Quality Early Education for Your Children

As we continue to explore spring, both the three year old and four year old classes will be studying the world of insects. Our butterfly larvae arrive the week of May 11th! We are excited to watch the transformation of our caterpillars into butterflies. The rest of the month will have the three year old classes exploring farm life while the four year old classes will look at life around the pond. Our special day this month will be “Jersey Day” on May 21st/22nd. Wear a jersey, t-shirt and/or hat from your own team or your favourite team. With the arrival of warmer weather, please remember that your child still needs to be wearing appropriate footwear for our gym activities. Flip flops are unsuitable for many of our activities. For safety, please avoid sending snacks in glass containers. We have had a couple of glass containers accidentally get knocked on the floor and even those thick glass food storage containers break! Please encourage children to leave their personal belongings (toys, sunglasses, jewellery, etc) at home. If they want to show something to their teacher, they can do that at drop off time and then give it to the person that drops them off for safe keeping. The last Scholastic book order of the year is available online at https://bookclubs.scholastic.ca/s/cec-ca/en/digitial-catalogues. Paper copies are available at the school. Please enter our class code RC132090 when placing an order. The deadline for orders is Wednesday, May 13th. Registration is ongoing and recommendations to your family, friends and neighbours are always appreciated! Most classes still have openings. Some of you have been asking for the contact information for our Mom’s and Dad’s night entertainers. Our Mom’s Night entertainer was children’s entertainer Mr. Rayz. His website is https://mrrayz.com. Our Dad’s Night entertainer was magician Richard Rondeau. His website is https://rrmagician.com. Important Days To Remember: May 4th/5th - I’m For Kids Team screening days. May 18th - Victoria Day. Tot Spot is closed. May 21st/22nd - Jersey Day. Wear a t-shirt, jersey and/or hat from your sports team or your favourite team. June 18th/19th – Last Day of School Celebrations. PLEASE NOTE: Students arrive at their regular time on the last day of school. Parents (and other special guests) are invited to join us for our celebration. The program begins at 9:15 for am classes and 1:15 for pm classes, and lasts about 45 minutes. Students will be dismissed at the end of the celebrations. If you will be leaving on vacation before the last day of class, please let your child’s teacher know.As we continue to explore spring, both the three year old and four year old classes will be studying the world of insects. Our butterfly larvae arrive the week of May 11th! We are excited to watch the transformation of our caterpillars into butterflies. The rest of the month will have the three year old classes exploring farm life while the four year old classes will look at life around the pond. Our special day this month will be “Jersey Day” on May 21st/22nd. Wear a jersey, t-shirt and/or hat from your own team or your favourite team. With the arrival of warmer weather, please remember that your child still needs to be wearing appropriate footwear for our gym activities. Flip flops are unsuitable for many of our activities. For safety, please avoid sending snacks in glass containers. We have had a couple of glass containers accidentally get knocked on the floor and even those thick glass food storage containers break! Please encourage children to leave their personal belongings (toys, sunglasses, jewellery, etc) at home. If they want to show something to their teacher, they can do that at drop off time and then give it to the person that drops them off for safe keeping. The last Scholastic book order of the year is available online at https://bookclubs.scholastic.ca/s/cec-ca/en/digitial-catalogues. Paper copies are available at the school. Please enter our class code RC132090 when placing an order. The deadline for orders is Wednesday, May 13th. Registration is ongoing and recommendations to your family, friends and neighbours are always appreciated! Most classes still have openings. Some of you have been asking for the contact information for our Mom’s and Dad’s night entertainers. Our Mom’s Night entertainer was children’s entertainer Mr. Rayz. His website is https://mrrayz.com. Our Dad’s Night entertainer was magician Richard Rondeau. His website is https://rrmagician.com. Important Days To Remember: May 4th/5th - I’m For Kids Team screening days. May 18th - Victoria Day. Tot Spot is closed. May 21st/22nd - Jersey Day. Wear a t-shirt, jersey and/or hat from your sports team or your favourite team. June 18th/19th – Last Day of School Celebrations. PLEASE NOTE: Students arrive at their regular time on the last day of school. Parents (and other special guests) are invited to join us for our celebration. The program begins at 9:15 for am classes and 1:15 for pm classes, and lasts about 45 minutes. Students will be dismissed at the end of the celebrations. If you will be leaving on vacation before the last day of class, please let your child’s teacher know.

