Back to School

The kids came back to school well rested after their holiday (except for one or two of our more far ranging travelers, who were suffering from a bit of jet lag) and were excited to catch up with everyone that they hadn't seen in a while.

There were a few changes to our regular schedule in the first week back; we met our new music teacher, whose classes will be held on Monday instead of Tuesday, and I ran the P.E. lesson for the first time (homeroom teachers are taking P.E. classes for the rest of the year while we look for a new P.E. teacher).

We have made a bit of a start on our new unit, which is 'How We Express Ourselves'. We searched the library for books on art, music and dance. The kids chose a sing along Disney princess book, so we have be learning about rhymes from that.

We also realized, during morning circle time, that we needed a new calendar for 2019. Everyone wanted to make our own, so we voted on the pictures for each month and started colouring them with our paints. Whenever we paint these days, the kids are only given the primary colours, so they are getting very good at mixing their own greens, pinks, oranges, etc.

Next week we will start deciding what to do for our YEP performance and art display, make musical instruments to use in class and restart morning sharing time. We will also celebrate our January and December birthdays on Thursday.

Have a great long weekend. See you all on Tuesday!