{"id":20,"date":"2012-09-25T20:56:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T20:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qpps.ca\/newsletter\/?p=20"},"modified":"2013-03-01T04:45:52","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T04:45:52","slug":"20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qpps.ca\/newsletter\/20\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome! A Report from Our President
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Hi there! What a beautiful and warm September. My family is spending sunny weekends enjoying trips to playgrounds, waterparks and bike trails. I love all the brown, red, and yellow leaves that are falling. Of course, I join my kids crushing leaves as we walk, run, stroll or bike to school.<\/p>\n

I hope your Queens Park Preschool (QPP) experience is good so far. Students and parents in the four year old classes have settled back in. The three year old’s have completed their gradual entry and are now attending full-time two days a week.\u00a0 And a little feedback from my son \u2013 he loves his teachers, the sandbox and the water-tube-plaything.<\/p>\n

The freshness of the school has not yet worn off and some of you may still have some questions regarding your jobs, duty days, class activities, meetings and other preschool matters. Please do not hesitate to ask for help and information. The preschool website, www.qpps.ca<\/a>, has been refreshed, and provides updated information on our school. Even though you may not know us all yet, the Executive members are more than happy to help you out. And of course, your class reps and your teachers are a wealth of QPP knowledge.<\/p>\n

I sincerely welcome everyone to the Queens Park Preschool school term 2012-2013. We work as a team to provide an excellent preschool experience for our children. And as we work side by side, do not be surprised if you also pick up a few dear friends. After all, what cements a friendship better than cleaning sinks, cutting up carrots and wiping paint off the floor?<\/p>\n

Here’s to a great start!<\/p>\n

– Moira<\/em><\/p>\n

3-Year Old Class Information<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>Our first month has already gone by! The children have enjoyed exploring the different areas of the room and they are learning the routine. The duty children have also begun helping with their special jobs of spinning the Weather Wheel, ringing the \u201cClean-up \u201c instrument, and picking a song from the songbook.<\/p>\n

We have noticed that the children seem very interested in painting and in mixing. For the next few weeks we plan to explore this interest and paint with various tools and on different types of paper, wood, cardboard and natural objects (leaves, sticks, rocks). Please watch around the room for the children\u2019s creations and pictures of this process.<\/p>\n

Since the children have been so busy mixing \u201cyummy food\u201d, in the house area, we have decided to have make Friendship Vegetable Soup together on Thursday, October 18. We will be sending a note home closer to the date asking you to send a specific cut-up vegetable with your child to preschool. We will also be having a sign-up at the General Meeting for parents to bring bread\/crackers and cheese. If possible please join us on that day for a yummy soup snack (Siblings\/other special people are welcome too!) We will begin our snack time about 30 minutes before the end of class.<\/p>\n

Each month we will learn some new songs. One of the songs that we will be learning is \u201cFive Little Leaves\u201d.<\/p>\n

To help you sing along, here are the words:<\/p>\n

Five little leaves so bright and gay,<\/em>
\nWere dancing around a tree one day,<\/em>
\nWhen the wind came blowing through that town<\/em>
\n(Children Blow \u201cwhoo\u201d)<\/em>
\nOne little leaf came tumbling down!<\/em>
\nFour little leaves\u2026.three little leaves\u2026..two little leaves\u2026..one little leaf\u2026\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, October 30 we will have a Halloween Dress-up Day and Costume Parade. Your child can dress up in a costume if he\/she wishes, anything from a funny hat to a whole costume (please no swords\/guns). Please try to send you child in something that is not too hot for playing in. We will also have a costume parade and a special snack that day.<\/p>\n

We hope that you have a wonderful month\u2026\u2026Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n

Things to Remember:<\/h6>\n