Trip to Kortright Centre

Just a friendly reminder...
Consent forms and payment for our trip to the Kortright Centre are due to tomorrow, Friday, March 21, 2014.

Also, our class is need of parent/caregiver volunteers for the trip.  If you are able, please consider coming on our trip with us on Thursday, March 27th.  If you have already returned your child's consent form and you are able to help, please contact us.  We would appreciate the help!

Happy First Day of Spring!

We extend our best wishes to all the families who are celebrating Naw Ruz!  Wishing you all a happy and healthy New Year!

Happy March Break

Sending you all happy March Break wishes!
We hope you are enjoying the week so far, and hopefully the spring-like weather will return soon!


Mark Your Calendars...

On Thursday, March 27th, we'll be going to the Kortright Conservation Centre to learn how maple syrup is made.
Unfortunately, we didn't send the trip consent form home to you before March Break.  We will send it home on Monday, March 17th.  Please look for it in your child's plastic communication bag.

The cost of the trip will be $14 for each student.  The cost of the trip for parent/adult volunteers is $4.  We would love to have as many volunteers as possible on our trip, and we hope you will be able to join us.  Please remember that adult volunteers also need to submit a police check to the school.

Family Day and Other Recent Events

We hope you and your family are enjoying the long weekend and are able to spend some time together having fun.

Valentine's Day

We had fun on Friday exchanging Valentine cards. The children delivered their cards to their classmates' Valentine bags.  It was a good opportunity for the children to practise reading names and numbers.  
In the afternoon, most children chose to spend some time looking at their cards.  It was interesting to see and hear how some children were sorting their cards and treats.  Everyone did a great job of resisting the temptation to eat any of their treats at school.

First Term Reports  

Our first term reports were sent home on Wednesday, Feb. 12th, and we hope you have had a chance to read the report by now.  Parents and students are asked to complete page 2 together and return it to school in the envelope as soon as possible.

'Achievement Scale' and Senior Kindergarten Reports: 
Parents of SK students will have noticed that in addition to the anecdotal comments, your children have also received ratings in the various literacy and mathematics curriculum strands.  The ratings range from Beginning to Extending.  
According to the our Full Day Curriculum Document,
"... reporting must always indicate the child's growth and achievement in relation to the learning expectations for the end of the Full-Day Early Learning-Kindergarten program."
(page 32)
Sometimes a child will receive a rating of 'Approaching' because we have not covered all the curriculum expectations, yet.  The anecdotal comments will, hopefully, give a clearer indication of how your child is progressing.

If you have any questions about your child's report, please do not hesitate to contact us.

A Friendly Reminder re. School Entry

Starting Monday, February 3, 2014, all school doors will be locked 15 minutes  after the bell rings.  In order to enter the school, you will need to call into the school using the buzzer by the front doors of the school.

For more information, please see the January Newsletter on the school website:
www.yrdsb.ca/schools/nelliemcclung.ps

Happy Lunar New Year!

To all our families who celebrate 

the Lunar New Year,

we send you wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year!

Building ... Creative Problem-Solvers at Work!

Every day we have opportunities to build with various materials in our Kindergarten class.  Building is one of the most popular activities in our room, and we encourage the students to explore and build with a variety of materials.  Building is a great problem solving activity.  Over time and with many opportunities to use and re-use materials, students develop interesting ways to build with the materials.

Here are two photos of recent building projects from our class:

Kaiwin and Michelle worked together to build this interesting structure.

Matthew, Jaxon, David and Jonathon worked together to build these interesting structures for the dinosaurs.

More photos will be posted soon!  Stay tuned ...