Learn about what’s happening in the classroom this month!

March has come and gone, warmer weather is on its way we hope. We spent the month of March focusing on All About Me, the children did great activities that described who they were and made face portraits. We also focused on the letter-of-the-week activities in the classroom. 

We are working on the children’s self-help skills. We encourage you to give your child some extra time at home to allow them to develop these skills. These skills could include but are not limited to, putting shoes on, coats on using the flip method, and any other outerwear on. To promote self-confidence and independence in the children, we suggest shoes that are not lace-ups.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Big Box of Card fundraiser.  They should be in soon.

During the month of April, we will explore Easter, Passover, Earth Day, and weather. We will work on our names and talk about what makes us all so Special. We have some pretty exciting activities planned.

We have been working away on our Alphabet crafts and talking about the sounds of different letters.  All the children have been enjoying doing all the art. They are all very hands-on, which we love here in the classrooms. We are continuing with all the sensory play and incorporating some more open craft centers.

In January we introduced show-and-share Fridays for the children. We will continue this through March so please remember to have your child bring something on Fridays that they can share with their friends.  The item must be related to the topics that we are talking about.  For this month it will be Easter, Passover, Earth Day and Weather.

Class Wishlist:

Paper Towel

Canvas

Playdough

As the weather starts to change, please review our sick policy, and if your child is feeling under the weather, please keep them home.  Please help us keep everyone safe and healthy.  If your child is going to be absent, please remember to call.  If we do not hear from you by 10 a,m we will call and check in.

As a reminder about our Inclement weather policy, if the York region school buses are cancelled, school will be closed on that day.  Notifications will go out via email and will be posted on our social media accounts.

Reminders:

• Easter Egg fundraiser orders due April 2.
• School will be closed Friday, April 1,8 for Good Friday and Monday, April 21, for Easter Monday
• Please ensure your Child has a pair of clean indoor shoes and a spill-proof water bottle labeled with their name
• An extra change of clothes, diapers, and wipes may be stored above your child’s cubby

Message from the Board:

Our next board meeting is on April 16th, 2025 at 7 pm

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Learn what’s happening in the classroom this month!

 February has come and gone, and warmer weather is on its way, we hope. We spent the month of February focused on talking about our friends and family.  The children all did great activities that captured who was in their families. We also focused on the letter of the week activities in the classroom.  All the children have been enjoying the activities and have been improving their writing and recognition skills for letters and numbers.

Thank you to everyone that participated in the Candy gram fundraiser the children really had a great time handing out their Valentine’s to their friends.

During the month of March, we will be exploring all about me. We will be working on our names and talking about what makes us all so Special. We have some pretty exciting activities planned.  

We have been working away on our Alphabet crafts and talking about the sounds of different letters.  All the children have been enjoying doing all the art. They are all very hands-on, which we love here in the classrooms. We are continuing with all the sensory play and incorporating some more open craft centers.

March marks our next Fundraiser.  We will be doing The Big Box of Cards.  This is a fundraiser where you purchase a box of 30 cards.  I have the boxes here at the school to look at.  If you would like to try something different, please let me know.  There is also a sample that is being sent home for you to see as well. This will run from March 1^st to March 21^st. All orders are due back to school no later than March 21^st.

In January, we introduced show-and-share Fridays for the children. We will continue this through March so please remember to have your child bring something in on Fridays that they can share with their friends and talk about why it is special to them.

Class Wishlist:

• empty baby food jars/mason jars
• canvas
• Kleenex
• playdough

As the weather starts to change, please review our sick policy, and if your child is feeling under the weather, please keep them home.  Please help us keep everyone safe and healthy.  If your child is going to be absent, please remember to call.  If we do not hear from you by 10 am we will call and check in.

As a reminder about our Inclement weather policy, if the York region school buses are cancelled school will be closed on that day.  Notifications will go out via email and will be posted on our social media accounts.

Upcoming Events:

Big Box of Cards Fundraiser

Reminders:

• School will be closed Monday, March 10 to Friday, March 14,2025 for March Break
• Big box of cards fundraiser is due back March 21,2025
• The child has a pair of clean indoor shoes and a spill-proof water bottle labeled with their name
• An extra change of clothes, diapers, and wipes may be stored above your child’s cubby

Message from the Board:

Thank you to everyone who attended our parents’ night. We appreciate the outpouring of support and commitment to our school. Our next board meeting is on March 19, 2025 at 7pm

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Learn what’s happening in the classroom this month.

