Monday, October 28th, 2019 – Day 4

Here are a few points of information pertaining to the week ahead.:

• Leader/Assistant:  Our leader will be Lucas and our assistant will be Mia this week.
• Theme:  Our theme will be Halloween this week.
• Foreseen Change in End-of-Day Routine:  Please write me a note in your child’s communication duo-tang indicating the foreseen change in your child’s end-of-day routine.
• Unforeseen Change in End-of-Day Routine:  Please call me at the school at (902) 368-6780 to inform me of the unforeseen change in your child’s end-of-day routine.
• Food Services:  The next deadline to order from Sherwood School’s Food Services is Sunday, October 27th at 9:00 am.  Please note that the order deadline will be the SUNDAY prior to the 2 week order cycle at 9:00 am from now on.
• Book Exchange:  Our next book exchange will be on Monday, October 28th, Day 4.  Please have your child return his/her Library book by or on that date.  Merci!
• Lifetouch Portrait Order:  Please have your child return his/her paper Lifetouch portrait order form and payment by or on Wednesday, October 30th, if you wish to place an order through the school.
• Portrait Retakes:  Lifetouch portrait retakes will be taken on Wednesday, October 30th as well.  Please have your child return the Lifetouch order form, indicating that you would like your him/her to have retakes taken, by or on Wednesday, October 30th.
• Halloween Themed Kindergarten Classroom Rotation:  On Wednesday, October 30th, our class will be participating in a “Halloween Themed Kindergarten Classroom Rotation” with students from each of the other English and French Immersion Kindergarten classes.  Students from our class will be grouped with students from the other classes and rotate through a variety of 5 different activities, one in each of the classrooms.
• UPEI School of Nursing Students:  Our class is pleased to welcome two second year students from the UPEI School of Nursing into our classroom.  They will be observing our class on Wednesday, October 30th, Thursday, October 31st, Wednesday, November 6th and Thursday, November 7th..  On Wednesday, November 20th, they will be running a Teddy Bear Clinic for our class.
• Halloween Costumes:  On Thursday, October 31st, all students of Sherwood School are invited to dress up in their Halloween costume!  Please have your child wear his/her costume to school.  Students will change out of their costume before going outside for recess at 11:15 am.  Please pack a change of clothes in your child’s backpack.  For safety reasons, please do not include a mask or weapon as a part of your child’s costume.  Please also keep small costume accessories at home as they may get broken or lost at school.  It is going to be a fun day!
• Spooktacular:  On Thursday, October 31st, our class will be participating in Sherwood School’s annual Spooktacular.  Spooktacular consists of Halloween themed stations, held in the gymnasium.
• Halloween Party:  Our class will be celebrating Halloween on Thursday, October 31st by playing BINGO and enjoying an orange and noir SNACK.  Your child is also welcome to bring a snack that is packaged individually and labelled as Peanut/Nut Free to share with his/her classmates for our celebration.  Please do not send candy with your child, though!  Merci beaucoup!
• Show and Share:  To complement this week’s integrated theme of “Halloween”, all students are invited to bring a small orange et/ou noir object of their choice from home for Show and Share on Friday, November 1st.  This week, please help your child identify the colour of his/her object in French.  The following sentence structures may be helpful to your child:  Bonjour!  Je m’appelle _____.  C’est  _____ (colour).  Merci!
• Absence:  Unfortunately, I will be absent on Friday, November 1st.  Madame Denise Uyterlinde will be replacing me for the day.
• Scholastic Reading Club:  If you wish to place an order for your child from November’s Scholastic Reading Club catalogue, please have him/her return his/her paper flyer order form by or on Monday, November 4th.  Payment can be made by cheque, made payable to Scholastic Canada Ltd.  Parents/Guardians can also pay online by visiting Scholastic Canada’s website at www.scholastic.ca.
• Parent-Teacher Interviews:  Parent-Teacher Interviews will be held at Sherwood School during the late afternoon and early evening of Thursday, November 7th as well as during the morning and afternoon of Friday, November 8th.  I look forward to meeting with you to discuss your child’s progress on these dates.  Please complete and return your child’s Appointment Time Request Form by or on Tuesday, October 29th.  Merci!
• PD Day:  Please note that there will not be any classes for students on Friday, November 8th due to-Teacher Interviews.
• Assessment and Evaluation:  I will be working with each student individually to assess his/her progress in fine motor development, early numeracy and early literacy this week and next.  Our daily routine will be adjusted slightly to accommodate this activity.
• Fall Weather:  With the arrival of cooler weather, most students are wearing coats to school.  Please have your child practice zippering up or buttoning up his/her coat so that he/she can get dressed for outdoor recesses as independently as possible. Your child could also wear splash pants and rain boots on days that the ground is wet so that he/she does not get his/her clothes too wet or even muddy on the school yard.

Happy Halloween!