November 29th Edition of
The Kindergarten Class News
Hello Everyone!
On rainy Monday the class practiced printing the lowercase letter ‘d’ and played ‘couch potato’ in the gym. Later we worked in our journals and finished up our unit on hibernation. We suited up in our rain gear and ventured out for a short play in the forest after being cooped up inside all day. It was nice and wet but so refreshing after two indoor recesses.
Tuesday we had a chance to browse the books at the Book Fair and then took a trip with our Big Buddy class to the Christmas Tree Farm! The sun was out and the kids had a great time selecting the ‘perfect’ tree for the school. Many little hands carried the tree back to the school and everyone helped to decorate it. Later we made winter tree art and started learning about our five senses and played a sensory bag game in the outdoor classroom.
Wednesday was a half-day to accommodate the student led conferences. The children all had a chance to practice each station during the day and were excited to show their families what they have been learning. It was so nice to see how proud each child was coming in to do the Student Led Conferences. It was a celebration of learning.
On Thursday the class went to Whole School Meeting where Drew, Caleb and Galini showed their winter tree art to the rest of the school. On Thursday we also had Music class and practiced making life cycles in our Oral Language groups. In the afternoon we played a math game using dice before heading outside.
We have been working hard practicing our song for the Christmas Concert. The class will be preforming the song, “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers”. The kids were given a choice to dress up as a toy (virtually any costume) or be a toy solder. Please ask your child what they decided to be. Most of the boys chose to be a solder and they will need to wear a plain red shirt and black pants. The concert takes place on the evening of the 18thand we will gather in the classroom at 6:00pm to prepare.
Please remember to bring in any lightly used items to the Re-gift Fest donation room (the library) by Monday. We encourage families to donate the same number of items as the number of people in their immediate family. Next week the classes will all get to go and choose a gift to wrap and bring home to give to immediate family members on Christmas (or other special time if you don’t participate in Christmas). It’s a nice lesson on giving that we all enjoy every year. If any of you would like to help wrap presents on Tuesday, please contact Jenny.
Important dates to remember:
December 3 Re-gift Fest donations brought in
December 4 Re-gift Fest “shop”
December 18 Christmas Concert
December 19 Pizza and Pyjama Day
December 21 Winter Break begins
Enjoy your weekend!
Warmly,
Ara Van Riel
avanriel@sd64.org
Falling our Christmas tree falling in slow motion!
Many hands helping carry the tree!
Decorating time
Sensory bag activity
Digging rivers to drain the puddles
Enjoying the flooded paths
Jasmine practicing her numbers
Learning about life cycles
Dice math game
