Dear Parents and Students,
Important Questions
We want to thank everyone for helping us to collect information about the needs of your family and your access to online learning environments.
Communication
Blogger/ Classroom Blogs - Our classroom blogs will be used to share basic information with parents and students about new lessons and assignments that are posted through Google Classroom.
Parent Communication
- All group emails to parents will come through School Messenger. If you do not think your email is up to date in School Messenger, please call Leslie Cropper at Simons Valley School (403-777-6660)
-Individual emails to, or from parents will come through Outlook using our emails which are lareeve@cbe.ab.ca and vjblyth@cbe.ab.ca
-If you would like to speak to us directly over the phone please send us an email at either of the emails above with your preferred phone number and we will call you back ASAP.
Student Communication
-Group emails or individual emails to students will be done through our Gmail account. Please note that these are different than the ones above. (lareeve@educbe.ca or vjblyth@educbe.ca)
-We will also work to set up Google “Meet” video chats with either the whole classrooms, smaller groups or individual students to discuss. Google Meet is a part of the Google Suite/ Classroom.
Student Lessons and School Work
-All lessons, assignments, assessments will be sent to students via Google Classrooms. Your child and you will be sent a link via email to access the Grade 6C/D classroom. They will also receive one for Music and 6 C/D Phys.Ed.
Available Times
-We will be checking our emails throughout the day and responding ASAP. At this point, we will be making ourselves available for video chats, phone calls, etc with students at the times listed below. (However, if your child needs to have some personal help, we can also arrange a different time)
-Group Video chats will be Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 10-11 am and Tuesday, Thursday from 1-2 pm.
About Google Classroom
Google Classroom is a free online platform that allows students, teachers and parents access to classroom lessons, assignments, assessment, resources and more. Students in grade 6 have been working with google drive (docs, slides, forms) for a few years and will continue to use these tools. Google classroom takes all of these applications and puts them into one place. Students and parents in 6C/D will have access to my Google classroom either today or tomorrow and all lessons will be distributed through this platform going forward. The video below is a brief overview of Google Classroom for parents.
Other Resources
We appreciate that this is a lot of information, along with all of the other resources/ emails you have received from the CBE. Please know that we are here to support both you and your children as we transition.
Sincerely,
Laurie Reeve and Vanessa Blyth
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