Newsletter #7

 October 23rd Edition of

The K/1 Class News

Greetings Everyone!

Another week flies by! Please remember to return all sold or unsold raffle tickets on Monday. Also, Monday is a HALF DAY! Pick up is at 12pm (or bus). Sign up for parent/teacher meetings here: https://signup.com/go/xPiceeN

We had fun making lavender filled ghosts on Monday (thanks Abey!). We also have been working through literacy stations and have started trying to find different ways to represent numbers.

 

Tuesday was “Take me Outside” day and the whole school enjoyed multi-aged nature stations. 

 

We have been working on the elements of a story though wordless picture books. Fun! The children also made pumpkin poems using rhyming words. 

 

Next week is Ee for Show and Tell.

 

Next Thursday will be our Halloween celebration at school. Kids are welcome to dress up (all weapons are to be left at home, and masks are only worn during the costume parade). We will do a shared snack at the end of the day if you would like to send something in (on the healthy side please). There will be a haunted hallway that is optional and will be toned down for the littles.  

 

Important Dates to Remember:

October 27 – Early Dismissal for learning update meetings

October 30 – Halloween dress up for school, costume parade and PAC raffle draw!

November 6 – Photo re-takes

November 11 – Remembrance Day (no school)

November 14 – School Day 

 

Have a great weekend!

Ara Van Riel 

avanriel@sd64.org

 

Newsletter #6

October 17^th Edition of

The K/1 Class News

Happy Friday Everyone! What a fun week.

 

Monday was Thanksgiving so the school was closed. We started the week off with our trip to the pumpkin patch! It was a fun and festive outing. 

 

This week was our turn to help in the garden, and everyone was fully involved in either planting bulbs or clearing out old crops. Our garden team is fantastic! If you feel like joining them, contact PAC. We have been learning more about number formation and counting in math. 

 

Friday was a school day and PJ day!  We worked on our literacy in hands on rotating stations, wrote about what we might dress up as for Halloween and had free choice in the gym. As always, we went outside to learn and play in nature. 

 

Scholastic Reading Club book orders were sent home last month. These affordable books are a great way to help our class raise money for our classroom library! The order date is coming up.

 

Class photos were sent home at the beginning of the week. Retakes will be on November 6^th. 

 

Next week is the letter D for show and tell.

 

Important Dates to Remember:

October 27 – Early Dismissal for learning update meetings

October 30 – Halloween dress up for school, costume parade and PAC raffle draw!

November 6 – Photo re-takes

 

I hope you all have a very nice weekend.

 

 

Newsletter #5

 October 9^th Edition of

The K/1 Class News

Hello Everyone! What a busy week!

PLEASE check the planner bag daily for forms and notes. The form for our next field trip is still in many of the bags. Also, there are raffle tickets from the PAC now in the bags. 

 

We started the week off with a bus safety presentation and everyone enjoyed exploring the bus. The kindies are now ready to ride should you wish!

 

The next day was fire fighter day! Everyone was welcomed to school by the fire fighters and enjoyed a hot pancake breakfast. We then had a fire safety lesson on battery safety. Something that is easily missed when thinking about causes of fire. Later we all walked down to Shell beach and enjoyed exploring the seaside. It was a beautiful afternoon.

 

Wednesday we made apple crumble in preparation for our Harvest Lunch and everyone helped chop, peel and mix. 

 

We also talked about what it means to be thankful and then wrote in our journals. We signed out new books from the library and learned about different life cycles. We went on a counting hunt around the room, went to music class, learned about traditional indigenous thanksgiving foods from “Mr. Cucumber” aka Quinten Harris and more!  

 

The Harvest Lunch was a highlight and great way to end the week. We all gathered in the gym and ate together. A big thank you to everyone who helped out. 

 

We are on to the letter C for show and tell next week!

 

*Important!* If you have not sent the permission slip/$8 in for the pumpkin patch trip, it MUST be in by Tuesday if your child is going to come. You can e-transfer the office or send in cash. If the money is a hardship, email Kaz and she can cover it. 

 

Important Dates to Remember:

October 13 – Thanksgiving, no school

October 14 – Trip to the pumpkin patch

October 17 – School day and PJ day!

October 27 – Early Dismissal for learning update meetings

October 30 – Halloween dress up for school, costume parade and PAC raffle draw!

November 6 – Photo re-takes

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Ara Van Riel

avanriel@sd64.org