November 2018 StrongStart at

Newsletter Parkside Elementary Free Drop-In 3300 – 270th Street, Aldergrove, BC

8:35am to 11:35am Mon.- Fri. School Website http://parkside.sd35.bc.ca

Parent Participation Office ph. 604-856-7775

StrongStart Facebook Private Group –

‘STRONGSTART PARKSIDE”

Dates to Mark on Your Calendar: Please mark the following dates on your calendar for easy reference:

Wed. Nov. 7 - Join us in class for DIWALI - Festival of Lights

Celebration in our classroom – food, dance and play!

Thurs. Nov. 8 - Remembrance Day Assembly in gym. 10:40am

Friday Nov. 9 – StrongStart CLOSED – Administration Day

Mon. Nov. 12 - StrongStart CLOSED. Remembrance Day observed

Thurs. Nov. 15 - Library Outing and Playground - Meet at 9:00am meet at

playground behind the library to play first, then we will go to the

Library for 10. Please Sign-up in our classroom.

Tues. Nov. 20 - Early Closure – we will be closed at 10:30am today. (Teacher Collaboration Day)

Fri. Nov. 23 - Join us for FRESH AIR FRIDAY Outing - Meet at

Aldergrove Ecological Park on LeFevre Rd. 8:50am.

Fri. Nov. 30 - Pajama Day – wear your PJs to school and we will have a

Little Bear Show and popcorn!

Wed. Dec. 5 - Dinosaur Museum and TD Explore Zone Outing – Meet at

9am at the Surrey Museum, 17710 – 56A. Ave. Surrey. FREE!

A Strong Start Together!

StrongStart is a parent-participation program, developed to give you opportunity to play

and engage with your child, getting down on the floor, doing arts/crafts, water play, circle

time, playing in the gym with your child, enjoying the moment together and allowing your

child to ‘do it their way’. ☺ This is your special time together that you will cherish forever.

Your child needs your attention, direction and love. Thank you for the gift of your time!😊

Thank you for getting down on the ground or a chair and

playing. It makes a more relaxed play space when

everyone is at the same eye level. If parents are

standing up, you will notice the room is a lot less settled

or calm.

DIWALI - Festival of Lights Celebration Please join us this Wednesday, November 7th in our

classroom for a morning of fun with our Diwali Celebration.

Playtime is still our main focus, but we have the privilege to

have a few of our StrongStart families share with us their

tradition of celebrating Diwali. The moms and grandparents

will prepare some yummy food for us to celebrate with them

their festival of lights. We will be enjoying some Punjabi music

and we will be dancing too! A grandmother (Dadi) will be make Roti for us in our classroom!

Yum! Thank you to our wonderful families.

Diwali also known as the "festival of lights", is an ancient Hindu festival celebrated in

autumn every year. The Festival of Lights, Diwali, is a colorful and happy celebration.

Diwali is celebrated by Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs to mark historical events, stories or

myths, but they all spiritually mark the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over

ignorance, good over evil, hope over despair. Diwali is one of the happiest of holidays in

India.

Before Diwali night, families clean, renovate and decorate their homes. It is also the

period when little children hear ancient stories, legends, myths from their parents and

elders. On Diwali night, they dress up in new clothes or their best outfit, light

up diyas (lamps and candles) inside and outside their home, and participate in

family puja (prayers).

Many women wear fine jewelry and silk outfits to celebrate Diwali. Some women and girls

use mehendi, which is a temporary henna decoration, on their palms. Various lights, candles

and sparklers are lit inside and outside homes, particularly in courtyards.

