Hopefully all mothers out there had a fantastic Mother’s Day. The Botha BCC Committee would like to thank everyone who came and had the Mother’s Day breakfast, hopefully everyone had a great time.
This coming weekend is one exciting weekend for everyone. The campsites around are now reopened for the season. This means a lot of fun and relaxing time, with camp fires, water fun, sitting around and absorbing nature, etc. It’s Victoria Day weekend, so hopefully everyone can get out for a relaxing long weekend.
Would like to congratulate all the winners at the last floor curling tournament which took place this past Thursday, May 8. Hopefully everyone involved had a lot of fun, and hope to see you all again at the next tournament.
Make sure you come on out for a exciting time at the Botha Hall Sunday, May 25, to the second last dance before the break takes place. The “Misty Country Band” will be the entertaining band for this afternoon. This dance starts at 1:30 p.m. and everyone is invited to come out and have a lot of fun. So make sure you make it out for one fun-filled afternoon.
Regular Floor Curling happens every Thursday afternoon starting at 1 p.m., and is held at the Senior Centre. So come on out and participate in this great game. They would love to see everyone.
Every Wednesday morning starting at 10 a.m., make sure you come on out and join your friends for a fresh hot cup of coffee and a great visit. Then that same afternoon starting at 1 p.m., make sure you come out to the centre again for a fun-filled game of carpet bowling. They would love to see everyone join them.
Quilting takes place again on Monday, May 26, starting at 9:30 a.m. at the seniors’ centre. So make sure you join the ladies there that morning.
Bingo happens again on Tuesday, May 27, starting at 7:15 p.m. sharp. So make sure you grab your daubers and come out for one great evening.
Don’t forget about getting your dog licences if you have not already done so for this year. There is a by-law in this little village, and animals unattended will be picked up. So make sure your animals are under control at all times. All animals need a licence, so make sure you get out and purchase yours.
At the Botha School they will be extremely busy for the remainder of this month and next with their regular school work, studying for finals, swimming lessons, track meet, Grade 5 field trip (camp), project days and field trips. It’s hard to believe this school year is coming to an end again really soon.
In Grade 2/3 class, they are busy reading and working on injections energy with well chosen and interesting words and phrases from the interesting novel called “Pioneer Sisters”, based on the little house novels. They are also moving onto data management, creating and interpreting charts and graphs.
They are asking parents to save and send Styrofoam trays and corks for their last science project: Brats and Buoyancy. This would very much be appreciated, and thank you.
Grade 4/5s did excellent work on the novel “Hanna’s Suitcase” and writing letters to Japan. Through this novel, they learnt to appreciate the freedom we have here in Canada, and are willing to prevent and stop bullying. They have also learnt some algebraic equations using paper bags and block bears.
For their next math project, they will be using baking, and coins to learn fractions and decimals. Another fun way of learning these are by playing board games, computer games, and iPods/iPads.
In Grade 1 and Kindergarten, they have been busy making special surprises for their moms for Mothers’ Day. Hopefully all mothers were surprised and happy with all their children’s hard work they put into making them.
They enjoyed their field trip to the Wadlund’s Dairy Farm and Sobeys. They would like to say a big thank you to both these two businesses for allowing them to do this.
Both classes are recording their learnings. Please check the class website for pictures on this special trip.
Wetlands Wednesdays are coming up really soon to, which really sounds like fun.
In math, they will be moving into Geometry with 2D and 3D objects. They will be using shapes and objects in our environment and sorting them based on their attributes. Sounds like a busy two months for all students, with a lot of fun involved.
A very important date to keep in mind is May 30, when the volunteer tea will be taking place at the school. Anyone that volunteered for anything in the past year is more than welcome to attend, all volunteers are truly appreciated, as with your help the school year goes much easier. Thank you.
On Friday, May 23 all students will be participating in Jump a Rope, so please dress your child according to weather conditions and all parents are very much welcome to come out and help out.
BOTHA BOOSTER