Outdoor Kindergarten

The students were well-prepared to thrive outside in the cold last week, enjoying the novel beauty of a freezing river.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The week ahead: January 22-26

On cold outdoor days, you may wish to send a small cup or container for a shared hot drink like apple cider or herbal tea.

• Monday – at the park. A longer hike is planned. Please send backpack covers as we will bring our packs and eat on the trail.
• Tuesday – at the park. Feeding the birds with apple & seed treats.
• Wednesday – at FLE. Fun lunch (rescheduled).
• Thursday – at FLE. Home reading and library book exchange.
• LEAP Info Session 5:30 PM in the library. This session is for NEW families who have not yet attended an info session. Please spread the word to anyone you know who may be interested with children entering K-6 in 2024.
• Friday – at FLE. No walk is planned.

The year started off with just enough snow to build mini snow people. We are currently learning about 2D and 3D shapes in math through play and hands-on activities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cold snap is a great time to tell stories about animals that survive the cold.

The week ahead: January 15-19

• Monday – at the park. We will be walking directly to the shelter leaving at 8:30 AM. Late arrivals, please drive through the campsite to the McTavish Group Site. At the group site, we have a heated shelter and a fire pit.
• Tuesday – at the park. Same plan for walking immediately to the shelter. We have an interpreter from the Fraser River Discovery Centre coming to teach us about the river habitat.
• Wednesday – at FLE.
• Thursday – at FLE. Library and Home Reading Book Exchange. Crazy socks and hair day. Fun lunch.
• Friday – at FLE. No walk planned.

 

WE MAY GO FOR A WALK IF IT IS SAFE.

If it snows overnight, check the school district web page to confirm schools are open. We hope there is just enough to have fun playing in with our friends at school but not so much that it messes up our commutes!

 

 

 

Hopefully, see you all at school tomorrow!

With the New Year comes some new learning routines. We’ll begin our special helper sharing job “Guess my object” this week.

• Monday – at FLE.
• Tuesday – at the park.
• Wednesday – at FLE.
• Thursday – at FLE.
• Friday – at FLE. Watching the weather forecast as the planned walk will not take place if the temperature dips below about -6 C.

It’s always refreshing to learn from someone new, and this was our lucky week for that. We had two experts on Spotted Owls from the Northern Spotted Owl Breeding Program come and teach us, along with Small Eyes!

 

 

 

 

 

We also had LEPS come and teach about what actually happens to our waste products and what can we do to reduce, reuse and recycle properly.

 

 

 

The week ahead: Dec. 18-21

Historic Fort Langley ‘villagers’ (staff) have asked us to help them decorate Christmas trees inside the buildings at the Fort. We are supposed to sneak in and decorate without being spotted by the ‘Chief Trader’ who is feeling a little bit “Grinchy” this year. Can we complete our mission and maybe even help the Chief Trader to feel the Christmas spirit? I hope so! We will be walking to the Fort at 12:20, returning at the end of the day. Any parents who are available are welcome to join us.

• Monday – Christmas Store and walk to Historic Fort Langley
• Tuesday – Christmas Store
• Wednesday – Pancake Breakfast and community walk to hunt and tally decorations
• Thursday – Grinch day – craft and original animated show
• Friday – no school. Happy Holidays!

See you on January 8th (at Fort Langley Elementary)

 

Music teacher Mrs. Evans is always ready for a laugh. Even when preparing 300+ students for a concert!

The students’ ‘stained glass’ winter art projects look amazing!

One of our class teams won the Kindergarten division of the Principal’s Cup floor hockey tournament! Congratulations to all our great players and cheerers and a big thank you to the parent helpers! During the hockey games, teachers collaborated on creating materials for literacy activities. It’s ‘game on’ for learning letters and phonics!

The week ahead: December 11-15

A busy week ahead with learning about owls, being ‘waste-wise’, and Christmas concerts.

• Monday – at FLE. Spotted Owl presentation.
• Tuesday – at FLE. Concert Dress Rehearsal.
• Wednesday – at FLE. Fun lunch and Holiday Spirit Wear day.
• Thursday – at FLE. Please return all library books for winter hibernation. No book exchanges until January. Christmas concert 12:30 and 5:30 PM. We hope you can all attend!
• Friday – at FLE. LEPS Waste Warriors Presentation.
• Sunday – I hope to see some of you at the FLE night Giants Game

 

This week we’ll begin Christmas crafts and activities. We also get to participate in the Principal’s Cup Floor Hockey tournament. It should be a lot of fun!

We are at the school each day until January now. In January we’ll return to the same park we’ve been at.

December 4 to 8

• Monday – Principal’s cup. Report cards issued on MyEdBC.
• Tuesday – Principal’s cup
• Wednesday – Music, Fire Drill
• Thursday – Library, Principal’s cup
• Friday – Principal’s cup Final

I hoped to be recovered but I am still battling this bug. I hope to be back Tuesday as we had planned a marshmallow roast for the last park day until January.

Monday, Nov. 27 – at Fort Langley Elementary (K only)

Tuesday, Nov. 28 – hoping for the park! I will update by email.

Wednesday, Nov. 29 – at FLE

Thursday, Nov. 30 – at FLE

Friday, Dec. 1 – at FLE. Community Walk.

Students are sharing about their family traditions, like decorating cookies and having pizza night!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everyone enjoyed the hip hop dancing lessons, especially practicing their ‘stinky cheese face’.

The salmon program was rescheduled due to illness, so we look forward to more learning about them this week.

The week ahead: Nov. 20-24

• Monday – At the school. A TOC will be there to teach since I am sick.
• Tuesday – At the park.
• Wednesday – At FLE. Lockdown drill.
• Thursday – At FLE. Rainbow Day (we are all encouraged to wear colours of the rainbow). Fun lunch. Library.
• Friday – At FLE. No walk due to Salmon Forest workshop with LEPS.

 

I am so proud of my students’ respectful behaviour through the long assembly. A special recognition to Leon and Avery for placing our class wreath. Remembrance Day themes are a lot to process for young minds but important with all the conflicts that continue around the world today.

We sure had a lot of fun at Brae Island this week! I think we all will remember forever the close up experience with a huge chum salmon.

More learning and playing :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Learning about bats with Danielle from BC Bats.
• STEM play with sand and water.
• All aboard the pretend boat!
• Making 5 with nature materials.

The week ahead: Nov. 14-17

This week we begin a new round of sharing for ‘special helpers’. The theme is Family Traditions. When it is your child’s turn, they will bring home a reminder notice. Please help them prepare something to show and tell about a family tradition the next day – it could be Christmas-themed or something else. We will share on indoor and outdoor days. In the past, most students bring a drawing, small object, storybook, or photo to help them talk about their tradition. If you would like to join in to share food or anything else special and need a few days to plan ahead, please let me know and we will schedule a convenient day. We look forward to learning about each other’s culture and family traditions!

• Monday – holiday
• Tuesday – at the park. Salmon Forest program with Langley Environmental Partners Society. (cost included with the LEAP Academy Fee)
• Wednesday – At FLE. Jess Dance (hip hop workshop)
• Thursday – At FLE. Jess Dance and library book exchange.
• Friday – At FLE. Community Walk to look for lichen and other natural gifts from the wind storm.