Mrs. Neal, Mrs. Martherus and Miss Hume's Kindergarten Class: December 2013

Sunday, 15 December 2013

Two Left Feet?

Christmas: Thank you so much for all of the support with the Christmas Concert this week. The children did wonderful and had a great time sharing with their families. We will be having a class Christmas party at the end of the day on Thursday this week so we ask that ONLY THE FAMILIES WHO SIGNED UP to bring treats for this event send something in. We don't want to have an overwhelming number of sweets. A reminder to families who signed up for this celebration will be sent home this week.

Friday: Reminder that Friday December 20th there will be no school.

Black Boys Sorel Boots: The evening of our concert some boots got mixed up in our coat room and one of our students now has two of the same feet of his black sorel winter boots. If your child has black sorel boots please have a look to see if they are the same feet and if they are labeled with another name. Thank you!

Kindergarten Cares: Thank you for participating in our Earn-A-Gift project this year. The students raised enough money to buy not only one gift but several. They were able to purchase a lego treehouse kit, a play-doh cookie making kit with extra play-doh, 5 books from the book fair and a Mr. Potato head kit. I'm sure these gifts will be much enjoyed by a child this Christmas. It's wonderful to be able to give to the community in this way. Thank you for the support.

UG2GO- logins will be sent home this week on a bookmark for your reference. Some students have specific logins (part of their first name, last name, and OEN #) and some students will be using a generic login for all kindergarten students. Please let me know if you have any issues with your login. The login numbers that were assigned had to be logged on to a school computer first and the passwords changed, which I hopefully have done with all of them.

Home Reading-Thank you for reading with your child every day. It is so important to foster a love of reading and to work on early literacy skills with your child. Reminder that every Tuesday jk books will be exchanged and every Thursday sk books will be exchanged. Please feel free to write a note in the communication folder if you would like your child's books exchanged on a different day. Sometimes folders get left in backpacks, or books fall out of the folder and get mixed up. Please let me know if your child is in need of new books. If a home reading book goes missing at home just let us know and it can be replaced for a small fee. The sk students do pick some of their own books so please bring it to my attention also if they keep choosing the same book and need some support selecting a new one.

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and enjoy some quality family time over the break!

Monday, 2 December 2013

Paper Towel Rolls please!

Paper Towel Roll -Please send a paper towel roll in with you child for us to use to make a candle for our Christmas Concert. If possible, please send it by Friday, labeled with your child's name in pencil. Don't forget that Thursday December 12th at 6:30 is our concert so please save the date!

Project Earn A Gift -By now you many of you have started working on some ‘chores’ that your child can do around the house to earn some money to go towards our kindergarten project to earn coins to help buy a gift for a child in our community. We ask that if you choose to participate in this project that you send your child’s coins in a labelled ziplock bag (marker is fantastic!). We are hoping that for the next week while this project overlaps with the pennies for the Philippines initiative, the labeling of the baggies will help identify which coins are for which project. Thank you so much for your help already with this! We have really enjoyed celebrating the childrens' efforts to earn money to help put a smile on another child’s face. We hope that you are finding this initiative rewarding at home as well.

Calendar -Please double check the calendar for some spirit days that have been added this month.

Cookie Day -On cookie day if you wish to purchase a cookie it would be best to send the money in the front (to bring it to our attention) of your child's communication folder in an envelope. We place our cookie orders in the morning and putting it in your child's lunch bag makes it more difficult for us to ensure they receive their cookie. Thank you for your cooperation.