Week of December 3rd

Happy December!  The time is flying by so fast!  It's hard to believe that we are only 22 days away from Christmas. This morning, the students were very excited by our surprise visit from Sparkles the elf.  We had a chat about all our elves at home and the funny things they do!  Sparkles left a note saying that he is very excited to see the children working hard and being kind to all.

Last week, a note was sent home regarding the collection of items for our Christmas hampers.  Our class was asked to bring in razors and one adult toothbrush per student.  If you would like to participate in this wonderful project, please send in the  items with your child.  We will be collecting these items from December 3rd until the 12th. Thank you so much for your generosity.

We will be taking a break from our letter and word of the week to focus on our singing practice for our upcoming Christmas concert.  The concert will take place on Friday, December 14th at 2 pm.  We hope you can all join us.  Please send the form back indicating how many people will be attending.

Today we talked about Advent and why exactly we celebrate Advent.  We put the purple candle of promise on our Advent wreath and talked about who's birth we are waiting patiently to celebrate on December 25th.

Reminders:

Please send in extra socks and pants for your child.  With this wet weather, the children are getting lots of soakers during recess.

Here are some pictures from today: