Week ending Jan 27

Wishing all families who celebrate, Happy New Year!

     We had quite an exciting week at Beckett Farm PS. Our celebration on Friday included the culmination of Tamil Heritage Month with performances by one of our own students playing the classical violin. Way to go Aatharshi! As well, we were treated to a beautiful classical dance and drumming performance by other talented students at our school.

 

Celebrating Thai Pongal at Beckett Farm this month

In addition, we had a very engaging and informative performance by Sunny Tang and his crew for Lunar New Year. He taught us about the origin of Lunar New Year, some martial arts techniques and drumming, as well as a very exciting lion dance. "Ralph" the lion eventually caught the dangling lettuce and graciously gave it back to the audience to spread good luck and fortune to the Beckett Farm family.

               

 


As we work towards the end of Term 1 (wow - already?), we will be finishing up some tasks in Health with a short quiz on Monday, and Drama presentations the following week. 

Noteworthy items to look forward to this week:

- Winter Activity Day - Thursday, Feb. 2 - Students who opted to go Tubing will be going to Lakeridge Ski Resort. Students who opted to stay at school will be participating in some fun activities including cooking in the staff kitchen!

- P.A. Day - Friday, Feb. 3 - No school

A gentle reminder to everyone to dress warmly. I have asked the students to always bring hats, gloves, and boots to school, even if they do not need to wear them. The weather has been changing drastically throughout the day and many of the children are coming in with very cold fingers, ears, and toes!

Thank you so much for your continued support. I appreciate it!

Sincerely,

Mrs. McIntosh