The month of January seem to just fly by so fast. And just like that we are now entering the month of February. This month is going to be a super busy month not only in the Grade 2 class but for the whole school.
February is the month of love and faith.
This year is the year of jubilee. A jubilee year is a year of special celebration and remission of sins, debts, and universal pardon. The term is used in both the Jewish and Catholic faiths.
The significance of the jubilee year in the Catholic faith is that this special celebration occurs every 25 years. This tradition dates back to the Old Testament. Pape Paull II established the Jubilee Year in 1470. And the Jubilee Year is a time for Catholics to renew their relationship with God, one another and God’s creation.
This year Pope Francis declared 2025 to be a Holy Year of Jubilee for the Catholic Church. The theme for the 2025 Jubilee is “Pilgrims of Hope.” Catholics all over the world can make a pilgrimage to the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. And there is a Pilgrim’s Guide for Jubilee Churches and Shrines for the Archdiocese of Winnipeg, Archdiocese of St. Boniface and Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg. This is the link https://www.archsaintboniface.ca/media/Jubilee/Pilgrims-Guide-low-resolution.pdf
In Language Arts, we have been focusing on our grammar, spelling, reading, and writing. We do our monthly journals, phonics with reading comprehension. The reading log is submitted weekly. They are making it a habit to write their sentences using proper capitalization and punctuation.
In Math, we did learn about using Number line in Addition and in Subtraction. We also learned Fact Families. They loved it when we have games. We are practicing our skip counting of 2, 5, 10, and 100. We continue with our Mad Minutes 0-5, 0-7, 0-10 and 0-20 on both addition and subtraction. We will be doing addition and subtraction without regrouping.
In Social Studies, we are having so much fun in learning all our cultures and heritage. We did a show and tell about our culture. Some of them even wore their traditional costumes. It is nice to know more about each other’s culture. We will continue learning about ourselves, our community and our country.
In Science, we learned about Animals and its Offspring. We will compare the appearances of an adult frog and tadpole. We will also learn about the life span of 5 different living things.
In Religion, the Jubilee Year is a time of mercy and forgiveness, we are learning about the Five Finger Forgiveness.
Please take note and remember the following dates:
February 9th Sunday. – School Mass – St. Gerard Church at 12nn. All are welcome to attend. Please wear your school uniform.
February 10th – 14th Monday to Friday – Catholic Schools Week
o February 10th Monday – NUT day. Superhero day
o February 11th Tuesday – NUT day – Twins day
o February 12th Wednesday – NUT day – Opposites/ Backwards Day
o February 13th Thursday – NUT day – Number Day
February 11th Tuesday – Family Lunch. Have lunch with the whole school community.
February 11th Tuesday – Early dismissal 2:25pm.
February 11th Tuesday – Mad Science from 2:40-3:40
February 14th Friday – In Service – NO SCHOOL
February 17th Monday – Louis Riel Day – NO SCHOOL
February 19th – 21st Wednesday – Friday – Grade 7 and 8 Camp
February 24th Monday – Admin Day NO SCHOOL
Please continue to check and sign your child’s agenda every night. We write in our agenda on a daily basis. We write important information like homework, due dates and communication happening in our classroom and in the school.
Thank you!
Mrs. Francisco