Sunday, May 11, 2014

Newsletter - May 12th

Star Class News
Week of May 12th

Family Fun Night
We are having our final Family Fun Night of the school year on Friday, May 30, 5:30-7pm. We will have several hands-on math and science stations that are going to be a lot of fun! If you are planning on coming, please let us know. There is a sign-up sheet next to the sign-in clipboard by the classroom. Hope to see you there!

Summer Camp
Summer is coming, and we have two weeks of fun and activities planned for summer camp this year!
July 14-18 Dinosaurs OR Disney
July 21-25 Pirates and Princesses OR Lego

Summer camp runs from 9:00-12:00. A keepsake, fun snacks, and enjoyable activities are included in your tuition - $95.00 per child, or $175.00 for two siblings per week. There is is non-refundable materials fee of $25.00 per week per child, due at the time of registration that will be applied to your first week’s tuition. If you have any questions, please talk to Teacher Jo, Teacher Jaylene, or stop by the office to talk to Caroline. We would love to spend time playing and creating with your awesome kiddos this summer!

Star Class, Star Class Books
We are so excited to create our Star Class books! If you have signed up, but haven’t paid yet, please pay Teacher Jo or Teacher Jaylene $5 per book by May 16th so we have time to get the pictures developed. Thanks!

Volunteers Needed
We will need help assembling the Star Class, Star Class books on Thursday, May 29th and Friday May 30th. This will count towards your volunteer hours, needed by the end of the school year. If you can help, please let either Teacher Jo or Teacher Jaylene know. Thank you!

2014-2015
If you know of anyone that is looking for a preschool next year, we still have openings in some of our morning classes and afternoon classes. So please refer your friends!

Spring Assessments
This week we will be finishing up our Spring Assessments. Feel free to talk to us at any time if you have any questions or concerns, but the progress reports will be going home the end of this week.  

This week
All aboard! We are beginning our class-inspired train curriculum this week, with lots of fun projects, our favorite train books, and using our newly painted boxes that look like trains. We will be creating our own Name Trains, as well as counting trains and painting with trains. If anyone has any train books they would like to share, feel free to bring them in.

Word Wall
This week is our last letter of the alphabet! We will be introducing the letter S for Star and Summer.  Please have your child bring in items that start with the letter and put them in the pelican so we can share them at the end of the day. Next week, watch for a group of letters the kids can choose from for sharing, as we review the alphabet for the next four weeks.

Important dates and events

May 26th – Memorial Day/No School
May 30th – Family Fun Night (Math and Science Night)
June 7th – Playground Clean up 8:00-10:00
June 19th – End of Year All School Picnic

This weeks songs in the Star Class

The Wheels on the Train Sung to "The Wheels on the Bus"
The wheels on the train go clickity clack, clickity clack, clickity clack.
The wheels on the train go clickity clack,
All down the track.

The engine on the train goes chug, chug, chug.......
The smoke from the train goes puff, puff, puff……
The whistle on the train goes whoo, whoo, whoo…..
The conductor on the train goes “All aboard!”......
The people on the train rock side to side…….

Volunteer Opportunities
Recycling – 15 minutes
Washing toys – 30 minutes