Aug.+30th

August 30, 2011 Good Afternoon, Pre-K have had a great start to their new year. We are slowly learning our morning routines, and the children are beginning to know each other. This week, teachers ask students to: **stand up, sit down, listen, help, clean, push their chair, line up, wash hands, say good morning, find their chair, find their bag, take their snack, change their shoes, play, join a game** **and share**, **point at something red, stop, jump, walk.** We sing ; **Good Morning, good morning and how do you do ?** The morning routines song: Sunday**, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.** Music: **If you’re happy and you know it…..** Counting: 1-5 Weather: sunny, cloudy, rainy day. Self management: **May I go to the toilet, please?**
 * Pre-K Newsletter vol.2 [[image:http://prekwis.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=94 width="200" height="94"]] **
 * Good morning, Good morning, I am fine, how are you….**
 * I need help, please!**
 * My name is….**

The returning students are very helpful to the new friends. We did not have any serious crying yet. Please be warned J that next week, when students realize they are going to leave mommy on a regular basis, some ‘disappointment cries’ may appear…. Then, let’s support our children and …..keep going as we did before the ‘disappointment phase’. Pre-K students start their day by lining up outside (8:20 a.m.). It is very good for their attention span if they have a chance to play outside before 8:20. There is always a teacher on duty (from 8:00- 8:20 a.m.) in the fenced area to supervise the students. Important Dates: AGENDA (an Overview) - Primary Years Programme ( Units of Inquiry, Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science - major focuses and classroom space - Assessment in Pre-K - Where we can find info about IB curriculum/workshop schedule/ - Ways of communicating parent-teacher (communication notebooks, Wikispace, Newsletter, personal contact, the school councellor) - Safety ( playground, indoors, classroom) - Accidents & medical issues (report, ambulance) - Teacher and assistant jobs/duties and parent supervisions(road skills) - Goodbye and Good morning procedures, daily timetable - Birthday parties - Health focus( balanced day, lunch and snack) - P.E. we change shoes and T-shirts - ESL – the objectives / homeworks J - After school care available : 14:40-16:15 since Monday, September 5, 2011 - Resources (sharing stationery) Indoor/outdoor shoes - cloakroom School bags- a shelf in the classroom (next to the wall hangers/ Water bottles – a shelf by the door Snack/lunch boxes – a shelf by the door Art bags – the wall hangers P.E. bags (sport shoes and T-shirts) – in a red container (under the school bag shelves) Thank You, Mrs.Kubak
 * 1) 1. Parent Evening September 6, 2011
 * 6:30 p.m.** – we meet at the Pre-K classroom and discuss the curriculum and Pre-K daily routines.
 * 7:00p.m**. – last questions J
 * 7:05 p.m.** – We all move to the GYM /downstairs/
 * 7:10- 8:00** – meet the specialist teachers /Art, Polish, Music, ESL, P.E./
 * 1) 2. School Things and where to find them