October 23, 2026
In ELAL, we started a novel study this week. We are reading “The Littlest Voyageur” which ties in nicely with our learning in Social Studies! We continued practicing mental math strategies for addition in Math. Next week we will look at adding with and without regrouping. Ms. Nelson’s class wrote stories and designed a coded path for Ozobots in Science this week, while Ms. Derksen’s class built dioramas in Social Studies representing what an early settlement might have looked like! Students are enjoying bucket drumming in Music, and they have been learning how to play Netball in PE.
In addition to all of this, we have been decorating our doors for a school-wide Halloween-themed contest! Many students ordered Boo Bags (these will be delivered on October 30th) and we are all looking forward to dressing up next Friday.
Important Reminders:
- Thursday, October 29 - Healthy Hunger: Coco Brooks
- Friday, October 30 - Costume Day
- Yeti Tournament (basketball) - November 6-7
- Fall Break - November 11-15
- Parent-Teacher Conferences - November 26-27
October 21, 2026
🏀 Calling All Sherwood Families! We Need Your Help! 🏀
Our Annual Yeti Basketball Tournament is just around the corner, and we need our amazing Sherwood families to help make this event a slam dunk!
We are looking for parent and guardian volunteers to support our tournament in a variety of ways:
- 🏀 Scorekeepers: Help keep track of the action on the court!
- 🍿 Concession Volunteers: Help serve snacks and refreshments to our athletes and spectators.
- 🚶 Hallway Monitors: Help keep our school welcoming, safe and organized throughout the tournament.
- 🍎 Snack Donations: Contribute snacks, treats or refreshments to keep our athletes and coaches energized!
Whether you can spare an hour, help for a full day or contribute some snacks, every little bit makes a BIG difference!
Our Yeti Tournament is more than just basketball. It's an opportunity to showcase Sherwood's incredible school spirit, sportsmanship and community pride.
Interested in helping? Please SIGN UP HERE.
Thank you for helping make our Yeti Tournament a memorable experience for everyone!
October 16, 2026
We have been very grateful for good weather this week! We enjoy getting outside for movement breaks every day.
Healthy Hunger: We’re excited to offer lunch days at Sherwood School through Healthy Hunger! This is a great opportunity for students to enjoy lunch from different restaurants throughout the school year. How to register and order
1. Visit www.healthyhunger.ca
2. Create an account or log in to your existing account.
3. Add your child(ren) to your account. Select school - Sherwood Comunity School and select grade.
4. Select the lunch date and restaurant, choose your order, and complete payment online. Upcoming lunch dates:
• October 29 – Coco Brooks
• November 26 – Mary Brown’s Chicken & Taters
• December 17 – Subway
• January 21 – A&W
• February 25 – Domino’s
• March 18 – Edo Japan
• April 22 – Subway
• May 27 – Coco Brooks
• June 10 – A&W Important ordering information:
• Payment fee: A non-refundable fee of $0.30 + 3% per transaction applies to each order.
• Ordering deadline: All orders must be placed at least 5 days before each lunch date. Please make sure to order ahead, as orders cannot be placed after the deadline.
In ELAL, we are continuing to learn about parts of speech. This week we discussed verbs. Students are practicing their writing skills through poetry and non-fiction paragraphs. We started addition in Math this week. Students got their place value test results back and had a chance to do corrections to improve their marks. Tests will be sent home next week. Our design process unit in Science is wrapping up with Ozobots! Students will get a chance to design their own coded Ozobot path next week. Our study of exploration and settlement in Social Studies has continued with opportunities to share learning through drama.
Important Reminders:
- Monday, October 19 - No School for students
- Thursday, October 22 - Picture Re-Takes
- Thursday, October 29 - Healthy Hunger: Coco Brooks
- Friday, October 30 - Costume Day
October 9, 2026
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend! We discussed the benefits of gratitude in our morning meetings this week and decided that even when life is hard, we can find something to be thankful for (like bubble wrap)!
All Sherwood students will be completing the School-Wide Write in ELAL this month. Students are given a prompt, time to plan, and time to write. This assessment is designed to give us a snapshot of a student’s writing abilities at the beginning of the year. We will do another School-Wide Write closer to the end of the year and it’s always exciting to see the growth!
In Math, we are wrapping up our unit on Place Value, Decimals, and Rounding. Students will have a quiz on Tuesday. Here is the link to access a review of the concepts they’ll be tested on: https://classroom.google.com/c/ODU1MzgyOTMxNjMy/m/ODkwMzExMDgwMzky/details
We finished our Pencil Problem Projects in Science and had a lot of fun testing, refining, and sharing our artifacts. After we finish learning about Explorers in Social Studies, we will start our learning about the challenges faced by early settlers.
