K/1 News : March 2022

Thursday 17 March 2022

Newsletter #23

March 18^th Edition of

The Kindergarten Class News

Hello Everyone, here is the last newsletter before the break. I hope you all have an excellent holiday. I have a lot of fun things in the works for the last term!

This week on Monday we practiced printing the lowercase letter y (a challenge for our young learners!). We also made beautiful spring flowers in art, went to Music and enjoyed a sunny afternoon in the garden and forest.

Tuesday, we started learning about beginning sounds in our Oral Language groups. The kids practiced isolating the beginning sound in words. We also practiced solving addition equations and went to the library.

On Wednesday we started independent writing in our journals. The kids are practicing using their letter sound knowledge to add their own words. Well done! We also practiced addition problems with the sum on 10 and went to nature class. It was a lovely day.

Thursday was a very exciting day! It was Mr. Lightfoot’s last day of teaching. He has taught at Fulford for the last 34 years. Wow! We had a Whole School Meeting to say goodbye. We also looked for our hidden names in paintings, cleaned the class and went for a treasure hunt! What a fun end to our term.

We will be celebrating 100’s day on April 6^th. If your child wants to start collecting 100 items to bring in to display on 100’s day, I thought I’d give you some extra notice. Some ideas are: button collection, small items glued on posterboard, a jar of 100 noodles etc.

We will be on the letter ‘Vv’ for Show and Tell when we return after the break.

Important dates to remember:

April 4 School back in session

April 6 100’s Day

April 5-26 (Tuesdays) rescheduled dance sessions with Kristen Lewis

April 11 Hearing screening (rescheduled)

April 18 Easter Monday (no school)

April 21 Spring Showcase!

April 22 School in session

I hope you all have an enjoyable Spring Break, whatever it is you get up to.

Warmly,

Ara Van Riel and Ms. Janice

avanriel@sd64.org

Signs of spring!

Circle time

Literacy activities

Forest explorers

Finding the treasure!

Friday 11 March 2022

Newsletter #22

March 11^th Edition of

The Kindergarten Class News

Hello Everyone, what a week! It was a busy one.

Following the children’s interest in maps and treasure hunting, I have woven in a bit of a pirate theme.

On Monday we started pirate self-portraits, printed the letter x, and started our work in the garden! This is an enthusiastic group of gardeners, and we are all excited to be out there as much as possible. We planted peas and lettuce.

Tuesday, we used our imaginations in journals, and had another session of our Oral Language groups. The class went to the library and then we made signs for our garden bed in the outdoor classroom.

On Wednesday we practiced the +1 -1 concept in math and played a pirate game in the gym. Jesse and Sylvan were very brave and presented their warm/cool paintings at our Whole School Meeting. It feels so good to be slowly returning to our school community culture of inclusion and group gatherings. Later the kids went to look at the book fair items and then we went out to the forest. We also finished our pirate self-portraits. They are fabulous!

Thursday was a FULL day! We wrote about what we wished to see at the farm, went to the book fair and then had pizza for lunch! Later we welcomed Laura Kiel in to help us with a clay project. We added our signs to the garden and burned off some steam in the forest.

Friday was a school day and our trip to Ruckle Farm! Thank you again to Vaughn’s family for allowing this to happen. The kids learned more about how a farm operates, got to see goats, lambs and cows and so much more! We walked down to Grandma’s beach for lunch and then over to Ruckle Park campground for scavenger hunts of the forest and beach environments. It was so fun teaming up with Ms. K’s class and Mr. Macqueen’s group. The kids all enjoyed being a big ‘family’.

Next week will be a busy last week before the break! Please return all library books. I will be sending home spare clothes/inside shoes to be replenished and checked for size.