Welcome back! We hope everyone had a great Spring Break! We are kicking off April exploring the animals and new life that come with spring and Easter. Following this, we will learn about some of the different types of weather and other signs of spring. As usual, it looks more like winter! Our special day this month will be Crazy Hair/Hat Day to be held on April 23rd/24th. Do something crazy with your hair and/or wear a crazy hat on this day! Dad’s Nights are quickly approaching! The children are invited to bring their dad with them for a fun filled evening at school from 6:00 – 7:30. If dad is unable to attend, your child may bring another special adult (grandpa, uncle, adult friend, mom, etc.) with them instead. As this is a special evening for your child with their dad/special guest (and due to our limited space), siblings are not able to attend. Please note that your child does not come to school during the daytime on the day of their Dad’s Night. April 14th (6:00-7:30) – Dad’s Night for T/Th am classes April 15th (6:00-7:30) – Dad’s Night for MWF am classes April 16th (6:00-7:30) – Dad’s Night for afternoon classes If you currently have a child in our 3 year old program that is registered for one of our programs in the fall, you will be receiving a package from I’m For Kids Team this month. Digital copies of the package will also be emailed out to families. We partner with this organization to provide children with extra support if needed. The screening and support (if your child qualifies) are at no cost to you as they are both covered by funding from the provincial government. I’m For Kids Team will be at Tot Spot May 4th and 5th to complete these screenings. Watch for further information regarding this program next week! Thank you for the paper towel tube donations! We will continue to collect them for the month of April. Reminder: please cut all grapes and grape tomatoes in half lengthwise. It helps us out if we don’t have to cut them during snack time! Important Dates to Remember: April 3rd – Good Friday. Tot Spot is closed. April 6th – Easter Monday. Tot Spot is closed. April 14th (6:00-7:30) – Dad’s Night for T/Th am classes (no school in the morning) April 15th (6:00-7:30) – Dad’s Night for MWF am classes (no school in the morning) April 16th (6:00-7:30) – Dad’s Night for afternoon classes (no school in the afternoon) April 23rd/24th – Crazy Hair/Hat Day. Do something crazy with your hair and/or wear a crazy hat this day! May 4th/5th – I’m For Kids Team Screening

March will be a fun filled month at Tot Spot! Our three year olds will be learning about nutrition using the Canada food guide and will sample some foods from the different food groups. The four year old classes will be making their very own books of some of our favourite stories. Watch for these special keepsakes to be coming home before Spring Break! Our special day this month will be Green Day on March 16th and 17th. Wear some green to school that day! Mom’s Nights are approaching quickly. It is an evening for moms to come and enjoy some special time with their children one on one. The first half of the evening is spent just hanging out and playing with your child and their class in the three main play spaces we have at Tot Spot. This is followed by some special entertainment and the evening culminates with a snack. Mom’s Night is from 6:00 – 7:30 on the following days: Tuesday, March 10th for the T/TH AM Classes (no school in the morning) Wednesday, March 11th for the MWF AM Classes (no school in the morning) Thursday, March 12th for the Afternoon Classes (no school in the afternoon) If mom is unable to attend, your child may bring another special adult (grandma, auntie, special friend or dad). Please make alternate arrangements for siblings as this is a special time with your child and space is very limited. We would also recommend that you dress lightly as it tends to get very warm! Dad’s Nights will be April 14th (T/Th morning classes), April 15th (M/W/F morning classes) and April 16th (afternoon classes). The children are invited to bring their dad to school for an evening of fun and entertainment. The evening begins at 6:00 pm and wraps up around 7:30 pm. Save the date! We are running low on paper towel tubes. We will gratefully accept donations of the cardboard tubes from your paper towel rolls. Those of you with children in our 4 year old program may be thinking about what your child should be able to do to be ready for kindergarten in the fall. I’m For Kids Team has prepared a checklist that you might find helpful and has graciously allowed us to share it with you. You will find it attached and we will continue to work on many of these skills at school. Remember that every child learns at his/her own rate and this is just meant to be a guideline. A special thank you to all the parents that have made presentations to enhance our Community Helper theme this month. We look forward to a few more the beginning of March! Registration for next fall is ongoing. Thank you for continuing to recommend us to your family, friends and neighbours. We have a few spots left in most classes. The church we are located in (Bonavista Baptist Church) is offering an Emotional Coaching course for parents on March 6th and 13th from 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Please see the attached poster if you are interested. Important Dates to Remember: March 10th 6:00-7:30 (T/Th am classes) – Mom’s Night (no school in the morning) March 11th 6:00-7:30 (MWF am classes) – Mom’s Night (no school in the morning) March 12th 6:00-7:30 (Afternoon classes) – Mom’s Night (no school in the afternoon) March 16th/17th – Green Day. Wear some green to school! March 23rd- March 27th – Spring Break. Classes resume Monday, March 30th. April 14th 6:00-7:30 (T/Th am classes) – Dad’s Night (no school in the morning) April 15th 6:00-7:30 (M/W/F am classes) – Dad’s Night (no school in the morning) April 16th 6:00-7:30 (Afternoon classes) – Dad’s Night (no school in the afternoon)