January 24-28 2022

 

Parents ,

This week we had a lot of fun learning, reading, and singing about Arctic animals.

We ended our special week with our teddy bears, building a cave and an arctic sensory table .

  I hope they had as much fun as Mrs. Morgan and I did. 

Beary Good Reads

Bear Cave 

We has so much fun building our bear cave together.

We had even more fun going in our bear cave!

Arctic Sensory Table 

Icebergs and snow

We loved exploring our Arctic habitat.  

Arctic Work time 

Sharing Bear math activity.

Arctic Animal Mystery Box

Felt  Artic Animal Habitat 

Polar Bear Habit 

Teddy Bear Poem and Song

Missing a Hat?

Reminders and Upcoming Dates 

Just a friendly reminder that we are a nut (peanut and tree) free floor.  I know that packing lunch every day can be a challenge so if you are in need of some lunch ideas please let me know.

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• Student Council will be selling Candy Grams.  $1 per gram - cash or check only.  Blank candy gram forms can be accessed here.  Sales end Thursday, 2/10.  Grams will be delivered on Monday, 2/14.  

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• Students will be allowed to wear free dress for Valentine’s Day on Monday 2/14.

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• Today is the last day to purchase Nothing Bundt cake! Buy here: https://www.holychildacademy.com/page.cfm?p=854  

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• Students in PreK, Kindergarten, and 7th grade are collecting food and gently used clothing for Murphy’s Giving Market in Upper Darby. All donations will be collected until Wednesday, February 23rd. See the Happenings for more details.

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• Looking ahead: there will be no school on Friday, February 18 (faculty in-service) or Monday, February 21 (Presidents’ Day).

January 18-21 2022

 

Twinkle, twinkle my little Stars!

How I wonder what you will become.

Martin Luther King Prayer Service

What is a Hero?

Who is your Hero?  

How does it feel when someone is kind to you?

How does it feel when someone is unkind to you?

How can we fix it if you were unkind?

Dr. King is a Hero because he wanted to create a more peaceful and loving world!

Matthew 22:36-39

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and Mind.  This is the first and most important commandment......."

Dr. King wanted us to have helpful hands to:

Love ,

Help ,

Give High fives,

To fix what is broken,

To build something new,

To hug,

To share!

New Additions to our class

I would like to introduce our new classroom fish.

Goldie

Orangey

Bob is so excited to have new friends to play with in their new Tank.

Stars 

This week we continued learning with and about stars.

Finn and Nasir are working on star sequencing.

Jane is using her fine motor skill to place felt stars on our star mat.

Ari is making constellations with our star peg board

Sophia and Ben are using our kaleidoscope to see millions of stars.

This is our special glow in the dark star box.

Snowflake Painting 

Reminders and Up coming Specials

• January is national star gazing month.

• This weekend the skies are supposed to be wonderful for star gazing.

• Next we will be exploring artic animals and bears.

• Friday, January 28th is bring you stuffed bear to school day

• for so "beary" good fun!

• Report cards will be sent home next week via email.

• Parent/teacher conferences are not mandatory at this time,

• but please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

• Looking ahead: there will be no school on

• Friday, February 18 (faculty in-service) or

• Monday, February 21 (Presidents’ Day).

January 10-14

 

Welcome Back 

Happy New Year!

Parents, I want to thank all of you again for making my Christmas extra special with all of your wonderful gifts.  I hope that everyone had a healthy and happy Christmas.

Back to School

Over the past two weeks we have taken the opportunity to review our classroom skills and routines so that we can prepare ourselves for new learning and new skills.

• Walking in a line
• Sitting and paying attention at circle time
• Follow our morning routine (hanging up our jackets, taking out our folders, and putting our snacks on the tray)
• Bathroom care
• How to carry a lesson 
• How to clean up a lesson
• Listening and follow one step directions.

Blessing of the Door 

In honor of the Feast of the Epiphany and the beginning of a new year, we blessed our classrooms, remembering the hospitality of the Holy Family to the three Wise Men and asking for protection and blessing on each classroom and all who learn in it. The blessing is done by writing on the door with chalk the symbols 20+C+M+B+22. The 20 and 22 represent the current year. The + reminds us of the cross of Jesus. The C, M, and B stand for the traditional names of the Wise Men, Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar, as well as an abbreviation for the Latin phrase “Christus mansionem benedicat” which means “Christ bless this place.” Students participated in the blessing by sprinkling holy water on the door and sharing a prayer of blessing together. 

Dr. Martin Luther King

This week we talked about Dr. Martin Luther King.

We talked about how much he loved the Lord and wanted to do his work.

We also talked about how he wanted everyone to get along and live in peace.

Happy Birthday Cornelia Connelly

Let Us Love One Another

 Let us love one another and pray

 Let us love one another and be faithful

 Let us love one another and be humble, 

Let us love one another and be filled with the charity of God

Let us love one another with God, in God, and for God

 And we shall thus be one with Him for all eternity.

 Amen “

Snow Sensory Fun

After a wonderful week of hard work, we ended our week by playing in the snow.  We even had some of our penguin friends join us.

Where does snow come from?

Is it hot or cold?

What happens to snow (snowmen) when it gets cold?

What colors are our penguins?

What do they like to eat?

Do penguins fly?

What do you like to do in the snow?

Reminders

Monday, January 17th

No School

Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday

Have a wonderful weekend💕