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Monday 30 November 2015
Tuesday 10 November 2015
November Newsletter
NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER
Dear Parents,
The last month seems to have flown by!
Our pre-schoolers enjoyed many different fall activities. The students learned
about Harvest and vegetables. Sticking their little hands in a pumpkin and scooping
seeds with their fingers turned into a memorable experience for many of our
children. We read the book “The Runaway pumpkin” and took pumpkins outside and
watched them rolling down the hill. Did you hear our “little geese” honking on
their way back to the boot room? We were pretending to fly away and migrate to
warmer places.
The highlight was our field trip to the
Dutch Growers Hay maze. All of our little goblins found their way out of the
maze! Way to go! Thank you to all parents/grand parents who were able to join
us for that fun trip.
Hopefully we will have a few more mild
days and cooperating weather temperatures that allow us to play outside and explore
the season. Your child might need mittens and a hat/toque from now on. Please
make sure that you label all these items in order to avoid mix-ups.
NOVEMBER THEME: HOW DO ANIMALS PREPARE
FOR THE WINTER?
As a
continuation part of our Fall unit, the children will learn about how different
animals prepare for the winter and adapt to the cold. We will start off by
talking about what happens to animals’ bodies when they hibernate and go into
this deep sleep.
Each class will
study a variety of different animals (bears, birds, squirrels, frogs, etc.) and
how they protect themselves from the cold. In case you wonder when your child
comes home and tells you “frogs protect
themselves by covering up with pudding”; as an hands on experiment we will
cover gummy frogs with chocolate pudding (symbolizing mud) as a demonstration
for hibernation. Unfortunately those gummy frogs won’t survive, as they will be
eaten by pre-schooler ‘predators’. J
HIBERNATION CELEBRATION DAY, NOV 25/26
We will wrap up
our hibernation unit with a ‘Hibernation Day” and our classroom will turn into
caves and shelter places for our stuffed animals. You might hear a lot of snoring
and roaring that day.
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Come in your PJ’s
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Bring your teddy bear (or stuffy)
·
Bring a blanket
GERMAN St. MARTIN’S FEST (Lantern Parade)
Every year our
preschool will celebrate St. Martin’s Day. Children will learn about the St.Martin
legend and we invite you to join us for a lantern parade through the hallways at
the end of class that day. There will be a poster hanging in the hallway with
more information about this traditional holiday that many people in Germany and
other countries in Europe celebrate in November.
SHOW & TELL
Show & Tell
will start this week. Every day one child will get the opportunity to share/introduce
a special item to our class. It could be a toy, a nature item, a picture etc. Please check your monthly event calendar for your
child’s assigned date.
Parents from
each class have volunteered to make a Show & tell “Mystery Bag”. The bag
will go home with your child the day before, and they bring their item in the
bag the next school day. The children will ask the show & tell student
questions to try to figure out what the show & tell item is. Your child
will then share about his item when it is finally revealed. In the past, students
have sometimes brought a grand parent, pet or new sibling for Show & tell.
Obviously they wont fit in the bag! In this case you can let us know when “Show
& Tell” arrives and the classroom will take the place of your mystery bag
for the ‘the big reveal’! The kids can ask questions and then …ta dah!
We will also teach
the children how to ask and answer certain questions in German. This is a great
opportunity to expand their German vocabulary. Show and Tell will usually take
place at the end of class. As always, all parents are welcome to join us for
the last 10 minutes of class time.
NOVEMBER DATES
5/6 Scholastic book order are due
9 St. Martin Lantern parade (MWF class)
9 St. Martin Lantern parade (MWF class)
11 Remembrance Day, no school
12 PD Day, no school
13 STA Convention, no school
19 St. Martin Lantern Parade (Tue-Thu
class)
23/24 Picture Day
26/27 “Hibernation Day”, come in your PJ’s and
bring your teddy bear
30 Annual General Meeting @ 7p.m. (all
parents are invited!!)
DECEMBER DATES
Thu
3 Nikolaus Visit/Celebration with families
10:40 – 11:40 p.m.
Fri
4 am class: Nikolaus/Visit
Celebration with families 10:40 – 11:40 a.m.
Fri
4 pm class: Nikolaus/Visit
celebration with families 2:15 – 3:15 p.m.
Thu
10 Brevoort Park School
Winter/Christmas Concert @ 7 p.m.
(Our preschool classes will be performing that night.)
As always, feel free to contact us if you
have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Uli Hecker, Ruth Skinner
Susanne Pachal, Samina Roohi
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