Happy Hanukkah!

Today we talked about the Jewish celebration Hanukkah! We are creating special fabric menorahs to light up our classroom.  We hope you like the clips below as much as we did!
Happy Hanukkah!

It's Almost Booking Time :: Parent Teacher Interviews

Progress reports will be distributed to all students on Tuesday, December 1^st,  2015.   Parent/teacher interviews are scheduled for Thursday, December 3^rd, 2015  There will be no kindergarten classes on that day.

Again this year we will be booking appointments through the online booking system called OPTIS.  The website address is: 

http://www.parentinterviews.com/mde or you may access the program from our school website at: http://www.mde.K12.nf.ca

The system will be accessible for the scheduling of appointments on Thursday, November 26^th at 9 a.m. and will close on Wednesday, December 2^nd, 9 a.m.  Since this system operates on a first access basis, you are encouraged to make your appointment as early as possible.  First time users should log onto the system and create an account before November 26^th to avoid any delays and in case you should require assistance.

 

Instructions for using this system are as follows:

1.      Enter website address: http://www.parentinterviews.com/mde

2.      Click on the Optis link

3.      At the User Login Screen, click New Parents and select “click here” which will take you to the registration screen

4.      Follow on screen instructions (You may wish to keep a copy of your user name and password for future reference)

5.      When finished entering all required data, verify for accuracy and click “continue”

6.      Select “add a child” under Quick Links

7.      Follow instructions to add your child or children’s name. (You will be required to enter your child’s first name, then last name, once this has been completed select “continue”.

8.      Select an appointment time at the top of the page

9.      Select the box on the left side next to the name of the student you want to make the appointment for and select “continue”

10.  Select the appointment you would like to avail of.

11.  Select the teacher(s) you would like to see and select a time.

12.  If you have more than one child and would like to make another appointment, please repeat this process.

13.  When finished, Log off the Optis system by selecting “Log out” located on the right side of the screen.

If you experience any problems, please contact the school

All About The Letter Ll

We are letter Ll experts. 

Here's what we know that starts with Ll...

light-bulb, library, lollipop, love, leaves, Lucy, librarian, lie, lion, lasagna, lemon, loud, lizard, lips, lemon, Lalaloopsy.

Can you find something around you  that starts with Ll?  Please let us know.

Our Peace Story

Today we have been talking about Peace and Poppies.  We listened to this song and



we read The Peace Book by Todd Parr and decided to write our own story.

Peace is....

Peace is loving your whole family. (Sara)

Peace is not fighting. Peace is sharing. If someone didn't have a poppy and you had two you could give them one of yours.  (William)

Peace is making someone a card. (Sreya)

Peace is playing outside with friends. (Seth)

Peace is saying I love you. (Ayham)

Peace makes you happy. (Natasha)

Peace is sharing. (Aiden)

Peace is having a baby. (Erika)

Peace is loving Mikey my cat. (Ayden)

Peace is playing with my friend Grace.  (Audrey)

Peace is letting someone live with you if they don't have a house to live in. They can stay with you until they have enough money to get their house. (Leo)

Peace is making a new friend. (Anna)

Peace is playing with your baby brother (Grayson)

Peace is loving Murphy the cat at my nan's house. (Addison)

Peace is sharing a blanket with mom when I'm cold. (Miley)

Peace is reading books with my mommy. (Lucy)

Peace is watching over my cats and with my mom and dad. (Evie)

Peace is watching videos. (Liam)

Peace is having family and if you love them you can have friends everyday by traveling around the world. (Ciara)

Peace is trick or treating. (Haydn)

Peace is giving hugs to your family. (Grace)

Peace is loving my whole entire family and having family dinner at Boston Pizza (Logan).

Peace is loving kindergarten friends. (Jerry)

Peace is when Jessica drops me at kindergarten and picks me up . (Kingston)

Peace is eating dinner at Boston Pizza. (Brayden)

Peace is giving candy to everyone. (Charlotte)

Peace is watching my cats Rusty and Blue. (Jake)

Peace is making friends. (Siefaddeen)

Peace is going to the park with my mom. (Brooklynn)

Peace is loving my family, friends, and my cat.  (Maria)

Peace is being alone with your family and your cats. (Avery)

Peace is love. (Paul)

Peace is the park by the school. (Zachary)


What does Peace mean to you?

Our First Skating Day!

Hip Hip Hooray!  We did it...thanks to all the help from the grownups who were able to come to the arena today. All kinders had skates on and off in record speed! We can never thank you enough!

I have never been so proud of all the kinders. We had so many friends that put on skates for the first time only this morning. And they were so brave. Even with frequent falls and bumps they survived and all promise to come back and try again next week. I even have my helmet and skates ready to skate with the friends next week! I can't wait!

Happy Thanksgiving

Our Kinder Turkeys had a fun day celebrating with a parade of turkeys, sharing soup with Mme Duff-Keats friends, and making our very first movie of our Thanksgiving stories!
Our Blue Group Movie... Our Red Group Movie....
We hope you have a fun weekend with your families and friends!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We Are Thankful (Red Group)

Thanksgiving Celebrations are coming soon.  Today we read a story Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes.  We talked about all the things we are thankful for.

Liam is thankful for Thanksgiving.

Grace is thankful for her Mom and her sister and her Daddy.

Logan is thankful for his Nan and Christmas and Halloween.

Evie is thankful for her Mom and her Dad and her friend Kaziah.

Paul is thankful for Daddy and his sister.

Kingston is thankful for his mommy taking him to the park and reading him stories.

Zachary is thankful for playing at the big giant park.

Charlotte is thankful that her Poppy is going to pick her up at the bus today.

Brayden is thankful that his Mommy is taking him to his Nanny’s birthday.

Haydn is thankful for Halloween.

Avery is thankful that her Mommy and Daddy love her.

Ciara is thankful for her friends and her teachers and that they love her.

Siefaddeen is thankful for Eid.

Jerry is thankful for Halloween.

Brooklynn is thankful that her Mommy loves her.

Maria is thankful for her Nan and her Pop and her Mom and her Dad and her cat.

Jake is thankful for his brother helping him ride his dirt bike.

 Mrs. Fennemore is thankful for all her kindergarten friends. 

What are you thankful for?  We would like to hear from friends around the world! Leave a comment to let us know!

We Are Thankful (Blue Group)

Thanksgiving Celebrations are coming soon.  Today we read a story Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes.  We talked about all the things we are thankful for.

Grayson is thankful for smashers.

Lucy is thankful for having her mom and making puzzles with her mom.

Erika is thankful for doing crafts with her sister.

Audrey is thankful for getting lots of candy at Halloween.

Anna is thankful for her whole family.

William is thankful for having 2 costumes for Halloween.

Aiden is thankful for his hot wheels track that his mom gave him.

Ayham is thankful for his tree house.

Seth is thankful that all his friends came to his birthday.

Natasha is thankful for playing at the park with her sister and her friend Rida.

Sreya is thankful that her mom and dad are here.

Sara is thankful for Kathy taking her to the movies.

Leo is thankful for money so he can buy lots of things.

Addison is thankful for getting candy at Halloween.

Miley is thankful for playing cards with her mom.

Mrs. Fennemore is thankful for all her kindergarten friends. 

What are you thankful for?  We would like to hear from friends around the world! Leave a comment to let us know!

Letter Ss Detectives

We are having fun listening for sounds.  They are everywhere! We went outside to search for the letter Ss.  Here is what we found.

We found stairs, a slide, sand, a straw, sticks, Sreya,  Seth, and Sara.

 Here are some of our favorite songs about the letter Ss

What do you know that starts with an Ss sound?  Look around your house to see what you can find. Leave us a comment to let us know!

Celebrations

Today we met a new friend, Ruth.  She told us all about celebrations that were important to her.  She asked us about our favourite celebrations.  Here's what the kinderkids had to say:

Ayden likes to celebrate Valentine’s Day and Easter.
Addison likes to celebrate Christmas.

Grayson likes to celebrate birthdays.

Lucy likes to celebrate Valentine’s Day, Christmas and Easter.

Erika likes to celebrate when a new baby is born like Rachelle and when people get married.

Seth likes to celebrate Halloween, Easter Valentine’s Day and Christmas.

Sreya likes to celebrate Easter.

Ayham likes to celebrate Halloween.

Natasha likes to celebrate birthdays and Eid.

William likes to celebrate Halloween.

Audrey likes to celebrate Halloween and Christmas.

Miley likes to celebrate birthdays.

Aiden likes to celebrate Christmas, Halloween and Valentine’s Day.
Leo likes to celebrate Christmas and Easter.
Anna likes to celebrate Easter.
Grace likes to celebrate Christmas and Halloween.

Charlotte likes to celebrate Christmas and summer.
Ciara likes to celebrate her birthday because it is after Christmas.  She has cookies and plays hockey on her birthday.
Jake likes Halloween and Christmas and his birthday because he has a bouncy castle.
Haydn likes to celebrate Halloween.
Paul likes to celebrate Halloween and his birthday.
Brooklynn likes to celebrate Halloween and Christmas.
Liam likes to celebrate his birthday, Halloween and Christmas.
Charlotte likes to celebrate Halloween.
Jerry likes to celebrate Halloween, Christmas and birthdays.
Evie's favourite celebration is Halloween, Christmas and birthdays.
Logan likes to celebrate Christmas, Halloween, Easter, and his dad's birthday.
Avery likes to celebrate Mother's Day, Valentine's Day and Christmas.
Maria likes to celebrate Mother's Day, Leprechaun Day, Christmas, Halloween, and Valentine's Day.
Kingston likes to celebrate Halloween and Christmas.
Brayden likes to celebrate his daddy's birthday.
Zachary likes to celebrate Christmas at the supermarket.

 

What do you like to celebrate with your family?  We would love for you to tell us!

 

Scholastic Book Clubs

Our September Scholastic Book Club flyers have been sent home.  Each month you will have the opportunity to order books for your child.  After we sent home the flyer, we realized that Scholastic is
offering a new payment option this year.  For anyone who may be interested in making a payment online, please click on the image below to find out how it works!

It's Almost Time...

We're Ready For Grade One!

Today was our Grade One Day!  We came to school for the whole day just like we will do everyday in Grade One! 

We had a lot of fun.  Here's what we liked best:

Sonya liked all of it!
Sophie liked eating lunch in grade one.
Cameron liked making pictures for our windows so the birds won't bump into the windows.
Omair liked playing outside.
Carley liked all of it!
Tarek liked everything!
Naomi liked making art for the birds.
Gulharam liked doing the opening activities on the smartboard in grade one.
Grayson liked having lunch with the grade ones.
Katherine liked eating lunch in grade one.
Alejandra liked the story about the bird hitting the window.
Brooklyn liked reading books with our grade one buddies.
Tyler liked all of it!
Andie liked going outside to play.
Rida did not have a favourite part .
Mason liked all of it!
Keysler liked when he did something funny to his buddy .
Joshua liked going outside to play with his buddy.
Matthew liked going to music with the grade one boys and girls.

We are ready for grade one!

We're Ready For Grade One!

Today was our Grade One Day!  We came to school for the whole day just like we will do everyday in Grade One! 

We had a lot of fun.  Here's what we liked best:

Sonya liked all of it!
Sophie liked eating lunch in grade one.
Cameron liked making pictures for our windows so the birds won't bump into the windows.
Omair liked playing outside.
Carley liked all of it!
Tarek liked everything!
Naomi liked making art for the birds.
Gulharam liked doing the opening activities on the smartboard in grade one.
Grayson liked having lunch with the grade ones.
Katherine liked eating lunch in grade one.
Alejandra liked the story about the bird hitting the window.
Brooklyn liked reading books with our grade one buddies.
Tyler liked all of it!
Andie liked going outside to play.
Rida did not have a favourite part .
Mason liked all of it!
Keysler liked when he did something funny to his buddy .
Joshua liked going outside to play with his buddy.
Matthew liked going to music with the grade one boys and girls.

We are ready for grade one!

Have you heard?

We are preparing for our end of the year celebration! Here are some of the songs we are working on. Can you guess what our concert may be about?

Important Dates for Upcoming Events

As we near the end of the school year there are a number of dates coming that bring changes to our regular routine. Please make note of the following schedule changes/special activities:

May 18th School Closed due to Victoria Day Holiday
May 19th All attend AM Session for viewing of Primary Spring Concert. Please note the kinderkids are not performing.
May 20th All attend AM Session for viewing of Elementary Spring Musical. Please note the kinderkids are not performing.
May 22nd No Kindergarten Classes due to KinderStart
May 30th Spring Fair/Carnival 9:00 – 12:00 :: It is going to be a fun filled day for all families! We are currently accepting donations of prizes
June 3rd All attend AM Session :: Opera Road Show
June 8th All attend AM Field Trip to Lester's Farm
June 10th Grade One Day (Blue Group) – There will be no classes for the Red Group as the BlueGroup will stay in school all day (8:45 – 3:00) – more details to follow
June 11th Grade One Day (Red Group) – There will be no classes for the Blue Group as the Red Group will stay in school all day (8:45 – 3:00) – more details to follow
June 18th All attend AM Session for Primary Sports Day
June 23rd All attend PM Session for Kindergarten Year End Celebration – more details to follow
June 25th All attend AM Session :: Last Day of Kindergarten

 As always, if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to let us know ☺ .

Kinder Reader

One of our kinderkids was excited to show us that he could read our new May Poem all by himself.  Great job O.

Student of the Week :: Tiffany

Hip Hip Hooray for a new Student of the Week!  Tiffany answered lots of questions about her favourites today and we made this word art to share with you.  What does it tell you about Tiffany?  Be sure to let us know what you see!

Student of the Week :: Kherington

Look  what we found out about our Student of the Week Kherington!  She sure has a lot of favourites.  Be sure to let us know what you learned about her!

Student of the Week :: Jordyn

Congratulations Jordyn on being this weeks Student of the Week!  We loved finding out about your favourites! Great job!

 

Student of the Week :: Zayde

Congratulations to Zayde on being our Student of the Week!  Have a look at some of his favourites he told us about!  Great job Zayde!

 

We Can Help The Earth

Happy Earth Day! We are learning what it means to go green!  We will always try to be a friend to the Earth.

Grayson will put recycling in the recycle box.
If Brooklyn sees a piece of garbage on the ground she will always pick it up.
Omair  will save water by turning off the sink when he is done.
Gulharam will take a short shower not a long one to save water.
Sonya will help plants grow so the air will be good.
Joshua P. will always put things away when he is finished using it so his mom won't have to pick it up and the Earth won't be so heavy.
If Naomi sees a light on that she doesn't need, she will always turn it off.
Cameron will turn off the light when he doesn't need it and turn  on the light when he needs it.
Carley will clean up the Earth.  If she sees something on the ground and it goes in the garbage she'll put it in the garbage.
Tyler says if the plants need some water he'll give them water so they won't dry up and die.
Matthew will save enough water for the world by taking a short shower.
Sophie will clean up the garbage.
Mason will not cut down trees.
Keysler will help save enough electricity and water for the world.
Tarek will clean up his garbage when it's at the ground.
Tiffany says the Earth needs to be clean. She will clean up the garbage.
Elizabeth says she will water the plants to make the Earth pretty.
Liam says plants help the Earth.
Kaiden says he can pick up the trash that is outside his moms house.
Jordyn says she will recycle her juice boxes to help the Earth.
Yaman says you could see the Earth from outer space.
Ethan says he will try to not use his car too much. He will use his feet to go around. It will make the air too dirty if he uses his car too much.
Jackson will save the trees so the birds can live there.
Zayde will pick up all the litter to keep the Earth clean.
Michael will clean the snow. Sometimes snow is cold.
Kaziah says she will protect the animals. Some animals help flowers. Bumblebees take the pollen from one flower and move it to another.
Kherington says she will water the plants so we have clean air.
Lucy says she will grow flowers so bees can make honey for their babies and flowers help that.
Nathan will save power.  If you leave everything on it will burn out all the power.
Joshua A. will give the birds a house to live in.

What will you do to help the Earth?

Student of the Week :: Lucy

Hip Hip Hooray for a new Student of the Week!  Lucy answered lots of questions about her favourites today and we made this word art to share with you.  What does it tell you about Lucy?  Be sure to let us know what you see!

Student of the Week :: Jackson

Hip Hip Hooray for a new Student of the Week!  Jackson answered lots of questions about his favourites today and we made this word art to share with you.  What does it tell you about him?  Be sure to let us know what you see!

Student of the Week :: Tyler

Hip Hip Hooray for a new Student of the Week!  Tyler answered lots of questions about his favourites today and we made this word art to share with you.  What does it tell you about Tyler?  Be sure to let us know what you see!

Student of the Week :: Yaman

Hip Hip Hooray for a new Student of the Week!  Yaman answered lots of questions about his favourites today and we made this word art to share with you.  What does it tell you about him?  Be sure to let us know what you see!