To all who come to this happy classroom…WELCOME!
Here you enter a place of wonder, curiosity and everyday magic.
We’re so happy you’re here!
I am filled with joy after having spent the past 2 weeks with your children. I can already tell it’s going to be an incredible year. My heart is bursting with pride over how much effort and thoughtfulness your kiddos have demonstrated throughout our first days together. I feel so fortunate to be a part of this beautiful time in your child’s life.
Learning to represent our ideas through pictures and drawings is a very important part of being in kindergarten. As an exciting introduction to this concept, we spent a lot of time this week talking about what it means to be a REAL artist. Students were very excited to have an up-close look at some of my paintings from home and enjoyed the opportunity to begin making art of their own from the very first day of school.
We talked about how artists become experts at what they do and learned the importance of persistence and practice, even when something seems tricky at first. We spent time drawing circles and squares this week and quickly discovered that with just a few simple shapes, we can learn how to draw almost anything! Our kindergarteners were very excited to try out their drawing skills in their fancy new artist sketchbooks.
Check out Mrs. Seddon’s blog (mrs-seddonyyc.blogspot.com) for the exciting things that took place on their first magical and math-filled Monday together!
Classroom Information and Reminders
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2. Our first Parent Teacher Meetings are happening next week. You are invited to book a time to come in for a 10 minute chat on Thursday evening or Friday morning to tell us a little bit more about your child and how we can best support them this year. Online booking will be available through PowerSchool early in the week. Children are welcome to attend this interview if you like.
3. Due to Parent Teacher Interviews, there will be no school for morning or afternoon students next Friday, September 21.
4. Please return your child's school forms if you have not already done so.
5. Please remember to send your child’s folder to school every day, even if there is nothing inside it. Taking out our folders is one of our important morning routines.
We look forward to meeting with each of you next week!
Miss Roberts :)
Check out our first collaborative abstract art piece!
