Friday Update May 16

May 16, 2014 

                                                

Dear Parents,

Thank you so much for coming to our portfolio celebration and share 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 first page of the portfolios are fixed—everyone took them home today so look out for them!!!!  We told the bus aunties to make sure the portfolios went off the bus with your child!  I will put the slideshow on Youtube with an address (so you can share it with whoever you want to but the whole world can’t see it! J) I will get to you soon with that.

We had another fun and busy learning week. We…

*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.

*did a lot of things to finish off our portfolios—May self portraits, heights, finished with our favorite parts of Pre-K and wrote about our trip to Sungei Buloh. 

*read a lot of Mo Willems books---we are back on an obsession!!

An important note from Pre-K J

Dear Parents and Friends of the ECC,

In June, the ECC will say goodbye to Mrs. Geri Johnson and Mrs. Rosita Abrew Lee.  Mrs. Johnson has served as the Director/Deputy Principal of the ECC since it’s opening in 2004 and will be moving to Delhi, India.  Mrs. Abrew Lee has been the secretary in the ECC since 2004 and will be retiring to spend time with her family.

A farewell on Friday, May 23, before the sing-a-long, is being held in Geri and Rosita’s honor, to thank them for their commitment to SAS.  We invite all parents to say good-bye to these special ladies.

We hope you can drop in next Friday sometime between 11:30 – 12:30 in the ECC Pre-School Group Room to say good-bye and express your best wishes to these amazing women.  They have helped to make the ECC the inspirational and magical place that it is today.

Best regards,

ECC Team

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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, focusing on dragonflies, flies and ladybugs.

REMINDERS/INFORMATION

*Return library books and blue bags on Monday.

*Check the blog for pictures from this week!

*Friday, May 23^rd at 12:30 in ABC HALL  Parent Tea and Sing a Long- You are welcome to join us for lunch with your child this day, say bye to Mrs. Johnson and Ms. Rosita, then we will do a whole Pre-K Sing a Long and slide show in the ABC Hall.

*Tuesday, May 27^th:  Water 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!

*Wednesday, 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.

*Monday, June 2^nd: 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.

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

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

Friday Update May9

May 9, 2014 

                                                

Dear Parents,

It is still so hard to believe that it is this close to the end of the year!!!  We LOVED our field trip to Sungei Buloh!  THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF THE PARENTS WHO CAME WITH US!  Huge spiders, monitor lizards, crocodiles, crazy ants…..could it get any better?!

I wish all of our amazing moms a HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!  I hope your family spoils you this weekend as they celebrate the amazingness that moms are!!!!! J Your cutie has a couple of things to give you so please remind them if they forget!!! J

We had a busy learning week. This week we…

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

*added umbrellas to our feely letter Uu.

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

*moved little umbrellas up and down to practice the sound.

*concentrated on making some things for a VERY important and special person in our lives…MOM!  Your cutie has some things to give you to celebrate how amazing you are!

*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.

*played Buggy Bingo and various beginning sound and phonemic awareness games.

*pretended we were insects of ALL kinds in our dramatic play center!

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 16, 2014

8:15 am – 9:15 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.

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 Vv and continue with insects, focusing on dragonflies, flies and ladybugs.

A library note from Mr. Geoff:

The last day of scheduled classes (both lessons and check-outs) will be  Wednesday, 14 May. Students may keep their red bags to reuse at home, or to bring home class materials at the end of the year.

REMINDERS/INFORMATION

*Return library books and blue bags on Monday.

*Return field trip forms/forms for Ms. Johnson.

*Check the blog for pictures from this week!

*Tuesday, May 13^th: Vesak Day—NO SCHOOL

*Friday, May 16^th: PORTFOLIO SHARE 8:15-9:15 (Parents are highly encouraged to attend this J)

*Friday, May 23^rd:  Parent Tea and Sing a Long (Parents are invited to attend this too—lots of fun J) You are welcome to join us for lunch with your child this day, then we will do a whole Pre-K Sing a Long and slide show in the ABC Hall.

*Tuesday, May 27^th:  Water 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!

*Wednesday, 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.

*Monday, June 2^nd: 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.

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

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

Friday Update May 2

May 2, 2014 

                                                

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. Please remember…

1)    To sign and return the field trip form for Sungei Buloh.  I have details for all parents who are joining us on the trip early next week—there is a scavenger hunt, map and we will do a VERY short orientation for our chaperones before we leave on the trip. J

2)   Mrs. Johnson’s Surprise!  Please send in the money and page (“I earned money for free schools by doing…”) as soon as your cutie has earned the money. J

This week we…

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

*added small x-rays to our feely letter Xx.

*brainstormed words that began with or ENDED with Xx (x is a hard letter!) and added them to our alphabet journals.

* observed real x-rays by placing them on a light box.

*visited the Primary School and attended a kindergarten assembly! They told/showed us why kindergarten is awesome!  And my cuties met my son Ben, who is in kindergarten this year.

*Started talking about a very special person in our lives…MOM!  We will continue with this next week.

*learned about the life cycle of a butterfly and talked about the different stages.

*learned the butterfly song.

*read The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and many other fun caterpillar/butterfly stories.

*used magnifying glasses to study insects and draw them.

*used plasticine/clay to make insects and gave them a habitat to live in. These are coming home today!  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.

*attended a kindergarten performance of BUGZ!  It was fun to watch!!!

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 16, 2014

8:15 am – 9:15 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.

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 Uu and continue with insects, still focusing on butterflies.

A library note from Mr. Geoff:

The last day of scheduled classes (both lessons and check-outs) will be  Wednesday, 14 May. Students may keep their red bags to reuse at home, or to bring home class materials at the end of the year.

REMINDERS/INFORMATION

*Return library books and blue bags on Monday.

*Return field trip forms/forms for Ms. Johnson.

*Check the blog for pictures from this week!

*Thursday, May 8^th: FIELD TRIP to Sungei Buloh

*Tuesday, May 13^th: Vesak Day—NO SCHOOL

*Friday, May 16^th: PORTFOLIO SHARE 8:15-9:15 (Parents are highly encouraged to attend this J)

*Friday, May 23^rd:  Parent Tea and Sing a Long (Parents are invited to attend this too—lots of fun J) You are welcome to join us for lunch with your child this day, then we will do a whole Pre-K Sing a Long and slide show in the ABC Hall.

*Tuesday, May 27^th:  Water 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!

*Wednesday, 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.

*Monday, June 2^nd: 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.

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

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