September Newsletter & Calendar

September Newsletter

Our first newsletter for the school year!! This is super detailed but really comprehensive with information about the Busy Bee classroom! Please take some time to read when you get a chance (as we know families are extremely busy) and access if there are any questions that should arise along the way.

Parent Feedback & Information Form

Please complete and return by Friday, September 11, 2026.

September Calendar
This is our September calendar! Although we can send home a paper copy, this blog has the most up to date information! Check out the blog calendar regularly for upcoming dates and information or the Homework & Reminders page.

Looking forward to an amazing year with a fantastic group of students!

September's Reading Room

Here is our September virtual reading room! This contains some great books with themes we will be focusing on in September in our Busy Bee class:

• Back to School
• Growth Mindset
• Fall (Seasons)
• Respect

Click on the pdf with interactive links on the books to enjoy! 

Welcome to Grade 1 and Our Busy Bee Classroom!

Dear Grade 1 Busy Bees & Families,
Welcome to our blog! This is a great spot to keep up with all the happenings of what we get up to during our time at school! Explore the blog & check out all the information. You will be subscribed to this blog later this week so you can stay up to date with all our learning. Also, please bookmark this blog on your favourite device as it a great reference tool of all information for our class!
Looking forward to a great year with you all!
Take care!
Mrs. Herbert

Last Day of School Excitement!

What a great way to spend the last day of Grade 1/2 with some fun math, awards and gifts! We certainly were excited to finish up with a bee movie with a theme of ‘beeing’ yourself! Thank you to the families that sent in some surprise treats today as well! They were enjoyed with the movie! 

Have the best summer break, Busy Bees!

June Estimate Jar!

Today, we did our final Estimate Jar for the school year!!   

Each student wrote down their estimate on their white board of how many treats were in the jar. This time they were NOT the same size or item so it made it a little more tricky as our final estimate jar challenge of the school year!  

We decided today we would count by 2’s because we know counting by ones takes us a long time, and we wanted to move on to other fun math activities today!

Then for the big moment...we all took a turn going around the class and sharing our estimate. We compared numbers and how far away our estimate was from the actual total we had of the candies.

Avery was our winner! She was just 1 away from the 27 treats we had in total! Our winner knew our tradition is to share the treats with everyone in the class. So we divided them up to share practicing our division skills we have been exploring in math. Each of the class friends got 1 with our equal sharing with a remainder. The 8 remainder were given to Avery as the winner to share with her family! 

Some sweet math on this last day of Grade 1/2 in the Busy Bee classroom!

Summer Break Wishes From Mrs. Herbert

   

Wishing all the Grade 1/2 Busy Bee families a wonderful, safe, healthy, and rejuvenating summer break!! 

Thank you for all the wonderful work and support from home to build these little learners! It takes a village to raise such amazing little people! They have grown so much and in so many ways! You should be proud of your little one! 

To our 2025-2026 Busy Bees...Congratulations! You did it! I wish each and every one of you the very best and continued success next year!! Thank you for letting me be your teacher and learning with me. I am proud of you for all you have learned to do this school year and the wonderful character traits you are instilling in yourselves. I just know you will go on to do great things, when you put your mind to it! Have a great summer!! 

We welcome all our little learners back to school on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 for a fresh start to a new year!!

SPCS Play Day!

The weather cooperated so perfectly so we could participate in our school wide Play Day!! It was warm but we got to cool down with some great games organized by Mrs. Hobson and Mrs. Boyd with our 7/8 class to run stations and our 6/7 class as the team leaders. 

Also, we enjoyed a school wide picnic with a hot dog and cake lunch organized by School Council! Thank you to those wonderful parents that helped make that happen! 

We had a blast and finished up with some freezies as a treat! What a great way to end the day and prepare us for our last day of school tomorrow!