Important Dates!

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Monday, December 2nd:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Tuesday, December 3rd:  Music for the afternoon class.
Early dismissal at 2:45 p.m.

Wednesday, December 4th:  Library for the morning class.  Please return all library books!
Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Thursday, December 5th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Friday, December 6th:  Music for the morning class.
Library for the afternoon class.  Please return all library books!

This Week in Kindergarten!

Mme Swampy was back to share new stories and facts about her indigenous culture.

We are focusing on the 7 teachings.  I am going over all of the information in French with the students and we will further develop this theme in late spring before our school's Treaty Day.

Practicing to print the letter T.

Our grade 5 "Play Buddies" joined us again on day 6.

It is so interesting to watch new friendships develop.

Together they are helping each other explore classroom materials in different ways.

Everyone is engaged and eager to play together.

We also practiced printing the number 1, coloured the number 1 neatly, added 1 dot on a ten frame and drew 1 apple on the tree.

Winter Concert Information!

The room 12 kindergarten concerts will take place on Wednesday, December 11th in the school gym.  There are 2 performances.  The first concert is in the afternoon at 1:00 p.m. and the second one is in the evening at 6:30 p.m.

Kindergarten students may attend one or both of the performances.  All of the morning kindergarten students who attend Assiniboine Children's Centre will join my afternoon class for the concert with one of their daycare leaders.  Any other families from the morning class wishing to attend the afternoon concert should drop their children off at the kindergarten classroom between 12:35 and 12:45 p.m. and return to get them immediately after the concert as afternoon kindergarten classes will resume after the performance.

All students attending the evening performance should be at the school at approximately 6:00 p.m. so that the concert may begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.  The classroom and gym doors will only open at 6:00 p.m.

The boys and girls are asked to wear nice clothing (no specific colours) on the day of the concert.  Cultural attire is welcomed as our winter concert is about holiday celebrations in our community and around the world.

The children will remain on the risers for the entire concert which should last approximately 40 minutes.

There will be a silver collection at the door for charity and a bake sale put on by the Parent Council after the concert.

Please let me know as soon as possible if your child will not be attending one or both of the concerts.  Send me an email at   marguerite.godin@sjasd.ca

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Mme Godin

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Mom's Pantry Pick Up!

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Just a reminder to those families who participated in the Mom's Pantry fundraising, pick-up will be on Tuesday, November 26th between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m.

Important Dates!

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Monday, November 25th:  Music for the afternoon class.
The Seven Teachings with Mme Swampy for both the morning and the afternoon class.

Tuesday, November 26th:  Library for the morning class.  Please return all library books!
Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Wednesday, November 27th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.
"Play Buddies" for both the morning and the afternoon class.

Thursday, November 28th:  Music for the morning class.
Library for the afternoon class.  Please return all library books!
The Seven Teachings with Mme Swampy for both the morning and the afternoon class.

Friday, November 29th:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.
The Seven Teachings with Mme Swampy for both the morning and the afternoon class.

The boys and girls may wear their Winnipeg Jets gear (or red, blue and white) to school on our last Spirit Dress-up Day for the month of November.
A big thank you to all those families who donated a new unwrapped toy for this special cause!

This Week in Kindergarten!

Once again, it was another short week at school.

We started the week off reconnecting with our "Play Buddies" whom we had not seen for a few weeks because of inservice days.

It is very exciting to see the interactions between my kindergarten students and their new grade 5 friends.

Together, they continue to explore all of the games and toys in the classroom.

And they also help each other out.

Building with Lego continues to be a favourite activity.

As is the K'Nex.

And the marble run.

Building a larger Lego town.

Working quietly together, to create books and drawings.

Playing with the cars, trucks and trains.

Imaginative play at the dollhouse.

As well as in the kitchen area.

And building cooperatively with the large Lego.

This is Mme Swampy.  She is an indigenous teacher for the St. James Assiniboia School Division.  She has been visiting our classroom to teach us about her culture.

We have begun learning about the Seven Teachings.  Each of these little animals represents a virtue intrinsic to a full and healthy life.

Mme Swampy read us two books during our second class.  She read the story of the buffalo whose gift is respect as well as the story of the bear who carries courage.  The boys and girls are busy colouring "le bison" (buffalo) and "l'ours" (bear) for a special activity that we will be completing next week.  Mme Swampy will be with us on Monday, Thursday and Friday of next week to continue teaching us about the Seven Sacred Teachings.

