Dear parents,
This Friday is our big trip to Downey's Farm. It promises to be a very exciting day! Here are a few important reminders:
1. Dress for success! This means layers and boots or running shoes. The website suggests that the farm can feel cooler and we will be outside all day.
2. Bring a lunch, snacks and FULL water bottle. The farm is on a well system, so there is no refilling from a tap or water fountains. Please make sure your student has what he/she needs to stay hydrated for the day.
3. Please be on time, or early for school. We want to leave promptly after 9:00 attendance.
4. Please remind your child of what is expected of them on the trip. We will be in an open area, potentially with other groups sharing the space. It is crucial that they pay close attention to instructions from their chaperones, teachers and farm guides.
Finally, it is a long bus trip. If you are concerned at all about motion sickness, please contact me and let me know what we can do to be prepared and comfortable. Thanks!
Cool things have been happening at school, let me share some of them with you...
Last week, our guided activity was number matching using dominoes. Here are some students that enjoyed that activity so much that they got them out on their own time, and started playing the same game! Warms my heart!
In our groups, we also put together parts of this number puzzle, but no group finished it. This student stuck with it and got it done, with Mme Diamond's help!
This week, we are working on patterning in our guided groups. Here are some students transferring their colour patterns from beads to paper.
If you didn't catch on from all the paintings and assorted creations coming home, our kids are SUPER into art and crafting right now. Here is Mlle Sofia working with a group of artists.
Every day, we try to play a game together, outside, as a class. This helps us develop good sportsmanship, and encourages us to play with classmates that we may not choose to play with regularly. We have played a ball game called "Soldat", duck-duck-goose, tag, octopus tag, hide & seek tag, soccer, simon says, stop-and-go with vehicles, musical stumps and probably lots of other games I'm forgetting. On the day shown below, we took turns crawling through this maze of tunnels. It's not a regular toy, so it was pretty special!
Here we are shaking hands and saying "good game" after our soccer game (by the end, a lot of other students had joined in too).
Last week, I told my first oral story (did I already tell you this?). It was about a little boy who hides in a peanut (yes, I think I did tell you this). Anyway, here are the paintings some kids did of the story. I tried to place them in story order. Check it out on our bulletin board next time you visit!
Last Friday morning Dewson had a special visit from a magician named Baldini. He was SO good. He says magic is science, and he taught us how to do a few tricks, but the ones he didn't explain, I'm convinced, are real magic. There's really no other explanation... Sofia got pulled up on stage for a trick, and I think she believes in magic now too.
Finally, Dewson is holding its annual "WE scare hunger" food drive from now until the end of next week. We have discussed foods that are most needed, and foods that are perishable and cannot be donated. Some students have already proudly dropped off their tins to the big boxes in the front hall. If you are able to donate something, it would be gratefully received.
Let's practice some food words. We eat these items for snack regularly, so we are learning their French names...
Une pomme
Une orange
Une tomate
Le lait
Le fromage
Stay tuned for a note about our Halloween plans!