Wishing you and your family a safe and relaxing Winter break. We'll see you on the sixth of January.

Community Skating

Join your neighbours for some SKATING and hot chocolate!

When: Saturday, January 4th between 1:30pm and 3:30pm

Where: The skating rink in Vista Heights just North of Valley View Road

Who: Anyone who likes to skate, or who likes hot chocolate, marshmallows andvisiting with neighbours.

For more information, please call the Crossroads

Community Association at (403) 277‐6201

January Upcoming Events

Literacy Sharing Event - January 16th 2014

   We will have guests at our school reading with our younger students and   donating books

Swimming

  We will be having swimming lessons at the Village Square Leisure Center 

  January 20th -24th, 2014

Field Trip tp National Music Center

January 28th

-Report Cards

  You will receive a written report card on January 30th, 2014

  Tomorrow

    

                'Last Day of School Before Break'

‘Pajama Day’ For this special event children may wear or bring appropriate pajamas to slip over their clothes. For outside play, we still need to have students wear snow pants. As well, yon this day, you can bring a stuffed animal as  long as it is not too big.

'Pizza Lunch'   Free pizza lunch, drink and cookie for all students. A special thank you to the generous anonymous donor for Vista Heights School. Everyone stays at school for the lunch.   .....................  Don't forget to bring a snack.

'Movie'  the children have selected a movie to watch during the afternoon.

January Upcoming Events

Literacy Sharing Event - January 16th 2014

   We will have guests at our school reading with our younger students and   donating books

Swimming

  We will be having swimming lessons at the Village Square Leisure Center 

  January 20th -24th, 2014

Field Trip tp National Music Center

January 28th

-Report Cards

  You will receive a written report card on January 30th, 2014

Community Skating
Join your neighbours for some SKATING and hot chocolate!

When: Saturday, January 4th between 1:30pm and 3:30pm

Where: The skating rink in Vista Heights just North of Valley View Road

Who: Anyone who likes to skate, or who likes hot chocolate, marshmallows andvisiting with neighbours.

For more information, please call the Crossroads

Community Association at (403) 277‐6201

This week, we will be meeting each day to sing‘Seasonal Songs with all of the other Vista Height Students and staff. Today we enjoyed learning songs from the Grade 5/6 Outdoor School. 

 Thursday, December 19th             ^'Last Day of School Before Break'

‘Pajama Day’ For this special event children may wear or bring appropriate pajamas to slip over their clothes. For outside play, we still need to have students wear snow pants. As well, yon this day, ou can bring a stuffed animal as  long as it is not too big.

'Pizza Lunch'   Free pizza lunch, drink and cookie for all students. A special thank you to the generous anonymous donor for Vista Heights School. Everyone stays at school for the lunch. 

Don't forget to bring a snack.

See you tonight! 

- Please bring your tickets as we will be collecting them at the door

- Doors will open at 6:10pm for the evening performance 

- Students will gather in their classrooms and wait for their performance time

- The performance will take approximately 45 minutes (starting at 6:30.p.m.)

- All students can be picked up from their individual classrooms after the presentation is

   complete, approximately at 7.15 p.m.

Quest Theatre
We're very excited to share our story with you TOMORROW! We have been working very hard with our script about " Kindness" and spent time this morning perfecting our performance.

For the performance, students are asked to wear dark coloured clothing and if they have a bandana they can wear it on their head like a pirate's. 

Here is some information that you will need to know 

for the Friday Evening Performance

- Please bring your tickets as we will be collecting them at the door

- Doors will open at 6:10pm for the evening performance 

- Students will gather in their classrooms and wait for their performance time

- The performance will take approximately 45 minutes (starting at 6:30.p.m.)

- All students can be picked up from their individual classrooms after the presentation is

   complete, approximately at 7.15 p.m.

**If you have any further questions, please feel free to email me! (robeattie@cbe.ab.ca)

• Quest Theatre Performances 
• Friday December 13th
•   1:30   & 6:30 Shows

Please check the yellow notice which was sent home earlier in the week. Families need to use this form to order tickets for the performance. 


The students perform on Friday afternoon and we encourage all students to return to school for their evening show at 6:30. (Students return to school after 6:10) 

For their performance on Friday, our students are asked to wear dark cloloured pants and top.  

PLEASE RETURN THE FORMS EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT ATTENDING. Thank you!

Quest Theatre 
The students will be performing a Pirate skit which focusses on the virtue of Kindness. If you wouldlike, you may send in a bandana or any parts of a pirate cosutme.

We will be staging two performances on Friday, December 13th at 1:30  &  6:30. 
If you  would like to attend, please return the Ticket Request form tomorrow.
.

We have been discussing feelings as we have read
   How Do You Feel ?        by Anthony Browne. 

