April 30, 2015
Dear Parents,
So many thanks again to all
of you who made our Staff Appreciation Day so special. I felt very
appreciated!!!!!! It was also another fun
and busy week with our cuties.
This week we…
*went on our field trip to
Sungei Buloh—the cuties have not stopped talking about the things we
observed!!!! We are doing many follow up
conversations, activities and inquiry.
*visited the Primary School
and attended a kindergarten assembly in the Elementary Theatre! They
told/showed us why kindergarten is awesome! We saw “Under The Big Top” done by
the perceptual motor class.
*Started talking about a
very special person in our lives…MOM! We
will continue with this next week.
*used plasticine/clay to
make insects and gave them a habitat to live in. These came home with your
child (if they didn’t last week—we were finishing them at different times!) Take a look at how beautiful they are and
discuss all of their parts with your cutie!
*Made fun “artsy” insects
with craft items.
*Practiced insect patterns,
and had fun with insect addition to 5 using manipulatives.
*counted insects.
*read The Grouchy Ladybug
and made beautiful ladybug creations.
*continued on with
discussions and inquiry into ants.
PRE-K
CELEBRATION AND PORTFOLIO SHARING
The children have been working hard on their creative writing
books, alphabet books and song books throughout the year, and have a short
insect book to read to you.
We will be celebrating these things, along with sharing
portfolios at our end of the year celebration.
Please join us to help celebrate our accomplishments while
we
*go through our creative writing, alphabet and song books with
you and read a small insect book to you,
*reflect on your child’s Pre-K year as we share our portfolios
with you
*watch a slide show of our Pre-K learning experiences
Friday, May 22, 2015
11:15 am
E115 (our classroom)
*Please let me know if you CANNOT make it to the Celebration and
Portfolio Share so that I can make arrangements for someone to be with your
child. You are welcome to join your
child for lunch right after our portfolio share and then the whole ECC will
participate in a Sing A Long in the ABC hall.
INTEGRATING INTO THE PRIMARY SCHOOL
During the last month of Pre-K we try to give
the children plenty of opportunities to visit different areas of the Primary
School and interact with many of the PS faculty. In May we will also have a
magic show in the kindergarten group room, visit the kindergarten classes, go
to the library to have a story with Mrs. Cuthbert and eat snack in the Primary
School cafeteria. By June your children will be Kindergarten experts! Please
see list of dates below….more details will be provided as the dates get closer.
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK
Next week we will introduce
the letter Xx and continue with insects, focusing on butterflies.
Upcoming Dates and Things
to Remember:
*Return library books and blue bags on Monday.
*Check the blog for
pictures from this week!
*SUMMER BIRTHDAYS: if your child's birthday is in the
summer and you'd like to celebrate it during snack time (9:15) or lunch time
(12:40), please send a note and we will celebrate! J We don’t want to miss anyone! Let me know
what day works for you.
*IF you are leaving early,
withdrawing from SAS or will be missing certain days over the next few weeks,
send me a note. This will help me manage those last-minute details regarding
report cards, work sent home, portfolios etc.
*Friday, May 1st: Labor
Day—NO SCHOOL
*Monday, May 18th: LATE START—School starts at 10:00am
*Friday, May 22nd: PORTFOLIO SHARE and Parent/Child Sing a Long--Starting at 11:15am
(Parents are highly encouraged
to attend this day J)
*Tuesday, May 26th: Wet Day (Students only) Details and
information about clothing and swimsuits to follow. We will put out the pool,
play with shaving cream and get messy!
*Thursday, May 28th: Magic Show (Students
only) We will walk to the primary
school, have an opportunity to play on the kindergarten playground, watch a
magic show and enjoy a popsicle.
*Friday, May 29th: Pre K
Visits KINDERGARTEN! (Students only) We will walk to the primary and visit kindergarten rooms, play
on the k playground, listen to a story read by Mrs. Cuthbert (PS Librarian) and
have a snack in the primary school cafeteria.
*Monday, June 1st: Vesak Day—NO SCHOOL
*Friday, June 5th: Last Day
of School!—11:30am dismissal
Thank you!!! Have a wonderful weekend!!!! Lynsey and Aidah
**Some of the pictures from the field trip will not load! I will keep trying and will get them us as soon as I can :-)
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