The Last Week of School

* Monday: Please return all Dovercourt Play Day forms and fees.

* Tuesday: Dovercourt Play Day! Please send a drink as well as the regular snack and please dress your child for the weather. If it is raining we will go Thursday.

* Wednesday: Kindergarten Leaving Ceremony: 10 am for morning class, 2pm for afternoon class.

* Thursday: Last day of School! Please pop in and have a look at the lost and found box in our room if you haven't had a chance.

* Friday: PD day. No school for the children. Teachers have meetings and clean up classroom before   SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!!

          Have a wonderful summer, everyone, and thank you all for a great year.

Silent Tribute to the Retiring Mr. Davies

Mr. Davies is retiring and does not want any fuss made over this. We would like to respect this, but still honour him, so the idea has been put forward to have the whole school wear a tie to mark the occasion of his retirement. The date for the Tie Wearing is Tuesday, June 26th, which is also Play Day. I suggest we all wear a tie and I will have the class parade silently (!) past Mr. Davies' office before we go over to Dovercourt. Then we can put our ties safely in our backpacks and go and jump on the bouncy castle without risking any necks. Thank you again for your help with our end of year projects.

Change of Plans

Well, after much effort, Mrs. D'Angelo has managed to arrange a Play Day for all the kindergartens at Dovercourt. The catch is that it is on Tuesday, when we had planned our Leaving Ceremony. So if we can again be flexible, we can have our cake and eat it too. We can go to Dovercourt on Tuesday and have our Leaving Ceremony on Wednesday, June 27th. I apologize for the adjustments you will have to make and hope no one will miss out because of this. The forms for the Dovercourt Play Day are coming home today or tomorrow. Thank you again for all your help making the end of the year so special and exciting.

Volunteers for Gallery Trip

It might be a bit complicated, but we can include everyone who wishes to come with us. There may be some who drive and some who visit other parts of the gallery while the rest go on the guided tour, but with a little flexibility we can manage. The gallery guideline for parent volunteers on visits is a limit of five on the tour. This is because some rooms do not have enough space for large crowds without risking the safety of the paintings. There is no charge for admission for volunteers. If more than five parents would like to come on the trip they can still come, but won't be on the tour part of the visit. The morning class is sharing the bus with their reading buddy class, Mrs. Hill's class. In this case there will only be room on the bus for some volunteers. If you would like to volunteer in the morning and don't have access to a car that day, please let me know so I can give you priority on the bus. We can also organize some carpooling. In the afternoon we are the only class on the bus, so there will be room for everyone who comes. Thank you for your understanding!

Kindergarten Leaving Ceremony

Time is moving on and carrying our little Junior Kindergarteners downstream to their next class. Please come to celebrate their achievements so far at our Kindergarten Leaving Ceremony, Tuesday, June 26th. We will have the ceremony in our classroom, room 23. For the morning class we will begin at 10:15 am and for the afternoon class at 2:15 pm. Songs will be sung, a slide show may be shown and light refreshments will be served. Friends and relations welcome.

Send in your forms and fees NOW, please

Dear Parents;

   Please fill in the trip permission form and send in the fee ($8.00) now and send them in tomorrow. I need the form or I cannot take your child off school property. From my own experience it is easy to put the form aside for later and then forget. Please be extra-virtuous and send in those forms and fees right away! Thank you.

Field Trip!!!

Yes, we have buses and a guide booked and we are off to the National Gallery of Canada!! Forms will be coming home soon and need to be returned right away. We will also be looking for some volunteers, so here are the dates to plan for:

   Morning class:  Wednesday, June 20th
   Afternoon class: Friday, June 22nd.

It should be a great experience. We are doing a tour especially for Kindergarteners called My Gallery.

My Apologies!!!

Dear Parents of Afternoon Children;

  I apologize! I did not read the information about Yaki's visit carefully enough. He is only performing in the morning. If you are an afternoon parent and have sent in a loonie or twoonie, please send me a note and I will happily refund you your money. Thank you for your understanding. Sarah

Yaki is Coming!

Richard Bourbeau, aka Yaki, is coming to Broadview on Thursday, June 7th. He writes funny, educational songs in English and French that are easy for children to relate to. He will perform for the Kindergarten, Grade 1 and 2 classes. He does not charge a fee, but we are asking all students who are able to contribute a loonie or toonie to thank him for his performance. Kindly send in your donation by Wednesday, June 6th. Thank you!

Reminder about those T shirts (Sshhh!)

Please send in your dad's dark t shirt by Monday if you wish to make our secret surprise present. We have some nice black paper we can use if you prefer to receive a picture instead of wearable art. So far they are turning out really well. If it is a new shirt, please wash it first to make sure the paint will adhere well. I will wash the ones already sent in. Thank you for your help with our Father's Day present!