Goodbye helpers...

Dear families,

I hope you enjoyed the festival, I hear it was a great success, and several of our kids won cakes! Here are a few pictures from the bouncy castles - thanks Mlle Jade!

Sadly, our goodbyes have already begun. We had to say goodbye to Mme Diamond last week. She was with us once a week for most of the year and worked with three different reading groups over the course of the year. She did a lot to support and challenge our beginning readers depending on where they were in the journey, and I noticed real progress that I credit largely to time spent with her. The kids also enjoyed the art projects she planned, and the games she played with them. We wish Mme Diamond the best as she enters her second year of teachers college next year.

At the end of this week, we will say goodbye to Mlle Jade, who has been with us each afternoon since February. She has been amazing at playing with the kids, especially outside where she gets a group game going in no time. She has also been like our Cinderella, helping to tidy the room each afternoon and never forgetting to return our snack bin. Jade was a huge support to me and the kids on 2 full day field trips, as well as some library outings, and I know has also been a support to the supply teacher anytime I have been away. We wish Mlle Jade well as she completes high school next year and pursues further studies in education.

I'm glad we were able to go on our last library trip today. We got to hear some great puppet stories that reminded me so much of our poem, "La maison de Jacques". We also watched a hilarious puppet show telling a story along the lines of "The boy who cried wolf".

The rain held off long enough for us to go to the park for a short time but a good time.

We have a new water centre for the last few weeks of school. At this centre, you can spell with the letters, explore why some float and others sink, or see how much water it takes to fill the different cups. One group found that 4 sponge fulls would fill the medium cup. Another group found that 4 small cups filled the big one.

Don't forget to join us this Thursday morning, before school, for our "Volunteer Tea", thanking you for all the help and support you have provided to me, our students and our school this year. And then again Friday morning at 9:15 in our classroom for our special reprise concert!

You're Invited

Dear parents,
Thanks for your speedy responses. We will have the most guests and the most families represented if we do the concert on the Friday morning. Sorry to those that can't make it at that time. I hope you are able to find a friend who can come. Otherwise, we will post pictures!

Salle 101 Special Performance Invitation

Dear parents & friends,

We would like to invite you to a special reprise performance of Tipingee and some of our favourite poems. We will also give you a tour of our classroom and show you some of our favourite projects from this year.

Please join us on Friday, June 14th from 9:15-9:45 am in Room 101. Please feel free to share this invitation with grandparents or a special friend if you are unable to join us.

Hope to see you soon!

A reminder that the Festival begins at 2:30 pm tomorrow. We will be in the kinder yard from then on, and you are welcome to pick up early if you wish. Thanks to those who have emailed me with pick-up changes. If there are any other changes, please let me know. In preparation for the festival, our class baked two huge cakes today, with plans to decorate tomorrow. Try to win them at the cake walk!

We also got to try a floating/sinking experiment, with some interesting results. We found that both lego, and oranges can both float AND sink, depending on how it is put in the water. Ask your scientist why this is!

Festival & Mail

Dear parents,

As per my message on Friday, we're considering Friday the 14th or Monday the 17th as possible in-class performance days. A note has come home today with some date/time options. Please check off whatever times work for you and return the form by Wednesday so that I can let everyone know the final choice. Thanks!

You're also receiving the library trip note, June Scholastic, the results of the dental screening (which was moved to last week), and some info about the dairy presentation organized for us on the 19th. One more calendar change is that the teacher appreciation lunch (originally on the 14th) has been moved to the 20th. Merci!!

This Thursday is the Dewson Festival! If you've never been, get ready for a day of fun! We basically bring an entire fair to Dewson. There will be bouncy castles, games, prizes, food and more. This is one of Dewson's best fundraisers, so it's a great event to attend and support. I'm sure many of you are involved in making this event possible. If you haven't considered volunteering to run a game for an hour, and would be able to, please contact the office or anyone on parent council and I'm sure they can put you in touch with the right person. We also need parents who are able to stay until the end for clean-up. We really appreciate your help!

A while ago, a green note came home explaining how to buy tickets/wristbands. If you returned this form, the tickets/wristbands will be distributed on Festival day, in class. You can always purchase tickets yourself when you arrive.

To make sure that students who cannot attend Festival, still get to have a little taste, our plan is to take the kindergarten classes out to the bouncy castles around 2:00, before it gets crazy. After that, we will return to the kindergarten yard for regular dismissal. If your student is not doing their regular thing (esp. daycare or bus), please let me know (as well as daycare and the office for bus changes). If you are working a shift at Festival during dismissal time, please make sure you have made an arrangement for pick-up, and let me know if it's different than normal. Unclaimed children will be taken to the office at 3:30, as always. Thanks in advance for all the communication!

The boys have been making obstacle courses for us. They are really fun and great for balance!