January has passed, and we have focused on our letter of the week activities in the class room.  All the children have been enjoying the activities and have been improving their writing and recognition skills for letters and numbers

Candy Gram order forms have been sent home.  These will be passed out during our Valentine’s Day party on Thursday February 13^th and Friday February 14^th.  If you would like your child to participate, please have your form and money back by Monday February 10^th. Late forms will not be accepted.

During the month of January, we explored different aspects of winter that people enjoy and had a lot of fun trying out some winter sports.  We have been working away on our Alphabet crafts and talking about the sounds of different letters.  All the children have been enjoying doing all the arts. They are all very hands-on, which we love here in the classrooms. We are continuing with all the sensory play, and the children are loving it.

This month, we will be exploring Family and friends and all the things we can enjoy doing with our Family and friends. We will continue with our letter activities.

In January we introduced show-and-share Fridays for the children. We will continue this through February, so please remember to have your child bring something in on Fridays that they can share with their friends and discuss why it is special to them.

Progress reports went out, if you would like to arrange a meeting with the teachers to go over your child’s report, please get in touch with the office via email and a meeting can be set up.

We are looking for some empty baby food jars.  If anyone has any and would like to donate them, we will take them.  Thank you in advance.

As the weather starts to change, please review our sick policy and if your child is feeling under the weather please keep them home.  Please help us keep everyone safe and healthy.  If your child is going to be absent, please remember to call.  If we do not hear from you by 10 am we will call and check in.

Events

• Valentine’s Day Party: Thursday, February 13^th and Friday, February 14th

Reminders:

• The school will be closed Monday, February 17^th, 2025 for Family Day
• Child has a pair of clean indoor shoes and a spill-proof water bottle labeled with their name
• An extra change of clothes, diapers, and wipes may be stored above your child’s cubby

Message from the Board:

Thank you to everyone that came out and helped with the set up for the holiday concert, the children all did an amazing job. Our next board meeting is on February 19^th, 2025 at 7pm

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Learn what’s happening in the classroom at the start of the year

Welcome back!! Happy New Year!!! We hope everyone had a nice and relaxing break. At this time the teachers would like to thank everyone for all the very thoughtful gifts that we received.

All the children have been very busy working hard on their ABC projects.  The improvement in all children is just amazing.    

During December, we explored different holidays that people celebrate and had a lot of fun working on all our special activities and crafts.  We have been working away on our Alphabet crafts and talking about the sounds of different letters.  All the children have been enjoying doing all the arts. They are all very hands-on, which we love here in the classrooms. We are continuing with all the sensory play, and the children are loving it.

This month, we will be exploring winter and all the things we can enjoy during the winter.  We will continue with our letter activities.

New this year, we will also be introducing show-and-share Fridays for the children.  This will be a time for the children to bring in a special object from home that relates to what we have been talking about during the week.  

We will also be contacting all the parents who signed up for the progress report and setting up meetings to go over their child’s adjustments in the school setting.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.  The progress reports will be going home by the end of the week of Jan 17, 2025, and meetings set up for the following weeks.

We are looking for some empty baby food jars.  If anyone has any and would like to donate them, we will take them.  Thank you in advance.

As the weather starts to change, please review our sick policy and if your child is feeling under the weather please keep them home.  Please help us keep everyone safe and healthy.  If your child is going to be absent, please remember to call.  If we do not hear from you by 10 am we will call and check in.

Thank you to everyone who placed a MacMillan’s order for our fundraiser and supported our toy drive. 

As a reminder about our inclement weather policy, if the York region school buses are cancelled school will be closed on that day.  Notifications will go out via email and will be posted on our social media accounts.

Reminders:

• The school will be closed on Monday, February 17^th, 2025 for Family Day 
• Ensure your child has a pair of clean indoor shoes and a spill-proof water bottle labelled with their name
• An extra change of clothes, diapers, and wipes may be stored above your child’s cubby

Message from the Board:

Thank you to everyone who came out and helped with the setup for the holiday concert, the children all did an amazing job. Our next board meeting is on Jan. 22, 2025 at 7pm.

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Learn about what’s happening in the classroom in December.

Where did the Month of November go? This year seems to be flying by and we’re already in December.  All the children have been very busy working hard on their ABC projects.  The improvement in all children is just amazing.   

In November, we explored colours and numbers.  The children were all engaged and did amazing jobs learning their colours and the numbers representing, each in different ways and forms. We have been working away on our Alphabet crafts and talking about the sounds of various letters.  All the children have been enjoying doing all the arts. They are all very hands-on, which we love here in the classrooms. We are continuing with all the sensory play and the children are loving it.

