Friday Update--May 29

                                             

One week left!!!!  Who can believe it?!! J Just a reminder that there is NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY!  I will see the cuties back on Tuesday, June 2^nd. J

This week we…

*celebrated Tia’s summer birthday! (HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIA!)

*had messy messy fun on wet day!

*went to a magic show and had popsicles on the kindergarten playground.  (We had a huge talk about the safety of balloons and that we NEVER put them in our mouths—it was just a trick by the magician.)

*watched the Bee Movie with a popcorn treat.

*prepared our Father’s Day gifts. J

*visited kindergarten!  We walked around the elementary school, visited Ms. Schwarz’s blue angelfish classroom (she took them on a magic carpet ride!) and they were shown around the classroom by kindergarten buddies.  We then visited the BIG library and met Ms. Cuthbert, the librarian, and Mr. Pearson, the kindergarten counselor. We finished off our visit with a snack and juice in the kinder-grade 2 cafeteria, where our cuties will be eating next year.  A fun day all around!

A sick note J 

There seems to be a lot of things going around right now—today most classes were down to 9 or 10 students including ours, and at the end of the day we were down to 3 teachers!  If your child had a fever, or is feeling unwell or absolutely exhausted, please do keep them at home.  We know many families are traveling in the next couple of weeks and we want you and your family to be healthy for whatever your summer plans are! J

COMING UP

*Monday, June 1^st: Vesak Day—NO SCHOOL

*Friday, June 5^th:  Last Day of School!—11:30am dismissal

**BLOG PHOTOS**  If you would like to save any of the photos I have on my Blog, please start saving them now! You will need to right click on the image and Save Image As or if you have a MAC you can drag and drop into a folder on your desktop. You must have the photo selected and large on your screen. The photos will be available until we start the new school year in August, so you will have the summer to save what you need.

Thank you!!!  Have a wonderful weekend!!!!  Lynsey and Aidah

We are ready for kindergarten!

How amazing are these cuties? :-)  YAY for a great year!  Only a couple more weeks to go!

Friday Update May 18 to 22

May 22, 2015

                                                

Dear Parents,

Thank you so much for coming to our portfolio celebration and share and Sing A Long today!  The cuties were SO happy that you were here with them!!!! We have such an amazing and special class today and I felt unbelievable joy today looking at their smiling faces and yours today!

The slideshow is unlisted on youtube.  The address is:  https://youtu.be/AULQGLaTUNo

Please let me know if it does not work for some reason—hopefully it does! J Thank you so much for your child’s gift—I love the book they made me, and of course the tea towel with their drawings is beautiful! A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Libby (her birthday is actually this summer, but we were excited to celebrate it this week J)

A note from the Elementary Office:

Dear Parents,

SAS has designated Monday, May 25, as Nepal Day.

Red is the color of the rhododendron (Nepal's national flower).

Students from all three divisions can show their support for the Nepali people by coming to school in red tops and their blue SAS bottoms. 

Nepal Day will be the last day of donations for our Care for Kathmandu earthquake relief campaign - red donation boxes are in the elementary, middle, and high school offices.

COMING UP

*Tuesday, May 26^th: Wet Day (Students only) We will put out the pool, play with shaving cream and get messy!

* Children should come to school with a bathing suit under their clothes. 

*We will have free dress.  Flip-flops or Crocs would be the best footwear.

*Please send a LABELED plastic bag with a LABELED towel and a LABELED complete change of clothes.

*Apply sunscreen before coming to school

*Thursday, May 28^th: 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 29^th:  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 1^st: Vesak Day—NO SCHOOL

*Friday, June 5^th:  Last Day of School!—11:30am dismissal

**BLOG PHOTOS**  If you would like to save any of the photos I have on my Blog, please start saving them now! You will need to right click on the image and Save Image As or if you have a MAC you can drag and drop into a folder on your desktop. You must have the photo selected and large on your screen. The photos will be available until we start the new school year in August, so you will have the summer to save what you need.

Thank you!!!  Have a wonderful weekend!!!!  Lynsey and Aidah

Friday Update May 11 to 15

We have had another amazing week of learning!  We celebrated Shaan’s birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAAN!!!) and continued with our investigations of insects.  We have beetles and caterpillars in our class, and the cuties have really been into our outside centers and legos this week. J

Just a reminder that this Monday, May 18^th is a LATE START DAY for students.  Students start school at 10:00am.  Please still send in normal snacks and a lunch (if your child has a home lunch.)

This week we also…

*learned the sound, hand motion and letter formation for the letter Vv.

*added velcro to our feely letter Vv.

*brainstormed words that began with Vv and added them to our alphabet journals.

*thought about our favorite things about Pre-K and drew them for the last page in our portfolio.

*drew our May self portraits—it is so amazing to see the difference from August for many of our cuties!

*read books about caterpillars and butterflies and their life cycle.

*revisited the concept of symmetry by making butterflies with paint and smushing the sides together so the wings are symmetrical. The cuties made EVERYTHING symmetrical for the rest of the week!  It was pretty funny!

*finished off our fun ant picnics J

*read a lot of Eric Carle books

*measured our heights and painted our hands—man have we grown since the beginning of the year!!!!

*did number math and pattern blocks

*worked on our insect books

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 continue with insects, as well as our end of the year activities, and get ready for our portfolio share and sing a long! J

Upcoming Dates and Things to Remember:

*Return library books and blue bags on Monday. (Please return all library books—there will be no more checkouts.)

*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.

*Monday, May 18^th:  LATE START—School starts at 10:00am

*Friday, May 22^nd: PORTFOLIO SHARE and Parent/Child Sing a Long--Starting at 11:15am (Parents are highly encouraged to attend this day J)

*Tuesday, May 26^th: 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 28^th: 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 29^th:  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 1^st: Vesak Day—NO SCHOOL

*Friday, June 5^th:  Last Day of School!—11:30am dismissal

Thank you!!!  Have a wonderful weekend!!!!  Lynsey and Aidah