Hello Parents!
I had some great questions yesterday from some of our afternoon families. Take sometime to read these as they may be questions you have had. The questions posed were as follows:
1.) " Do you serve lunch for the students since the afternoon starts at 11:45am?" No, we do not serve lunch nor do we have a lunch time for the afternoon class. We do have SNACK and a drink for the afternoon classes around 1pm.
2.) "Do you have gym classes?" Yes we are starting gym classes! They will be twice a month for each class. They will be taught by me. I coached for many years and when I taught, as a classroom teacher, we were responsible for our own gym class activities. I do have experience with teaching Physical Education. For preschool, P.E is ALOT about refining the Gross Motor Skills and encouraging good sportsman-like conduct.
3.) "Can you publish your lesson plans so we know what you are doing?"
I am required by the state and the diocese to hand in weekly lesson plans for preschool to our headmaster, Mrs. Walsh. I use the State Early Childhood Standards to create the Literacy Stations and activities we do in class. I take these standards very seriously however, I will not publish the plans for every parent to see. I do publish a THEME CALENDAR, the DAILY/WEEKLY Schedule, and "SCOOP FROM SCHOOL" and post it outside the room. I feel this is allows you to see what we are doing each week.
4.)" Will you be doing field trips this year?" YES!!!! In fact the first one is coming up in a couple of weeks! We will be going to the Granville Apple Orchard during the week of our Apple Theme. We will be driving out to the Orchard and picking our own apples! Later on that week we will use some of these apples to make our own HOME Made APPLESAUCE! Yummo! An information sheet/permission slip will be sent with your child on the first day of school so be on the look for it.
GREAT Questions! Keep them coming and I will post a "FaQ" sheet for anymore of these great questions. God bless.
Mrs. Burd
