NO green grass.
NO blue sky.
NO bare feet going by.
NO birds.
NO bees.
NO leaves on trees.
NO wonder they call it NOvember!!
HAPPY NOVEMBER!
We are zipping through Autumn pretty quickly! November is a very busy month with Fundraisers and Preschool get-togethers!
Please check your emails for notices that have been sent out and please, check your child's bulletin boards daily for new notices. We don't want you missing all the due dates coming up!!
Please check out what went on in the classrooms last month: read the blogs below!
Please check your emails for notices that have been sent out and please, check your child's bulletin boards daily for new notices. We don't want you missing all the due dates coming up!!
Please check out what went on in the classrooms last month: read the blogs below!
Important Dates
NOV 1 - PURDY'S CHOCOLATE FUNDRAISER BEGINS
NOV 6 - SCHOLASTIC ORDERS DUE
NOV 6 - SCHOLASTIC ORDERS DUE
NOV 7/8 - PHOTO DAYS (3s & 4s)
NOV 11 - REMEMBRANCE DAY - PRESCHOOL CLOSED
NOV 20 - PIZZA NIGHT & CAKE WALK - 5:30PM
NOV 24 - CHURCH FAMILY NIGHT - 5-6:30PM
NOV 26 - PURDY'S ORDERS DUE
DEC 11/12 - CHRISTMAS SERVICES (3s & 4s)
DEC 18/19/20 - CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTIES
DEC 20 - LAST DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS BREAK
JAN 6 - FIRST DAY BACK TO CLASSES
JAN 31 - STAFF PRO D DAY - PRESCHOOL CLOSED
DEC 11/12 - CHRISTMAS SERVICES (3s & 4s)
DEC 18/19/20 - CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTIES
DEC 20 - LAST DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS BREAK
JAN 6 - FIRST DAY BACK TO CLASSES
JAN 31 - STAFF PRO D DAY - PRESCHOOL CLOSED
Discovery Twos - Arsi, Danielle, Marjan, Vibha
Welcome to the Rainbow Room blog and
thanks for your time for reading this blog to get an idea of the activities and
other things that we do in the class.
We started this month with "The Leaves are Falling on the Ground" song during circle time with lots of
colourful scarf dancing. Such a beautiful dance it was. We decorated
the class with prints of leaves which was one of our art projects. The first Fall holiday was Thanksgiving and we made a beautiful painting with feathers. The children enjoyed using feathers as paintbrushes. After that, we went through the
pumpkin carving fun for Halloween. The children used their senses to touch, smell and
discover seeds and other stuff inside the pumpkin. 
We continued Halloween with decorating the room with lots of beautiful hanging
materials, which then became prettier with more of the children's artwork. They made a ghost
with shaving cream and used their fingers and hands for painting them. Also, the children made bats and pumpkins and we used blocks for painting pumpkins. During Circle Time, we read "Whooooo' s That?", a lift-the flap pumpkin fun book, and also "Halloween Treats", a touch and feel book.
We would like to thank all the parents who helped us for the Halloween parties. Our parties will always be
prettier and more fun with your help and efforts.
As usual, please come and talk to us if you have any comments or concerns. Thanks again for your time reading this blog.
Treehouse Classroom - Karen, Susan, Brita, Marjan, Carol
Welcome to the Treehouse room blog. Thank you for taking the time to
read and review our class highlights, activities and messages from teachers.
Before the hype of Halloween hit, the Treehouse room teachers decided to
make a fun day out of “crazy hair day”. The children came with some very
creative hairstyles, us teachers joined in on the fun too. Throughout the year
we will partake in fun and creative days that takes all of us out of the
typical daily routine. We will keep you posted on our next special event via
email.
Over the last month we have been able to take walking excursions during
our afternoon class. We are lucky to be located close to Edgemont Village as
well as calm roads to take a stroll. The lovely Fall weather has allowed us to
walk through our preschool neighbourhood to pick leaves and acknowledge the
changing colours. We were lucky enough to have a fun village visit this month.
The students and teachers ventured over to Edgemont Village to have a hot
chocolate at Delaney's, pick a small pumpkin from Columbus farm market and
collect stickers from BC playthings and the firefighters. This walkabout was
very fun for us all!
Elmer the Safety
Elephant joined us for a morning lesson this month. The children enjoyed
listening to him and his friend “Ruff” talk about the importance of road
safety. Elmer highlights safe crossings when on the road, wearing a helmet and
the different traffic light signals. At St. Catherine’s Preschool we feel
learning road safety is imperative to our students, especially now that we are
venturing into the neighbourhood for walks.
Team Clarke dropped
off pumpkins at the preschool for our Halloween festivities. We would like to
thank Team Clarke Real Estate for their generous contribution.
