Love is in the Air!

Happy Belated Valentine's Day to all Div 1 and 2 families.  This week there was a definite buzz in the classrooms as Valentine's Day was fast approaching!

The week began with our assembly.  Due to the popularity of the Chinese Lunar New Year dance from last Thursday, our teacher candidate, Olivia, briefly excused herself from her UBC class and popped by Dickens to help the children put on an encore performance of their dance.  The dance was a hit and the children were really proud of themselves!

Focus quickly shifted to Valentine's as the children decorated special mail bags and hung them in the classrooms.

On Tuesday, the children began to create extra large Valentine's for a neighbourhood activity aimed at spreading love and happiness.  In other words, a bucket-filling project!  If you are unfamiliar with the term "bucket-filling" please ask your child and he/she can explain.

Finally on Thursday, the day had arrived!  Sage exclaimed, "This is the best day of the year!".  Soon it was time to peek into our Valentine's bags and to read the cards that were delivered by fellow classmates.  The students were allowed to eat one treat from their bag and then take the rest home.  Sorry parents!  hee hee

Actually, the "hee hee" was on us because we had a big celebration with lots and lots of Valentine's food!  Thanks to parents who brought these delectable morsels. Wow.

Towards the end of the day, we teamed up with Sheila and Cathy's class and set out to deliver our extra large Valentines to the doors of neighbouring homes.  We feel so fortunate to be in this neighbourhood and community so we thought we would let people know how we felt.

Here are Cathy and Sheila's classes.

Here we are on the other side of Dickens.

A neighbour emerged to say thank you after hearing the pitter pattering of feet coming up her stairs.

Way to go Divisions 1,2,3 and 4.  You warmed people's hearts today.

Another exciting event took place this week - Hip Hop!  For the past few years, Mike has come into Dickens for two weeks.  He works with each team and somehow pulls us all together for a performance at the end of the second week.  It's astounding!

"Raising the Roof" move.

 Our performance will take place this Friday right after lunch.  All families are welcome to come!

Upcoming events and reminders:
-Do Bugs Need Drugs?  Visits from nursing students to all primary classes on Monday afternoon.
-Hip Hop Performance at 1:00 this Friday.
-VSO Field Trip on Thursday, Feb. 28th.  Please bring in $5 plus the permission form.


Thanks for visiting :)