Oct. 23-27th Updates and Reminders

Dear K-PM Parents,

We are quickly approaching Halloween! Please help your child dress into their costume on Tuesday PM. They may also choose to get dressed in theme colors: orange, black, white and/or purple! We will have a parade of costume-assembly in the gym on Oct. 31st at about 1:05 pm! Feel free to join us in the gym!

On Monday, October 30th, we will be craving our class pumpkin. Please ”Dress for the Mess"! Our Library will be on Monday, as Mme Rochon was away on Friday. It is also our regular gym day - Day 3 - where the kids will have a chance to explore the ”Halloween Circuit"!

Many exciting events are happening to wrap up our month of October!

Please see the following photos of our weekly learning activities and of our newly organized and creative play centres: created by the talented morning K-AM/ F. I. Teacher: «Mme Mousseau»! 

A great big bouquet of appreciation to Madame Mousseau! Merci! 

    Our build a building centre!

        Great representation !

   Neatly stored blocks!

   However, one group decided to be extra creative 

    and build the Batmobile!

    Nuts and bolts matching centre!

   The ipad centre is always a popular one!

  Choosing between Français: songs, ...

    And Français videos!

   We have many choices...Time to change centre!

   Math and creativity...

   Team work!

   Creating shapes!

   Building mosaics!

  Discovering at the sand table!

  In social studies and Math...

  We created pattern trains representing 

   the number of people in our family.

  Then, we recreated the train onto the chart...

   To create a bar graph of our families!

  Bravo!  La Maternelle!

Merci!

Muriel 

Mme Nielsen

Weekly Updates

Dear K-PM Parents,

As I reflect upon our week at school, I realized that your children have been adjusting to routines for the last seven weeks!  They seem to be quite use to our daily routines and thus, more learning is taking place!

This week we had time to create beautiful fall leaves, using markers, white glue and Jello-powder or cristals. The final results are a blend of fall colours, leaves that are textured and feel like a sandy finish, and smell delightful!

Here are our art fall projects in progress: «L'automne »

In Social Studies, arts and science, we coloured our "Family Trees" by coloring on different surfaces to create a textured tree trunk!

On Thursday, we added our "leaves" for every member of our families!

We also worked/played in a variety of centres to develop our interests, our talents, our team work, our social skills, our problem solving skills and our fine motor skills too!

Merci and have a great weekend!

Muriel

❤️ Mme Nielsen

Weekly Updates and Reminders

Dear K-PM Parents,

I hope you're having a wonderful weekend despite the cooler weather upon us! We have had a short but busy week!  It was a pleasure meeting you during our Conférences on Tuesday and Thursday evening. From our conversations you have asked me for some ideas for French websites for kids. Therefore, listed below are a few links to some of our regularly visited sites for songs, nursery rhymes, etc...

1) Site : « Children’s Books Forever! »

http://www.childrensbooksforever.com/childrenpages/French.html 

2) Site : « ABRACADABRA »

https://grover.concordia.ca/abra/fr/

3) Site de livres et jeux : 

https://www.rtbf.be/ouftivi/

4) Site de livres : « Boukili » (ALso has free apps for iPads)

https://boukili.ca/fr

5) Site de livres et jeux : « Hello Kids »

http://fr.hellokids.com/r_19/jeux-en-ligne-gratuits

6) Site de livres, jeux, vidéos, par la Télé-Franco-ontarien : « TFO »

https://www.tfo.org/  (TFO - also has free apps in French for children!).

 Reminders:

* Monday, Oct. 16th - Day 5 - Music

* Tuesday, Oct. 17th - Day 6 - Gym

* Wednesday, Oct. 18th - Day 1 - Music

* Thursday, Oct. 19th - Day 2 - Library (Please return book by Thursday:)

* Friday, Oct. 20th - No school - Provincial MTS PD Day -

Here are a few photos of our weekly highlights:

And of our Math Centres: «Le nombre: 0, 1, 2, 3!»

Merci!

Have a great week!

Muriel

Mme Nielsen

Celebrations and Parties!

Dear K-PM Parents,

We have a few students celebrating their Birthday this month.  Therefore, I'd like to answer some FAQ/ Frequently Asked Questions!  If you'd like to bring something to eat and share on your child's birthday, please assure it is Peanut/Nut Free.  This can be brought in when your child arrives to school in the afternoon.  

Throughout the school year, we usually celebrate special occasions and we can get dressed in themed colours for these occasions, unless your child would prefer a costume on Halloween!

  This year we will have a class party on the following: 

1) Halloween - on Tuesday, October 31st / Color Theme: Black, Grey and/or Orange!

2) Winter Break - Friday, December 22nd / Color Theme: Blue, White, Red and/or Green!

3) Valentine's Day/ 100th Day @ School - Wednesday, February 14th / Color Theme: Red, Pink and/or Purple!

4) Summer / Year End/ Canada Day - Friday, June 22nd / Color Theme: Green & Yellow or Red & White!

We would need 2-3 volunteers per class party to bring one of the following snacks/treats:

               A) Crackers and cheese

                                                                                B) Fruits and/or Vegetables 

                                                                                C) Cupcakes or cookies

Please send me an email to let me know what date and snack you'd like to sign up for..

Thank you for your help in advance and Happy Thanksgiving!

Merci,

Muriel 

Mme Nielsen

mnielsen@pembinatrails.ca 

October News

Dear K-PM Parents,

This is a busy month with many Fall and Family activities planned! 

First of all I'd like to wish a special Birthday wish to two of our classmates:

Bonne Fête Preston!   ----  le 9 octobre!

Bonne Fête Julie!   -------- le 17 octobre!

In Français, we are learning Fall French vocabulary.  In Math, we will continue to count in French from 0-20, and learn about number value of: 0, 1, 2, and 3.  These concepts will be practiced in our Math centres, after the value of each is taught. 

Today in Science, we started a Fall leaf collection and examined the various colors so that we could use them in a special Art activity. We will be reviewing colors <<en Français>> and applying these words in a multitude of activities!  

In Social Studies, we will continue to learn to read one another's names, count the number of letters in each of our names and associate the photos with the names of each student, while reviewing our Bucket Filling skills!

PS...Please note the letter sent home for our Strong Beginning Conferences had the passcode on it.  However, if you no longer have the letter please feel free to phone the office to receive the passcode to enter the scheduling website for our Parent-Teacher evening on Tues. Oct.10th and Thurs. Oct. 12th. 

204-489-0995

Merci,

Muriel

Mme Nielsen