is a strictly optional activity where families are encouraged to work together to carve a pumpkin and bring it to the school. The jack-o-lanterns will then all be displayed in the school’s “pumpkin patch” (gathering area). Throughout the course of the day, students will have the opportunity to tour the “pumpkin patch,” marvel at the creative contributions, and ready themselves with ideas and plans for the following year.

As Halloween falls on a Tuesday this year, parents can drop their pumpkins off Monday, October 30th from 4-5pm and can pick their pumpkins up on Tuesday, October 31st from 4-5pm. Please do not send pumpkins before these dates as in the warm school environment they often will not survive several days. It is highly recommended that families pre-arrange adult support for dropping off and picking up pumpkins as they are often challenging for our young students to manage on their own.

Please note, any pumpkins not picked up by 5:00pm on October 31st will be disposed of.

We hope to see all your spooky jack-o-lanterns in our ROS pumpkin patch soon. Please contact your child’s teacher should you have any questions or concerns about this event.

Sincerely,

The Pumpkinella Committee

Important dates
Thursday Oct. 19 – Mrs. Daniels afternoon wetlands visit
Tuesday Oct. 17 – School Council 7pm
Tuesday Oct. 31 – Pumpkinella
Wednesday Nov. 8 – Picture retake day