St. Ann’s School 

Pre-K Newsletter

January 2019

Happy New Year!!  We hope you all enjoyed your holiday and time off spent with family and friends.  We are all ready to start a new year of fun and learning in our Pre-K!

Our students learned so much about trees during our last study.  We are excited to be starting a new study this week where we will be learning all new vocabulary and skills through lessons and activities focusing on Clothes! What better time to start this study than during Winter when we need those hats, scarves and mittens!  In addition, we will be starting our “Zipper Club” soon and children who can independently zip their own coats get a special certificate to hang on the wall.

Reminders:
Please carefully check and mark down the following dates regarding our school schedule:

1/16 -        **NO SCHOOL**  —  UPK is CLOSED so the teachers may attend Professional          Development.  However, the rest of the school is open for all grades.

1/18 -        12:00 Dismissal for PreK3, K-8.  If you would like your child dismissed with the rest of the school please let us know, otherwise, we have regular 2:30 dismissal in UPK.

1/21 -        Martin Luther King, Jr.  Day - NO SCHOOL

1/27 -     Catholic School Week Begins.  There will be a variety of fun activities that UPK will be participating in during this week such as Career Day, Color Wars, Comfy Cozy Day and Parent Open House.  More details regarding these activities will be sent home soon.

 Please keep the following dates in mind to support St. Ann’s!! 

1/8 -         World’s Finest Chocolate Sale Begins!

1/17 -     Home School Association Meeting at 8 pm - All are welcome!!

Upcoming Themes:

Week of 1/2 -    What are the features of clothes?

Week of 1/7 -     How do we take care of our clothes?

Week of 1/14 -    Where do we get our clothes from?

Week of 1/21 -    How is cloth made?  How do people make clothes?

Week of 1/28 -     What special clothes do people wear for work?

Home Connection Activities:

Continue working on your weekly assignment in your notebooks!  Always remember to practice writing your name at the top of each page.  Please look over the informational sheet about our Clothing Study.  We will be starting a clothing collection for the classroom.  If you would like to send in some items (see the suggested list on the Clothing Study sheet) please remember to label your items so we may return them to you at the end of our our study.

***Save the Date***

We will be ending our Clothing study with our “Fabulous Pre-K Fashion Show” on Friday, February 8th at 9 am.  You won’t want to miss this awesome event when your child walks the runway at St. Ann’s!!!  In addition, Mrs. Ficchi is also inviting our Pre-K parents to spend some time on this morning touring our Kindergarten program before the Fashion Show begins.  More details will be sent home soon!!!