Week of August 27-31, 2012

 
      Hi Everyone!

     I hope everyone had a fabulous first week! I know my kids did, playing with old friends and meeting new ones. Our family feels so lucky to be a part of such an amazing, versatile group of kids and parents---with one of the most patient and caring people on the planet as their Cottage teacher. So. Lucky. :)
     For this week (and on into next), Gateway will be participating in "Color Days" for the kindergarteners. It is a fun way to teach them about colors and it also promotes camaraderie and school spirit among the students. I have posted the letter sent out by the Kindergarten teachers at the end of this post.
     As for specials, I believe that this year things will be done a bit differently in order to allow the children to experience some of the specials more often. On days that would normally be PE or Music, the students will attend both, and Art will remain scheduled as in past years.

So, for this week:

Cottage 1 will have PE/Music on Tuesday, and Art on Wednesday
Cottage 2 will have PE/Music on Thursday, and Art on Friday

     Please be sure to send gym shoes with non-marking soles on PE days.

Hope you all have a fantastic week!

And just a reminder, there will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, September 3, OR Tuesday, September 4. Monday is Labor Day and Tuesday is Teacher Collaboration Day.

Here is the Color Days letter:


Dear Parents,
     Beginning Monday, August 27th, we will be having “Color
Days” in Kindergarten. We’d like the children to wear something
for each color we are learning about. Please do not go to any
expense to buy something for the color. A belt, scarf, ribbon,
piece of clothing or even a piece of colored paper pinned to
clothing will be adequate. The “Color Day” schedule will be:

RED- Monday, August 27th (No Cottage)
YELLOW – Tuesday, August 28th (Cottage 1)
BLUE – Wednesday, August 29th  (Cottage 1)
BROWN – Thursday, August 30th (Cottage 2)
ORANGE – Friday, August 31st   (Cottage 2)
PINK/PURPLE – Wednesday, September 5th (Cottage 1)
BLACK/WHITE – Thursday September 6th (Cottage 2)
GREEN – Friday, September 7th (Cottage 2)

THANKS !!!
KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS