Kindergarten Weekly Newsletter

Week in Review: April 14-17

Forms that went home this week: o V Sound Connections sheet (white) o Earth Day note (pink) also attached to the end of this newsletter o Recycled treasure note (yellow) o Music Monday permission form (grey) What a busy week!!! Both groups spent time learning and exploring in the fort area outside. Students are learning to be aware and prepared when climbing, and its amazing to see the kids work cooperatively as a team! We started learning about seeds. Students showcased their prior knowledge in their discovery journal and asked some questions that will guide our learning. Everyone helped plant beans, flowers and carrots in Mrs. Burgess room. Ask us about the different environments we will be putting the plants in (i.e. sunny/dark spot, watered/dry). Students finished their bunny counting books and are ready to read these with their reading buddies and at home! We worked through 4 Easter themed math stations this week: Egg Hunt (to discover a number of objects inside), Pattern Block Bunnies (building with pattern blocks), Easter Shape Count (sorting shapes by colour and counting) and Worms in a Nest (fine motor activity). Ask your child to explain these stations to you! We have started doing SMART Sound Connections writing as of last week. Your child will bring them home each week. Ask them to tell you about their story using the sound of the week. In anticipation of Earth week, this weeks journal prompt was I can be an Earth friend by Ask your child how they decided they could help out. We finished sanding our walking sticks for our Earth Day walk to Rotary Park. Many of our students worked really hard on these and should be proud of their efforts! It was the Blue groups turn for an Easter egg hunt at Garden View Village this week. Check out our blog for more details and a few pictures! We worked on a group art project involving painted circles. All of the K students and many of our senior friends will have a circle to contribute to the art project.

Upcoming Week: April 21-25

Monday: No School (Easter Monday) Tuesday: Earth Day celebrations; Lights Out day; Return Green Poetry Duotang Wednesday: Red Group to Garden View Village; Bring a K item Thursday: Wacky Clothes Day, Hot Lunch Friday: Exchange Library and Home Reading books; Earth Day Walk wear green or brown! (details below)

Thank you! Ms. Scott and Mrs. Burgess

EARTH WEEK AT MARYSVILLE SCHOOL Dear Parents/Guardians, We are celebrating Earth Week at Marysville School the week of April 21-25th. Tuesday April 22nd all classes are participating in an Earth Day Activity Morning where the children will rotate with their buddy groups through eight educational Earth Day Activities. That afternoon the City of Kimberley has donated garbage bags and for part of the afternoon the children will participate in a school yard cleanup. Thursday April 24th-Date Change!! Wacky Clothing Day and Hot Lunch has been moved from Friday April 25th to Thursday April 24thas we are participating in an Earth Day Walk with Lindsay Park on Friday. Friday April 25th- All the students in the school are invited to participate in an Earth Day Walk and Garbage pick- up along the Rails to Trail to Rotary Park. Permission forms have been sent home. This is what the day will look like: 9:45-leaving the school and being bussed up to the top of the fertilizer/ dump road where the Rails to Trails can be accessed 10:00-Gathering in our Buddy Reading Groups to walk up the Rails to Trails to Rotary Park doing a trail cleanup along the way. Marlene Driscoll and Anna Keiver have provided walking sticks (which the students have been busy sanding and staining) to use on the walk. Thank you very much for these amazing walking sticks!!!

11:15- arrive at Rotary Park to have a picnic bag lunch with Lindsay Park School 12:30 bussed back to Marysville School **Lindsay Park School is walking from their school down to Rotary Park along the trails collecting garbage along the way as well. Both schools will meet at Rotary Park where we will have lunch together! Students will be bussed back to schools after lunch! Students are asked to dress in green and brown as an aerial photo is going to be taken with both schools. We ask that your child be appropriately dressed for the weather with good running shoes (No crocs, flip flops or dress shoes), a bag lunch, water, jacket, mitts or gloves if needed, and back pack. UPCOMING EVENTS: Wednesday April 30th Talent Show beginning at 12:45

Friday May 2nd- Piano recital beginning at 12:45