What does my Kindergarten Child need for the first week of school?

I've had a number of parents ask this question.  They don't need much.  But this is what they will need:

• a back back large enough to carry items (agenda, lunch, emergency clothes, newsletters, large library books)
• Emergency Clothes Kit (a plastic latching tub with their name on it that contains a pair of underwear or two, a pair of pants or two, a T-shirt and 2 pairs of socks.
• a pair of INDOOR shoes (running shoes that will be left at the school for the year. Please NO sandals, dress shoes, crocs or flip-flops. These need to be velcro running shoes so we can enjoy a safe run in the gym)
• a lunch bag or lunch box and re-usable water bottle and containers (we're trying to be a "GREEN" school and have litterless lunches). Please label your lunch box/bag and all reusable containers. 
• an enthusiasm and curiousity to meet new friends and learn new things.

Fine Motor - Tip of the Day

Tip of the Day for Fine Motor Skills:

Use a pair of tweezers to pick up cotton balls, buttons, pebbles, small beads and Lego Pieces. Kids can pretend to be a crane to pick them up from one pile or another. This is great in building muscles in the finger and pincer hold. This helps prepare them for using pencils, crayons, pencil-crayons and markers using the proper pincer and tripod hold (pincer with thumb and pointer finger, rest on the middle finger).

If you have the fuse bead art, you can us the tweezers to pick up the fuze beads and place them on the design plate.

Labels - A MUST in Kindergarten!

If you're starting to get your items together for "BACK TO SCHOOL" time, don't forget your labels. Labeling your child's items brought to school is a great way to make sure that they can be returned to them if they are misplaced. That way they can make it back home and do not become a permanent fixture on our "LOST AND FOUND" table.

What should I label?
- Indoor Shoes
- Outdoor Shoes
- Coats (all coats sent to school)
- Hats (winter and sun)
- Mittens
- Sweatshirts (these get taken off when a child is too hot, and are often discarded and misplaced).
- Emergency Clothes for your child's "Emergency Clothes Kit" (socks, underwear, pair of pants,T-Shirt)
- ALL lunch containers!!!!!!
- water bottles/juice containers
- Lunch bag
- Back pack

Did you know that Sir William Osler Public School has partnered with "Mabel's Labels" as a fundraising effort? You can purchase label items from "Mabel's Labels" and a portion will be donated to Sir William Osler Public School! I use these labels ALL the time on EVERYTHING. They are dishwasher and machine-wash/dryer safe. They last for years and make sure that your items can be returned to their owners. 

Here is the link to our Mabel's Labels fundraising site: http://swo.mabelslabels.com/

Welcome to Mrs. Melo

Mrs. Melo has joined our Osler family and will be stepping into the Early Learning Kindergarten Class with Mrs. Clarke as the Designated Early Childhood Educator (D.E.C.E.).  We welcome her with open arms and hope that she will feel like she's coming "home" to our wonderful community family.

Mrs. Melo is looking forward to being in the ELK classroom and can't wait to meet all the students and parents.