After puja, fireworks follow, then a family feast including sweets

and an exchange of gifts between family members and close

friends. http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/canada/diwali

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali

Library and Playground Outing Thursday, November 15th we will be going to the Library Storytime. We will

first play in the playground behind the library at 9am, then go to the library

for 10am. *Meet at 9:00am meet at playground at the library. Please sign up

in class. The librarian at Aldergrove Public Library will read a story or two and your child can get

their own library card, which is exciting for them to be in charge of their own books and

encourage the love of books. (also, there are no late fines on children’s cards.) Please fill

out the attached library card application for your child and return to me by this Thursday,

November 5th please so they can make the card by the time we go on to the library.

FRESH AIR FRIDAY Outing Meet at Aldergrove Bowl Ecological Park on

LeFevre Rd. 8:50am. Friday, November 23rd.

Children love the outdoors! So, we will embrace

the opportunity to enjoy the trees, birds, wetlands, bugs,

wildlife, living plants, the sky, clouds and fresh air together!

Snack is provided. We will have a picnic snack, and have a

nature walk around the beautiful park and pond. It is so healthy and feels so good to get

out in the wilderness. Classroom closed this day.

Dress for the weather, boots, coats etc. We will go rain or

shine, but if it is torrential rains, I will let you know in the

morning on our Facebook page if it will be a classroom day

instead.

Meet at Aldergrove Bowl, at Aldergrove Regional Park on

LeFevre Road, off of 8th Ave, Aldergrove. (do not go to the

main entrance of the park. Enter on Lefevre road, just past

the dog park).

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PARKSIDE.’ Please check it daily, for new notices and info.

November 2018

StrongStart at Parkside (Print at home for easy reference)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat.

1 2 Lockdown

drill

3

4 5 6

7 DIWALI

Festival of

Lights

CELEBRATION

in our class

Join us for a

morning of fun!

8 School

Remembrance

Assembly

10:40am in gym for those

interested. (no

gym time today).

*Please Fill out

and return

library card

application to

Louise by today

9

StrongStart

Closed – Administration

day

10

11 12

Closed.

Remembrance

Day Observed.

LEST WE

FORGET

13

Making cinnamon

rolls

Yum!

14

*Scholastic book

Orders due

15 10:00am

Outing to

LIBRARY. Storytime and

getting children

their library

cards. Meet

at Library at

9:55am

16

Lockdown

Drill 10am

17

18 19 20 StrongStart

Open only from

8:35am until

10:15am today.

(Teacher

Collaboration Day)

21 22

SCHOLASTIC

BOOK

ORDERS DUE!

23 FRESH

AIR FRIDAY!

Meet at

Aldergrove Park

on LeFevre Rd.

8:50am. Snack

provided.

24

25 26

27 28 29 *Finger-

painting*

Dress for a

messy time

30 -Pajama

Day- Everyone

wear your PJs

and well have a

cozy movie day

& popcorn fun!

Dec.

1st

Remembrance Day Assembly For those who want to join in on THURSDAY, November 8th, we will join in on the

Remembrance Day Assembly with the school 10:40am. If you have had a family member

who served in the Army, Navy or Air force and want us to remember them specifically,

send along a picture or photocopy of the picture for a classroom project wreath we are

making for the assembly. Write their name on the picture please. Thanks for carrying on

and helping our children remember our brave soldiers who defended and continue to

defend our country to this day.

Flu Season on its Way With the flu season starting, we want to keep our little ones free of flu

and illness. Please do not attend StrongStart if you or your child are

ill. If you or your child has a fever, nose discharge, coughing, vomiting,

diarrhea or any signs of feeling under-the-weather, please stay at home

to recuperate. Thank you for modelling washing hands often, and/or

using hand sanitizer after coughing or sneezing or wiping your nose.

Teach your children to cough into their sleeve or arm instead of into their hand where

germs would get transferred from their hand to the toys.

‘Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases, Catch Them in Your Elbow’ ☺

*Please fill out the following Library card Application for your Child

and return to Louise by this Thursday, November 8th.

Together, creating wonderful memories and

experiences for your children!

Louise Menzies ☺ Early Childhood Educator/ StrongStart Facilitator

© Copyright - Louise Menzies