Willow Park Kindergarten
December 2013 Newsletter
Wow!
November has flown by and the end of 2013 is upon us. Where has the time gone? It is hard to believe that it is already
December! We have a busy and exciting
month planned in Kindergarten. Our theme
will be Christmas, Winter and “The Gingerbread Man” story. We will be making crafts, singing Christmas
songs and preparing for our Christmas concert.
Kindergarten Fridays
The
Monday/Wednesday Class has school the following Fridays
(Monday/Wednesday Class)
Wednesday, December 4rd,
2013
Early Dismissal (2:25
p.m.)
Thursday,
December 12, 2013
(Christmas Concert Combined
Class)
Friday,
December 6th, 2013
Friday,
December 20th, 2013
The Tuesday/Thursday Class
has school the following Fridays
(Tuesday/Thursday)
Thursday, December
12, 2013
(Christmas Concert Combined
Class)
Friday,
December 13th, 2013
Christmas
Holidays
Monday, December 22 - Sunday,
January 5, 2014
Combined
Class: On Thursday, December 12 both classes will have school.
Due to the Daytime Christmas Concert
on Thursday, December 12, 2013, I will be combining both the Mon/Wed class and
the Tues/Thurs. class. This will allow
all the students to be bussed and present for the afternoon performance.
This
will result in a change of the Monday/Wednesday yearly calendar. Due to the
unscheduled day in December (Thursday, December 12) there will no school for
the Monday/Wednesday class on Friday, June 6th.
Christmas Concert:
Our
Christmas concert will be on Thursday, December 12th. There will be two performances; one at 1:15
p.m. and the other at 7:00 p.m. in the Daystar Church on the corner of
Rollyview Road and Gaetz Road. For the
evening performance, students are asked to arrive at the church at 6:30 p.m.
and go in the south door. All students
will be singing the finale song. Please
wait until the end of the concert to pick up your child. If you have any questions about this day,
please give me a call.
Concert Costumes and Props:
For
the Christmas Concert, your child is asked to wear their pajamas. They will also need to bring a small
flashlight and a teddy bear. Please
bring these items to school next week, they will be returned after the concert.
Christmas Concert School
Decorations:
To
help decorate and prepare for the holidays we are asking each family to
decorate a triangle, which will later be put together with others to build a
Christmas tree. Please remember to put
your family name on it. Each triangle
will represent a family attending Willow Park School. We ask that you have this triangle completed
and returned to school by December 4.
Examples of the triangle family decorations can be found on our class
blog.
Christmas Party:
We
will be having our Christmas Activities in the afternoon on the last day of
school before Christmas holidays (Dec. 19- Tues/Thurs, Dec 20- Mon/Wed). If you wish to send treats in for that
afternoon, we ask that you individually wrap them in zip-lock bags for easy
distribution. Also, please remember that
many of your child’s classmates cannot
have certain foods due to ethnic, religious or health reasons. For this reason, I ask that if you do feel
that you want to send treats for the class please try to make it “non-edible”.
**Sending treats for the class is not required.**
Helpers Needed:
We
are in need of a few helpers to wrap gifts for our special guest to hand out
during his visit. All the wrapping
paper, tape, scissors, etc are here at the school so if you are able to spend
some time wrapping and labeling some gifts, please let me know. Thank you.
Book Orders:
No
book order forms were sent home for December.
I was worried that I would not receive the books before the Christmas Holidays. I just
received the last of our Halloween books.
I will start book orders up again in the New Year. Thanks for you patience.
Roster Calendars:
At
the end of December, I will have the January to March roster calendars posted
on the Kindergarten board above the boot racks.
Thank you!
I
would like to thank all of you who have helped in the so many ways so far this
year. From rostering, making play dough,
helping with our in class presentation (Bread Lady), to making sure that you
check your child’s Home School book every evening and Library books are
returned on Mondays. Thank you all for
your support.
Clothing:
Unless
the temperature and wind chill are severe, we will be going out for recess
every day. Please send your child to
school with appropriate clothing for them to spend at least 30 minutes outside
in our Alberta weather. The warmer they
are dressed, the more fun they will have.
We do not have extra clothing to provide your child should they not come
with warm clothing. Please ensure that
your child’s name is on both boots, mittens, toque, scarf, snow pants and coat.
January Newsletter:
The
January newsletter will be coming home with your child on of the last day of
school before Christmas holidays.
First Day Back:
Our
first day back in the New Year will be on Monday, January 6th.
School Fees:
The
Kindergarten fee of $115 is used to purchase school supplies for your child for
the year. This includes pencils, erasers, glue, duotangs, scribblers, replacing
toys/puzzles, food items, etc. The fee is also used to pay for entrance fees
for fieldtrips and in class presentations where the fees pay for the presenter.
Thank
you to everyone that has already paid their fees!
Extra Information Sheets:
Throughout
the year, we will be sending home newsletters from the Occupational
Therapist. Everyone in the class will
receive these as general information.
Attached
are sheets and suggestions from an Occupational Therapist, as information for
you as parents.
Water Bottles:
We
will be sending home your child’s water bottle on the last day so that they can
be cleaned and disinfected over the holidays.
We ask that they be returned on the first day back in January.
If
you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at
780-986-8456 or dina.hannon@blackgold.ca
. Please remember that I do not check my
emails till the end of the day so if it is important please call me. Thank you.
Ms.
Aubie, Mrs. Hemery and I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and
all the best in the New Year!
Ms.
B. Aubie
Mrs.
M. Hemery
Mrs.
D. Hannon
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