It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. -Babe Ruth
This is just a reminder that tomorrow is our TERRY FOX RUN at WEJ! All students at WEJ will be heading outside at 3pm to run laps for the Terry Fox Foundation. We encourage students to bring a Toonie for Terry to support this great cause!
Thanks for your support!
Ms. Argue 🙂
This Thursday, September 27th is Meet the Teacher night at WEJ from 4:30-6:00pm. Miss Kaell and myself with both be at WEJ upstairs our classroom in Room 214. We are looking forward to meeting you then!
Ms. Argue & Miss Kaell
A message from our school board:
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On Tuesday, September 25th 2018, all Ottawa-Carleton District School Board schools will reopen with the exception of the following schools which will remain closed: Knoxdale Public School and West Carleton Secondary School.
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WEJ is open and it is a regular school day tomorrow. See you all back at school tomorrow!
Ms. Argue
A message from our school board:
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All Ottawa-Carleton District School Board schools, program and administrative buildings including the extended day program and infant/toddler programs will be closed tomorrow, Monday, September 24, 2018.
The decision was made in consultation with city emergency services due to extensive power outages and damage to several areas of the city. Ottawa Police have further advised that efforts should be made to reduce the number of people and traffic moving throughout the city due to areas that have been more significantly impacted.
The safety of our students, families and staff, is our top priority. Given the significant number of schools that remain without power, and the continued repair work needed in our schools, we feel that this is the best way to ensure student and staff safety.
School closures mean there is no before and after school care, and no community use of schools/extracurricular use of schools on Monday, September 24.
We anticipate that most schools, programs and buildings will resume regular operations on Tuesday, September 25th. We will provide updates on school openings by 4:00 p.m. daily on our website and social media. Our apologies for any inconvenience.
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So our school, W. Erskine Johnston, will be closed to students & teachers tomorrow – Monday, September 24th. Please stay tuned for more updates. I will post any more statements from our board on this blog to keep everyone updated.
Stay safe,
Ms. Argue
Just a reminder that our Carp Fair field trip is tomorrow! Students will be leaving WEJ at 9:30am sharp and returning to WEJ by 2:00pm. Please send your child with their normal lunch, snacks & a water bottle. Students are allowed to bring up to $10 to buy a treat if they want but this is optional. Students will be touring the fairgrounds & learning what rural life is all about! Students are not allowed to go on any rides or play games.
Please dress for the weather as it might rain tomorrow – rubber boots or outdoor shoes plus a rain jacket and extra socks would be recommended as it is an outdoor field trip but there are lots of buildings & tents to go into in case it’s wet.
Miss Kaell will be taking our class on the field trip tomorrow as she works on Fridays but I will be heading over to the fair with my son and husband to meet our class! We are hoping to meet up with our class to watch the Rock the Arts farm themed puppet show (my sister’s company) in the Family Circle tent tomorrow which will be great!
Stay tuned for pictures from this great field trip!
Ms. Argue 🙂
The first book that I decided to read to our grade 3 class this year was the picture booked entitled, “The Koala Who Could” by Rachel Bright.
Before I read this book to the class, I showed them the following quote that related to the book’s message:
As a class, we talked about what this quote meant to us. We talked about how if you don’t try, you will never know what you can achieve.
After discussing the quote, I then read them “The Koala Who Could”. This book is about a koala named Kevin who spends his days sitting in his eucalyptus tree watching the animals on the ground below participate in fun activities. The animals always invite Kevin to come down and play, but Kevin always says no and stays in the comfort of his tree. One day, Kevin is surprised by the sound of a bird tapping at his tree! The animals encourage him to un-cling from his tree but Kevin is worried. He ends up falling out of his tree and landing safely on the ground below. He soon realizes that being on the ground is okay and begins to feel great and plays with the other animals.
After we finished the book, we talked about how many books have a message.
Students then had to try and figure out what the author’s message was for the book, “The Koala Who Could”. They also got a chance to create their own Koala! Scroll down below to find your child’s work. Y
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Students did a great job on their first reading response! Stay tuned for our next read aloud and response.
Ms. Argue 🙂
In addition, our school is set up on to receive online donations. It’s fast, easy and you receive your receipt right away.
Our school url link is: http://www.terryfox.ca/
We are very proud to be associated with the Terry Fox Foundation. Terry Fox certainly modeled the following values: heroism, strength, perseverance, courage, determination, integrity and most of all hope.
Thanks for your support!
From,
Mr. Bradley – Grade 6 Teacher and Organizer of the Terry Fox Run at WEJ 🙂
Welcome to our Grade 3 class blog!
I just wanted to welcome everyone back to school this year. I hope everyone had a great summer and enjoyed spending some quality time with their friends and family.
This year, I will be teaching Grade 3 again at WEJ! I will be teaching on Monday’s, Tuesday’s, Wednesday’s and Thursday’s. On Friday’s, I will be home with my 2 year old son, Camden. On Friday’s we are very excited to welcome Miss Rebecca Kaell to our class! Ms. Kaell and myself are very excited to starting teaching and learning new things with all of our students in our grade 3 class!
We will be using this class blog to keep you updated on all of the great learning experiences that your child is experiencing in our class. We will also be using agendas in our class that students will be writing daily reminders or homework in. Our school agendas are due to arrive at our school on September 25th so please check the blog until then for important information.
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I hope everyone has had a great first few days back at school and I look forward to meeting you all soon!
Thanks!
Ms. Argue 🙂