Preprimary B
Miss Julie and Mrs. Feller

Interns: Miss Heesook and Miss Marj

Email: jsporer@golikethewind.com

December News

First I would like to thank all of our families for helping to make our Thanksgiving Feast a joyful learning experience for our entire class.  The children were truly proud to share their hard work with you.

While preparing their feast, the children learned many interesting facts about North America.  They learned how the Native Americans helped the pilgrims when they came to North America.  They learned how grateful the Pilgrims were for the help of their new friends.

This month, we will learn about the continent of Australia and the country of New Zealand.  We will discuss why we celebrate Christmas and how good it feels to give gifts to others.  We will also be learning about the parts of the fish, sink and float, and many other interesting facts about our world.

Thursday, December 6^th 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Go Like the Wind will be having an Open House.  We need parent ambassadors to greet people, share their experience @ GLTW and or show people around the school.  Please contact myself or Sam Myers to volunteer.  This time will be applied to your parent volunteer hours.

On Tuesday, December 18^th at 2:00 p.m., our third year preprimary students will be participating in the Elementary Christmas Program.  The following children are third year students:  Edward, Asha , Jenna, Emily, and Shefra.  All are welcome and encouraged to come and enjoy the performance.

Our Christmas Tea will be Friday, December 21^st at 10:00 a.m.  We will be practicing our Christmas Carols and will start preparing delicious sweet treats for our tea next week.  We invite all who can attend to come and share in our celebration of Jesus’ Birthday.  The children will prepare a special Birthday Cake for Jesus.  We will start our Caroling with the “Happy Birthday” song to remind us of the reason for the season.  We will end our celebration at 11:30 a.m.

Please remember those labeled hats, coats, mittens, and boots in the coming days of cold weather.  Mrs. Feller, Miss Heesook, Miss Marj and I try to keep extras around, but the children are not always happy about wearing clothing that does not belong to them.  When in doubt, send extra clothing.  We can always take clothing off if it is too warm.

Please remember that Friday, December 21^st  is a half-day.  There will be no school again until Monday, January 7^th.  Please be sure to mark on the Special Day Care Sign-Up Sheet whether or not your child will need Special Day Care on the days it is offered.

Have a Wonderful Holiday!

 

November News

The children have been busy learning new math and language work, different facts about the world, the cylinder, the cube of the Trinomial, rough & smooth, just to name a few.

Our Halloween celebration was great fun.  The children enjoyed the many activities we had that day. Thank you so very much to all of the parents who helped out. We could not have had as many activities or as much fun without your help.

Me Bag:  The first Me Bag is this Friday.  Please check your calendar to see when your child is scheduled to present their bag.

Thanksgiving Feast:  Mark your calendar.  Our annual Thanksgiving Feast will be Monday, November 19^th at 10:00 a.m. All parents are invited to feast on the fruits of our labor.  The children will be starting next week to prepare the delicious Thanksgiving meal.  We will be making roasted turkey, bread stuffing, corn muffins, potatoes, cranberry sauce, sweet potato casserole, turkey noodle soup and delicious pumpkin pie. 

There is a sign-up sheet for food donations in the hallway beside our classroom.  Please bring in the donations AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  We plan to start preparing food as soon as the donations come in.

Please remember that there is a half day on Wednesday, November 21^st, and no school on Thursday the 22nd and Friday the 23^rd.

Grand Parents Week:  November 5^th- 9^th is Grand Parents week at Go Like The Wind.  I would like to take this opportunity of invite all grandparents and “special people” in your child’s life to come and visit our classroom. The children will be sending out an invitation to their grandparents next week.  In the mean time please feel free to sign your child’s special people up for their time to visit.

The Weather Changes Daily:  Better safe than sorry.  Please pay close attention when dressing your child in the morning.  We will be going out for recess every day.  Please make sure all of your child’s articles of clothing are labeled with your child’s name.  It is very difficult to keep track of all of the mittens, boots, hats, jackets and scarves without names written on them.

I will be scheduling observation times the first two weeks of December.  I will have sign-up sheets in the hallway beside your classroom.  Please feel free to sign up for a time that is best for you.  This is an opportunity for you to experience first-hand the environment your child is in every day.

Mrs. Feller, Miss Heesook, Miss Marj and I enjoy our time with your children. 

Thank you again for sharing them with us.

 

 

October News

Our classroom is all a buzz with the work of busy and enthusiastic children.  New works introduced to the classroom include Living/Non-Living, Land, Air & Water, The World, Magnetic/Non-Magnetic, the cube, cylinder, Indian corn tweezing, tearing and gluing and many more art, sensorial, geographic, science and practical life experiences. With all of this enthusiasm and self-motivation going on in the classroom, we are able to give small groups their much-desired math and language lessons.

Embracing Diversity:  Come join the Go Like The Wind Family in our efforts to embrace and respect all of human kind.

Fall Festival:  Saturday, October 6^th come join us at our Annual Fall Festival 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.  The children are very excited to show off their Astronaut Scare Crow.

Third-Year Student Field Trip:  Edward, Asha, Jenna, Emily, and Shefra will be going to the Leslie Science Center,  Wednesday, October 17^th.  The children will be leaving along with the rest of our preprimary third-year students at ll:45a.m.  This will cost $11.00 per child.  Permission slips will be going home soon.

Halloween Party: We will be celebrating Halloween in our classroom on Wednesday, October 31^st.  The children are welcome to wear their costumes in the morning. If your child does not wish to wear his/her costume, please assure your child that this is all right. When the children arrive at school, they will enter the classroom and choose a work or project. We will have four special Halloween project tables with fun activities for the children. After this work time, the children will eat their special Halloween treats. We will then participate in the Go Like the Wind Halloween Pre-Primary Parade and walk through the elementary classrooms and hallways. After the parade, the children will change out of their costumes and have their lunches.  There is a sign-up sheet in the hallway outside our classroom for both volunteers and goodies for this Halloween celebration.  Please feel free to sign up. We welcome both help and donations.

Me Bag: We will start sharing our “Me Bags” in November. Each child has been assigned a date for their “Me Bag”. Each “Me Bag” should include the following items:

1.  3-5 Photo’s of family, friends, pets, vacations, etc.

2. 1 favorite stuffed toy.

3. 1 favorite toy.

4. 1 favorite book.

5. 1 favorite item of their choosing.

Please follow these guidelines. This will help ensure a successful sharing experience.

Please remember there is One Half Day and One Full Day off  in October.

               Thursday, October 25^th                   Conferences                       Dismissal 11:45

               Friday, October 26^th                         Conferences                       No School

(Please Sign Up on sheet outside the classroom.)

(Special Day Care Available)

Mrs. Feller, Miss Heesook, Miss Marj and I would like to thank you for sharing your children with us each day.