October 11th
Hi Parents,
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all have the time this weekend to relax a little and spend time with friends and family.
Our class reward of "PJ day/Teddy bear day" was a huge success. We have already started earning more stars in our jar for our next reward.
The photographer was here Friday and took all our photos! It was so adorable! I sent along the QR code for you to view your child's photos. The card should be in your child's pochette- inside the blue duotang.
What's happening this week in KF?:
LA
Learn the French alphabet- this week's special letter is u-- we didn't get to explore u last week so it's up again! lol
Keep singing our new song about Fall
Chat about school vocabulary and Fall vocabulary
Learn a new colour name (blanc)--
Practice holding our pencil properly
MATH
Count 1-5
Look at how many objects (to 5) are in a group
Start looking at patterns - AB AB AB AB ///
GENERAL CLASSROOM ROUTINE
Practice lining up
Practice walking quietly in the hall
Practice cleaning up at the end of the day
Practice quieting down when we hear our quiet song " Freeze, squeeze and eyes on Mme Paula) but obviously in French - haha
Practice transitions-
I see progress in all these areas! Yay for all my friends! 🥳
Important dates and information
October Hot Lunches
Just a reminder that Glen Stewart School offers milk everyday and pizza on Mondays and Fridays. If you’d like to order these items you can do so on https://glenstewartprimary.hotlunches.net . October meals are available for ordering with ordering ending each week on Sunday at 9pm.
NOTES FROM GSP'S OT: Katherine McKee-Blanche
Week 3
Dear Kindergarten parents!
I hope everyone was able to watch the 2 videos that were sent out on hand strengthening and functional pencil grasp! These are important skills for your child to have as they move through kindergarten!
This week’s video is on Pre-writing Skills – practicing how to draw shapes such as circles, squares and triangles! These shapes are important for drawing skills and forming the letters of the alphabet – e.g. O, A, b and k all start with shapes! The suggestions in the video can also be used when your child is practicing “Fundations” printing at home!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMuMYLYqTnQ&t=11s
As always, if you have any questions, please let me know.
Katherine McKee-Blanche, OT Reg.(PEI)
Occupational Therapist, School Therapy OT Program
kmckeeblanche@ihis.org
Days of the week:
Tuesday is Day 6.
Tuesday- Phys Ed
Wednesday- Music and library
Thursday- Phys Ed
Friday- Music
Have a lovely, long weekend! I'll see all my little friends on Tuesday!
Paula 🙂
October 4th
Hi Parents,
Happy weekend! I hope you all had a lovely weekend.
We had so much fun at the Teddy Bear clinic last week! And the 2 UPEI nurses who worked with our class the last few weeks gifted us 3 new stuffed animals for our class collection. How sweet is that?! We had a wonderful time with them and wish them all the best.
We have lots going on in KF this week:
LA
Learn the French alphabet- this week's special letter is u
Keep singing our new song about Fall
Chat about school vocabulary
Learn a new colour name (orange)-- we will do our best to get to this one
Practice holding our pencil properly
MATH
Count 1-5
Look at how many objects (to 5) are in a group
Start looking at patterns - AB AB AB AB ///
GENERAL CLASSROOM ROUTINE
(still the same as the last 2 weeks- 🤣)
Practice lining up
Practice walking quietly in the hall
Practice cleaning up at the end of the day
Practice quieting down when we hear our quiet song " Freeze, squeeze and eyes on Mme Paula) but obviously in French - haha
Important dates and information
October 5 - Home & School Meeting - 6PM
October 7 - Walk to School Day (more info to come)
October 8 - Picture Day (All English classes and Grade 2 French Immersion classes)
October 9 - Picture Day (All Kindergarten French classes and Grade 1 French classes)
October 12- Thanksgiving holiday
International Walk to School Day is an annual event supported by the Town of Stratford. It is a mass celebration of active transportation and its related issues.
To celebrate this day Glen Stewart Primary School will be hosting a walk to school day on Wednesday, Oct. 7th. A rain date has been yet to be determined. Families who would like to participate in this event are to meet at the Stratford Town Hall by 7:35 a.m. with departure at 7:45 a.m. sharp. We are asking that a family member accompany their child on the walk to school.
October Hot Lunches
Just a reminder that Glen Stewart School offers milk everyday and pizza on Mondays and Fridays. If you’d like to order these items you can do so on https://glenstewartprimary.hotlunches.net . October meals are available for ordering with ordering ending each week on Sunday at 9pm.
NOTES FROM GSP'S OT: Katherine McKee-Blanche
*Dear kindergarten parents!
My name is Katherine McKee-Blanche and I am the occupational therapist (OT) for your child’s school. My job as an OT is to work with students in the schools on their motor skills, self-care skills, self-regulation skills and getting ready for different classroom activities!
This year your child’s kindergarten teacher will be sharing some short write up from me with a link to a video. These videos were created by our school OT team and focus on the important skills needed for kindergarten! Kindergarten is a BIG year and a very important year for your children as they develop their motor skills, language skills, play skills, and social skills which prepare them for their school career!