Important Reminders:
- Monday, October 12 - Thanksgiving Day, No School
- Monday, October 19 - No School for students
- Thursday, October 22 - Picture Re-Takes
- Friday, October 30 - Costume Day
October 2, 2026
It’s hard to believe we’re already into October! We enjoyed our first community walk today. We took advantage of the mild weather and practiced making sound maps. As long as the weather remains this lovely, we will plan on walks every Friday.
We also met with our Grade 9 buddies today! After discussing the emotions that certain scenarios could cause and choosing strategies to help ourselves regulate, the students spent some time getting to know their buddies better by playing card games with them.
In Math, we have been rounding numbers. This week we will learn more about decimals in the context of money. In ELAL, we will continue learning about the parts of speech as well as studying poetry. We will soon start a novel study and we will also start incorporating Readers’ Theatre into our weekly routines to help build confidence and fluency skills when reading aloud. Our Matter unit will begin soon in Science, with a focus on waste management. We are continuing to learn about explorers in Social Studies.
Important Reminders:
- Monday, October 5 - School Council Meeting
- Monday, October 12 - Thanksgiving Day, No School
- Monday, October 19 - No School for students
- Thursday, October 22 - Picture Retakes
Dear Sherwood Families,
In 2027, Sherwood School will proudly celebrate 70 years of learning, belonging, and community. To mark this milestone, we are partnering with Calgary-based Blank Page Studio for an Artist-in-Residence project that will bring students together to help create a permanent outdoor mural. Painted in spring 2027, the mural will honour Sherwood’s history and community while reflecting the voices, identities and hopes of today’s students and looking toward the future. Your donation will help us create more than a mural, it will create a lasting legacy designed with our students, for our community, and for generations to come. Please donate HERE.
Thank you,
Brenna Fraser, Principal
September 25, 2026
Thank You for Making Sher-Burger a Success: A huge thank you to all of our families, staff, community partners, and especially our incredible volunteers who helped make Sher-Burger possible! Whether you helped set up, served food, cooked at the BBQ, sold raffle tickets, supervised activities, cleaned up, donated items, or simply jumped in wherever you were needed, we are incredibly grateful for your time and support.
Events like Sher-Burger take many helping hands, and we could not have done it without you. Thank you for helping us bring our Sherwood community together for an evening of food, fun, and connection!
Sher-Burger 2026–27 Feedback Survey: Thank you for attending and/or supporting Sher-Burger! Now that the burgers have been eaten and the raffle prizes have been claimed, we would love to hear from you.
We would appreciate your feedback to help us understand what worked well, what could be improved, and whether Sher-Burger is an event our community would like to see return next year. The survey is short and should only take a few minutes to complete. Please take a moment to complete our Sher-Burger Feedback Survey: LINK
Spirit Week was a lot of fun! Thank you to everyone who participated. We saw a lot of creativity! In ELAL this week we will be working on grammar, reading poetry, and writing, as well as creating a visual land acknowledgement both individually and as a class. We will be practicing our rounding skills in Math, and continuing to learn about explorers in Social Studies.
Important Reminders:
- Tuesday, September 29 - Wear orange for Orange Shirt Day
- Wednesday, September 30 - National Day for Truth & Reconciliation - No School
- Monday, October 5 - School Council Meeting
September 18, 2026
It was so exciting to see everyone walk and run for the annual Terry Fox Run today! Of course, watching Mr. Exner, Mrs. Saunders, Ms. Bal, Mr. Loach, and Ms. Fraser get slimed was the highlight of the day! Thanks to everyone who sent in donations.
Next week is Spirit Week at Sherwood. All students who want to show their school spirit by participating will have their names entered in a draw!
- Monday - Tacky Tourist Day
- Tuesday - Anything but a Backpack Day
- Wednesday - Wild Hair Day
- Thursday - 2000s Day
In Math, we have started learning about decimal numbers. We finished our novel study in ELAL and will be starting poetry next week. We will be learning about explorers in Social Studies. Students will be building an artifact in Science as we learn about the design process.
Important Reminders:
- Thursday, September 24 - Sherburger 4-7pm
- Friday, September 25 - No School for students
- Wednesday, September 30 - National Day for Truth & Reconciliation - No School
Have a great weekend!