Dear Parents/Guardians of
1B,
Welcome to school! How exciting
that grade one has finally started and your child is here at KCS! I am thrilled to be here to teach your child,
and I really enjoyed our first week.
Here is some important information for you:
1
Check the parent
board by our classroom by the front door.
I will put notices, minor changes, requests and questions here, as well
as the most current calendar and newsletter.
2
Your child’s inside shoes (which will be worn inside
and during PE class) should stay at school.
Please make sure that each shoe is labeled.
3
Our weekly timetable
is basically set, barring any unforeseen changes. We will be physically active every day so
your child should wear shoes that are safe to run in. We have P.E. on Tuesdays and Fridays and
library on Mondays (books can be returned in class any day).
4
Please take note of the dress code. No elementary children are to be showing
exposed midriffs or underclothes or wearing halter tops or spaghetti straps.
5
Starting next week, your child is bringing home a CHASE folder every day. Please have your child review any work in
there, read the items in it and then return the folder to school every day, if
possible. If there are school-owned
materials or resources in the folder, please make sure your child can complete
them independently and then return the CHASE folder with the resources inside. Monthly homework calendars are extra and can
stay in the folder, on your fridge, or wherever. I always give a reward to students who return
the completed forms (if the goal is met) at the end of each month.
6
Your child will have three opportunities to eat each
day. Please ensure that you provide
him/her with a healthy snack and lunch that will provide positive fuel. Keep those sweet and salty snacks for special
treats at home. To promote self-care and
personal health behaviours, children are expected to clean their hands before
eating. We are a NUT-FREE school so please make sure that your child has no nut
products in their lunches or snacks. Do
not send bright purple or red drinks as they stain the carpet if spilled.
7
Important dates for September:
18th – is Back to School BBQ and Meet
the Teacher night, which begins at 5pm at the Gordon Campus on the field.
19st – No
School for students as it is a professional development day for staff
Keep us in your prayers as we establish our learning routines.
In His service,
Niki
Hildebrandt
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In social studies, we have been learning about ourselves and how we are each created differently by God and for God. Today we started to talk about how we can be friends to others and I brought out our newly minted class phone books! (Thank you to everyone who got an email or number for me to put into the book.) We discussed how we could talk to our friends on the phone and then practiced calling people (with an unplugged phone) while using our good manners. How fun to hear the kids starting with a greeting and then politely asking to speak to someone, next asking questions of their friend, followed by a polite closing. Hopefully, each of the kids will begin to develop positive phone skills. I mentioned to all of them that they may want to call someone to talk to on Friday (when it is a professional development day) or call to try to arrange a play date for that day. We'll see if any of them actually want to use their phone books!%2B-%2BVersion%2B2.JPG)
