Meet The Teacher Night -- a huge SUCCESS

This is what our kindergarten friends had to say about the evening:

"I liked showing my picture to Momma and Daddy." (Madysen)

"I liked eating the pasta, and it had cheese." (Jude)

"I liked showing my mommy my picture, but the juice tasted like medicine." (Dalida)

"I liked the hotdog centre, where you give them a ticket, and they give you a hotdog." (Savannah)

"I ate a tiny cupcake." (Ally)

"I liked eating the pasta." (Brooke)

"I liked the hotdogs." (Tristan)

"I liked seeing Mrs. Olafson and Mrs. DeYoung." (Dean)

"I made a picture and my teacher liked it." (Harmony)

"I got a lot of treats." (Alexia)

Our First 2 Weeks

The first two weeks have been very busy for us.  We are proud to announce that during reorganization we have added a forth classroom which adds an additional teacher and ECE to our Early Years Team.

The children have been very busy getting to know one another and exploring new learning activities everyday. 

Our focus has been:

• ME
• safety in our school 
• sorting
• nature in the Fall

Jack's Talent by Maryann Cocca-Leffler

Students were asked to draw a picture of their own special talent. 

National Tree Day - September 22nd
We are very fortunate that Windsor Park and Recreation donated a tree to Prince Edward School on behalf on the Kindergarten classes.  On Wednesday the students watched the gardeners plant a Maple tree on school property.  Together we sang 'The Green Grass Grows' and learned that plants need water, soil, and sunlight to grow.

We need important rules to keep us safe!!!

OUR SCIENCE ROOM

Sorting nature items

Pear stamping

Pear Inquiry 
- Some students noticed pears in the classroom.  Through discussion students predicted the pear seeds would be red, black or green.  Once we cut the pear open, we discovered they were white, similar to apple seeds.  Students wanted to taste our pears.  Some children thought they tasted like apples while others responded that the 'pear tasted like a pear'!

Sand Table

Painting

Dramatic Art Centre

On Friday, students in the House Centre wanted to have a birthday party.  They began bringing materials from around the classroom to create realistic cupcakes.  They used 'Play-doh' for the dough and wooden pegs to represent birthday candles.  They noticed that the tin makes 12 cupcakes, and so they needed 12 candles.

ART - Stenciling

Writing Centre

Fine Motor - Cutting

Data Management - Sorting

Beautiful Art

We will be looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday at Meet the Teacher Night.

Introducing JK/SK BLOG =>

Play.Explore.Learn

What is a Blog?

·         A blog is a web log focussing on one topic with frequent updates.

Why Blog? 

·         For students to share with parents, friends and relatives what they are learning at school.

·         To Save Paper

Don’t worry:

·        A photograph of your child will NOT be displayed.

·        If you do not have access to the internet we will print upcoming dates to remember and periodically send favourite BLOG entries home in your child’s Note Tote.

Check it out.  If you have any concerns, please feel free to contact us.

http://www.play-explore-learn.blogspot.com/