Upcoming Potluck Lunch

Dear Parents/Guardians of Students in Division 16

We would like to invite your child to participate in a celebration of sharing and belonging. With that in mind, we will be holding a MULTICULTURAL POTLUCK LUNCH Wednesday, January 27^th.

Each student is invited to bring a contribution of food reflective of the culture of their choosing. The dish could be a family favourite, a main dish, meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, appetizer, or dessert, and should be enough for each child to have a tiny taste (remember, we should have 22 students bringing in food to share.   With so many dishes portions should be small). Keeping in mind that a healthy lunch is our goal, it would be great to have more savory as opposed to sweet samples.

When you are preparing, (with your child if possible) please keep the following in mind:

• NO NUTS, please (we have a few students in our school with serious allergies)

• We will not be able to refrigerate or reheat dishes

• Please pre-cut / pre-portion your dish

• Please provide a serving utensil, if possible

• Please label the bottom of your dish (and serving utensil) with your child’s name 

• If you could provide a short description of your dish and the country of origin it would facilitate our conversations

Contributions can be brought to our classroom on Wednesday morning.  Lunch will begin at 12:00, so please ensure that your contribution has arrived by 11:45 am. Students will enjoy the meal together from 12:00 - 12:40, and then go outside to play.

Each student should bring a plate, personal eating utensils, and a water bottle.   Additionally, students are invited to bring a photo(s) of places in the world that they have seen.  These photos will be put on display so please label the back of the photo with your child’s name and division so they can be returned.

If you are able to help set up, serve and clean up, please let me know

Thanks for your support with this activity.