Welcome to kindergarten! This is a space filled with wonder, curiosity and everyday magic. We’re so happy you’re here!
I am filled with joy after having spent the last week 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.
Our first week in kindergarten has focused on establishing our routines, learning to be responsible for our belongings, refining our listening skills, and working as a team to clean-up after ourselves. We are learning so much about each other and are quickly becoming a classroom family. There have been so many giggles and smiles.
We start each day by signing-in and writing our names. At this point, children are invited to trace their name or write it on blank lines.
When we came to school on Tuesday, our friend Bruno the Bear, had mysteriously gone missing! Luckily, he left us sneaky clues that sent us on an exciting adventure to help us find him. His clues led us to the office, library, music room, and the gym. That tricky bear…what a fun way to explore our new school ;)
We’ve been reading many stories about kindness, starting school, making friends and celebrating what makes us unique. The children are exploring different ways of representing themselves and created some spectacular self-portraits.
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. 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 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 the children and provides many opportunities for collaboration, problem-solving, experimentation and wonder. Here’s a sneak peek into some of our centre time magic…
Please note, I have purposely left out faces in all photos this week. Until I have received Media Consent from everyone, I will not be including faces. If you would like your child’s photos to be included in the blog each week, please be sure to give consent on the media form that was emailed earlier this week (as part of the form package sent from the system). Didn’t receive that email? Let me know!
Classroom Info and Reminders
1. As many of you already know, Mrs. Planden and I share the teaching responsibilities for our little learners. In addition to being a teacher, I am an artist and spend one day each week painting in my studio. Mrs. Planden is also passionate about art and has her very own art studio for kids! She will be at school every Monday and will focus most of her efforts towards designing engaging math activities each week.
2. Today is our first alternating Friday! The morning class will attend school from 8:40-12:30 and the afternoon class has no school. Please pack an extra large snack on Fridays :)
3. If you have not already done so, please return the paper that was sent home with questions about your child's interests.
Thank you for an amazing first week! Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Roberts 💛
