Recycling Days at MDE

Ready, Set, Recycle!

Tuesday's are Recycling Days at MDE! Bring along your bag of recyclables on Tuesday morning and drop off at the back of our school by the fence.  Be sure to send along a little note in the magic bag to let us know you recycled and we'll be sure to have all kinders participating entered into our school draw. Afternoon kinders can bring their recycling on Monday afternoons so they can be picked up on Tuesday morning. To find out what you can bag and drop off at the school, click the image to the left to go to the MMSB site.

We thank you for not only helping our environment, but supporting our school as well! If you have any questions, please let us know.

Kindergarten Busing Begins

Busing is always the one area that gives most headaches to parents and teachers and bus drivers!  We acknowledge this and apologize for the lack of specific information we are able to give you. Until exact numbers and addresses are analyzed by the bus company, it is impossible to determine exact times for the bus runs. Just have faith that after the first couple of days, a regular routine will be established and the times for drop off and pickup will be more consistent. 

On the first day of kindergarten we collected pick up and bus information for each child to determine who would be starting busing on Monday. We have a contracted bus company that provides busing for the students of Macdonald Drive Elementary School and on Friday afternoon, we forwarded the names and addresses to them.  We also have our bus tags ready at school for the children to wear when we put them on the bus at school. 

There are two different bus runs for the kindergarten classes - Early Morning/3:00 Bus and Lunchtime Bus. 

1. Early Morning/3:00 Bus Run : Three different buses transport the children to school for 8:30 a.m. and home at 3:00 p.m.  We call those Bus 11, Bus 12, and Bus 13.  YAll bus runs will begin at 8:20. Please note that these buses do not stop at each individual house.  They have designated areas where they stop.  We do not have those exact locations, however if you are unsure of where it may be, please contact the office and they will try to answer your specific questions. This early morning and end of day bus will have a mixture of students from Kindergarten - Grade 6.  Kindergarten children will be sat at the front of the bus unless they are travelling with older siblings and wish to sit with them.  When the buses arrive at MDE in the morning, a teacher will meet the bus and the children will be walked into kindergarten.  As well, all kindergarten children will be walked to the door of their bus at the end of the day.

2.  Lunchtime Bus Run : One bus will bring the morning kindergarten children home and pick up the afternoon kindergarten children.  The bus will leave the school at approximately 11:35 (however will likely be a little later the first few days).  We do not have specific details on the route this bus will take as the route has to be devised by the contractor based on the addresses we provided them.  We ask that parents be watching and waiting outside for the first day at 11:40.  You will be able to speak with the driver then to address any of your questions about this specific bus run. Because only kindergarten children are on this bus, the driver will try to stop at each individual house for the lunchtime kindergarten pickup and drop off. Please note there are some streets that do not provide enough room for the bus to turn, so the stop may be on the corner of your street. Again, if you have specific questions, please contact the office and they will try to find the answers for you.

We hope this helps...at least a little.  We thank you for your patience and cooperation as we get the bus system up and running!

September Calendars

Our calendars for September have been finalized and a paper copy will be sent home on Monday, September 8th.  To view the calendar online you can visit the following links:

Blue Group Calendar (AM Group) 

Red Group Calendar (PM Group) 

First Day Feelings

Hip, Hip Hooray!  We had our first day! We listened to the story The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn.  Chester felt nervous about his first day of school.  We talked about feelings and how we felt on our first day of school. Mrs. Fennemore felt excited to have all of her new friends together on the first day!

Here's what the kinders in our Blue Group said:

Brooklyn felt good.

Katherine felt excited.

Keysler felt pretty good.

Cameron felt nervous.

Mason felt good. 

Grayson felt really happy.

Carley felt excited.

Rida felt mad.

Andie felt good.

Joshua P. felt really, really mad.

Sophia felt happy. 

Matthew felt a little nervous.

Naomi felt really, really happy.

Tyler felt great.

Sonya felt nervous.

Omair felt really, really excited.

Here's what the kinders in our Red Group said:

Carleigh felt good.

Peyton felt excited 

Jackson felt good.

Joshua A. felt happy.

Nathan felt nervous.

Ethan felt excited.

Tiffany felt happy.