In December, we will be learning about the different holidays that people celebrate.  We will be doing a lot of fun holiday crafts.  If there is a specific holiday that you and your family celebrate, please let us know and we can incorporate it into our learning activities.

The children will be busy working on special crafts and gifts over the next 3 weeks, so if a craft does not go home every day, please know that it is drying or still being worked on.

We are looking for some empty baby food jars.  If anyone has any and would like to donate them, we will take them.  Thank you in advance.

As the weather starts to change in December, please review our sick policy and if your child is feeling under the weather, please keep them home.  Please help us keep everyone safe and healthy.  If your child is going to be absent, please remember to call.  If we do not hear from you by 10 am we will call and check in.

Thank you to everyone who placed a MacMillan’s order for our fundraiser. Pick up date is Friday, December 13th, at noon.  Please note that the school cannot store items.

To give back to the community this year, we have partnered with the Stouffville Lions Club to take part in their annual Toy and Gift Card Drive! If you wish to take part in our community initiative this year, please bring a new and unused toy or gift card to the school by December 9th.

As a reminder about our inclement weather policy, if the York region school busses are cancelled school will be closed on that day.  Notifications will go out via email and will be posted on our social media accounts.

Upcoming Events:

• Holiday Concert: Thursday, December 19^th at 6:30 pm

Reminders:

• Last day of school for holiday break: Thursday, December 19^th
• The school will be closed from Friday, December 20 to Monday, January 6, 2025
• Please ensure that your child has a pair of clean indoor shoes and a spill-proof water bottle labelled with their name
• An extra change of clothes, diapers, and wipes may be stored above your child’s cubby
• MacMillan’s Delivery date: December 13^th.
• Toy Drive: Please help by bringing in a new unwrapped toy or gift card. Delivery date December 14th

Message from the Board:

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Santa Claus parade it was another successful year and a lot of fun.  Our next board meeting is Dec.18th at 7 PM. This meeting will be virtual.

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Learn what’s happening in the classroom this month

Where did the Month of October go? This year seems to be flying by.  I am happy to say that all the children have settled in so nicely and are all doing great.   

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our Boo-A-Gram fundraiser.  The children all had a great time trick-or-treating with their friends.

During October, we talked about Fall and the changes that fall brings followed by Halloween and Diwali.  We have been working away on our Alphabet crafts and talking about the sounds different letters make.  All the children have been enjoying doing all the arts. They are all very hands-on, which we love here in the classrooms. We have introduced many sensory activities for the children to engage in. They have all been loving it.  This is a great way to explore different materials and very educational as we have been doing our introduction to the new letters this way with either sand, sandpaper letters or playdough.

During the month of November, we will be learning about our colours. Numbers and talking about Remembrance Day.  There will be some messy crafts as the children love to paint so please if you have not sent in extra clothes please do so as the children sometimes do not like to be wet or dirty.

 As the weather starts to change, please review our sick policy and if your child is feeling under the weather please keep them home.  Please help us keep everyone safe and healthy.  If your child is going to be absent, please remember to call.  If we do not hear from you by 10 am we will call and check in.

Some exciting news for November is the Santa Claus Parade. The parade this year is on Saturday, November 30^th. This is always an exciting event for everyone, and we ask for all the help that parents can offer.  Our Committee Member Coordinator will be reaching out to those who signed up for the Santa Claus parade committee. If anyone has a truck and or trailer that we could use, please reach out and let us know.  Help us win First place again this year. Check out our gallery to see what we did last year!

We will be running our second fundraiser this month.  We will be doing McMillan’s please look out for the following email with the details and dates.

To give back to the community this year, we have partnered with the Stouffville Lions Club for their annual Toy and Gift Card Drive! If you wish to participate in our community initiative this year, please bring a new and unused toy or gift card to the school by December 9th.

Upcoming Events:

• Red Day November 11
• Picture day November 27 & 28
• Santa Claus Parade Saturday, November 30^th at 11 am

Reminders:

• Please ensure that your child has a pair of clean indoor shoes and a spill-proof water bottle labeled with their name
• An extra change of clothes, diapers, and wipes may be stored above your child’s cubby

Message from the Board:

We would like to thank everyone who came out to the parent meeting in September. If you were unable to attend, please reach out to us and we will send all information that was gone over.   The school is already hard at work planning valuable activities, engaging trips, important fundraising initiatives, and organizing the maintenance, and support of the school. 

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