Terry Fox Run This Friday

Terry Fox Run this Friday September 27 from 8:30 to 9:00. Parents/Guardians are welcome to attend.

4-7-8 Breathing

Deep breathing is one of the BEST and EASIEST practices you can learn to help reduce your worry and achieve calmness and relaxation. 

4-7-8 Breathing Detail:

1. Breathe into your diaphragm (imagine a balloon inflating below your rib cage)
2. Breathe in through your nose for 4 seconds (quietly)
3. Hold the breath in for 7 seconds
4. Breathe out through your mouth for 8 seconds (audibly)
5. As a bonus, while you’re breathing, try to focus only on your breaths going in and out

Why do we loose control of our emotions?

A great conversation starter.

Simple, easy-to-understand whiteboard animation to help  us understand the way their brains work to recognize and manage their emotions.

I encourage you to watch this video with your child.

September Conferences

Dear Parents/Families,

Thursday September 19th and Friday September 20th are Conferences at Cambrian Heights.

The first conference is an excellent opportunity for families to share updates and new information about the student, and for teachers to share initial assessment information, with a focus on overall strengths, areas for growth, and supports in place in the classroom.

Due to the unique learning needs of students in The Class Program, I will be scheduling 30-minute conferences. If you could please send me your preferred appointment time from the list below, I will try my best to accommodate you. An email will then be sent to you confirming your meeting time.

Thursday September 19th
Available appointments:
3:00 pm - This time slot has been booked
3:30 pm
4:00 pm - This time slot has been booked
4:30 pm - This time slot has been booked
5:00 pm
5:30 pm
6:00 pm
6:30 pm - This time slot has been booked.
7:00 pm - This time slot has been booked
7:30 pm

Friday September 20th
Available appointments:
8:00 am
8:30 am
9:00 am
9:30 am
10:00 am
10:30 am
11:00 am
11:30 am
12:00 pm
12:30 pm -This time slot has been booked.

If you are unavailable to make it to conferences, I would be happy to make myself available for an afterschool meeting on an alternate date. Please just let me know.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
Looking forward to connecting with you!
Talk soon,

Paige Pal
The Class Teacher, Cambrian Heights School
Calgary Board of Education | cbe.ab.ca
T | 403-777-6150

E | pnpal@cbe.ab.ca

Updates and Upcoming

Student Voice Update – Student Voice club had their first meeting at lunch on Thursday. Student Voice has selected the Virtue of the Month for September as Respect. They also decided that our September Spirit Day will be held in conjunction with the Terry Fox Run on September 27. Each student will receive a Cambrian Heights T-shirt that is stored at the school for Community Activity Days, so we will show our school spirit by wearing them during the Terry Fox Run. Student voice brainstormed suggestions for CAD activities and lunchtime clubs.

TERRY FOX RUN – Cambrian Heights School will recognize Terry Fox Day on September 27, 2019. Students will gather for a short presentation in the gym, and proceed outside to the school yard for an approximately 20 minute run or walk. Students are welcome to bring a donation on September 27 if they wish. We recommend a “Twoonie for Terry” if you wish.

CAD Days – Community Activity Days (CAD days) will resume in October in a similar format to last year. CAD days are special Friday activity days when we don our Cambrian Heights T-Shirts and take option courses such as photography, robotics, coding, art appreciation, and fairy tale writing with a STEM twist. More information on this will be upcoming!

What is Self-Regulation?

Self-regulation is the ability to manage your emotions and behavior in accordance with the demands of the situation. It includes being able to resist highly emotional reactions to upsetting stimuli, to calm yourself down when you get upset, to adjust to a change in expectations and to handle frustration without an outburst. It is a set of skills that enables children, as they mature, to direct their own behavior towards a goal, despite the unpredictability of the world and our own feelings.

The link below will direct you to an informative article from the Child Mind Institute entitled How Can We Help Kids With Self-Regulation?

https://childmind.org/article/can-help-kids-self-regulation/

Sign Up for School Messenger

Dear Families,

In accordance with Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation, CBE employees are being asked to use School Messenger to communicate with families. School Messenger is a mass communication tool that allows schools to easily and securely send email, phone and text messages to parents/guardians of students in a particular grade, class, school or area. Messages are sent to the parent contacts on file at your school. Moving forward, I will be using this tool to send broadcasts with important information (upcoming dates, reminders, etc.). I will continue to contact you directly with any confidential/private matters.

Don’t miss out on school messages! To ensure you receive important information, sign up for School Messenger! Here's how:

1. Subscribe online to receive commercial electronic messages on school topics such as student fees, picture days, field trips and fun lunches. (The link will open into a separate website managed by SchoolMessenger, our mass communication tool.)
2. In addition, to receive any text messages sent by your school or the Calgary Board of Education, opt-in by using your cell phone to text the word YES to the six-digit number 724665.* Standard Text Message & Data rates may apply.

If your contact information changes or needs updating, please:
- Let Mrs. Boyce in the office know
- Subscribe online again, if your email address changes
- Opt-in for text messages again, if your cell number changes. Standard Text Message & Data rates may apply.

Thank you so much for your understanding. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Hope to see you all at the Cambrian Heights School Community Dance on September 11th from 6:00 - 7:15pm.

Welcome Back!!

Hello Families,

It has been a wonderful first week back to school. The Class students have blown us away with their hard work and perseverance.

IMPORTANT NOTICES: All students have received a copy of the 2019-2020 School Calendar (on Wednesday), and a package of school demographic information (Thursday). Please read and return the: Demographic Form, Consent for Use of Student Information Form, Annual Volunteer Registration form (if necessary), Student Health Emergency Protocol Form (if necessary). Please request a Student Health Plan form if your child requires medication to be administered at school.

WELCOME BACK DANCE and OPEN HOUSE: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 from 6:00 – 7:15. Admission is free! Classrooms will be open for a drop-in visit with teachers between 6:00 -6:30. School Council is providing the music for the family dance from 6:15-7:15. Classrooms and hallways close at 6:30. Students must be supervised by an adult family member during this event. School council is hosting a ‘loonie canteen’ with a few treats for sale. Please contact school council if you would like to volunteer for the canteen. No food in the gym please!

PHOTO DAY – September 12, 2019. A notice was sent home earlier this week. They use a green screen, so avoid wearing green!

Thank you for your ongoing support!
Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Talk soon,

Paige Pal
The Class Teacher, Cambrian Heights School
email | pnpal@cbe.ab.ca
phone | 403-777-6150 or 403-966-0006