MAY NEWSLETTER
2017
SPRING IS HERE!
Finally we are all able to see, smell,
touch and listen to the sounds of spring again! Looking at the current
temperatures we might move straight to summer. Our school year is coming to an
end soon and it is hard to believe how much all of our children have grown! Many
of our little ones are going into Kindergarten and start a new adventure in
their life this fall. We are happy to keep at least some of our precious
children for another year of “FUN and LEARNING”.
Sun Protection
From now on we
will spend as much time outside as possible and even take our snack outside to
have a picnic under a tree (the kids just love it).
We ask parents
to please apply sunscreen on your child before they come to class. (We have
extra sun screen at school in case that you forgot). If your child has a sun
hat/sunglasses etc., please remind them to take it out of their back pack
before we play outside.
Our children
like to run down the hill and climb the low branches of trees. Therefore, we ask your child to not
wear flip flops and only wear outside shoes that allow him/her to run
safely.
MAY THEME
LIFE CYCLE OF A CHICKEN
We had been blessed
enough to be invited to another annual spring event. The grade 1 teacher at
Brevoort Park School had an incubator with 15 chicken eggs in her classroom. We
stopped by every day last week to watch the miracle of a chick, hatching from
an egg. The highlight was when each of our students had the opportunity to pet
one of the newly born chicks!
LIFE CYCLE OF A BUTTERFLY
Our caterpillar
larvae arrived last week and we now get to watch another wonder of nature! We
will study and observe the life cycle of a butterfly, happening right in front
of our eyes. Feel free to come into our classroom to take a look at our
butterfly cage to see the different stages.
The life cycle process usually takes about 3 weeks and at the end of the
month we will have a picnic in the park and say “Auf Wiedersehen” to our
butterflies.
Brevoort
Park School safety drills
Our preschool participates in all school
safety drills, along with all of Brevoort Park School students. There will be a
fire and evacuation drill this Monday morning at 10.15 a.m. Once all classes of the school have gathered
outside after the fire drill, the school will walk to St. Mathew School (across
the park) and go to the gym there. The drill is expected to take 30 minutes. There
will be appropriate signage on the doors indicating where we are in case you
are picking up your child earlier that day.
The principal of Brevoort Park School,
Gwyn Fournier will send out a note after each safety drill and inform teachers
and parents on how the drill went. I will forward this information to you. So
far, all drills that the school and our preschoolers have had were mastered
very well and we are very proud of our little ones.
Treasure
and Bake Sale, Friday May 12 (Brevoort Park GCC Garage Sale Saturday, May 13)
I had sent home a previous note about
these special Brevoort Park fundraiser events.
Part of the proceeds from these events
will go the Entwistle family. Brooklyn is a student at Brevoort Park School and
one of our former care partners. Last summer, Brooklyn was diagnosed with
Osteosarcoma (bone cancer) at the age of 10. Brooklyn has had 3 surgeries
including a recent rotationplasty, a partial amputation of her leg.
Proceeds of the treasure and bake sale
will go to Brooklyn and her family to help pay bills, buy food and cover
medical and other expenses while Brooklyn is healing and continuing her journey
of therapies and rehabilitation.
The school is still taking items for
the treasure sale (gently used items like toys, ornaments, giftware, board games,
toys, sports equipment, jewelry, craft kids, picture frames ect). Please bring
any sales donations to the front office this week.
We will be getting together with our grade
4 care partners this Friday. They have
offered to take our students to the treasure sale in the large gym, in case our
children want to buy some toys etc. Our teachers will join them and guide them
through the sales tables. If you would like to bring some money (prices will start at 25 cents) for the
treasure sale on Friday, please put the money in a labeled zip loc bag or
envelope for your child. The treasure and bake sale will take place throughout the
day. Feel free to donate or buy your own treasures and baking when you come for
pick up or drop off on Friday.
MAY
Monday 8/Tuesday 9 Scholastic
Book orders are due
Friday 12 Care Partner activities
Brevoort Park School Treasure and Bake
Sale
Saturday 13 Brevoort Park GCC garage sale
Tuesday, May 16 Brevoort Park Kindergarten Sneak Peek
Afternoon (1-3pm)
Wednesday,
May 17 MWF classes: COMBINED Fieldtrip
to Mother Earth Greenhouse
·
The
bus will be leaving at 9:15 am and both classes will be back at 1:00 p.m.
·
Please
bring your own lunch and a water bottle for the picnic at 12:00-12:30 p.m.
·
NO afternoon class on this day!!! (Please let
us know if you/we need to make special arrangements for your child after
dismissal).
Thank you to all the parents that have
offered to volunteer that day!!!
Friday, May 19 No School
Monday, May 22 Victoria Day, No School
JUNE
Friday 9 No School
Thursday 15 Last Day for Tue-Thu class: Year End
Celebration with families
Friday 16 Last Day for MWF classes: Year End
Celebration with families
Please check your May event calendar
for the specific time! We will have a
short children’s performance, year slide show and a snack buffet outside at the
end of the day.
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Enjoy the beautiful spring!
Kind Regards,
Uli Hecker, Larissa Lorenz, Susanne
Pachal, Samina Roohi
