Students at St. Charles Elementary Catholic school enjoyed ‘100 days of school’ on February 10th. Students were engaged in math and literacy activities to celebrate the big day. Junior Kindergarten French Immersion student, Makenna Jolette was all smiles when it was time to count to 100. This was ‘a great day for students to collaborate with students from other primary classes and participate in ‘100 day’ activities’ says Jennifer Robinson, JK/SK French Immersion teacher.
St. Charles Catholic Elementary Celebrate Family Literacy Day
On January 27th, Family Literacy Day, parents of St. Charles Catholic Elementary School were invited to attend their child’s classroom to play board games as a way to embrace the learning opportunity to practice literacy as a family and spending time together. Family Literacy Day is a national awareness initiative created by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1999 and held annually on January 27 to raise awareness of the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family. Grade 1/2 teacher, Mrs. Bardswich says ‘taking time every day to read or do a learning activity with children is crucial to a child’s development, even just 15 minutes a day can improve a child’s literacy skills, and can help a parent improve their skills as well.’