October...

It was really lovely to see so many students, siblings, parents and grandparents in the library at the Open House. Thank you for coming by, introducing yourselves and for helping support the growth of our library by adopting a book or two. We raised an amazing total of $610.00. All of these funds will go towards building our collection and buying some necessary supplies for the kindergarten library program. Thank you, again, for your support and for celebrating reading with us.  

Our grade 1 to grade 7 classes are up and running! The kindergarten classes are very close and will be ready to go very soon. Thank you for your patience. All classes have a weekly library slot where they can return their books and sign out new books. Please ask your child about their book choices and take a moment to sit down with them and read a few pages. In the students’ classrooms and in the library, we will discussing how to select “good fit books” that are just right for your child’s reading level and interests to help them select books.   

Thank you, again, for your continued support of our library! It is wonderful to have the students coming and going, lounging on the couches and carpets with books in-hand, and sharing their favourite reads.  

Sara Furnival 

Teacher Librarian 

Visit our Library during the Open House

   Come and Adopt-a-Book

On Tuesday, September 28th during our Open House, please visit our library to see our beautiful space, browse our collection and Adopt-a-Book or two.

The Adopt-a-Book initiative is a fundraiser for our library to support the growth of our collection. Here’s how it works:  

1. When you enter the library, several books will be on display on the tables. Choose a book (or two) to "adopt".

2. There will be two tables accepting adoption payments. Soft cover books are $5.00 and hardcover books are $10.00.

3. You will be asked to sign a sticker that thanks you for supporting our school library and announces your adoption of the library book. This sticker will be placed in the front of the book that you have chosen and it will go in a bin to be reshelved on Wednesday.

4. The book will stay in our collection with your adoption sticker inside it. Students will sign it in and out and be reminded of your support each time they do so.  

Thank you so much for celebrating reading with us!

Teacher Librarian

Westminster Woods

Open House

We hope that you can join us for the first ever Westminster Woods Open House.  The school will be open tomorrow night  (Tuesday September 28th ) from 6:30-8:00.  Come and have a tour of the school and meet your child's teachers.  We are hoping that there will be coffee as well!

Please remember to keep the night of October 20th open for our Grand Opening.  The ceremony will run from 7-8 pm.

It's hard to believe, but we are already in the third week of school.  Our junior kindergartens started today (and yes, they are all okay)!  I want to take this opportunity to thank parents for their overwhelming support during the first couple of weeks of school.  The parking was relatively easy because of you.  Despite some minor changes, almost all parents are dropping their children off at the correct places (refer to the map sent home the first day if you have questions).  There may still be some minor changes, but so far, all seems good.

We hope that all of you will be able to come out to the school Open House which will be held next week , Tuesday September 28 from 6:30-8:00.  While this is not a time to have an interview with your child's teacher, it is a time to meet them, see the classroom and visit the rest of the school.  We really hope you can make it.

Some sports teams have started and we are busy trying to figure out what our school mascot and colours might be.  Stay tuned for more details!