Kherington felt a little but nervous.

Zayde felt good.

Jordyn felt happy.

Brooklynn felt good.

Kaiden felt so excited.

Lucy felt great!

Kaziah felt very excited.

Elizabeth felt really excited.

It's Coming...

Grade One Day :: Red Group

Today was our Grade One Day! We came to school for the whole day!


We had no time to waste.  We went to grade one right away! We met all the grade ones and we met the teachers Ms. Vatcher and Ms. Whiffen! They read us a book named Pirate Pearl by Phoebe Gilman.

Then we learned about treasure maps. We colored our maps and made some spots that show where you have to look for a treasure.  We call them landmarks.



We had to stop our map making because we had a visitor.

Her name was Ms. Hickman and she talked to us about recycling, litter, composting, and ways to keep our earth healthy.  Today was World Environment Day! Did you know that?

We came back to our kindergarten classroom for our snack.  After snack we finished our treasure maps.  We crumpled them up into a pretend snowball and then we sprayed them with tea bag water to make them look old.

Then we got ready for lunch.

We went back to pod one to eat our lunch with the grade ones.  After lunch we went outside to play with all the boys and girls.  We had to be careful.  Only two friends had a boo boo but they were brave.

After playtime was over we went to gym and music class.

It was a fabulous day!

Kaelie loved hanging upside down on the climber!
Corinne liked sitting by herself for lunch because she was shy when she was sitting with the grade ones. She also liked watching Arthur at lunchtime.
Sophia liked hanging upside down with no hands on the climber.  Mrs. Fennemore says that is dangerous with a capital D!
Nathan liked having lunch with the grade ones.  But sadly he couldn't have school lunch like the grade ones.  Mrs. Fennemore says he will have to wait until he is a real grade one boy for that! He also liked it when he played tag with his friends.
Lily was a little nervous but she sucked it up and had fun after a little while. She liked it when she saw her friend Rigel from up her street.
Olivia liked having lunch with the grade one boys and girls.
Julianna liked going to gym best.
Michael liked playing Hide and Seek outside with his friend Noah.
Xavier liked it when he had snack with the grade ones.  He met his bus friend Nic in grade one.
Logan liked it when he saw his friend Nathan outside at lunchtime.
Angelina liked meeting a new friend in grade one.  Her name was Amelia.
Samantha liked going outside at lunch but she didn't like it when she was hurt.
Anya liked it when she played outside on the climber.
Elsa liked it when she hung upside on the climber and she also liked it when she spun on the climber.
Aiden liked it when he played outside.

Mrs. Fennemore said we had a great day!  We are ready for grade one!

Our Grade One Day :: Blue Group

 Today was our grade one day! We came to school for the full day!

We worked so hard. First, it was Bridget's birthday! We sang the birthday songs to her. Then, we picked the helper. Next, we practised our poems.  Finally, we went to visit grade one.

We sat with the grade ones and Ms. Vatcher and Ms. Mullins read us a story called The Balloon Tree by Phoebe Gilman.

We blew up balloons and stapled them to the wall to make our own Balloon Tree!

It was snack time so we came back to kindergarten for snack.

After snack we asked questions to the Student of the Week and then we made a story for the Student of the Week.

Finally it was lunch time! We went to the grade one classroom to eat our lunch. When we were finished, we went outside to play with the grade ones.

After lunch, we went to music class and then we went to gym class with the grade ones!

It was a lot of fun!

Riley liked playing outside the best.
Hannah liked all of it!
Lauren liked all of it the best and especially blowing up the balloons.  Some of the grade ones popped their balloons.
Jade loved all of it.
Kaleigh liked blowing up balloons.
Haroon liked playing in the gym the best. Red light and green light was awesome!
Leah liked all of it!
Gerard liked music class the best. He also liked going to grade one. 
Eva loved everything and loved it when her friends played with her.
Bridget liked all of it the best.
Jackson liked a little bit of the music but did not like gym all that much.
Isabella loved it when we went outside to play with our friends.
Rasil liked all of it the best.
Julia liked playing with her friend Malcolm.
Shelby loved all of it!
Elsa liked all of it too.

Mrs. Fennemore says we were fabulous grade one boys and girls.  We are ready for grade one!