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Homework alert!

This month, we are learning all about the weather, starting with weather vocabulary and terms in all three languages. We are also tracking the weather for the entire month of November and need your help!

In your child’s backpack today, you will find the weather wheel they made in class, as well as their homework! It is a weather tracking form for PD days and weekends. They learned how to use it by colouring in each appropriate rectangle for the date noted to the left, and they are very excited to have the responsibility of homework!

**Please do not do any homework over Shabbat**

Please send back completed charts (or a photo of the completed chart) on Monday, November 27 so we can add the data points to our classroom chart.

Thank you for your collaboration!

Fall Collages and reminders

Important upcoming dates:

  • October 27 – 3pm Friday Dismissal, and dress down day, see below
  • October 31 – Photo retake day – please let us know if your child will be needing a retake
  • November 2 – 12:00 pm dismissal for goal setting meetings, looking forward to collaborating with you!
  • November 3 – NO SCHOOL for goal setting meetings
  • November 10 – 2pm Friday early dismissal begins

Some beautiful tear-art trees, adorned with leaves collected from the yard!

 

just a rainy day… and some reminders

A quick reminder to please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather! October and November are very tricky in Ottawa, and we do go outside to play in light rain. The playground is also wet We might have sunshine and 30 degrees or rain and 10 degrees. We recommend a rain jacket, rain pants, and rain boots for outdoors, and dressing in layers because the temperature can vary. Thank you!

Upcoming:

NO SCHOOL on Monday, October 9th

SUPER TOP SECRET EXPERIMENT on Tuesday, October 10th. Guess what we are doing!

 

OCTOBER 17 GLOBAL MAKER DAY! Please send all kinds of recyclables, like all sizes and shapes of cardboard boxes and especially tubes/rolls (like from paper towels and toilet paper). Plastic containers (yogurt, sour cream, etc.) are also welcome but they must be cleaned and not smelly. (Trust me on that one!) We are also asking for corks, paint stir sticks, popsicle sticks, and other things like that. The class that brings the most items is added to the draw to win a prize and because we are the smallest (and most adorable) class in the school… let’s do this!!!

Important Information

Orange Shirt Day, tomorrow (Friday) this is our first dress down day of the year. Dress down happens on the last Friday of every month (unless otherwise scheduled) and the whole school collects tzedakah for a monthly cause. This month, proceeds are donated towards the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Please bring in a loonie or a toonie, and see flyer below.
Photo proofs are in your child’s backpack, unless I have already given them to you. Please visit their website and read directions carefully to order photos. Note that the deadline is October 5. Please let me know if you want your child to have a retake.
Upcoming: No school on Monday, October 9th for Thanksgiving.

Last Day Tomorrow!

Dear JK Families,

We have had an AMAZING year together and it’s a bittersweet feeling that we are all feeling today! Your children have been asking for this for a few weeks and we are happy to announce that tomorrow (Wednesday, June 28) will be….. A PYJAMA PARTY!!!!! Please send your child dressed in weather-appropriate pjs (no fleece!), bring a small stuffy, some snacks and water. We will not need lunch as it is a 12:00 pm dismissal.

We are also sending home a lot of things your children have worked on throughout the year. Please send an extra canvas bag in case their backpacks get too heavy. Some of the folders have summer practice pages, so please keep an eye out for those.

Thank you so much for being a part of the 2022-23 OJCS JK family, we LOVED having your children in our class this year, and watching them grow and become the amazing, confident, kind, unique individuals that they are today.

Keep in touch! Have a fabulous summer!

Warmly,

Morah Susan, Monsieur Ebbs, and Morah Mushki

 

Drumroll please!


We raised $277.66 for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation!

If you would like to donate to Joshua’s lemonade stand directly, or know someone who does, please direct them to: https://ottawacancer.akaraisin.com/ui/itakeastand/scoreboard

Just click on Joshua Shabinsky and it will take you to his page.

JK proudly sorted and counted all of the coins and paper money, learning a bit about what each piece of money is worth, and what the symbols are.

Kol Hakavod!

Update!!

A HUGE shout out to the Shabinsky family, Glenview homes, the JK class, and all of our helpers for helping us with Joshua’s lemonade standemonium! The biggest thank you goes out to all of our patrons – THANK YOU!!!!
We will be counting your total donations to the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation tomorrow morning so please Stay tuned!

Here are some photos of us getting ready and hosting the lemonade stand!

Thank you! Todah! Merci!

Lemonade standemoneum 2023

Shalom families!

We are so proud to announce that one of our very own students has registered for the 2023 Lemonade Standemoneum, presented by Glenview homes (also one of our wonderful families!). He will be setting up his lemonade stand tomorrow, Tuesday June 13th, at the front of the school at pick up time and JK will be helping him sell lemonade! All proceeds will be donated to the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation. Please consider making a donation. Hope to see you there, sipping on some delicious refreshing lemonade!

Love,

JK

Upcoming events

Shalom JK families!

We had such a lovely time yesterday with all of our special visitors yesterday morning for generations day, we hope they come back and visit soon!

We have a busy schedule over the next two weeks so here are some important dates and reminders:

  • In honour of Shavuot, OJCS is compiling a recipe book. JK is responsible for desserts so please send in/email your family’s most favourite dairy or pareve desserts! Cite your source if it’s from a website or cookbook!
  • Friday, May 19: Dress down day! JK has decided to have a PJ day, so wear your cozy pjs, bring a stuffy (as long as it fits in your backpack), and some friends even want to wear their slippers as indoor shoes!
  • Monday, May 22: NO SCHOOL Victoria Day
  • Thursday, May 25: DAIRY DAY in honour of Shavuot we are having an assembly with a special dairy treat! We are also collecting donations of food items for the Ottawa Kosher Food Bank. Please see flyer below for more details.
  • Friday, May 26: NO SCHOOL Shavuot

Please remember to send your child dressed appropriately for the weather, which includes a light jacket or sweatshirt, rain gear if needed, a sun hat, and please consider applying sunscreen in the morning. You can also send in sunscreen for your child to reapply before we go out later in the day.