Allenby will be participating in the WR3 Regional Spelling Bee competition in April again this year; registration will be open during the month of January. You can register online or through the school. On the online registration form, select WR3 school as your the contestant’s region. If you prefer, you can pick up a registration […]
Happy New Year! I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! I hope that you were able to enjoy some time with family and friends over the holidays. This week brought winter temperatures, something not seen yet this year (my usual vacation is spent skiing and snowshoeing, not biking and hiking as I […]
Over the last few weeks the efforts of staff, students and our parent community have reminded me what this time of year is all about…giving. Our Eco Club has repurposed crayons and have been gifting them to classes; our Me to We Club has raised over $1800 for Sick Kids; many parent volunteers joined us […]
We are well on our way into a new school year. Progress reports will be sent home on Thursday with all grade 1 to 6 students. These reports are intended to provide you with an early indication of how your child is progressing at this point in the school year. The progress report does not contain […]
Thank you to Mr. Roberts and Mr. G for their efforts in coaching our girls’ basketball team this season. The girls made it out of the first round tournament and into the quarter finals losing a grueling match to Chester Le by only 3 baskets. There’s always next year girls!
Get a jump on two weeks of sleeping in and long mornings in your PJs – it’s Pajama Day next Friday December 18th. Students are encouraged to come to school in their comfiest pajamas.
Last week at our APA meeting I did a workshop on how parents can support their children with early reading strategies. Although my children are teenagers now, I remember those evenings and weekend mornings spent playing games and singing songs about letter sounds or cuddling up with a book. I didn’t know then that the […]
Have you been upgrading your home office devices? Please contact the office if you have a laser jet colour printer you would like to donate to the school.
I am writing this week about a subject that isn’t very exciting, in fact it will result in you feeling itchy at best…I am writing about lice. This fall we did a whole school lice check with Nit Works and we have another planned for January. Over the last week letters have been sent home […]
The annual Scholastic Book Fair is returning to our Allenby Library on Monday Dec. 7 until Thursday Dec. 10. The fair will run until roughly 4:30 pm on Monday and Thursday, and until 5:30 pm on Tuesday and Wednesday. Students will also be able to purchase books during the school day. If you are able […]
