I hope it’s been a good Christmas holiday for you and your families. I wanted to take this time to thank you for all of the lovely cards and gifts that I received from you all. I sure felt spoilt as I opened each one. Thank you so much! I’m looking forward to seeing all my Kindie friends next week! Happy New Year to you all!
Grandparent’s Interview
The second and last family “homework” page will be coming home in your child’s folder today. It is a grandparent’s interview, comparing family life in the “olden days” compared to now.
Please record the answers for your child but have them with you as you ask a grandparent the questions on the page.
I thought the holidays might be a good time to get this one done when extended family gets together. It can be returned in the new year!
Christmas Dress Up Week
Christmas Dress Up – Final Week of School
- Monday = Christmas colours: red, green, white
- Tuesday = Christmas sweaters/shirts
- Wednesday = Christmas PJs
- Thursday = ALL THE CHRISTMAS
Christmas Concert Information
Next Friday, December 20 is our K-12 Christmas Concert. The concert will go from 10-11:30 and dismissal for Christmas break will immediately follow the end of the concert. Part time Kindies, we are hopeful that you will be able to join us for the morning.
Dress Code for the concert is as follows:
Anything festive goes. No uniforms. (Dress up, Christmas sweater, Christmas colours, accessorize, etc.)
Mrs Pavel has made a couple of videos so the kindies can practice their songs at home. You will need the following links to access them:
We are so excited to perform on stage for you!
December Dates
Here we are almost in the month of December already! Our classroom has been decorated and the Christmas crafting has begun. We are learning about God’s great gift of Jesus, the very best thing about this Christmas season! Here are some important dates for the month ahead:
December 3 – Gingerbread Cookie Decorating
December 4-12 – Mrs. Morris will be away. Mrs. Orrell will be in charge in my absence.
December 6 – Full Time Kindies’ trip to Garrison forest
December 6 – Report Cards will be coming home
December 13 – Professional Development Day (no school)
December 16-20 – Christmas Sweater Week
December 20 – Christmas Concert & early dismissal 11:30
December 21 – January 5 – Christmas Break
January 6 – School Back in session
Christmas Countdown
The children have been working on a Christmas countdown craft that will be coming home this week. It is a star with 24 links. Starting on the night of December 1st have your child remove one link and enjoy counting down the days until Christmas! It’ll be here before we know it!
Family Homework
Our theme for the month of November and December is “Families”. We have been talking about how our families are both similar and different and, next month, will talk about family traditions during the holidays.
To help us learn more about each family represented in our classroom I will be sending home some “homework”. The first of these papers will come home in your child’s folder tomorrow. There’s no big rush to complete this task. Sometime in the next couple of weeks please sit with your child and reflect with them on your family’s Christmas traditions. When complete, please send the paper back to school in your child’s folder.
I am looking forward to learning more about each of our families in the weeks to come!
Candies, Please!
Next Tuesday our class will be decorating gingerbread cookies. We are asking that each child bring approximately 1/2 cup’s worth of candy to contribute to this fun project. The candy will be divided up between all the children so that each will have a wide assortment to work with. If you could send in your candy sometime this next week that would be wonderful! Thanks and have a great weekend!
Service Opportunity
Our Christmas Campaign to help our community has arrived at Highroad. This year there are 3 ways you can help:
- Money- you can donate money to the Salvation Army. There will be a Salvation Army Kettle in the office for donations.
- Items- you can bring in new or gently used winter wear items (touques, mittens, scarves etc), new personal hygiene items and non-perishable food items. These can be placed in the bin in the school lobby.
- Time- if you and your children spend time serving our community. For every 30 minutes served, children can decorate a paper mitten and have it added to the bulletin board. Please let me know if your child will need one.