1) Last week’s video is on Hand Strengthening! These activities will help strengthen your child’s hands so they can grasp their pencil correctly, hold and cut with scissors, zipper coats and colour!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04igYLGNc40
2)This week’s video is about Pencil Grasp! Kindergarten students are starting to use pencils, crayons and markers every day in school. Holding these tools with a functional pencil grasp will make the activities of colouring within the lines and printing letters and numbers much easier. Please watch this video and work on the activities at home to help develop their pencil grasp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs8f6L7y7c8&t=24s
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Katherine McKee-Blanche, OT Reg.(PEI)
Occupational Therapist, School Therapy OT Program
kmckeeblanche@ihis.org
Days of the week:
Monday is Day 1.
Monday- Music and library
Tuesday- Phys Ed
Wednesday- Music
Thursday- Phys Ed and library
Friday- Music and PICTURE DAY (this is so exciting!)- what's cuter than a Kindergartener's 1st school picture? 😍
next Monday, October 12- No school (Thanksgiving holiday)
We'll be talking about Thanksgiving and making some fun little crafts!
It's going to be so great! Have a lovely week- and Happy Thanskgiving 🦃😊
Paula 🙂
September 27
Hi Parents,
Happy weekend! How is it the end of September already?! Oh là là!
We have lots going on in KF this week:
LA
Learn the French alphabet- this week's special letter is o
Keep singing our new song about Fall
Chat about school vocabulary
Learn a new colour name (orange)
Practice holding our pencil properly
MATH
Count 1-5
Look at how many objects (to 5) are in a group
GENERAL CLASSROOM ROUTINE
(still the same as last week- 🤣)
Practice lining up
Practice walking quietly in the hall
Practice cleaning up at the end of the day
Practice quieting down when we hear our quiet song " Freeze, squeeze and eyes on Mme Paula) but obviously in French - haha
Important dates and information
September 29 - Orange Shirt Day
September 30 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (no classes)
October 5 - Home & School Meeting - 6PM
October 7 - Walk to School Day (more info to come)
October 8 - Picture Day (All English classes and Grade 2 French Immersion classes)
October 9 - Picture Day (All Kindergarten French classes and Grade 1 French classes)
**Teddy Bear Clinic
On Thursday, UPEI nursing students are coming to host a teddy bear clinic. A note was sent home last week with all the details but basically, your child is invited to bring in a stuffed animal and together with the nursing students, they will go over their animal's overall health. It's so cute and fun! They have a wonderful time.
Days of the week:
Monday is Day 3.
Monday- Music
Tuesday- Phys Ed and library
Wednesday- No school- National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
Thursday- Music and Teddy Bear Clinic
Friday- Phys Ed
Our week looks so fun! Have a great week, everyone!
Paula 🙂
September 20
Hi Parents,
Happy weekend! I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.
We have lots going on in KF this week:
LA
Learn the French alphabet- this week's special letter is i
Learn a new song about Fall
Chat about school vocabulary
Learn a new colour name (orange)
Practice holding our pencil properly
MATH
Count 1-5
Look at how many objects (to 5) are in a group
GENERAL CLASSROOM ROUTINES
Practice lining up
Practice walking quietly in the hall
Practice cleaning up at the end of the day
Practice quieting down when we hear our quiet song " Freeze, squeeze and eyes on Mme Paula) but obviously in French - haha
Important dates and information
Terry Fox Walk/Run: We are excited that the staff and students will once again participate in the Terry Fox Walk/Run in support of cancer research on Friday, September 25! This is a wonderful opportunity for us to come together to honour Terry Fox’s legacy and support cancer research. Our goal once again is to raise $1000. We are asking students to make a small donation of a toonie or a loonie to help raise money for Terry’s cause. Students can bring donations to their classroom teacher or families can make a donation directly to the Terry Fox Foundation on our school link: https://schools.terryfox.ca/GlenStewartPrimarySchool
Days of the week:
Monday is Day 4.
Monday- Phys Ed and library
Tuesday- Music
Wednesday- Phys Ed
Thursday- Music
Friday- Phys Ed and Terry Fox walk
That's our week. I hope you have a lovely week too!
Paula 🙂
September 13
Dear Parents,
Welcome to Kindergarten! This is all so exciting! I am very much looking forward to getting to know your children and to jumping into all the learning we’re going to do together!
I would love to have you follow along on our learning journey this year! I have a weekly newsletter where we chat about the learning happening in the classroom and fun and special upcoming events.
I will do my very best to update my Google site newsletter at least once a week so that you are able to follow along with us on our journey this year. And I'll email you the link so that our newsletter is easy to find! The heading will say "PowerSchool"- and sometimes it goes into Junk Mail. Hahaha But it's not junk! 😂 But if you find you're not receiving my emails, maybe try looking there first!
Meet the Teacher night is coming up! The date is this Wednesday, September 16th and our session starts at 6:00pm and it’s happening in my classroom! I so hope to see you there!
We’re off to a great start! We’ve had 4 fun days with many more to come! It’s going to be great!
Have a fabulous week! Hope to see you on the 16th!
Chat soon-
Paula 🙂