Terry Fox Walk at Nellie McClung Public School

On Thursday, Sept. 26th, our school will be holding our annual Terry Fox Walk.  Our Kindergarten class will join in by walking around the school field a few times.  You may even hear us chanting while we walk:  "Who are we walking for?  Terry Fox!"

If you have not already done so, please consider making a donation on-line at the following link:  http://www.terryfox.ca/NellieMcClungPSMaple

You may also send cash donations to school in your child's communication bag.  A loonie or twoonie would be wonderful.  We will forward all donations.

Together we can reach our school goal of raising $2500.

Thank you!

Kindergarten Trip to Forsythe Family Farms

On Tuesday, October 8th, the Kindergarten classes of Nellie McClung Public School will be visiting the Forsythe Family Farm.  Please go to School Cash Online in order to give consent for your child to go on the trip and to pay for the trip. Here is the link:  School Cash Online

We will be leaving the school around 9:30 am on trip day so please make sure your child eats a good breakfast at home.  We will eat our lunches at the farm.  Please send a litterless lunch and a reusable water bottle with your child on trip day. We should be returning to the school by 2:30 pm.

We will be outside for most of the day while on the farm trip.  Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather that day.  This is a 'rain or shine' trip so we will be going regardless of the weather.

We are able to take a few parent volunteers with us.  You can indicate your interest in volunteering when you go to School Cash Online.  Please note that all school volunteers must have a 'police check', i.e., a Vulnerable Sector Screen Test on file at school in order to join us on the trip.  (If we get more than 3 offers of parent volunteers, we will randomly pick names.)

If you have any questions/concerns, please let us know, and we will do our best to address them.

Lost and Found Items

We have found 2 items in our classroom and none of the children recognize them.  Here are pictures of the thermos lid and a hoodie sweater (size 4):

If either one or both of these items belong to your family, please let us know, and we will send them home.

Welcome Back & Welcome to Room 110

Hello and welcome to our classroom blog!  We are Lina Guerriero (aka Ms. G.) and Jesica Mateo.  We are the teaching team for Room 110 at Nellie McClung P.S.  We have a combined Senior Kindergarten/Year 2 and Junior Kindergarten/Year 1 class, and we currently have 28 students in our class.

We have had a good start to the year, and most children are settling in well.  A big thank you to the returning Kindergarten students who are doing a great job of helping the new students in our room.

Some start up information:
Extra clothes ... thank you to the families who have already sent in extra clothing for their children.  If you have not done so yet, please plan on sending extra clothes with your child as soon as possible.  Please make sure to label the clothing bag with your child's name.

Parent Contact Pages & Office Forms... thank you for returning the various forms for your child.  If there are any outstanding forms that need to be submitted, we will let you know this coming week.

Library time ... our class will be visiting the library this week for the first time.  They will start borrowing books next week.  We will send home a letter with the children's first library book.  Please look for the letter and keep it as a reference for the dates of our class library visits for the year.  We will be visiting the library on Day 5s of our school schedule.

Gym time ... our class has use of the gym on Day 4s of our school schedule.  Please make sure your child has a pair of running shoes for gym days.  Your child may keep an extra pair of running shoes at school to be used as 'indoor shoes'.  Please do not sent shoes with laces unless your child is able to tie up his/her own shoes.

Communication Bags ... thank you for sending the plastic communication bag each day with your child.  If you have any questions/concerns, one of the best ways to reach us is with a note in the communication bag.

We're looking forward to meeting you in person soon at our school Curriculum Night on Thursday, September 26th!

Virtual Portfolios & Last Day of School

Virtual Portfolios

For the past school year, we collected some of our class observations using 'Google Slides' to create a virtual portfolio for each student.  

We have recently sent each family an email that contains a link to your child's slides so you can view your child's virtual  portfolio.

We hope you enjoy it.  As always, if you have any questions/concerns, please contact us.

If you did not receive an email from us, please let us know.  We may not have your correct email address.

Last Day of School

It's hard for us to believe, but the school year is almost over!  Tomorrow is our last day, and the day will end at 12:10 pm for the children.  We will be at the school all day Thursday and Friday if you need to reach us for anything.  

In case we don't see you tomorrow, we would like to wish you all a happy summer!  We hope it is a safe and healthy summer for everyone.  To our Kindergarten friends who are changing schools, we wish you all the best!  To our Kindergarten friends who are staying at Nellie McClung P.S., we look forward to seeing you again in September!

Kindergarten Picnic and Last Week of School

It was great to see so many families today at our annual 

end of year Kindergarten celebration!  All the Kindergarten classes practised for many weeks and today's concert was the culmination of all our efforts.  Well done, everyone!  

Lucky for us all, the weather cooperated today, and we had a great morning for a picnic.  

We hope you enjoyed yourselves.

As the end of school approaches next week, we'll be sending home various items with the children.  Would you please help us out by sending a bag or two to help us with the packing up of belongings?  

Lastly, just a reminder re. lunches next week:

There are no pizza or sub lunches next week.  

We hope you have a great first weekend of summer!

Fun Fair Class Basket: Gardener's Delight

As you may already know, our class is collecting items for a 'Gardener's Delight' basket to be auctioned off at the upcoming Nellie McClung P.S. Fun Fair on Thursday, June 6th.  This morning, we brainstormed ideas for items that might be good for our Gardener's Delight basket.  Here are our ideas:

• garden statues ... e.g., gnomes, scarecrow, turtles, etc.
• planters and flower pots
• bird feeders and birdseed
• flower bulbs and seeds (flowers and vegetables)
• garden tools
• garden gloves
• buckets
• soil, compost
• kneeling pads
• small garden toys ... e.g., water balloons, train, windmills, golf set, etc.
• garden rocks
• stepping stones
• watering can
• hose
• sprinkler
• hose nozzle
• sunhats
• sunscreen
• vase

If you have not already done so, please consider donating a new and unopened item for our basket.  Please send your donations to school with your child by Friday, May 31st.