October 31st

October 31st, 

Our Week in Community Kindergarten:

This week, we were scientists! We learned how to make predictions and observations for our “walking water” experiment! In math, we learned all about 2D shapes and made a “shape monster.” We drew and labelled Halloween pictures and learned all about “success criteria.” For a drawing, a “success criteria” includes making sure that our drawings have lots of details, tell a story, and are colored inside the lines. Please feel free to ask your child what a “success criteria” is as we will be using this term throughout the year. On Halloween we checked out all the great work at the Pumpkin Fest and did some Math by sorting our costumes. 

Our Week in French Kindergarten

 This week we focused on how to be safe for Halloween. As a class we came up with three top ideas 1) Always stay with mom and dad 2) Never go into any house we don’t know  3) Let mom and dad check all candy before we eat it.

 We also imagined and drew a monster. We focused on including all body parts (eyes,mouth,nose,ears,arms,legs etc). We worked with a checklist to check to see if we had all the parts before moving onto our next step. We also then created our “monsters” with clay and other loose parts. 

Dates to Remember:

Friday, November 1: PD Day, No School 

Monday, November 4: Library Exchange for Mrs. Laser and Mrs. Pires
Tuesday,November 5th: Library Exchange for Mme. Chelsey’s class

Friday, November 8: PM Kindergarten, Early Dismissal

Friday, November 8: Remembrance Day Assembly 

Friday, November 15: AM Kindergarten, Early Dismissal

Friday, November 15: Guest Speaker AM Kindergarten

Friday, November 22: PD Day, No school 

Friday, November 29: PM Kindergarten Early Dismissal

Friday, November 29: Guest Speaker PM Kindergarten 

Announcements:

• Remembrance Day: There will be two ceremonies at 9 am and 10:30 am. AM Kindergarten students are welcome to come with their parents to the ceremony. Students can sit with their parents and come up to the stage when the Kindergarteners are called up. 
• For community Kindergarten, please bring 2 items that begin with the letters A (apple, alligator, etc) or have the letter X in them (box, fox, etc) for Monday, November 4th. 
• Please also begin collecting small items that you would be willing to part but that have bright colours. We will be making a colour wheel of “beautiful stuff” with these items. Suggestions include bottle caps, tissue paper, wrapping paper, buttons, feathers, jewels, small pieces of fabric, scrapbooking paper. After collecting the items, please bring them in by Thursday, November 7th. 

Oct 24th

October 24th, 2019

Our Week in Community Kindergarten:

The students enjoyed mixing colors this week.  They created various shades of orange and green for their pumpkin art.  Our guided drawing was of an “ox” and an “ax”.  The children are beginning to feel more confident and risk taking in their guided drawing experiences.  In Math, we solved a problem that required “5” to be broken up in several ways. 

 Feel free to send in “A” and “X” objects to school on Friday and Monday if you would like. 

Our Week in French Kindergarten

 This week we have started to learn all about Halloween. We created our own haunted houses and practiced saying creatures or other spooky things that could live in them- can your kiddos tell you any new words they have learned this week? 
In Math, we focused on breaking number 3 up into different parts and different ways it can be represented.

Song links:
La danse des squelettes- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj7V-Dw4Hk4
C’est l’halloween- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYfmQ5eAQlg 

Dates to Remember:

Friday, October 25:  A.M. kindergarten attends

Wednesday, October, 30 - Photo Retakes
Wednesday, October 30th: Library for Mme.Chelsey’s class

Thursday, October 31:  Halloween Information  (Please read important information below!)  Fun Snack Day!

Monday, November 4: Library Exchange for Mrs. Laser and Mrs. Pires

Friday, November 8:  Remembrance Day Ceremonies - 2 ceremonies 9:00-9:45, 10:15-11:00

Halloween Information!

This year’s Pumpkin Fest will be on Thursday, October 31st. Students and their families are invited to carve a pumpkin at home and bring it to the school on Wednesday, October 30th between 3:00pm and 5:00pm. Please indicate the following information on the pumpkin or an attached card/paper: your child’s/children’s name, grade, and teacher. The pumpkins will be put on display in our gymnasium. Each class will have the opportunity to view the pumpkin carvings during the school day on October 31st during a scheduled time. Parents and siblings are invited to join their children during their scheduled viewing time. Please park strollers in the Gathering Space in the area provided. Pumpkins must be picked up on Thursday, October 31st between 3:00pm and 4:00pm.

Students are invited to dress up in Halloween costumes on October 31st if they wish to do so. We ask that no items that can be misconstrued as weapons come to school as part of a costume. This will set children up for success so they can enjoy the day.

Kindergarten Pumpkin Viewing Times:

10:00 - 10:20 - Kindergarten A.M. Community 

10:20 - 10:40 - Kindergarten A.M. French

1:20 - 1:40 - Kindergarten P.M. French

1:40 - 2:00 - Kindergarten P.M. Community

Please wait by the office, as this is where you will be your child to go into the pumpkin viewing in the gym.