Newsletter #22

 February 25^th Edition of

The Kindergarten Class News

Hi Everyone! What a week!

Here are some highlights: 

 

Monday, we had a lot of fun working on story telling in our story workshops. The kids focused on a beginning, middle and end while adding a problem to solve. Rory was the winner of a pink shirt for Pink Shirt Day.

 

On Tuesday the class worked on syllables in our Oral Language groups. Ask your child to clap out a word for you! Later we worked on our story workshops again and the kids went to Music class.

 

Wednesday was Pink Shirt Day! It was great seeing the school support anti-bullying in this way. Wednesday was also the beginning of a 6 week-long writing blitz we have started with Mrs. Lamirand! The kids blew us away with their stamina and focus. We also worked on math, and talked about the proper names for the “private parts” during our C.A.R.E. kit lesson. 

 

Thursday was another fun writing session with Mrs. Lamirand. I had an appointment after recess so Mrs. Lamirand taught the rest of the day.

 

Important dates to remember:

March 4 Early dismissal for Student Led Conferences. I have contacted all of the parents I would like to meet with. If you did not hear from me, there’s no need to set up a meeting unless you have something specific to discuss.

March 12 First day of Spring Break

March 29 School back in session

April 5^th Easter Monday (No School)

 

Warmly,

Ara Van Riel

avanriel@sd64.org

A sneak peek of our story making workshop!

                                

Pink shirt winner!

So much learning happening in the forest!

The kids LOVE their new writing portfolios. They double as a privacy shield! 

Happy Pink Shirt Day! Spread kindness! 

Counting ice cream!

Sewing practice.

 

Newsletter #21

 February 19^th Edition of

The Kindergarten Class News

Hi Everyone!

Here are some highlights from our week: 

 

Monday the school was closed for Family Day. I hope you all had fun in the snow!

 

On Tuesday the class was excited to share snow stories and wrote in their journals about what they did on the long weekend. We also worked more on compound words and went to Music class. Everyone was happy to play in the snow during recess, lunch and forest play!

 

On Wednesday we played a math game using dice and counters, we also started the C.A.R.E. kit and talked about how each person in the world is special and unique. The class visited the library and, understandable, many children forget it was library day. Please send in the books next week if they were forgotten.  

 

Thursday, we had another visit from Quinten and this time we painted our fish paddles. They look great! We also had Music class and the kids continued to enjoy playing in the (very wet) snow.

 

Friday was a school day and PJ day! Whenever Monday is a holiday, Friday runs on a Monday schedule (this includes Show and Tell). We worked on printing, combined art and math in a snowflake activity and began a story telling workshop. The kids loved it! They will be creating their own books, stay tuned! 

 

Next week we will be starting a writing blitz supported by Mrs. Lamirand! This is part of a school wide project called the EPIC project and is designed to help kids learn more about writing in a fun and collaborative way.

 

March 4^th will be an early dismissal day for the Parent-Teacher meetings. I will be contacting the parents who I need to meet with to arrange a time. If you don’t hear from me, but have something you would like to discuss about your child, please reach out. Priority will be given to those I didn’t get a chance to meet with the last time.

 

Important dates to remember:

February 24 Pink Shirt Day

March 4 Early dismissal 

March 12 First day of Spring Break

March 29 School back in session

 

Warmly,

Ara Van Riel

avanriel@sd64.org

Heading out to the forest in the snow.

Finding animal tracks!

                                       Playing a chase game.

Working at the new desks.

Math!

                                          Centres time!

Check out the sorting.

Making snow forts.

Counting cones.

Quinten showing us his paddle.

Snowflake math.

Story workshop.

Forest play