Monday Message October 16 - Andrew Sibbald School

Posted on 2023-10-15 00:00:00 +0000 UTC

Dear Andrew Sibbald Families,

As we continue into October, it has been wonderful to see evidence of student learning throughout the school. We hope you are enjoying the learning snapshots on the Classroom Blogs! We are proud of the students for their engagement and their citizenship at Andrew Sibbald. Last week we started our first student-led lunchtime club, initiated by a group of grade sixes. We were proud of their leadership, ownership, and organization around this. During the previous week, our Grade Five students did an excellent job leading learning inside classrooms around Orange Shirt Day. When students have authentic opportunities to learn with and from each other, their wellbeing increases. This week, some of our Grade Two students will test the design process of bridges they have built by visiting expert professional engineers and our Grade Three students will get to learn from an expert from The Glenbow Museum. We are grateful to the parents & community members willing to share their time and expertise with us!

Gr. 5/6 FSL Art Content Update from Mme Veltkamp

Hello FSL grade 5/6 families! We are so excited to send our art off to the "Life in Alberta to the beat of language and culture" Alberta Education art contest in Edmonton. Art and parent consent forms will be collected from all classes on Monday and will be sent in the mail on Tuesday. Please make sure to sign the model consent form for art including a photograph. Wish us luck! Please reach out to bnveltkamp@cbe.ab.ca if you have any questions.

~ Sincerely, Mme Veltkamp

Online Series for Parents Hosted by AHS

The Calgary Board of Education invites all parents and guardians to join us in an online series focusing on child and youth well-being. These sessions will be hosted with experts from Alberta Health Services and will explore topics like vaping, brain development, mental health, and sexual health. The intention of the series is to advance student well-being by raising family and caregiver’s understanding of a variety of health-related topics.

Parent Focus Group - Invitation from Alberta Education

On Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, from 7-8:00 p.m., Alberta Education will host a focus group with the intention of seeking feedback from parents to update the old “My Child's Learning: A Parent Resource" website into a brand-new space that will be hosted on new.LearnAlberta.ca . 10 – 12 parents will be identified from metro, urban and rural school divisions, representing children of varying grade ranges (K-12) to participate in this focus group. If you are interested, please email me at jcscarrow@cbe.ab.ca and I will send you the “expression of interest” application.

Parent Association Hosted Halloween Dance – Thursday Oct. 26th

It's Back! The Parent Association Halloween Dance will be on the evening of Thursday, October 26th. Students must attend with a family member (there will be no staff supervision).

All families will sign up to request one of the two, one-hour timeslots. RSVP is required to attend. Please use this link bit.ly/AndrewSibbald or see the poster for more informationthe poster for more information. There is no cost to attend the event; instead, please bring a food donation for The Calgary Food Bank. If you’d like to purchase snacks or goodies at the concession, please bring loonies!

Parent Association is requesting the support of 4 more parent volunteers to help out at the dance. An email will go out to parents & guardians early this week who have a valid PIC (police information check). The email will also include details around the volunteer positions required and how to sign up for one of these volunteer shifts.

Thank you!

Sibbald this Week

Monday – 16th