Week of September 22-26

 This week in Kindergarten...

It was the first day of fall on Monday and we began talking about the season of fall by going on a fall walk around our school. We noticed the leaves that were turning yellow, fox tails, animal burrows and a tree that has now has fruit on it. After our walk, we drew fall trees and things we saw on our fall walk.

We continued with our theme of fall when learning our first math game - Roll and Colour - which helps us with subitizing and counting numbers while using a dice. Ask me how to play it! 

We also practiced our fine motor skills using different lines on whiteboards to make a pumpkin on a vine.

Thank you to 3 Left Feet, the parents that came and watched our performance, as well as to Parent Council for the funding for our dance residency these past two weeks!

Important Dates to Remember:

TUESDAY is our Library day. Please don't forget your book(s) at home! 

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29: No School for students - PD Day for Teachers

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30: No School - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3:  AM Class Day

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8: Picture Day 

Week of September 15-19

This week in Kindergarten...

Wow! What a busy week! This week we started off with Dot Day by reading the book The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. Students were then asked what they could make from a circle using our visual journals for the very first time. 

We also began practicing our cutting skills by making a scissor salad and feeding it to Blueberry! It was a lot of fun! Ask your child what they learned about how to use scissors. 

 We started exploring fall with a new playdoh centre where students used fall coloured playdoh to create different things. Kinders used different fall objects to stick in the playdoh like leaves, acorns and sunflowers. 

To top it all off - we started our dance residency with 3 Left Feet! On Thursday, September 25th, parents are invited to watch us perform. See below for times. Ask your child what kind of bugs are in our dance. 

Important Dates to Remember:

TUESDAY is our Library day. Please don't forget your book(s) at home! 

THURSDAY, September 25 - 3 LEFT FEET SHOWCASE TIMES:

        AM Class: 8:30-9:15am

        PM Class: 12:45-1:30pm

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26: PM Class Day

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29: No School for students - PD Day for Teachers

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30: No School - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 

Week of September 8-12

 This week in Kindergarten:

This was a great week of kindergarten - our first full week together! It was so nice to see so many families at our Open House last evening! We continued learning each other's names and played with some new centres. We started working in our fine motor journals this week, learned how to use glue doing rip art apples and leaves, and worked on our colouring skills by learning new colouring rules. Both AM and PM kindergarten classes also learned about Terry Fox and ran the Terry Fox run! Another BIG first for us this week was our first trips to the library, the gym and musicroom. Ask me which was my favourite new place to go in the school.

Looking Ahead:

TUESDAYS: This will be our library day for both AM and PM classes. Please make sure your child returns their book by this day each week to ensure they can get another one.

Important Dates to Remember:

Monday, September 15: K-2 students begin their dance residency with 3 Left Feet. More information to follow next week.

Friday, September 19: AM Kindergarten attends.

Week of September 2-5

Wow! What a great first week in Kindergarten!

This Week in Kindergarten:

This week we learned about our new routines and met our new classmates. We explored new centres, toured the school and met the other kindergarten teachers too!  Ask me about my favourite centre I played at this week and which new friend I made.

Looking Ahead:

We are going to go outside to the playground each day as much as possible. Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather to make our playtime as fun as possible. 

Kindergarten students will also start going to the gym, music room and library starting next week.

The Terry Fox Run will be happening next week. If you would like to donate Toonies for Terry, we have a collection spot in our room to take donations. 

Important Dates to Remember:

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11: 

Terry Fox Run - AM Kinders

MTS Open House - 4:30-6:30pm

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12: 

PM Kindergarten attends - 8:00am-12:00pm

Terry Fox Run - PM Kinders