Dear Thorncliffe Families,
What a busy week around Thorncliffe! Our grade 1-3 students demonstrated amazing resilience walking back and forth from the Thorncliffe pool for their swimming lessons. Overall, despite being tired from their walk and swimming, students were so excited about their growth, progress, and increased confidence in the water. Students that had not swam before shared about how they could now float, felt confident putting their head underwater, and learned some basic movement in the water. We are so proud of all of them!
As a reminder, cell phones and other personal mobile devices are not permitted to be used at school. If your child brings a cell phone to school, we expect that it is stored away from before they enter the school in the morning until they have left at the end of the school day. This includes time spent at after school clubs such as choir. Thank you for your support!
October 5th was World Teacher’s Day. We are grateful for the amazing educators at Thorncliffe school. Their dedication to student well-being and academic development both during the school day with your students and outside the school day planning, preparing, discussing student needs, and connecting with colleagues demonstrate their commitment to students each day. Thank you Thorncliffe Teachers on World Teacher’s Day and every day.
We hope you all enjoyed the beautiful fall weather this weekend!
Warmly,
Calleigh and Nadine
Upcoming Important Days
- October 11th – IPPs will come home
- October 10th – Edo Fun Lunch
- October 10th – School Council AGM 6:00pm
- October 14th – Thanksgiving : School Closed
- October 16th – Be You Day!
- October 22nd – Little Caesar’s Fun Lunch
- October 25th – Professional Learning: No students
- November 8-9th – Casino Fundraiser
Healthy Hunger Lunch
- Thursday, October 10th - Edo
- Tuesday, October 22nd – Little Caesars
- Set up your account and order at: https://healthyhunger.ca/
Online Forms
- Please check your inbox for a message about completing online forms
- Very important for our record keeping
- Completed on your MyCBE account, click on the School Engage icon
- Deadline to complete has passed – please call the school if you have any questions, can still be completed on School Engage
School Council Updates
- Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, October 10th at 6:00pm
- All Parents/Guardians/Caregivers of Thorncliffe students are welcome
- Great opportunity to connect with other parents, school administrators, and to learn about what is happening at the school
- Upcoming Thorncliffe School Fundraising Casino at Cowboys Casino on November 8 and 9.
- Click here to sign up: volunteersignup.org/LP7WD
- You do not have to be a parent at the school to volunteer! Volunteers can include yourself, friends, and family. Volunteers must be 18 or over, training will be provided and there are professionals available during the entire event to answer questions.
- Contact Thorncliffe School Council (Thorncliffesc@gmail.com) with any questions.
- Cowboys Casino is located on the Stampede Grounds next to the BMO Centre. FREE parking is available
- Food and drink is provided
- We cover babysitting costs and taxis
- Thank you to those that have already signed up!
Swimming!
- All classes from grades 1-6 will have an opportunity to go swimming
- October 15-18: Ms. Emma, Ms. Omanthi, and Mr. Larson
- November 25-28: Mr. Sandberg and Mr. K
- Please return your acknowledgement of risk form as soon as possible
- Thank you for the generous support of School Council to make this field trip no cost for families
- Students will walk to and from the pool for swimming, please send students with warm outdoor clothing on their swimming day along with a towel and swimsuit
- We are still seeking Male volunteers with current valid volunteer clearance to accompany our classes. This is required for the change rooms. If you can help out for any or all days, please email ceharder@cbe.ab.ca
- Thank you to the generosity of volunteers that supported with swimming last week! You are so very appreciated!
Halloween
- Will be celebrated on October 31st at school
- Please do not send in any food or candy to school with your student
- Students are allowed to dress up in a school friendly costume if you would like
- No weapons or other hand held props
- Not too scary or horror themed (being sensitive to the young children in the school)
- Still able to participate in all school activities including recess, phys. Ed, arts and crafts wearing their costume
- Costume is not required for those that do not celebrate
- Please no masks
- We will have our first Switcheroo Day! On Switcheroo, students will have an opportunity to learn from a different teacher in an area of their choice. More details to come.
Be You Days
- First Be You Day October 16th
- Spirit Day for students to showcase their own unique identity
- Staff and students are welcome to wear clothing that reflects an attribute of their identity that they would like to share which could include cultural dress/outfits, sports, activities, or personal interests
- Reach out to your child’s teacher or the office with any questions about this day