To all who come to this joyous 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 last 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 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, squares and triangles 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. 

 

Centre time is an exciting part of our day when children are free to create, explore and investigate the many treasures we have in our room. This is a definite highlight for children and provides many opportunities for collaboration, problem-solving, experimentation and wonder. 

 

 

 

 

Check out Mrs. Seddon’s blog (mrs-seddonyyc.blogspot.com) for the exciting things that took place on their first math-filled day 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 quick 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 is available through PowerSchool. Please contact the office if you have any questions about booking. 

3. Due to Parent Teacher Interviews, there will be no school for morning or afternoon students next Friday, September 20.

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/afternoon routines.


I look forward to meeting with each of you next week!

Miss Roberts :)