October 2026– 4 Year Olds Class
We have a wonderful group of children. They have settled in nicely. In September, we were getting to know new friends and some old ones. We continue to learn to work together during clean-up time, how to share toys and how to listen during our circle time.
October’s Themes
October will be an exciting month! Our themes will include “ Beautiful Shapes”, “Candyland of Colors”, “Dragons/Fire Safety” and “Everything Halloween/Red Ribbon”
Beautiful Shapes: We will be looking at the different shapes in our world. We will do a scavenger hunt to find some, with bubbles, exploring them through crafts and books. We will have a Mad Hatter Tea Party on the 6th. Wear your crazy hat to the tea party and snack time. Blue day will be the 7th. You can’t have Bb week without a Buffalo Bills dress day on the 8th.
We will have no school on Friday, October 9th for the teachers to have a Diocesan Professional Development Day.
Columbus Day
Monday, October 12th, school will be closed.
Candyland of Colors will be a week of all the colors of the rainbow. We will read some of our favorite books about colors and do crafts to go with them. We will mix primary colors to make secondary colors. We will wear a candyland color on the 14th.
Dragons/Fire Safety: This week will be an adventure in the world of dragons. We will dress like dragons or wear something with dragons on the 20th. Since dragons breathe fire, we figured it was a good idea to go over fire safety as well. We will go over our school fire safety plan and send something home so you can too at home. Dress like a firefighter for our field trip on the 21st.
Field Trip: We will be going on another field trip on October 21st to the Fire station. We will leave school at 9:30 and return about 11:00 at the latest. We ask that our Chaperones are here at the school by 9:25 the latest. As soon as we are ready to leave, we will pair you up with the children. We will meet you in the foyer of the school.
Picture Retake is Oct. 22nd if you need it.
Trunk or Treat night is always a fun night at the school. Oct. 23rd, 6:00-8:00 come dress in Halloween costumes and decorate your car for Halloween fun at the school. Your fee to get into the event is a non-perishable item for each family member.
Everything Halloween/ Red Ribbon Week: This week we will go over everything Halloween through games, crafts and stories. What a fun week we will have! This is also Red Ribbon week for Just say “NO” to bullying and drugs. There will be special dress days for this week. They will be posted in the NewNotes at a later time closer to this week.
Halloween Fun we will make decorations and crafts, play games and sing songs. A fun filled week with doing everything Halloween. We will have our party on October 29th.
Halloween Party The children can wear their costumes to school. Make sure they have a change of clothes under their costumes or if they wish to take the costume off at any point. We ask nothing scary, no weapons or masks, please. Treats or gift bags are optional. If your child wishes to pass them out, we have 18 children. This is an exciting day. Be mindful of peanut/tree nut items/ seeds.
Alphabet
Just a reminder, to look on the snack calendar, Remind or the newsletter for a list of the letter days. When we bring in the items for sharing, please make sure they know what they are as well. We will be doing Letters B,C,D & E this month.
Absent: If your child will be absent from school due to a sickness, please send a message on Remind to me or an email, as well as, calling them in sick to the nurse. An absent note is required when your child returns. If you will be going on vacation, please let us know ahead of time in writing so we can document it for the school.
Payments: Any payments that you put in your child’s folder for the school, should be in an envelope with Attn: to whoever it may need to go to. It makes it easier for us to know where to send it to within the school
Specials: Our specials are as follow: Monday-Music; Tuesday-Art; Wednesday-Gym; Thursday-Library
Dates to Remember:
October 2nd - Show & Tell for Letter Aa;Early Emergency practice drill dismissal 1:35; Fall Fest 6-10pm
October 6th - Mad Hatter Tea Party day- wear a crazy hat
October 7th - Blue day- wear your blue
October 8th - Show & Tell letter Bb; Buffalo Bills Dress day
October 9th - No School - Staff Development
October 12th - No School - Indigenous People Day
October 14th - Dress in Candyland colors; HSA meeting 6pm
October 16th - Show & Tell Letter Cc
October 19th - Green Day-wear your green
October 20th - Dress like a dragon
October 21st -field trip to fire station - dress like a firefighter
October 22nd - picture retake day
October 23rd -Show & Tell Letter Dd; Trunk or Treat 6-8pm
October 26th - Wear Red to kick of Red Ribbon Week
October 27th - Be a super hero and wear your super hero outfit
October 28th - Orange Day - wear orange
October 29th - Halloween party
October 30th – Wear SME attire; Show & Tell for Letter Ee