December 12th

December 12th, 2019

Community Kindergarten

Thank you so much for discussing your Christmas and Winter family traditions. The children had many ideas to share.  We are going to continue on with a focus on  family.   Please bring in a family photo anytime next week.  It will be returned to you in January.We are working hard on our Christmas/Winter Celebration Song. The children are really excited about performing! This week we had a lot of fun playing a gingerbread man math game, learning about the letter F and reading many stories about Winter. 

Next week, please also bring 3 items that begin with the letter D, T and V for our alphabet wall.  

French Kindergarten

 We have continued our focus on Winter and Christmas vocabulary and have been very busy practicing for caroling and our Winter Celebration.
In math we have been practicing saying “Je vois..” then saying numbers 1-12 in French to help us with number recognition. We have also learned a new game called “Shake and Spill” where the kids are learning how to correctly fill a ten frame.

Dates to Remember:

Monday,December 16th: Ugly Christmas sweater/Christmas shirt day

Tuesday, December 17th: Winter Celebration Rehearsal 9 am (optional for PM Kindergarten to attend) 

Wednesday, December 18th: Winter Celebration 9 am, 5pm 

Thursday, December 19th: Last Day of Classes (Pyjama Day)

Winter Celebration

Tuscany School is pleased to announce that our Winter Celebration will be on December 18th. There will be two identical performances, one at 9:00 am and one at 5:00 pm. Parents and family members are encouraged to select one performance to attend and all students are kindly requested to attend the after school performance. PM Kindergarten students are vital to the performance and are encouraged to attend both performances. Here is the link from the school.

The Morning Performance (9:00 am)

• PM Kindergarten students will enter through their regular doors, at 8:30 am, and will be signed in by a Tuscany staff member at this time.
• Parents will collect and sign out their children at their classroom
• Entry for the performance is at 8:40 am through the main office doors.
• Please note that the doors will not be opened prior to this time

The After School Performance (5:00 pm)

• Drop off time is 4:30 and sign in will occur in the Gathering Space (Grade 1 - 4)
• Please note that Kindergarten will be signed in directly in their classroom
• Entry for the performance is at 4:30 pm through the main office doors.
• Please note that the doors will not be opened prior to this time
• Pick up time for students will be at approximately 5:50 pm. 
• Sign out will be in classrooms (K - 4)
• Please note that the parent who signed in must sign out their child
• Please contact your child’s teacher for special arrangements for sign out prior to December 18.

The students are so excited to perform for everyone!

 

November 28th

November 28th, 2019

Community Kindergarten

This week we did dug deep into learning about our emotions. We read the book “The Mitten” and pretended to be animals all squished inside a mitten. We then talked about how we would feel if we were these animals. After reading, acting and discussing, we became artists and drew self-portraits showing each emotion. We are so excited for you to see our art work during parent teacher conferences! This week we also learned about the letter V and practiced our Winter Celebration song. 

French Kindergarten

This week we have finished up our unit on body parts and are now learning all about Winter! We have also practiced “singing” our Alpha’s together to see if we can phonetically spell words.
 In Math we have started learning how to “build number” using block, numbers, a number line and manipulatives. We are focusing on the many ways numbers can be represented and how there are many ways to show a number.

Dates to Remember:

Friday, November 29:  PM Kindergarten attends - Guest speaker

“Deck The Halls” - The school will be mulit-aged into groups to create beautiful Winter art for our school.  (The a.m. classes will do their art on the following Monday)

Monday, December 2: Library for Mrs. Laser and Mrs. Pires

Tuesday, December 3:  Library for Mme Lisa

Thursday, December 5: A.M. Coulee Walk

Thursday, December 5 and Friday December 6: Parent/Teacher Conferences - The sign up email will be sent out shortly.
Monday,December 16th: Ugly Christmas sweater/Christmas shirt day

Tuesday, December 17th: Winter Celebration Rehearsal 9 am (optional for PM Kindergarten to attend) 

Wednesday, December 18th: Winter Celebration 9 am, 5pm 

Thursday, December 19th: Last Day of Classes

Information about the coulee walk:

Please make sure your child is appropriately dressed for the weather with snow pants, winter boots, mitts and hats.  We have found it helpful for children to walk without their backpacks.  This means we are asking for a “pocket snack”, which is something simple like fruit, granola bars, cheese strings etc…  put into their coat pockets.

One of the activities in the coulee will be listening to stories from a Blackfoot Elder named Saa’kokoto.   He has been a true gift to our school and we are excited for the kinders this year to have an opportunity to meet him.

Winter Celebration

Tuscany School is pleased to announce that our Winter Celebration will be on December 18th. There will be two identical performances, one at 9:00 am and one at 5:00 pm. Parents and family members are encouraged to select one performance to attend and all students are kindly requested to attend the after school performance. PM Kindergarten students are vital to the performance and are encouraged to attend both performances. 

The Morning Performance (9:00 am)

• PM Kindergarten students will enter through their regular doors, at 8:30 am, and will be signed in by a Tuscany staff member at this time.
• Parents will collect and sign out their children at their classroom
• Entry for the performance is at 8:40 am through the main office doors.
• Please note that the doors will not be opened prior to this time

The After School Performance (5:00 pm)

• Drop off time is 4:30 and sign in will occur in the Gathering Space (Grade 1 - 4)
• Please note that Kindergarten will be signed in directly in their classroom
• Entry for the performance is at 4:30 pm through the main office doors.
• Please note that the doors will not be opened prior to this time
• Pick up time for students will be at approximately 5:50 pm. 
• Sign out will be in classrooms (K - 4)
• Please note that the parent who signed in must sign out their child
• Please contact your child’s teacher for special arrangements for sign out prior to December 18.

The students are so excited to perform for everyone!