Room 104 News. Issue 7
January 15th, 2016
Feeding the birds and decorating the observation window- Teamwork in action!
Room 104 News
Friday's pizza lunch went well. Thanks to the parent council for organizing it and raising funds for our school.
This week we finally got some lovely snow to look at and play in. We have been having lots of fun playing on sleds and making snow angels. We have also been celebrating winter by creating crafty snowmen (and developing fine motor control at the same time) learning a funny snowman poem and using chalk to draw winter trees.
This week we have been reading The Mitten and acting out the story. Ask your child to tell you about Nicky and his snow white mitten.
Information and Reminders!
- Scholastic orders were sent home on Friday, if you would like to order any books please send the order form and money to school by Monday, January 18th.
- Library books were exchanged today and sent home. The system is showing that some of the students have library books out and so they did not get a new book at this time. If your child does not have a book in his/her library bag you will find a small slip of paper that has the title of the missing book on it. Please look for the book and send it back to school as soon as possible so we can send a new book home next time.
- Poetry Folders come home every Friday, please have fun reading the poems/songs together. Make sure the folders come back to school in the mailbag on Monday so we can add the new page.
- Many of the children have the same or very similar clothing and they do not always know which items belong to them. This is taking up a lot of our time and causing some upset feelings. Please, please help us out by making sure that all removable clothing has your child's name written on the inside label. Thank you.
- PD day Friday, January 22nd. No school that day.
Outdoor fun
Our sign in graph shows that most of the class like the cold weather!
Taking turns pulling each other on the sleds
Show and Tell
For the month of January we are being detectives. On your child's special day they should choose something that can fit inside our Mystery Bag (a large brown paper bag). Think of some clues about the object and complete the form that we will send home. Then they will read the clues to the class and we will have 3 chances to guess what is in the bag.
Here are the special helpers for next week.
Monday: Elise and Thamiran
Tuesday: Josiah
Wednesday: Alexis
Thursday: Cindy
Friday: PA Day: no school today
Winter Clothes and Spare Clothing
Getting dressed and undressed takes quite a bit of time so it will really help us if your child is as independent as possible. Please talk to your child about putting their clothes on in the right order, some of them are trying to put snowpants on after their coats etc and this just does not work well :-).
A good order would be: 1. snowpants 2. coat 3. neck warmer and hat 4. boots 5. gloves/mittens.
This is also a good time to review the emergency clothes that are at school. Do they still fit and are they suitable for the season? Please make sure your child's spare clothes are in a sealed bag that is clearly labelled, large ziplocks bags work well.
Writing "Popcorn" words in sand
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Contact Us
Helen Le: ECE
Brian Chandrapal: EA
Mrs. Cariazo: Lunchroom Supervisor
Email: sonia.callea@tdsb.on.ca
Website: http://schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/joyce/Home.aspx
Location: 26 Joyce Parkway, North York, ON, Canada
Phone: 416-395-2600