Wishing everyone a fun March Break.  See you back on March 30! 

Thanks to the many parents who have volunteered on recent field trips.  Your help is much appreciated!

Staffing Update

Woodlands School received notification that we would be one of 118 CBE schools to receive funding for an Alberta Education Classroom Complexity Team.  Teacher Jessica Younkers will join our team, and we are awaiting further information to add EA time.  We will let you know when these additional staff have been added.  This additional staffing is available to us until the end of the school year and is a welcome support.          

Absence/Late

Please remember to contact the school if your child will be absent, late, or away for several days!

Scholastic Book Fair

It’s here! Our school’s Scholastic Book Fair has begun! 

Student Preview Day (making wish lists) will be Monday, March 16 and Wednesday, March 18 will be purchase day for those students who bring money. Thursday evening and Friday morning it will be open during Parent/Teacher conferences for in person purchases. 

All purchases benefit our school and earn Scholastic Dollars that can be redeemed for books and educational resources for our school’s classrooms and library. Thank you for participating in our Scholastic Book Fair!  Happy reading!

School Conferences – Progress Update

Student Learning Conferences:

  • provide time and space for families to have one-on-one conversations with teachers specific to their child’s progress and achievement in relation to the intended learning goals;
  • share evidence of individual student progress and achievement (e.g., student work assessed against established criteria, student reflections) with families

Our School Conference will be held the evening of Thursday, March 19 and in the morning on Friday, March 20.  Conferences will be held in-person at the school.

Parents/guardians can book their 15 minute conference time on-line using MyCBE starting 9 AM Sunday, March 8, until March 18 at noon.  For detailed instructions on booking a School Conference through MyCBE please see How to Book a Conference Guide. 

  • Parent Sign In > MyCBE > myCBE Apps > my School Conferences 
  • woodlandsconferenceaccess

Language and Reading – Parent Sessions

The Speech Language Pathology team is pleased to share an upcoming online parent learning opportunity, Tying it Together with the Reading Rope, designed to support families in building early literacy skills at home. For families of students in Kindergarten through Grade 2.

Tying it Together with the Reading Rope – Parent Sessions

  • April 20 – Building Language Comprehension through Shared Reading
  • May 4 – Identifying and Playing with Sounds at Home

These sessions will offer parents simple, practical strategies to strengthen foundational reading skills and support their child’s literacy development.

Ways to Connect with Woodlands School Council

Parent Council Website & Facebook Group
The Woodlands Parent Council website is now live:
www.woodlandsparents.org

The site includes council information, fundraisers, events, and ways for families to get in touch.

Woodlands School Family Group
 ttps://www.facebook.com/groups/374008614282898

This group is used for reminders, updates, and general community communication.