To end the blog post,
us Treehouse room teachers would like to take the time to go over a couple
housekeeping notes. First off, with many children staying all day, it is
important to pack a generous amount of food/snacks. We are finding many of the
children are running out of food at last snack. Please come and chat with us if
you have any questions. Secondly, we would like to thank all of the parents who
contributed to our Halloween parties. The parties would not be possible without
your help. The children always love party days and eating yummy food.
Thank you for taking
the time to read the blog and we hope you check back here next month!
Sunflower Classroom - Arsi, Danielle, Carol
It is hard to believe we have only been at school for 2
months…We have been so busy doing so many things.
For the Month of October, we started with Thanksgiving and what we are Thankful for. It was lots of fun
to hear each child show and share their ‘Tom Turkey” they made with their
families. There were some very interesting places the Turkey got to hide
in. We listened to the Story about ‘The
Little Old Lady who swallowed a Turkey’ & sang 5 Little Turkeys. We listened to a Felt story about Harvest
Time and talked about what we were Thankful for. We also played ‘pin’ the
feather on the Turkey. We painted with
corn, carrots potatoes & peppers and decorated Turkey’s.
We then moved onto Fall…and talked about all the beautiful
colours we could see on the trees and on the ground. We listened to the story
about why the leaves change colour. We
listened to a Felt story about a Scarecrow and sang 5 Black Crows and listened
to the story ‘Going on a Leaf Hunt’. We played games where we matched different
colour leaves or had to guess which leaves were missing. For art we made prints
with real leaves and used diffusing paper and water colour and watched the
colours red & yellow merge together to make orange. We also turned our home
corner into a pumpkin patch and collected our own ‘pumpkins’.
Of course it was now time for Halloween…We talked about how
we make pumpkins into Jack o Lanterns and we listened to the story about the
Pumpkin who didn’t want to be orange. We put our muscles to work and cut out
and decorated our own pumpkins. ‘We listened to the story “There was an old
Lady who swallowed a Bat’ and ‘Room on a Broom’. We played games with our 5
Witches and sung “The Spooky Hokey Pokey’. We laughed when we heard about the
Skeleton with the Hiccups and we also discovered a skeleton in our water
table. We used Q-tips to make our own
skeleton body and work out how many ribs we needed. We decorated Bats and glued our own Witches
together. We also had the opportunity to meet Elmer the Safety Elephant. On our
last day of the week we come to school in PJ’s and made Pumpkin
Pancakes…Yummy…Thanks to all the families who brought our yummy party food…it
was enjoyed by all!!
Just a reminder that it is getting chilly outside and we do play outside if it is not raining so please pack a warm jacket. Any questions, please feel free to ask us.
Music Program - Tiffany
Congratulations on a successful October, filled with many
tricks, musical treats and spooky surprises! In October, we danced to the
‘Halloween Stomp’ and sang like witches, ghosts and werewolves! We also used
shakers to get to know our body parts by, ‘Shaking our Skeleton Bones’. One of
our biggest achievements from October is learning the difference between
‘forte’ which is to sing or play loudly and ‘piano’ which is to sing or play
quietly. 
The children are singing loud and proud with confidence
and careful musical intention. As we continue to build our vocal technique, we
have also become more comfortable with the listening portion of creative music.
We are enhancing our ability to recognize different types of instruments by
listening and then guessing which one we are listening to. The music wall is a
great tool for instrument identification.
In October, we covered the instruments in the Keyboard
family and this month we are focusing on the string family. We enjoy listening
to the instruments on the music wall and we love to pretend we are playing;
Just like the real thing!
November brings excitement for the holidays as we prepare
for our annual Christmas Service. We will continue to experiment with various
instruments that resonate, such as the triangle and the hand bells. Our voices
resonate too! Stay tuned, as we add even more vocal texture to our toolbox, by
learning to sing ‘legato’ and ‘staccato’. Our upcoming Christmas Service is just
around the corner and we can’t wait to showcase all that we have learned. WE
LOVE TO SING!
Resource Office - Marion
I hope everyone had a good October. I was away in
Australia visiting my youngest son, Derek and his wife Gemma. They are
expecting their first baby in March. We had a great holiday, but it is
nice to be back home and see all the children and staff. I have been at
St. Catherine’s for 22 years and it is a very big part of my life. It was
so nice to see all the wonderful bulletin boards with all the amazing art
projects. I thought I would start this blog by describing two of our
classroom activities and what they bring to your child’s development.
DRAMATIC PLAY: We are:- We are sharing, taking
turns and cooperating
- Making sense of our
world
- Speaking and listening
- Problem solving
- Role playing
- Expressing our ideas
- Making connections to
our world
- Imagining and creating
- Understanding feelings.
ART ACTIVITIES: We are:
- Creating
- Expressing ourselves
- Exploring a variety of
media and textures
- Building self esteem
- Experimenting with
colour, line and shape
- Using the language of
artists
- Taking risks
- Using big and small
muscles
If you have any questions or concerns about your child
please speak to the teachers and/or drop by the office.
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