Upcoming Dates / Reminders:
- Last week for food donations for the Mustard Seed and to fulfill a holiday gift wish for one of the families in our community.
- Report cards went home on Friday. You can keep the report card and return the envelope signed on the back, with a comment if you so choose, this week.
- Book Exchange is on Thursday morning. Please return your library books by Wednesday along with the poem books from November.
- Read Around the Room this week on Friday, 8:40-9:00am. Parents and grandparents welcome!
- Fun Lunch is on Friday this week.
- Lochside PAC is hosting a Holiday Book Shop. Our class will be heading to the multipurpose room on Friday to choose books for our family members and have them wrapped by parent volunteers. It is suggested that students bring $2 for the books, with proceeds to charity; however, all students are welcome to choose books, toonie or not. Please send your child in with a toonie this week.
- Kindergarten classes will be performing some songs they have been learning with Mrs. Chater on Tuesday, December 15th at 1:30pm in the school gym. Mark your calendar and plan to be there for the Primary Concert.
- Information about Eye See ... Eye Learn went home earlier this year. Remember that it is a good idea to have your child's vision checked at least once while they are in kindergarten. Here is some important information for you:Eye See . . . Eye Learn - Program from the BC Doctors of Optometry
-Supported by Ministry of Education
-Available to all Kindergarten students free of charge
-Children receive full eye examination by a qualified optometrist
-Program available all year round
-Prescription eye glasses covered free of charge
-Why? 80% of learning is visual – vision is key to learning
-1 in 4 children has a vision issue
-60% of children with a Learning Disability have vision issues
-Kindergarten screening does not pick up all of the vision problems that students have
Classroom News:
Literacy: We have lots of letters in our class and school environment. This week we will go on a hunt and see what letters we can find. We will also be working on some top secret projects this month. ;)
Numeracy: We continue our countdown to Christmas by taking a loop off each day. We are learning about numbers and practising counting backwards. Today we watched a video and talked about what a pattern is. We noticed patterns can be colours, shapes, and numbers. We used some class toys to build patterns. This week we will create a candy cane pattern. Our poem this week has numbers in it. We will be practising forming each number correctly and put together a holiday counting booklet. Lots of holiday number activities to do!
Science: As we get closer to winter we will head outside and notice signs of Winter. What has changed since fall? What is the same?
Gym: In Gym we are working on overhand throws with one-hand as well as 2-handed bounce and catch activities.