It was so nice to meet with you all last week. It's great to know that the children have such great support systems at home and that you want to be involved in what we're doing at school. Thank you for everything you do! Please feel free to email me if you would like to meet again at any time.
A letter is coming home today about our first field trip of the year. On December 3rd we will be travelling to the High Park Nature Centre for a fantastic program on the changing seasons.
Please read over the information and return the permission form with payment by Thursday November 27th. On the permission form, you can indicate whether or not you would like to volunteer for the trip. Please note a few small differences in the information in the letter vs. the permission form info. I updated the letter to say that we will eat lunch upon our return to school, not at the Nature Centre as I had previously intended (they have another group coming right after us). Therefore, students do not need to bring their lunch, they will leave it at school. They may still bring a water bottle or juice box if they wish. We will ask our parent volunteers to bring a bag we can put them in. I'm excited about this trip! Two students have dropped their form without realizing it. If your child does not have their form tonight, please ask them to ask me for it tomorrow.
At the beginning of the year, many of you indicated that you are interested in volunteering in our classroom. There are always little things that you can do to help me and the students, from sharpening pencil crayons, to putting away work, preparing art materials and assembling Scholastic packages. Sometimes it's also nice to have a parent work with a reading group or listen to individual children read during our reading time in the morning. If you are still interested in helping out in the classroom, please email me your availability and I'll happily put you to work!
One last thing - in this wet, slushy weather, children frequently come in from recess soaking wet. There's nothing much I can do about wet socks and pants, and we can't have dozens of students calling home for dry clothes. We discussed how to deal with this weather, including stopping what we're doing if we're beginning to feel wet, hanging our outside clothes up to help them dry faster, and most importantly, bringing extra clothes just in case. A full change of clothes that we can keep on our hook is never a bad idea. Extra mittens and socks (even 3 pairs) are very helpful. We all know how uncomfortable it is to put wet clothes back on and we have 3 recesses a day to get through!
Thanks,
Tamara
tamara.mitchell2@tdsb.on.ca
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