Halloween Was Fun!

We had fun last week!  The kids had a blast on Halloween.  Our parade through the school was so cute - and the "big kids" loved having the chance to see our PreK's in their awesome costumes!  

Thank you to all of the parents who sent snacks for our party - the kids enjoyed having special treats for the day.  

It was surprisingly quiet in our room, as the students enjoyed the magic of a witches brew story I told them using the light table and common household ingredients for the "boiling brew."  We also had fun "trick or treating" to the office before we went home for an evening of more Halloween fun!  

Click here to see some pictures of our Halloween Fun: Halloween Party

The rest of our week was rather short with a PD Day, followed by two early dismissal days.

Bears

We began our unit on bears.  We have been reading the book "Big Smelly Bear" by Britta Teckentrup.  Everyone loved the itchy bear from this book who refused to take a bath!  The students had a fun sensory experience creating big fluffly bear from the book using puffy paint - made out of shaving cream, white glue, and paint.  

FOP

Thank you to the parents who attended the Drum Fit FOP - the kids had a blast!  Here are some pics of that fun day: Drum Fit FOP

Emergency Evacuation

We have been practicing for an emergency evacuation.  I have been trying to convey to the students that the alarm will sound and it will be very LOUD, but that it is only LOUD and NOT scary.  This week there will be a school wide emergency evacuation practice happening.  I think we are ready to show those "big kids" that PreK knows exactly what to do in the event of an emergency!  

Remembrance Day

PreKindergarten has been invited to watch the Remembrance Day ceremony at Riverview School.  It is on Wednesday, November 9th at 10:45am.  I will be taking the morning class to the ceremony.  

Parents are welcome to come and watch if they would like (please arrive at 10:30).  

The afternoon kids, as well as the Tuesday/Thursday kids and their parents are also welcome to join us for the assembly if they would like.  All of the PreK students will sit in the front row on the floor.  There will be chairs available for the parents farther back.

Each child will receive a poppy to wear.  If you would like to donate a loonie or toonie for the poppy fund please put it in your child's mail bag.  

Coming Up...

This week we will continue with our theme of bears.  We will also be focusing on the MindUp curriculum and beginning to learn about our brains.  

Important Dates this week:

• Christmas Card orders are due by Wednesday, November 9th
• Remembrance Day Assembly is on Wednesday, November 9th at 10:45am
• There is no school on Thursday, November 10th - midterm break
• There is no school on Friday, November 11th - Remembrance Day