We just barely fit in some time to start our number printing booklets at the beginning of the week.

Library class cancelled!

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Mme Jeanson was away today.  The afternoon class that had been rescheduled for today did not have the opportunity to borrow new books.

Library classes cancelled today!

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Mme Jeanson was away today.  The morning kindergarten class did not have the opportunity to borrow new books.

SHOW AND TELL REMINDER!

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Just a reminder that Show and Tell takes place every week.  A lot of children did not bring an object to share this week.

The schedule is as follows:  EVERY MONDAY - GROUP1
                                               EVERY TUESDAY - GROUP 2
                                                      EVERY WEDNESDAY - GROUP 3
                                                  EVERY THURSDAY - GROUP 4

MORNING KINDERGARTEN

Group 1:  Brandon, Ryence, Isla, Brittany, Anna
Group 2:  Jude, Simon, Ahmed, Nick
Group 3:  Tyler, Jack, Maëlle, Eliana, Jayme
Group 4:  Aquilo, Malcolm, Cleo, Emilia

AFTERNOON KINDERGARTEN

Group 1:  Faye, Raynelle, Kiret, Jacob
Group 2:  Stella, Lala, Hunter, Lucas
Group 3:  Zianna, Annette, Jonathan
Group 4:  Aria, Grayson

Please remember, do not ask to bring in pets, no electronic devices such as iPads or anything valuable as they may become lost or broken. 
YOUR CHILD SHOULD ONLY BRING ONE ITEM AND ONLY ON SHOW AND TELL DAY.

Due to the large amout of children in each group, if your child is absent or forgets his/her Show and Tell, he/she will have to wait until the following week to bring an item to school.

THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING!

Important Dates!

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Monday, November 18th:  Library for the morning class.  Please return all library books!
Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Tuesday, November 19th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.
Library for the afternoon class.  Please return all library books! 
(Mme Jeanson had to change our regular day 1 library time slot to today.  Sorry for the inconvenience!)
Early Dismissal at 2:45 p.m.

Wednesday, November 20th:  Music for the morning class.
STORY BOOK CHARACTER DAY!  The boys and girls may dress up as a character from a book.
Report cards will be sent home today.

Thursday, November 21st:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.
4:00 to 7:30 p.m.   Parent/Teacher conferences:  Don't forget to book your conference online.  Information was sent home at the beginning of the week.  YOUR CHILD IS TO COME WITH YOU,  AS WE WILL GO THROUGH YOUR CHILD'S PORTFOLIO TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE THEIR LEARNING!!!

Friday, November 22nd:  NO SCHOOL FOR THE STUDENTS!
8: 30 to 11:30 a.m. Parent/Teacher conferences:  Don't forget to book your conference online.  Information was sent home at the beginning of the week.  YOUR CHILD IS TO COME WITH YOU,  AS WE WILL GO THROUGH YOUR CHILD'S PORTFOLIO TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE THEIR LEARNING!!!

Teachers are attending Professional Development sessions in the afternoon.

This Week in Kindergarten!

Another short but very busy week in kindergarten.

The boys and girls were very excited to have another class with Monsieur Joseph.  We practiced breathing in and out for 3 entire minutes with our eyes closed.  Four deep breaths in and four deep breaths out.

The children remembered all of Monsieur Joseph's four super-hero strengths.

We played a name game and broke out into groups of four to make our own 8 count dance steps.

The afternoon class finding their personal space so as not to touch anyone.

"Copycat" was one of our super hero strengths.

Isolation activities.

And the name game with the afternoon class.

Before practicing to print in our letter booklets, the students had to trace the letter L in the sand.

They also took turns forming the letter L on the Handwriting Without Tears magna doodles with a big line (grande ligne) and a little line (petite ligne).

We also practiced forming the letter L on the whiteboard and we had to circle all the upper-case and lower-case Ll's that we could find in our booklets.

Hard at work printing the letter L.

Playing some Math games on the SMARTboard.

Friday was our last Hip Hop class.

The boys and girls did a super job!

We got to put all of the dance steps that we learned together for a special jungle dance.

We learned so many new things.

We will all really miss our time with Monsieur Joseph!

Our "stuffies" watched us when we were dancing.  They also thought that we were great dancers!  Don't forget next Wednesday is Story Book character day.  The children may dress up as any character from a book.