Specialist Schedule

Monday - No School (Report Card Day)

Tuesday - No School (Remembrance Day)

Wednesday, Day 1 - Learning Buddies and Music

Thursday, Day 2 - Library and Physical Education

Friday, Day 3 - Music

Dates

Report Card Day: Kindly note that Sherwood School will be closed on Monday, November 10th as it will be a Report Card Day for teachers. 

Remembrance Day: Kindly note that Sherwood School will be closed on Tuesday, November 11th in observance of Remembrance Day.

Sherwood School's Home and School Association Crested Clothing Sale: Sherwood School's Home and School Association will be selling crested clothing from Tuesday, October 21st until Wednesday, November 12th.  Kindly see the following link for further information:  

Sherwood School Crested Clothing Sale

Parent-Teacher Interviews: First term parent-teacher interviews will be held on Thursday, November 20th and Friday, November 21st.  Kindly note that Sherwood School will be closed to students on Friday, November 21st.

Reminder!  Parent-Teacher Interview Online Booking System: The online booking system to schedule your child's parent-teacher interviews, School Appointments, opened on Wednesday, November 5th at 9:00 a.m. and will close on Thursday, November 13th at 9:00 p.m.  The link is below:

Sherwood School Appointments

Extra Recess: All students in Kindergarten to Grade 2 will enjoy an extra recess on Thursday, November 13th at 9:45 a.m. for earning many, many PAWS cards. 

Show and Share: All students are invited to bring a small toy of their choice from home for Show and Share on Friday, November 14th.  Kindly help your child prepare to talk to the class about their toy in French.  This week, please help your child introduce themselves and identify their toy.  The following sentence structure may be helpful to them:  Bonjour!  Je m’appelle _____.  Voici ma/mon _____.  Merci!

Scholastic Book Fair: Sherwood School’s first Scholastic Book Fair of the year will be held in the school's Library from Wednesday, November 12th until Friday, November 21st.  Our class will be viewing the books on Thursday, November 13th at 9:45 a.m. and buying on Monday, November 17th at 9:00 a.m.  If you would like for your child to buy a book, kindly send cash or a cheque (payable to Sherwood School) with them in an envelope, clearly labelled with their name and the amount enclosed in it.  Please also put your child’s “wish list" in the envelope.  Don’t forget to circle the title that they would like to purchase.

Book Exchange: Our next book exchange will be cancelled due to the Scholastic Book Fair.  Please have your child return their Library book(s) by or on Thursday, November 20th, Day 1.  Merci!

Reminders

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

Leader/Assistant: Our first leader of the day will be Alayna and our first assistant will be Anthony this week.

Theme: Our theme will be Fall again this week.

Assessment and Evaluation: I will be working with each student individually to assess their progress in fine motor, early numeracy and early literacy development again this week.  Our daily routine will be adjusted slightly to accommodate this activity.

Eye See…Eye Learn! Program: Kindly have your child take advantage of the Eye See … Eye Learn! Program before June 30th, 2026.  The Eye See … Eye Learn! program is an eye health and vision awareness program which provides one free eye exam and, if needed, one free pair of glasses to all Kindergarten students across P.E.I.  Please refer to the following link for further information:

Eye See...Eye Learn! Program

Head Lice: Kindly check your child's hair for head lice regularly.  Thank you for taking a proactive approach towards reducing the spread at home and at school.

Scholastic Book Club:  

Standard Size Backpack: Kindly check that your child's backpack is of a standard size so that they can pack it up for afternoon dismissal as easily and independently as possible at school.

Winter Clothing: Kindly ensure that your child is dressed warmly for outdoor recess every day, including snow pants, winter boots, a winter coat, a neck warmer/scarf, a hat and mittens/gloves.  Recess will be much more enjoyable for them if they are dressed appropriately for the weather.  Please remember to label all of your child's winter clothing as well.  Merci!

Independence: Kindly have your child practice getting dressed in their winter clothing at home  so that they can get dressed for outdoor recesses and afternoon dismissal as easily and independently as possible at school.  Merci beaucoup!

Throughout our Winter Clothing theme, we will be talking about the following order to get dressed in winter clothing:

1. snow pants

2. boots

3. coat

4. neck warmer/scarf

5. hat

6. mittens/gloves 

Extra Hat and Mittens/Gloves: Kindly double-check that your child has an extra hat and an extra pair of mittens/gloves in their backpack each day.  Please remember to label them too!  Merci!

School Occupational Therapist Weekly Message

Kindly see Sherwood School's Occupational Therapist, Katherine McKee-Blanche's, weekly message below.  Please read and watch both as they will be very helpful to your child, you and me. 

Dear Kindergarten parents!

This week I have included 3 videos that all work on fine motor skills. Fine motor skills are the ability to move your fingers using the small muscles in your hands and wrists. We rely on these skills to do important tasks in school, at home and in everyday life. These small movements come so naturally to most people that we usually don't think about them. But fine motor skills are complex. These 3 videos work on different fine motor skills, but all are equally important. There are Fun activities in each video to do with your children!

Hand Manipulation Rotation

Hand Manipulation Shift

Hand Manipulation Translation

As always, if you have any questions, please let me know.

Katie McKee-Blanche

Occupational Therapist

kmckeeblanche@ihis.org

Have an amazing week!