I hope you had a great week off from school. We had a lovely reunion today, in fact, our entire class started the morning by singing "L'hymne à l'amitié" while they waited for me to join them on the carpet. It was a pretty cute moment!
We were greeted this morning with exciting mail from August. He received our valentines and wrote back! Here is his letter:
Today, we took on the big group project of building a castle in our class. I had saved some very interesting pieces of foam and cardboard that are serving well as walls and a door/drawbridge. We had a group of builders working on the structure, some artists making tapestry-like art for inside the castle, and painters making the bricks to put on the outside. Our castle boasts a bedroom with cushions, a throne room, a painted roof and a flag. We also made some crowns and our students were very excited to play make-believe and crown several princesses and celebrate with a feast!
We are going to try to maintain our castle structure this week, and I've told an oral story (in French, of course) called "Reine des abeilles" which we are beyond excited to act out, using our castle as part of the set. Ask your royal actor what the story is about, and what part they hope to play!
A couple things upcoming:
- Library trip on the 29th - the note came home today
- Dance-a-thon on April 6th - this is one of Dewson's biggest fundraisers. Students will attend an assembly tomorrow where it will all be explained. They will bring home an envelope to collect donations, due by April 6th when we all dance! Donations and song requests can be easily made online. I will share the link to the website soon!