Feb. 23-27, 2026

💖 Kindness Matters in Kindergarten! 💖

This week in Kindergarten, we learned all about kindness — being kind to ourselves, our families, classmates, school, community, and even our world!

We met some special Canadian Indigenous Kindness Critters who sent us videos and kindness challenges to try. Ask your child what they did this week to show kindness to themselves, their families, big kids, and friends!

Meet Bizzy Beaver & Mo the Moose!

These friendly critters (created by Chris Kewistep and Paul Windsor) helped us think about being kind and celebrating who we are. 

We practiced being kind to ourselves by accepting our uniqueness. We drew self-portraits and picked three words that describe us. Some of our words were:

I am… grateful, loving, a good kindness friend, a hard worker, creative, kind, silly, talented, brave… and more!

Special Guest: Mrs. Azzopardi & Kindness Kangaroo

Mrs. Azzopardi joined us with her friend Kindness Kangaroo to read “What Does it Mean to Be Kind?” We talked about ways we can be kind to each other.

We also learned a new kindness song to sing with a friend:

“I like you. Yes, I do. Will you be a friend of mine? I like you.”

Then we made kindness bookmarks for our grade 5 math helpers and created posters to share kindness around our school.

💖 PINK SHIRT DAY – Wednesday, February 25 💖

Many kindies wore pink shirts to celebrate kindness and support anti-bullying.

We read “Say Something” by Peter Reynolds, which teaches how one voice can make a difference. Around the school, we shared kind messages and gave high fives to teachers and big kids:

“You are awesome!”
“Thank you for helping us!”
“Happy Kindness Day!”
“Happy Pink Shirt Day!”

Every day is a chance to show kindness with our actions, words, and voices.
Kindness counts! 

🤝 Thursday’s Kindness Challenge

We talked about being a friend to others. We read the funny story “Enemy Pie”, where a dad shows his son how anyone can become a friend if you’re willing to try.

We learned that friendship and kindness go hand in hand — and it’s fun to make new friends!  The Kindness Book by Todd Parr shared so many ideas of how to be kind to others. Check out our drawings of what we learned about kindness this week.

Link to our school  calendar: Simons Valley School Calendar

Friday Class Schedule

Library Day is Tuesday, March 3, 2026! 

Thank you for helping your child to remember their library book AND plastic protector BAG each Tuesday!!

Important Kindergarten Dates...

Tuesday, March 3 - Library Day - Return books in their plastic bag

Friday, March 6 - AM Class Attends (9:02-11:58am)

Our Emails

 If you have any questions or need to contact us, our emails are:

Mrs. Oster: rdoster@cbe.ab.ca 

Mrs. Sutherland: klsutherland@cbe.ab.ca 

Mrs. Wiskar: mjwiskar@cbe.ab.ca

Feb. 16-20, 2026

 🌎 Exploring Our Community - A community is a place where we live, work, and play! 

This week we are learning that a community is a place for you and me! It includes places like schools, skating rinks, grocery stores, houses, parks, and more. A community is where people help each other, talk to each other, and feel welcome.

Students showed their understanding by drawing three pictures of places they might see in their own community. Some included 7-11, their house, school, a gas station, and the dollar store. Many added extra details like roads and street signs!

You can help continue the learning at home! When you are walking or driving, ask your child what they notice in your neighborhood. What buildings and signs do they see? What makes your community special?

One of our favorite activities was exploring our place in the world using Google Earth! We zoomed out to see the Earth, then Canada, then Calgary, and finally our school. Students were excited to share places they know, like Dairy Queen, Tim Hortons, Vivo, the Children’s Hospital, and the dentist’s office. We began drawing these places on a map in our journals and will keep adding to it as we learn more about our community.

Link to our school  calendar: Simons Valley School Calendar

Friday Class Schedule

Library Day is Tuesday, February 24, 2026! 

Thank you for helping your child to remember their library book AND plastic protector BAG each Tuesday!!

Important Kindergarten Dates...

Tuesday, Feb. 24 - Library Day - Return books in their plastic bag

Feb. 24 - Report Cards ready for viewing

Wednesday, Feb. 25 - Pink Shirt Day

Friday, Feb. 27 -  NO School -Non Instruction Day (Teacher meetings)

Friday, March 6 - AM Class Attends (9:02-11:58am)

Our Emails

 If you have any questions or need to contact us, our emails are:

Mrs. Oster: rdoster@cbe.ab.ca 

Mrs. Sutherland: klsutherland@cbe.ab.ca 

Mrs. Wiskar: mjwiskar@cbe.ab.ca 

Feb. 9-13, 2026

 This week, our theme is… LOVE!!

We have been busy reading stories, exploring math shapes and patterns, and creating beautiful heart art as we learned all about love. We asked some big questions:

• How does love make us feel?
• How do we show love?
• What is a compliment?

In kindergarten, we work every day on building social skills like kindness, caring, and sharing. Showing love to our family and friends is an important skill that we will continue to grow and practice all year long — and throughout our lifetimes!

We had so much fun learning about a special robot named “Z” who was on a search to discover what “love” means. After hearing Z’s story, we created our own robots using different shapes. We counted the shapes in our robots and then used our own words to teach our robots what love means to us! Here is what some of our students shared:

Love is…

“hugging my family.”

“when my dad takes me to Calaway Park.”

“sharing food with my family.”

“playing with my brother and sisters outside in the snow.”

“helping people that are hurt.”

“when I give my mommy a kiss.”

“eating snacks with my friends at a sleepover."

We enjoyed reading Slug in Love about Doug the slug who needed a hug. But who wants to hug a slug like Doug? Doug has a surprise meeting with a lovely ladybird and learns that friends can be found in unlikely places.

After our story, we created heart pictures using colourful stickers and made patterns in our designs. Ask your child if they can show you these patterns: ABAB  // AAB // ABC

We are becoming pattern experts!

We also read In My Heart by Jo Witek, which shows the many feelings we carry inside our hearts. We talked about feelings like happy, calm, sad, afraid, mad, silly, and more.

Inspired by the story, we designed our own heart art using beautiful colours to show different emotions. Each heart was unique and special — just like us!

📅 Important Reminders

Teachers will be attending the Teacher’s Convention at various downtown locations, and off-campus sites including TELUS Spark, the Zoo, and Western Canada High School.

There is no school for students this Thursday and Friday.

We hope you have a safe and happy Family Day long weekend!
Classes will resume on Tuesday, February 17.

Thank you for continuing to help us grow kind hearts in kindergarten! 

Link to our school  calendar: Simons Valley School Calendar

Friday Class Schedule

Library Day is Tuesday, February 17, 2026! 

Thank you for helping your child to remember their library book AND plastic protector BAG each Tuesday!!

Important Kindergarten Dates...

Monday, Feb.16 - FAMILY DAY - NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, Feb. 17 - Library Day - Return books in their plastic bag

Friday, Feb. 20 - PM Class Attends (9:02-11:58am)

Our Emails

 If you have any questions or need to contact us, our emails are:

Mrs. Oster: rdoster@cbe.ab.ca 

Mrs. Sutherland: klsutherland@cbe.ab.ca 

Mrs. Wiskar: mjwiskar@cbe.ab.ca