October 25, 2019

Hello Family and Friends,

This week we continued practicing the letters and sounds of C and D. We made art pictures to match each letter and practiced drawing, colouring and water colour painting. 

We enjoyed the weather and spent time outside playing on the playground and creating pictures out of objects in nature. 

The afternoon class enjoyed watching their first Celebration of Learning of the year. We will be doing ours in December! 


Important Dates and Information

October 31 - Halloween Information 

If your child would like they are invited to dress in a costume on Halloween day. Please send them to school already wearing their costume. Please don't have makeup, masks or props, in case of getting damaged or lost. This is optional and children are not required to wear costumes. We will do some Halloween based learning activities, but will not be having a party. 

November 1 - No school for all students for a teacher professional development day. 

Home Reading - Return books to be changed every Thursday. 

Please have your child read with an adult or sibling every day. You may read the book to them and let them read some of the words if they are able to. Rereading the same book supports success when children are able to remember familiar words and patterns. Throughout kindergarten we will be learning the sounds of the letters and how to blend them together. In your child's book bag is a list of reading strategies that we will also use as the children develop phonemic awareness.

Winter Clothes - As the weather gets colder, please ensure your child has warm, waterproof outdoor clothes. Also keep a change of clothes in their backpack for emergencies. We will continue playing outside as much as possible, as fresh air and exercise are an important part of our students' learning. 

Snack

• Due to severe allergies, please don't send any snacks that have nuts. 
• Healthy Snack - Please ensure your child has some healthy snacks to choose from and avoid sending junk food (candy, chocolate, chips). Our snack time provides nutrition to the children and helps them have energy to learn. Some ideas are vegetable, fruit, yogurt, cheese, sandwiches, boiled eggs, whole grain crackers and granola bars. Thanks for your support with this. 
• Extra Snack - If your child is in school on FRIDAY please send extra food for your child. They have a long day and get hungry with all our busy activities!