Mr. Hooper Day!

Today we had a day in Mr. Hooper's honour. Our school is truly fortunate to have such a warm and caring principal to set the atmosphere for the school as a community. This morning the entire school wore moustaches to the assembly as a surprise for Mr. Hooper. It was our not-so-subtle way of saying we love him. Any parents who were there would agree the gym was a sea of moustaches. It was a great sight.
Although our afternoon Kindie crew did not go to the assembly, they saw a lingering moustache on another student and were keen to jump on board. I wish I had pictures of the morning event. Nevertheless, these Div. 15 moustaches threaten a new trend of cute!







Love Mrs. App

Important Newsletter

The Musical
"Seus! do do do da do do do da... Seus!" or "Anything's po-ssible..." or "A person's a person no matter how small..." My head is filled with various songs from Seussical the Musical. Thank you to all the parents who came along and gave your enthusiasm and support. The children genuinely seemed interested in the production. I loved seeing their faces light up during the the first scene. It was also a pleasure to hear them mouthing the words to "I do not like green eggs and ham" during the curtain call. The performance was the official ending to our unit, but we do still have an activity that we didn't finish so it will spill into next week a little bit.

Last Week of School
Next week, we will do mostly seasonal activities, art, and singing. The morning class will have Off-To-A-Singing-Start on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. This means they come to class, but instead of booktime, we go to the gym for carol singing with the entire school. We will have a sign on our door to remind late-comers where we are.

Report Cards
The report cards go home on Friday, the last day of school. No surprises. Remember, our little tykes have different styles and rates of learning. Everyone is doing well and progressing within grade expectations. We will have parent-teacher conferences in January.

Pancakes and a Visit from Santa!
It's true. On Thursday, each class will have a pancakes and a visit from Santa in the Lunch room. Usually, it's in the morning, but I'll fight to make sure the food and Santa stay long enough to include the afternoon class. Please don't skip breakfast or lunch, since we don't know when our classes will have the activity.

Class Christmas Parties.
Michelle and I have been planning activities for our class parties. Parents are welcome to bring goodies, it they wish. I will be approaching two parents who already mentioned baking with a special request. (Now you are all curious...!) The afternoon party is on Thursday and the morning party is on Friday.

REMEMBER, WEDNESDAY IS A FULL DAY! That means that Division 14 has school on Wednesday and not on Friday! (Hmmm.... why isn't it always that way? Oh, well, I don't make the rules.)

That's all for now!
Cheers,
Mrs. App

Green Eggs and Ham Performances!

We did it! What proud parents and teachers we were as we watched our Kindies belting out the very tricky "I don't like Green Eggs and Ham" Song. They were wonderful! Both performances are included in the slideshow on the right. Make sure to click the pictures to make them bigger.

Tomorrow we go to see Seussical the Musical. How perfect!

Love Mrs. App

Class Performance

Dr. Seuss:
Both classes have been enjoying our Dr. Seuss Theme. We are doing math, literacy, and art in Seuss style. Of course, it wouldn't be right if we didn't find a song about Dr. Seuss too. I bought the Broadway CD of Seussical. We've already listened to various songs to prepare us for Seussical the Musical. Plus, we've started practising the "Green Eggs and Ham" song yesterday. Thank you to Marja for the adult Seuss hats. Thank you to Day for cutting and pasting coloured paper to make children Seuss hats. Hang on.... a song and costumes? Time for a class performance! It's not much time, but we will do our best. The morning class will sing our song for the entire school at the morning assembly on Friday, Dec. 7. Yes, it's only a few days away. Please come and watch if you can. The assembly is at 9:00(ish). The song is far too fast for my usual K pick...but it's loads of fun. The afternoon class will go to the office and serenade Mrs. Batstone. I'll try to send home the words, so the kids can practise.

Journals:
The children started writing in journals this week. We waited until this month for journals because I wanted us to have lots of practise together first. Some children can freeze up at writing time and it is overwhelming for many children. Other children can be frustrated if they want to spell everything correctly immediately. I teach the children to try writing independently using the sounds they hear. Their journals become I time line of their writing development. The more sounds they know, the more letters appear in their writing. Soon words that we have learned start to appear and so on. So this week, after two months of writing the morning message with me, it was wonderful to see the children take the writer's role. They illustrated their page and worked on a sentence to go with their picture. Children were "stretching out" words and putting down the letters that they heard in the words they wanted to put on paper. I am proud of everyone!

Love Mrs. App