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Monday 25 May 2015
Sunday 3 May 2015
May Newsletter 2015
MAY NEWSLETTER
2015
Dear
Parents,
Our goal
is to provide many opportunities that allow children to connect with nature and
explore the beauty of it. Learning for the next few weeks will often times
happen by going on nature walks and often times we will take our snack outside
and have a picnic under the tree.
I just looked
at a picture of my own daughter when she was 3 years old. Our family went
camping and one day she went into the woods, collected all kinds of things, and
after a while she invited my husband and me to come to her “ice cream stand”.
There she was, sitting behind a log that served as her counter. We could choose
from Vanilla ice cream (white rocks),
chocolate ice cream (pine cone) and strawberry
ice cream (red berries), not to forget the little twigs that were “straws”,
just in case the ice cream melted. J
It is
great to have Toys‘ R Us but we sometimes need to remind ourselves that nature is a big toy store and all the
toys are for free!!!
April Theme May/June: Life Cycles of Animals
Life Cycle of a Chicken
In case
you have not heard yet, the grade 1 class invited us to watch little chicks
hatching from eggs. The class had an incubator in their classroom and we have
had the thrill of welcoming 6 baby chicks into the world. Our children were so
excited!
Life Cycle of a Butterfly
As part
of this umbrella unit, I have ordered caterpillars and I am hoping to get them
soon so we can watch and observe the life cycle in our classroom.
The book
“The Very Hungry Caterpillar “ (by Eric Carle) will assist us and build the
bridge between nature and literacy.
Planting flowers
Our
children will be “gardening” and planting flowers and vegetables in the
classroom and also learning about how plants grow.
Field
Trip to Forestry Farm Zoo: Wednesday,
May 6th
As I had
mentioned in a previous note, our morning and afternoon M-W-F classes will be combined
for this field trip.
Parents
from the a.m. class, please remember to bring your child only for the afternoon
that day.
Thank
you to all the parents who have signed up to chaperone. Your support is greatly
appreciated. We hope to see lots of baby animals at the Zoo.
·
The bus
will be leaving at 12:35 p.m. and we
will be back at 3:15 p.m.
·
Please
make sure your child is dressed for the weather, rain or shine (dress in
layers), comfortable shoes (rain boots if needed, no flip flops), sun screen,
bug spray etc.
·
We will
provide snacks, water and juice boxes for the children that day, no lunch kit
needed
Mark Your Calendar
May
6 Field Trip to
Forestry Farm Zoo (M-W-F classes)
May 6 /April
7 Scholastic Book Orders due
May 15 PD Day / No school
May
18 Victoria Day / No
school
Uli
Hecker will be in Germany from May 23rd - June
5th. Mrs. Skinner will be lead teaching the M-W-F class during that
time. Susanne Pachal and Samina Roohi
will be assisting her.
In case
you need to contact Ruth Skinner during this time, please use the following
numbers:
New Brevoort School Door Access Times
In the
interest of providing a safer and more secure school environment for students
and staff, as of this week Brevoort Park School side doors and back doors will
be locked at certain times during the school day.
Please
check the new Access Times Schedule in order to be aware which door to use.
If the
boot room door is locked you will have to enter through the front door.
FYI: The
style of door used in schools allows for those inside to exit whether the doors
are locked or unlocked.
Bootroom Doors will be locked at:
9:15 a.m.
11:15 a.m. 1:10 p.m., 4:00 p.m. (3:40
p.m. on Thursdays)
Bootroom Doors will be unlocked at:
10:40a.m.
11:30a.m. 2:20 p.m.
Help Needed: Treasurer Position Open
Our
preschool is looking for a volunteer treasurer who would be willing to take
over for our current treasurer Nicole Drobot (Tuesday/Thursday parent). She
will be moving away this June. We are very grateful for all that she has done
to support our preschool. We will miss her and her precious little girls!
If you are willing to fill this position,
please let us know ASAP. Nicole would be happy to help you with the transition
and provide you with all the information you need.
Folk Fest Performance German Cultural Center:
Saturday, August 15th
Our
preschool has been invited to perform at the Saskatoon Folk Fest this year.
We are planning
to sing some German songs and rhymes. We don’t have a set time but as it seems,
our children will most likely perform between 3:30p.m.and 4:30 p.m. All of our performing preschool children will get a
free meal and drink as a token of appreciation.
There
will also be a balloon man from 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. to celebrate our Preschool’s
30st Anniversary.
I will
have a list hanging in the hallway soon for parents to let me know if your
child will be able to join us.
Some
parents had asked about the date of our last day of preschool. It will be June
24/25. I hope you had marked your calendar (extended class time that day) as we
are inviting parents to join us for a little performance and potluck in our
classroom!
As
always, feel free to contact us if you have any questions, suggestions or
concerns!
Kind
Regards,
Uli
Hecker, Ruth Skinner Larissa Lorenz, Samina
Roohi
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