September 22 - 26, 2025

Terry Fox Walk Friday, Sept. 26th:

Once again, St Gabriel is excited to participate in the Terry Fox School Run on September 26th at 9:15 am on the All Saints track (weather permitting). On this day, students will walk or run the track to raise awareness and help carry on Terry's legacy.

Thanks to your generosity last year, we smashed our goal of $500 by raising just over $2000. When buying Terry Fox clothing online, please know that 100% of the sale counts towards our fundraising total. 

If you're available to walk with us that morning, please contact me via email or a note in your child's agenda. We ask that you come to the school office area for 9:00 a.m. and wait for us in the lobby until we are ready to leave for All Saints High School.

In summary, here’s how you can help

● Donate directly, by using this link: https://schools.terryfox.ca/104787. You’ll receive an email receipt immediately.

● Donate via the Terry Fox Foundation site: Visit www.terryfox.org → Terry Fox        
School Run → “Donate to a Student/School” → search for St. Gabriel Kanata.

● Buy a T-shirt (proceeds go to cancer research) either through School Cash Online or during Open House on September 18th (cash only).

Every contribution, no matter how small, makes a significant difference in the fight against cancer. We are grateful for your support and involvement in helping us honor Terry Fox’s legacy and advance cancer research.

Thank you for your generosity and commitment to this cause. Together, we can make a meaningful impact.

Topics of Learning and Curriculum:

In Math, we continue our study of increasing and decreasing patterns. In Grade 2, the learning for students is to identify, extend, and describe growing number patterns and represent them in different ways. In Grade 3, students are practising finding, describing, representing, and creating growing number patterns using charts, number lines, and pictures.

Link to Grade 2 Describing Increasing Patterns Parent Summary letter here

Link to Grade 2 Representing Increasing Patterns Parent Summary letter here

Link to Grade 3 Patterns in Charts and Number Lines parent summary letter here

The Grade 2 and 3 skip counting units we recently completed provide your child with the basics they will need to help them with the patterning unit. You can support your Grade 3 child at home by encouraging them to practise counting forward and backward by 2's, 5's, 10's, 20's, 25's, 50's,100's, and 200's to 1000. Also, they must be able to skip count starting with a variety of numbers on the 100-chart (for example, start at 27 and count by 2's - 27, 29, 31, 33, 35 ... etc.). Grade 2 students should practise counting forward by 1's, 2's, 5's, 10's, 25's, 20's, and 50's to 200. They should also practise counting backwards by 1's, 2's, 5's, 10's, and 25's from 200.

In Language, we are learning how to write a proper paragraph. We have also started to focus on determining important ideas to share with others orally and while writing complete sentences (with a beginning uppercase letter and ending with proper punctuation).

Our Grade 3 Science unit for the next few weeks will be soils. We look forward to sharing what we already know and dig deeper into the components of soil. In Grade 2 Science, we will explore air and water in the environment.

In Visual Arts, we will be learning about the primary and secondary colours and the colour wheel.

Looking Ahead:

Wed., Sept. 24- First Popcorn day

Friday, Sept. 26 - School Terry Fox Walk 9:15 a.m.

September 30th - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Wear an Orange Shirt

October 8th- School Photo Day