  Please ask your child to match the 'feeing word' 
  with the illustration.

happy                  angry                  sad                  worried
             guilty                   mad               confident

Purdy’s Chocolate Orders have arrived!

        -  you can pick up your order from your child’s classroom

        - after the Quest performance on 

          Friday, December 13^th – is an ideal time!

This week we will be working with artists from Quest Theatre. We will be creating a story about the virtue of kindness which we will be sharing with you on Friday, December 13th at 1:30  &  6:30. 

Today, your Kindergarten child or their older brother of sister, will be bringing home an important note about obtaining tickets for Friday's performance. 

Please complete and return this form as soon as possible.

Please check inside your child's folder for a free copy of their class picture.

Reminders

Reminders

There is no school tomorrow due to the student led conferences during the day.

Visit the December newsletter by following this link: :http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b239/publications/newsletters/2013-2014/Dec.pdf

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent Teacher Interviews and Student Led Conferences will take place tonight and tomorrow during the day. If you have not  booked a time to meet with me please visit the Vista Heights School webpage. 

If you are unable to attend on thse dates, please contact me robeattie@cbe.ab.ca and we can arrange a time that is convenient for you some time in the coming weeks.

I look forward to seeing you tonight and tomorrow!

We have reciting the verses from the book There Was an Old Lady. This is a traditional build-up chant that is familiar to many families.  Our young students have been enjoying the humour as they recited the predictable and repetitive verses from the text.
Please have your child use the pictures below to recite the lines form the book.

 Parent-Teacher Conferences 

 Thursday p.m.  &  Friday a.m..    

Conference Manager Site :   

https://webapps.cbe.ab.ca/MyAccount/Account/LogOn
or find it on Vista Heights School web site

Please note: 

There will be no school on Friday December 6, 2013

 due to the Parent Teacher Interviews  during the day

Parent - Teacher Conference

At this point, we have had may of our families sign up for the Parent - Teacher Conferences on Thursday and Friday. This is our opportunity to discuss 

1) Areas of growth 

2) Setting goals for areas od development

3) Results of the Early Years Evaluation

4) Kindergarten Program of Studies

Our goal is to meet with all parents at this time. For access to the conference manager web site please find the site on the Vista Heights School page. As well, if you wish you can email mean I will slot you into the conference manager. 

We look forward to meeting you later this week.

Thank you

Reminder:
Interviews 

Parent-Teacher Interviews and Student-Led Conferences are next week, Thursday, December 5 and Friday, December 6.  Please use the information coming home today to book an interview time online. For more information, visit the Vista Heights School home page.

Photo Retakes

Retakes were sent home last week. Please note that all orders are due tomorrow.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Dec 5 & 6-Parent Teacher Conferences
Dec 9-13-Quest Theatre
Dec 13-Quest Theatre Performances 1:30 and 6:30
Dec 17-19-Seasonal Singing
Dec 19 - Free Pizza Lunch, Pyjama Day,
Last Day of School for students
Jan 6 - Students return after Winter Break 

Remember to read the full online version of our school's December newsletter by clicking on the link below: 

http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b239/publications/newsletters/2013-2014/Dec.pdf

http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b239/publications/newsletters/2013-2014/Dec.pdf

If your child had their photo taken on the second photography session in November (Retake Day) , please check your child's backpack for a copy of the proofs.  

Deadline for ordering  December 3rd.


 Parent-Teacher Conferences 

We are using the CBE Conference Program for booking Parent/Teacher Conferences on Thursday p.m.  and Friday a.m.. Parent may book their time starting at 8 a.m. on Saturday, November 30th.   

Conference Manager Site :   https://webapps.cbe.ab.ca/MyAccount/Account/LogOn
or find on Vista Heights School web site

Reminder: Pita Lunch Tomorrow

Our young students were very excited to see the University of Calgary solar car. They asked the Engineering students lots of questions. Salah found out that the car could go very fast at 130 kph. 



 CP Holiday Train

Don’t miss Grammy award winning singer Sarah McLachlan performing at the annual CP Holiday Train at Anderson Station on Saturday December 7, 2013. 

This free concert will also feature The Tenors and Matt Dusk.n support of the Calgary Food Bank and hosted by Peter Mansbridge, the event begins with the opening of the North Pole Station at 4:00 p.m. followed by the concert, which begins at 5:00 p.m.Explore the North Pole Station and its family-oriented activities including Santa, ice carving and hot chocolate before the show begins.

Attendees are encouraged to take Calgary Transit to this event as parking is limited. The event is free, however attendees are asked to make a donation or bring non-perishable food items for the Calgary Food Bank.

For more information visit Canadian Pacific's Facebook Page.