Updates

=IMPORTANT UPDATES (permission forms, newsletters, general information...)=

- **Please remember to send in your registration forms for next year!**
 * March 8 -**We are about halfway through our "Je suis speciale" presentations. So far the students have been doing well, and they are learning important presentation techniques (facing the audience, using a strong clear voice, answering questions with detail, not monosyllabic - the audience is starting to as "why" questions rather than "do" questions. Ex:"Why do you like to dance?" rather than "Do you like to dance?"). This does not mean of course that it has been entirely easy, but they have done their best and gotten through with flying colours! Thank you to all the parents for supporting your children with creating their work, and for those who managed to take time from their always busy schedules (you are parents, after all :) you're always busy!) to come down for the presentations. Those are the seemingly small moments, but monumental for the children. They have all enjoyed the presentations, and have been forming even greater friendships as they find common interests and discover new ideas, books, shows, foods... We look forward to the next half of the presentations in great anticipation!
 * -** following spring break, the afternoon class will again be going to computers on day 2 and the morning class will stop going for a few cycles.


 * March 6 -** The Polar Pride Team is starting a penny drive, which by tomorrow, all our kindergarten students will have been told about. This is to help provide clean drinking water to people around the world. So far in 2 days, the morning class has collected over 700 pennies!! Bravo mes amis!


 * March 5 -** The students are starting to go outside during recess time. They have all reviewed the rules and the boundaries for where they can go, and until spring break, I will be outside with them if they need help. This will help them transition nicely to grade 1 recess processes.

-Next week students will be finishing their self-portraits....for when they are 100! This is a final activity from our 100 days of school.
 * March 1 -** Wow! What a great end to I love to read month. Our class did a great job participating in drop everything and read week, with trying to figure out our morning riddles, and with reading books to help fill our giant gumball machine on the wall (and the nice gumball treats in class at the end were an unexpected reward!). Way to go maternelle!

- Beginning Monday, March 4th, all kindergarteners will be starting to go out for recess. We will take the month of March as a time to learn the rules with Mme still being close at hand if there are any questions. Following spring break, they will go out with all the other students each day in preparation for grade 1! - February Scholastic order is in, and being sent home today.
 * February 28 -** Tomorrow is also pajama day at Bonnycastle. 1 Stuffed toy is also allowed.


 * February 23** - Do not forget that Friday March 1st is a hot lunch in kindergarten. We will eat at 11:00 and 12:45for the classes. The morning class will have to eat quickly to make it out at the end of the day!


 * February 22 -** Next scholastic order for March due March 21st.


 * February 22 -** HeHo! Bravo everyone for the great voyageur week! We had great fun making bannock, jambieres (with our reading buddies), having voyageur sing-alongs, and Lulu et le Matou concert. To end off the week, we had great voyageur centers with broom ball, tug or war, leg wrestling and arm wrestling, voyageur dancing, spoons music, hot chocolate and mural drawing, syrup on a stick with art work! It was a wonderful time, and most students managed to not lose all their belongings ;P After two very busy and festivity-filled weeks, next week will be a little quieter....Oh wait, no it won't, because our kindergarten 100 days is soon approaching, on February 28th!


 * February 21 -** Scholastic order for February sent in. New order forms will be sent out shortly.


 * February 15 -** After Valentine's day, we are all a little tired, but the love was in the air this week. Everyone made beautiful cards for family and friends, and put great care in their work. Bravo tout le monde! Have a good long week-end!


 * February 5 -** We are starting a "Je suis Speciale" unit for Social Studies. I will be sending the carton suitcases home with translations of what is needed. For the presentation day, we start first thing (8:50 am or 12:50 pm) if you want to attend. Feel free to email if you have any questions. We will be having 2 presentations for each class each week.


 * [[file:September Newsletter.pdf]], [[file:October Newsletter.pdf]], [[file:November Newsletter.pdf]], [[file:Newsletter January].pdf]]**
 * [[file:Bonnycastle Family Handbook.pdf]], [[file:Kindergarten Handbook.pdf]], [[file:Kindergarten Calendar.xlsx]]**
 * [[file:AM - S celebration sign-up.pdf]], [[file:PM - S celebration sign-up.pdf]]**
 * [[file:BO Assemblies Dates.pdf]],**
 * [[file:Volunteer Confidentiality Pledge.pdf]], [[file:PAC information sheet.pdf]]**

No School Days this year**... March 15 April 19 June 14 June 28 (Kindergarten reports go home June 25th)