Cole Miners' Dig
January 30, 2026
February
February 2 - School Counselor Appreciation Day
February 3 - PTO BINGO Night 6:30-7:30 pm
February 4 - PTO Meeting 7:00pm
February 6 - 100th Day of School (tentative)
February 6 - School Crossing Guard Appreciation Day
February 6 - 4th Grade Geography Enrichment Program (Thank you, PTO!)
February 9 - 3rd Grade Mad Science Enrichment Program (Thank you, PTO!)
February 9 - 5th Grade Field Trip (Thank you, PTO!)
February 11 - School Council Meeting 3:30pm
February 13 - School Resource Officer Appreciation Day
February 13 - School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
February 16 - 20 - February Vacation Week
February 23 - Community Meeting - Grade 3 Hosting - Parents welcome to attend!
February 26 - Incoming Kindergarten Orientation and Information Session 5:00-6:00pm
Looking Ahead:
June 5 - Field Day
June 11 - Grade 5 Celebration (for grade 5 parents and grade 5 students only) 6-8pm
June 16 - Last Day of School - Early Release (tentative)
In alignment with our new Second Step unit on Empathy & Kindness, Kindergarten and 2nd grade will have Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in the gym next week with me. Kindergarten will read “The Judgmental Flower” by Julia Cook and 2nd grade will read “John’s Turn” by Mac Barnett. I’ve included links to read-alouds of the books so you can see what your child is learning about during SEL.
Kindergarten - The Judgmental Flower
2nd grade - John’s Turn
In grade 3, our new Second Step unit focuses on learning about friendship and kind things friends can do for each other. See if you can practice at home with your child by taking turns naming kind acts you can do for a friend. Grade 4 students are learning about empathy and understanding someone else’s point of view. You can help at home by asking “Would you rather?” questions and taking time to discuss both of your answers! In grade 5, students are learning how to apply their empathy skills in real life to solve a community problem. You can pose problem solving questions to your child like, “If you could change something about Cole School, what would you change? Think about how it would affect EVERYONE - younger students, teachers, parents, and the Norwell community.”
Jumping, rolling, and weight of hands actions were used as we continued our Gymnastics Unit. Being safe, serious, and quiet, K-2 worked on body control while traveling creatively (i.e. bear, crab, seal walk) on different body parts. Third graders focused on the stillness of balances (i.e. candlestick, warrior and bridge). Fourth graders, while working with a partner, were challenged to choose either a jump, roll, or weight on hands action to mirror and match. Fifth graders had an additional level of complexity to include a partner balance.
"Roses as Red, Violets are Blue, How Sweet it is to be Taught by You!"
Let's fill our teacher’s vases this Valentine's Day! For only $5 you can purchase a beautiful rose (or roses!) for a teacher or staff member of your choosing. NEF will hand deliver the flowers to the lucky recipient Valentine's Day week.
With the purchase of one or more flowers you are not only showing your favorite Norwell educator how much they are appreciated, but you are also supporting the NEF, which provides funding for innovative educational programs, activities and materials for all Norwell Public Schools.
This is also a great opportunity to not only celebrate our deserving classroom teachers, but to recognize the unsung heroes of our elementary schools - nurses, technology teachers, aides, administrators, office staff, special education teachers, etc.
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