We Scare Hunger Project

Happy Halloween!

Did you know that 1 in 5 parents said they have skipped meals to ensure there was enough food to feed their children? And that in 2012, 14% of food banks ran out of food making them powerless to support families who simply didn't have enough to feed their families?

This fall at Broadview the H.E.L.P club is holding a Hallowe'en themed food drive to support our local Ottawa food bank. The collection of non-perishable food items will run from Oct.27th until Oct. 31st. All items can be sent to school with your child. Items in high demand are listed below.

Thanks for your support!

The HELP club, Mlle Amanda and Mme Jennifer et Mlle Coughtrey!

We Scare Hunger is back the HELP club has sent home orange notes about our campaign.

We Scare Hunger is a non-perishable item drive that runs the week of October 27th - 31st in support of the Ottawa Food Bank

The Help Club has organized a competition for The Kindergartens, Primaries and Juniors. The Super Cans are back but this time there is a spooky surprise prize inside for the winning classes.

Here are some videos you might like to see:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=80aVBx5d93A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TySrpYqNzFE&feature=player_embedded 

FYI The Most needed items are:Canned Fish, Meat & Stews
Canned Vegetables & Fruit
Cereal [Whole Grains]
Cooking Oil
Dry Pasta & Sauce
Baby Diapers
Baby Formula
Household Products
Juice [Boxes or Cans]
Legumes [Canned or Dried]
Peanut Butter
Personal Hygiene Products
Rice
Snacks [Think Nutritious!]
Soup

Thanks in Advance for your support of this campaign,

Be a  Hero and Help Hunger disappear,  the Super Cans await you,

Keeping Safe in Room 23

As you know, we had a secure classroom for most of the day yesterday. We stayed in our room and locked the door. While we were inside the children had extra time to play at the centres and then a little dance party to enjoy some of their energy. We had lunch and a few calm videos like Little Bear and then more centre time . When the all-clear was sounded we went outside and had an hour of playtime in the lovely warm afternoon. Then we came in and had dismissal time. We did not talk about the events happening downtown at all with the children. That discussion, if it needs to happen, should be with the parents. If we have any questions from the children today we will reassure them that they are safe and let parents know individually if there are any who seem very distressed. We plan to have a regular day and keep things calm and predictable for them. If you have any questions, please contact me through the school or by email. Thanks.

Hallowe'en Plans

Friday, October 31st  is our Hallowe'en party day. The children can wear their costumes to school. Masks and weapons should stay at home. If the costume is very warm, your child will need some other clothes to change into when they get too hot. They can also choose to wear orange and black or just a funny hat! Our party will include making a special craft, a costume parade to the office and back and a spooky song with ghost puppets. The class will also be part of the Hallowe'en assembly that Mrs. Bricker is holding, and hear some more great music. After the assembly we will change out of our costumes and pack them safely in backpacks so they get home safely. Please send regular clothes with your child on Friday. They could be orange and black!

I hope you will have a wonderful time trick or treating! We will talk about your adventures on Monday. We will also learn about the Mexican Day of the Dead, which is the day after Hallowe'en. The fun continues!

             

Patterns, Patterns, Patterns!

Our focus the first weeks was on building up a sense of belonging in our class, how to choose and make friends and on how to go to school. We began with the question of how to make and be friends. Our focus now is on Patterns. This will help to structure their thinking and give them a framework for many of the other concepts we will cover this year. We will be learning that anything that happens over and over is a pattern. We  will look at visual patterns such as stripes and spots and talk about rhyming words and repeated words in books and how they are a pattern. We will sing a song with a repeated pattern and will also do many musical rhythms. We are also learning that the days have a pattern and the seasons have a pattern. We will be creating lots of patterns in our crafts. If you have a chance to point out or find patterns with your child during the day, that will reinforce the concepts for them. It could be visual patterns, or rhymes in their books or other repeated things. Also, with all the topics this year your child is very welcome to bring in books from home on the subject to share with the class. (Please make sure his or her name is on the books, of course.) At the end of the unit we will have a Pattern Party where they can wear as many different patterned clothes as possible. It is a great unit and we will have a lot of fun with it.

More Socks also, please!

As many children are enjoying exploration of the water and mud features which nature has provided for our play yard, splash pants, boots and EXTRA SOCKS are a good idea. Please send some in. WE will send you back the wet muddy ones. You're welcome.

Snacks and Lunches

It's a long day in Room 23 when you are three or four. To keep up our energy, we refuel often. We have a morning snack, lunch and then an afternoon snack every day. The children are usually pretty hungry for morning snack and we have to remind them to only have one thing so they will have enough to last the day. For most children it would be good to have a few things for morning snack, lots for lunch and one or two again for the afternoon. We help them to find their snack foods and to space out their food through the day. It would help them if they had lots of choices, whether they end up eating them all or not. It's good to have a variety of choices for them. That way they will at least eat and be full. We are encouraging them to eat a protein or a fruit/veg or both for their first snack. They need another protein and some fruit and veg for their lunch and then for their last snack we encourage them to finish whatever is still in their lunch bag. We are seeing all kinds of creative lunches coming in; wraps, boiled eggs, soups, pastas, little pots of lunch meats, cheese squares, sandwiches cut with cookie cutter shapes, celery with wow butter and raisins, little jars of seeds. We know it's a challenge packing lunches every day, so we wanted to let you know how much they help the children's day. Thanks for all your hard work!

Red, Black and White Day Thursday!

It's our first School Spirit Day this Thursday! Wear Broadview colours of Red, Black and White and we may win the coveted Golden Boot trophy for the class this month!