Happy New Year

Hello and a Very Happy New Year to each and everyone of you.

I hope you all had a wonderful break- now back to school! I am so looking forward to seeing all the kiddies on Monday.

As we being here are a few things- MONDAY is DAY 1 and we are SWIMMING
Our Calendar for the month is here and on the calendar and newsletter tab. We have lots happening and as usual I will update once a week with loads of pictures.

I hope you all have a wonderful new year and may god bless each one of you and your families. Hope to see you all at school on Monday!

Newsletter and Calendar!

The last calendar and newsletter for the year 2013 have been posted - please go to the tab that has calendar and newsletter to view them. We will also send home a copy of the newsletter tomorrow.

Oh! What a Week- a few reminders at the bottom of this post!

Happy Sunday everyone!

Oh what a week! We had a lot of fun and did a lot of learning this past week. As a Teacher I am always amazed at how much each student wants to learn and be challenged. It is always a joy to have students come up to me and say that they love what they are learning in school; and that they are learning new things. It is truly a time for me to also be THANKFUL for all my wonderful little kiddies!

Our Thankful board is up outside our classroom and its wonderful to see how so many students are thankful for their friends, their mommies and daddies, school and even that they learn at school ;-).

We have our paragraph writing board up as well- this truly amazes me as students come into Grade 1 not wanting to write- well, they are apprehensive about writing but by the end of Term 1- they love to write their ideas and thoughts, they love sharing what they know; they want to write in their journals and want to express themselves- I am very PROUD of them all.

This year, students either wrote about their favorite animal or about themselves- giving us clues by telling us things about themselves- rather than them telling us their names.

Paragraph Writing Board!

We have lots of fun trying to guess who wrote what!This week is Exam week - school ends at 2:45 instead of 3:30- we do not have EPP's this week!

Tuesday 19-11-12: Day 6 is our center day! 

Wednesday 20-11-12: Day 1 Swimming Please ensure your child brings in their swim bag; if your child is not swimming please send in a note in their homework diaries. 

Centers Notice and Swimming!

This week, we are staring to use centers during our last session on a Day 6. Every day 6 I would like to use that last session as our center time. We will have 3 groups of students with 3-4 rotations that they will be able to work on- we will be bringing in the iPads at that time with appropriate apps that we choose for students to use. 

Our first center session is this monday and I am looking forward to it. We will have the iPads, a Language center and a Math center. All students will get to all rotations and will work on all activities. 

Lots of pictures to follow I am sure. If you have ideas and would liked to come in and do a craft activity  with our students during a center that would be wonderful as you will get to know the wonderful kids we have in our class! 

Have a wonderful week- Swimming is on Tuesday 12-11-13, DAY 1. If your child is not swimming please ensure  your child has a note in their homework diary! 

Have a restful Sunday!

Samanthea

November Newsletter!

Hello Everyone!
Our November Issue of the Grade 1A newsletter is out and ready in the tab Calendars and Newsletters!
Happy Reading!

Newsletter for November

Our monthly newsletter will be posted shortly. The calendar is already up and ready to be looked at and downloaded.

Notices!

This next week is a busy week and a short week. We have lots of things going on this week. Here are the things that are happening at school.

SPIRIT WEEK SCHEDULE

Monday 28th- Day 6

• CRAZY DRESS DAY
• Grade 2 Bake Sale (please ensure your child brings in some money for treats they they can buy)

Tuesday 29th- Day 1

• Twin Day
• Swimming (if your child is not swimming please send in a note in their homework diary!)
• Ice Cream Day

Wednesday 30- Day 2

• Disco Day
• Rehearsal for Diwali Celebrations
• Doughnut Day

Thursday 31- Day 3

• Diwali Celebrations 1:00 Pm onwards(Please ensure your child comes wearing their Indian outfit or if you would like them to change in school, please send in their outfits with them) 

Swimming! Swimming! Swimming!

A little reminder that tomorrow is Day 1 and we swim! if your child is not swimming please send us a note in their homework diaries so that we can inform the swim teacher. If you child is swimming please ensure your child brings their swim bag to school. 

HALLOWEEN...

Good Afternoon,
Halloween will come a little early this year so we are not celebrating Diwali and Halloween on the same day. This SCA has graciously put together a program for the days activities and it goes like this:

Costumes can be worn on FRIDAY October 25, 2013

There will be a door decorating contest for KG and Elementary

 1:00-1:30 the KG's Costume Parade
1:30-2:00 Trick or Treating for KG's and Elementary
2:00-2:30 Halloween Dance on the Lawn

We look forward to adding pictures of our door decorations as well as pictures of all our students in their costumes!

Have a wonderful Sunday
Sam

Diwali

Every year we love the months of October and November because of the many Indian festivals we have and learn about.

The one Grade 1 looks forward to most is Diwali, as we perform for all our friends, teachers and families. This year too we will be performing a dance that we have been practicing everyday.
We hope you will love it as much as we love practicing it and having fun with it.
Before the break we send home a letter about this performance and the clothes students need for it. Here is  the letter!

Diwali Letter that was sent home on October 9th 2013

HOMEWORK!

As this is a short week with a long holiday coming up we will not be sending home homework this week! We will continue to send home reading books but NO MATH HOMEWORK!

If however, you feel you would like your child to have some homework, please send me an email and we will send home work for the little break coming up!

Thank you,
Ms. Sam

Swimming!

A little reminder that tomorrow is Day 1 and we swim! if your child is not swimming please send us a note in their homework diaries so that we can inform the swim teacher. If you child is swimming please ensure your child brings their swim bag to school. 

Newsletter!

Our newsletter for October has been posted on line and will be sent home with your child in their folders.