Tuesday, September 1, 2015  

                                        
                    Vista Heights Kindergarten Blog 2015/16  

 I would like to welcome all students, parents and guardians to our Kindergarten Blog. Through out the year, this blog will be a source of communication between school and home. Information posted will explain some of the daily activities and concepts being highlighted in our Kindergarten Community. All learning tasks will be intentionally designed to establish an environment where students are engaged in meaningful experiences that are developmentally appropriate.  Students will be provided with opportunities to investigate, explore their curiosity and apply problem solving strategies.

The Kindergarten Program Provides a secure environment that encourages risk-taking and that leads students to value themselves as capable, competent learners and active citizens." (Kindergarten Program Statement 2008)                                                                                              

                                       

 Ask me about my day….

-Ask me to tell you the names of my friends

-What was my favourite learning task





We read,
 Ask me about this book...  Who was feeling scared and why?

Sarah, "Wake Up!"                                   Her pets are trying to wake her...

                                                             Ask me what I think she was feeling...

Sarah is taking her sweet time.... It's was her first day at school

  I wonder why is Sarah hiding...              All the students are waiting
      Ask me to tell you...

                                 Ask me who is Sarah?  We discussed that it is okay to be frightened..
                                                       Adults can also feel scared....    Read this to me and ask
                                me to tell you two (2) words that have the same meaning..
 Our virtue for September is 'Courtesy'. We read this book and talked about how we can share our learning tasks, display good manners..... ask me to tell you.

              We did our morning and afternoon message and introduced ourselves to each other

                                We told everyone our names.. and held our hands....   Guess what...
                                     We made a shape...       Ask me to tell you the name
                 Mandy said,"We made a circle." Aliyah said, "It looks like a moon."

A few ideas for bringing in healthy snacks. Thank you parents for sending in these!

                         Ask me to tell you if I can see any shapes...

                  

Today we practiced how to clean our space after we finish our snack..

                Thank you Joshua for being a good model.

- From September 1st - 4th, we have the Kindergarten students coming in for the morning at (8:50 - 11:00) or afternoon at (1:00 - 3:08).






-Please send a healthy snack 




- Please send in velcro indoor shoes.
 Thank you to those parents who have already sent them.

-Media Release Forms coming home today. Please sign and return at your earliest convenience.





-Kindergarten Folders coming home today. It is safe away to send forms and notices back and fro so nothing gets lost. When the folder comes home please make sure is returned the next day. 

-Check the Kindergarten blog daily to see some of the learning tasks, student participation, pictures and concepts.
                              Vista Heights Virtue for the month of September is courtesy
                  
           
Kaysan showed good manners by being polite to all his friends. He used please and thank you all afternoon.
Our principal Mrs. Traquair's Virtue Message: "Courtesy is being polite and having good manners.  It is a gracious way of speaking and acting which gives others a feeling of being valued and respected.  It is greeting others with respectful words or a smile.  Saying “Please”, “Thank you”, “Excuse me”, “Hello”, “Goodbye”, “You’re welcome”, shows people you respect them and care about them.  Courtesy is like a magnet.  It makes you attractive to others.  When you are courteous, you make requests instead of demands.   


-Click on our logo to go to our school website:    

-Vista Heights School blog:   http://www.vistaheightsschool.blogspot.ca/

-Please go through the Vista Heights School Handbook
http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b239/publications/pdf/Handbook%20Vista%20Heights%20School%202016.pdf

-If your child will be staying for lunch. Please click on the link below to fill in an online lunch supervision form
http://www.cbe.ab.ca/FormsManuals/K-6-Noon-Supervision-Registration-Form-2015-16.pdf




                                     Some of out Kindergarten routines and learning tasks..

           

         

              Ask me to point to the girls bathroom and the boys bathroom

                                      Ask me how do I know?

                                                          Ask me about this activity?

                          looking for our name tags                 pointing to the first letter in our name

                                   Sorting our names according to the first letter in our name

                      

                         indoor shoes are neatly line up       lined up after being outside on the
                                                                                          play equipment

                          

                   Displaying our virtue.... 'courtesy'  holding the door for all their peers.

                                         

                

                                       We take our out door shoes off

                

                             Sharing and being polite..... Ask me about my learning tasks

                        Ask me how we sit during our class meeting or listening to a story?

                 

                               Play dough                                       Reading corner

                             

                    

Some of us were a little tired and we decided to rest and that is what we do in Kindergarten!

                                              Building routines and practicing how to line up..

I hope all my students had a wonderful day! It was a pleasure meeting all my students and getting to know them.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to call the school (403-777-6000) or email me at almalik@cbe.ab.ca

I will be more than happy to assist you. I look forward to a great year of learning with my students!

Thank you,
Mrs. Malik