Newsletter #11

 November 26^th Edition of

The Kindergarten Class News

Greetings Everyone.

Another week flies by.

 

On Monday the class worked on their printing, made beautiful tree inspired art using watercolour pencils and black sharpies and played cooperatively in the gym.

 

Tuesday, we worked on including ‘juicy’ words in story telling in our oral language groups. Later Quinten joined us, and we did some drumming. How nice! The kids went to music and we also enjoyed some time outside in the forest. Tuesday was photo re-take day.

 

On Wednesday the class wrote about what they would do if they were the king/queen of Kindergarten in their journals and went to the library. We also worked on making 10 in math and had a lovely afternoon in the forest. It was the first time the entire class played together in one big game, wonderful to see.

 

Thursday was another busy day. We made ‘snow-people’ names (so cute!), and everyone did a great job following the instructions. During centres, the kids all played together well, and we worked on our math skills. Later, they went up to music class and then helped do a class cleanup. 

 

**REMINDER**

Please drop off your donations of lightly used toys/household items etc. to the office by Tuesday if you haven’t already done so. There’s always a shortage of ‘dad’ items if you have anything you think a dad might like.

 

Next week is ‘Ii’ week in Show and Tell. If your child has an item beginning with the “Ii’ sound they would like to bring we welcome it.

 

Important dates to remember:

November 3^rd is an early dismissal day for parent-teacher meetings.

December 8 Re-gift Fest “shop".

December 18 Winter Break begins.

 

 

Enjoy your weekend!

 

Ara Van Riel

avanriel@sd64.org

 Beading at centres.

Making Snow-People!

                                 Playing around with colour-mixing.

                                                 Rhyming

                                    Making words and colour sorting.

                      

                                         Check out the creek!

                               Everyone playing at the 'castle'.

                                                Drumming

                                         Some of our creations!

 

Newsletter #10

 November 19^th Edition of

The Kindergarten Class News

Greetings Everyone.

 

Monday the kids practiced printing the lowercase letter ‘j’ and are gaining stamina in writing. We have been learning about weather and made umbrella art to go with the rain! The heavy rain has completely flooded the forest paths and we now have ponds to splash in. Thanks for sending rain gear, we sure use it!

 

On Tuesday, the kids continued working with wordless picture books to tell a story in our Oral Language Groups. Later, we made weather books that were sent home and Ms. Rose had the class for the afternoon while I was in a meeting. 

 

Wednesday, we started learning about different numbers that add up to 10 and talked about some of the different ways we can communicate. The class worked hard to draw/write about their favourite way to communicate in their journals. Wednesday was also library day and most of the kids signed out a new book.

 

On Thursday we had a surprise fire drill, everyone did a great job being flexible and going with the flow. We then talked about the different seasons and enjoyed a sunny recess. Everyone was happy to see Mrs. Freeman back after being away due to a broken arm. We talked about casts and everyone had a story to tell!

 

I am so happy that our school is going ahead with our annual Re-gift Fest this year. This is a day where the kids get to “shop” for gifts for the immediate members in their family. If you can bring in lightly used toys/household items to donate for this event by Dec. 1^st, they will be set up on Dec. 8^th for the kids to choose from. No clothing please. 

 

Next week is ‘Hh’ week for Show and Tell. 

 

Important dates to remember:

November 24^th Photo re-takes

December 3^rd is an early dismissal day. If you would like to meet with me to discuss anything, please let me know. 

December 11^th School in session

December 18^th Winter Break begins 

 

Enjoy your weekend!

 

Ara Van Riel

avanriel@sd64.org

The kids wanted to write their own stories during centres!

                                 We also had a popsicle making stand!

                                                Fun with mud!

                                

Teamwork!

Seasons activity

More mud

Newsletter #9

 November 13^th Edition of

The Kindergarten Class News

Hello Everyone!

 

Another week flies by. It was an interesting week with the little break in the middle. Here are some highlights:

 

On Monday, we learned about printing the lowercase letter ‘g’, practiced underhand throwing in the gym and made hibernating bear art. We continued our study of hibernation in the afternoon.

 

Tuesday we had our virtual school Remembrance Day Assembly and were happy to hear that many of you joined in on Zoom. We continued learning about storytelling in our Oral Language Groups and went to Music in the afternoon.

 

Wednesday was Remembrance Day and a holiday.

 

On Thursday we continued our hibernation focus with a writing project to add to our sleepy bears and worked on higher/lower numbers. We also celebrated filling up our kindness jar! 

 

Scholastic book orders were sent home on Thursday. If you would like to order a book for Christmas and keep it a surprise, email me and I will get it home to you discretely when it arrives. It is easy to place your order online by going to https://canadaclubs.scholastic.ca/en/home The class code is on your flier. There are many good titles online that may not be listed in the catalogue. 

 

Friday was a school day on a Wednesday schedule (confusing?). We practiced ‘making 5’ in math, talked about how we communicate best in our journals and went to the library. We also worked a bit more on our reading and went to check out the bog. It is slowly filling up with water!

 

Please make sure your child has rain gear at school. It is necessary for them to keep warm and dry while we learn outdoors.

 

Also, please make sure you are sending snacks/containers that your child can open independently. 

  

Important dates to remember:

November 24 Photo retakes

 

Have a nice weekend!

Warmly,

Ara Van Riel

avanriel@sd64.org

 Focused on lighting a fire during forest play...

Maybe banging rocks together will work?

                                      Squishy mud break.

Still trying for the fire.

                             Remembrance Day viewing group.

Adding stairs to the fort.

                                Making/matching words.

                                       Rainbow letters.

Rhyming puzzles.

Hibernation station.

                 Popcorn party to celebrate filling our kindness bucket!

Buddy reading.

                                Trip to the bog. It's filling up!

The paths in the forest are deep again too!