Meet the Cuties!!!!

Meet our gorgeous Yellow Starfish class!!!!

WELCOME TO PRE K!!!!!

Welcome to my new class of yellow starfish!  I am so excited to have you in my class!!!!!

Love Ms. Lynsey

Have a Happy Summer!!!

Happy Summer!!!

And a few last pictures...

Some last notes and pictures

Hi Parents,

I wanted to send you an e-mail before the last crazy two days of school! First, some reminders…

1) Father's Day gifts are coming home today. If your cutie does not remember to give them to you very special Dads, be sure to ask :-)

2) Tomorrow and Thursday are Free Dress 

3) School ends and buses are pulling out at 11:30 on Thursday. If you are picking your cutie up, please be here at 11:15.

4) I'm putting pictures of our visit to kindergarten up on our blog :-)

5) Yearbooks are coming home today

I wanted to take a moment and just say thank you again for giving me the gift of your children this year. This group of cuties are special, kind hearted, creative, caring, clever, empathetic, fun loving learners, and I have enjoyed every single day with them.  Thank you for everything you do as parents to support the class and the children, and I hope you all come back to visit Ms. Aidah and I when your cuties are BIG kindergarten kids!  Have a wonderful summer and safe travels to those going in all directions around the globe! (Our family is heading to our "Canada house" and the boys are so excited!)

Thanks again for an amazing year.

Lynsey

Slideshow below: Visit to kindergarten--play on rooftop playground, visit with Mrs. Cuthbert in the primary library and met Ms. Sarah (counselor for next year), visited the Blue Angelfish classroom with Mrs. Schwarz (Ben's class this year) and had a snack in the Primary Cafeteria.  

Friday Update and Pictures

Wet day and Magic Show pictures below!

May 30, 2014 

                                                

Dear Parents,

One week left!!!!  Who can believe it?!! J

A question for all of you---Is there anyone who would like to keep Mango and Jelly for the summer holiday?  I just wanted to put that out there…if not I have a veterinarian friend who can take them while we are all gone, but I wanted to give you the chance. Just let me know if you are interested. J

This week we…

*celebrated Ishaan’s birthday!

*had messy messy fun on wet day!

*went to a magic show put on by the AMAZING AND GREAT ZUFELTI (Jacob’s dad.)  It was awesome—the cuties were astounded by everything!

*watched the Bee Movie with a popcorn treat.

*prepared our Father’s Day gifts. J

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 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 23

May 23, 2014 

                                                

Dear Parents,

Thank you so much for joining us in our Sing A Long and in saying goodbye to Mrs. Johnson and Ms. Rosita! I’m so sorry I had to run away so fast afterward!! I was late for my son’s portfolio share—as many of you know, sometimes that kind of juggling is hard! J Thank you very much for the thoughtful class gift. J

We celebrated two summer birthdays this week….HAPPY BIRTHDAY HENRY AND DANIEL!!!!!  We have completed most of our projects for the year, so now we are getting special presents ready for Dad (shhh! J), doing some fun final insect activities, and having some well deserved extra play time. J

COMING UP

Tuesday, May 27^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 going to school 

*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 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

--------------------------------------------------------

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