A new beginning...

As we've transitioned our learning to Google Classroom, we'll be ending communication from the blog. If you're having difficulty accessing our digital classroom, please email us.

We'll see you over on Google Classroom!

March 30

It was a different day at school today. Instead of hearing about how you spent your Spring Break during a sharing circle, your teachers were on a video conference call with Mr. Murphy! Things sure are quiet at New Brighton School and we really miss you!

All of you should have heard from Mrs. Seymour or Mrs. Cose today (if you didn't, check your email). We are really looking forward to connecting with all of you in the next few days and sharing what we are planning to support learning at home.

Even though we are not together today. We would like to send out warm birthday wishes to some of our friends who celebrated over the break/this week:

Happy Spring Break!

Today's Story Time with Seymour: The Adventures of Beekle!

When you're leaving comments, remember that it's anonymous, so please write your name for us so we know who is stopping by! After you comment with why you think Mrs. Seymour read this book, we will email you a link to a video explaining why we shared this book so you can see if your thoughts are the same or different!

For writing, I know many children have been keeping a journal of their thoughts, feelings, and activities during self-isolation. If you want to write it in Google Docs to share with us, or upload a video to IRIS of yourself sharing your thoughts, feel free! This is not mandatory by any means, but a great way to record a historical narrative of how you and your family are doing during this time. 

Here's a fun math activity that we were planning to do this week at school that you can try at home if you want! Feel free to email us or post on IRIS with your own completed answers if you'd like!

Taken from https://www.math-salamanders.com/

We miss you all and hope you're all safe and healthy! Take care, and have a

Thursday, March 19th

Well, today was SUPPOSED to be the beginning of your Spring Break... happy Spring Break, friends!

We'd love to hear from you in the comments below! When you're leaving comments, remember that it's anonymous so please write your name for us so we know who is writing! 

This is an online/printable story that can help you talk about your feelings (click here for the English book, or click here for other languages) 

Don't forget that you can always go on

• RAZ-Kids under hseymour5 or amcose
• Prodigy
• XTRA-math

Here are some other ideas of things from the CBE:

• https://www.cbe.ab.ca/programs/curriculum/learning-at-home/Pages/k-6.aspx

Students, you can also use your @educbe.ca accounts to email us! We'd love to hear about how you're doing and what you've been up to! 

• For students to email Mrs. Cose, click here
• For students to email Mrs. Seymour, click here

Parents, please continue to use our CBE email addresses for communication (links below). If your child does not remember his/her account numbers/names/ids/passwords/etc. please email us and we'll be happy to pass those on :)

Thanks so much,

Mrs. Cose and Mrs. Seymour

Missing you

Hi friends,

We are missing everyone dearly but we hope you are enjoying this time with your family. We're thinking of you all! The classroom isn't the same without you.

Waiting for updates

Hi parents,

Teachers are at school today waiting for updates just like you are. Please continue to check the CBE website and school messenger, and we'll be posting links to that information once we get it.

Know that we are thinking of you all and miss you already. In the meantime, please feel free to post ideas or pictures of your school-away-from-school photos!

Mrs. Seymour & Mrs. Cose

Full Moon Friday the 13th

Well, we did it! We survived the time change, full moon, fresh snowfalls/blizzards, and Friday the 13th. It's been quite the week... we hope you all take precautions to stay safe and healthy this weekend.

Today we had a much smaller group of students than we're used to, but we made the best of it.

Super Troopers 2020

Highlights from today:

• we got to have a double-phys.Ed workout with Ms. Nanavaty (Aaron)
• at snack, Mrs. Seymour's class played picnic to work on problem-solving with words (Jaxon)
• we played Contig to practice our mental math
• we played Prodigy to practice our math skills on the computers (Corbin)
• we played Password to practice our descriptive words (Avery)
• we watched a video about ways to stay healthy:

• stay home if you are sick
• wash your hands (Sofia, Bennett)
• cover your cough with your arm (Corbin)
• don't touch your face (Jaxon)
• check your facts: WHO, Alberta Health, Alberta Government, CBE

Book Fair Next Week: 
We are going to allow students to bring cash to school to buy books, but unfortunately, only students who bring cash will be allowed to come to the fair (no previews). Grade 2 Students will get to go on Thursday morning. Ms. Gall will come to each class one at a time and take only the students that have brought money with them.