FCC Drive Away Hunger
Thank you to all the students and families that participated in the FCC Drive Away Hunger Food Drive. Our school was able to donate 579 pounds of food to the Salvation Army Assiniboia Food Bank. Many families will benefit from your generous donations!
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Family Literacy Day 2016
Family Literacy Day was on Wednesday, January 27. We celebrated this special day with our students, their families, and members of the community in two special ways.
Family Game Time- Often when we think about family literacy skills we think about the time that is spent with our children reading books. We believe strongly in the importance of reading with children, however, there are other activities that families can take part in to help develop literacy skills.
Read More»Club Activities Info
Dear Parents,
One of our school goals this year as determined from the Tell Them From Me survey, was “by June 2016, 50% of students in Pre K to Grade 4 will have participated in at least one club activity at Seventh Avenue School”. Attached is a description and information of each of the groups that we have planned. Sign up information is also included with each club activity.
Read More»Pancake Breakfast
Students received a pancake breakfast on Wednesday, January 6 for reading 5000 nights as part of our Read-a-Book-a-Night Program. The pancakes were delicious and we had a ton of fun. Thank you to all the parent volunteers who helped out by cooking pancakes. We really appreciate your time and effort! Good work students on your hard work. Keep reading!
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Education Week/Library Week Contest
October 19-23 is both Education Week and Sask Library Week. As part of our celebration for these two events, we would like to encourage our school families to take part in a contest that we are having to celebrate family literacy. Over the past few weeks, we have shared some information pertaining to engaging children in literacy activities at home (on Facebook and Twitter). We would like to hear what our school families are doing at home to engage in literacy with their children.
Read More»Staff Book Picks
Seventh Avenue School has started a new project in our Library. Each month a different staff member will share their favourite books with our students. Multiple copies of each book will be available for students to read. This is another opportunity to encourage our students to read and talk about different books. At the end of the month, copies of the books will be given away to students. This month features four of Mrs.