Loose Parts Habitats

It was a creative Tuesday in Kindergarten. We used loose parts, plasticine, paper, and other things to build our animal habitats. We also went outside to play and enjoy the beautiful weather. We also had literacy centres where we played new games such as "alphabet slides and ladders", "kaboom!", and "roll it". We had fun snack and the afternoon students enjoyed a fun three little pigs reader's theatre performed by some grade 3/4 students. We also learned a new song called, "Going On A Community Walk." We used all the yogurt lids for our mini habitats- thank you to everyone who sent them in. Please continue sending us stuff for our upcoming ice cream store! 

- Ask your child what their current secret mission is. 
- Ask your child to describe what their habitats looked like. 
- Do not forget to complete home reading and read another book for 15 minutes. 
- Practice cutting shapes and other images from newspapers and flyers at home. 
- Fill out the "I Am Unique" questionnaire at home with your child and send it back to us by Monday, April 15. Please find a baby picture together as well and send it with the questionnaire as well. Thanks!

Please read carefully for important updates:
- We will be sending out an email about swimming later this week so please watch your emails. Thank you.

- We are going to be creating our very first Eric Harvie School ice cream parlour in Kindergarten. We are looking for things like empty and clean ice cream containers (pint sized) with the lid, old plastic spice jars, ice cream scoops, pompoms, and other relevant things. Please feel free to email us if you have anything else you would like to donate. 

- We sent home questionnaires about your child today. Please fill them out at home with your child and send it back to us by Monday, April 15. Please find a baby picture together as well and send it with the questionnaire. Your child will be sharing them with other students and we look forward to learning more about each child.

- We are beginning to collect writing tools in our classroom (highlighters, pens, mechanical pencils, markers, sharpies, all writing tool lids, etc.) to recycle them. Please feel free to send us any dried up or no longer useable writing tools you may have at home. Thank you. 

- A new sign up genius for upcoming swimming lessons [April 16, 17, 18, (Tuesday-Thursday) and 23, 24 (Tuesday- Wednesday)] has been created. You must have a valid police clearance done through our school. Please sign up using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0E4CA8A82CA2FF2-kindergarten

- PM Kindergarten students will be going on a community walk on Friday, April 12. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather with proper footwear. There is no school next Friday for PM Kindergarten. 

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Gymnastics

We started gymnastics in gym with Mr. Der today. We practiced safe ways of forward, backward, and sideways landing. The gym was set with benches and mats and we cannot wait to see what else we learn as EHS gymnastics progresses. We cut out printed pictures of our animals that we are researching and we glued them on the title pages of our research books. We also found interesting facts about our animals (bears, moose, wolves, owls) and wrote them down and drew a picture. Did you know that baby Grizzly bears/ cubs weigh the same as a can of pop? Did you know that owls are the strongest bird that can carry prey heavier for them? Both AM and PM classes were winners of EHS "We Are Canadian Kids" secret missions as the other pods had seen them completing their missions. We are very proud of ourselves and are now working on completing our second secret missions while also continuing to do our first. 

- Ask your child what their current secret mission is. 
- Ask your child what interesting facts (not regular facts) they learned about their animal today. 
- Do not forget to complete home reading and read another book for 15 minutes. 
- Practice cutting shapes and other images from newspapers and flyers at home. 
- Fill out the "I Am Unique" questionnaire at home with your child and send it back to us by Monday, April 15. Please find a baby picture together as well and send it with the questionnaire as well. Thanks!

Please read carefully for important updates:

- We are going to be creating our very first Eric Harvie School ice cream parlour in Kindergarten. We are looking for things like empty and clean ice cream containers (pint sized) with the lid, old plastic spice jars, ice cream scoops, pompoms, and other relevant things. Please feel free to email us if you have anything else you would like to donate. 

- We sent home questionnaires about your child today. Please fill them out at home with your child and send it back to us by Monday, April 15. Please find a baby picture together as well and send it with the questionnaire. Your child will be sharing them with other students and we look forward to learning more about each child.

- We are in URGENT need of plastic yogurt or sour cream lids for an upcoming exciting project. Please send us any extras you may have by Monday. We are looking for standard size lids so please see picture below for measurements. Thank you!

- We are beginning to collect writing tools in our classroom (highlighters, pens, mechanical pencils, markers, sharpies, all writing tool lids, etc.) to recycle them. Please feel free to send us any dried up or no longer useable writing tools you may have at home. Thank you. 

- A new sign up genius for upcoming swimming lessons [April 16, 17, 18, (Tuesday-Thursday) and 23, 24 (Tuesday- Wednesday)] has been created. You must have a valid police clearance done through our school. Please sign up using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0E4CA8A82CA2FF2-kindergarten

- PM Kindergarten students will be going on a community walk next Friday, April 12. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather with proper footwear. There is no school next Friday for PM Kindergarten. 

Community Walk

AM Kindergarten students had a great time with Mr. Der and Mr. Kelly. They drew moose in their visual journals and continued playing fun games with balls and pylons in the gym. We went on our community walk. We first stopped at Tipi Forest before heading to Cattail Pond and Waterfall Valley. We were excited to see many birds and other marks of animals, including nests and feathers. Thank you to all the parent volunteers who helped us out today. We appreciate you joining us this morning. 

Please read carefully for important updates:
- We are going to be creating our very first Eric Harvie School ice cream parlour in Kindergarten. We are looking for things like empty and clean ice cream containers (pint sized) with the lid, old plastic spice jars, ice cream scoops, pompoms, and other relevant things. Please feel free to email us if you have anything else you would like to donate. 

- We are in URGENT need of plastic yogurt or sour cream lids for an upcoming exciting project. Please send us any extras you may have by Monday. We are looking for standard size lids so please see picture below for measurements. Thank you!

- We are beginning to collect writing tools in our classroom (highlighters, pens, mechanical pencils, markers, sharpies, all writing tool lids, etc.) to recycle them. Please feel free to send us any dried up or no longer useable writing tools you may have at home. Thank you. 

- A new sign up genius for upcoming swimming lessons [April 16, 17, 18, (Tuesday-Thursday) and 23, 24 (Tuesday- Wednesday)] has been created. You must have a valid police clearance done through our school. Please sign up using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0E4CA8A82CA2FF2-kindergarten

- PM Kindergarten students will be going on a community walk next Friday, April 12. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather with proper footwear. There is no school next Friday for PM kindergarten. 

EHS Parents Night Out

Hello EHS Parents!

We will be having our first Parents Night Out coming up at the Last Straw. Book your babysitters and come out for some Tune Trivia with KISS Entertainment. There will be prizes, a 50/50 draw and food and drink specials. You can make your own team, or meet some new people and have a great time with them!

Sign up at the link below. $10/ online ticket. April 7th, 5:30-9:00pm. All proceeds go back to the school! Prospective parents, current parents, and friends are all welcome. Buy tickets from the convenience of your laptop/phone. Unfortunately, no payments at the office will be accepted. Here is the ticket link!

If you have any questions please email Julie at ehsspecialevents@gmail.com. 

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