Tuesday May 20, 2014

Dear Parents,

Our school will be holding a Grade 1 Orientation for Kindergarten students starting Grade 1 in September 2014.  It will be held this Thursday, May 22nd at 6:00 p.m.  All Grade 1 teachers will be at this Orientation highlighting important information for a smooth transition to Grade 1.  We hope all of you can attend.

Beth Fisher our school community nurse came to visit us today.  She talked about our Pillar of Care for Self by giving us some great information on nutrition and helmet safety.  

Nutrition:

- Ask your child how big a serving size really is! (Believe it or not, it's only the size of your fist!).  

- We learned the 4 different food groups.  How many does your child remember?  

- We need 5 servings of fruits and vegetables (the most important), 4 servings of grains, 2 servings of dairy products and only 1 serving of meats/alternatives in a day.  

- There should always be "lots of colours on your plate."

- Ask your child what is the best drink to have (I'll give you a hint, our body is made up of approximately 70% of it...)

- We wear our helmet on "anything that makes you go faster than our feet."

- Ask your child why we need to wear a helmet.  Did you our skull is the thickness of  3 pennies!

- What does our skull protect?  We talked about how our brain is like our body's computer.  It helps us to breath and makes our heart beat without even thinking about it.

- A proper fit should (1) be snug on our head, (2) sit 2 fingers above our eyebrows, (3) fit 1 finger in the strap under our chin, and (4) make a "V" around our ears.  We use the saying "2-V-1"

- And did you know that helmets have an expiry date?  Check your helmets at home to see if they are still good!

Check out the Helmet Checklist and Canadian Food Guide that your child is bringing home this week.

This week we are focusing on the letter "Uu."  Vowels are fun with the two sounds, such as long letter 'u' in the word unicorn (it says its name) or short letter 'u' in the word umbrella.  Check out the crazy antics of the Storybots for more unbelievable "Uu" words!