December 16-19, 2019

On Thursday, your child will be bringing home a bag of work that they have completed over the last few months.  We would like to encourage that you review the work with your child over the break.  Consistent practice and revision with your child will allow them to show you what they have learned!

Happy Holidays,

S. Rowntree, P. Herring & M. Hamilton

December 9-13, 2019

With the busy holiday season upon us, here are some gentle reminders of upcoming events at Ron Southern School:

Thursday, December 12^th is our Winter Celebration at 6:30pm.  All families are encouraged to bring their child to the CSSI classroom by 6:15pm.  You will then be able to watch your child perform in the gym.

Next week, Ron Southern has holiday-themed days, as follows:

-December 16^th:  Christmas Sweater Day

-December 17^th:   Hat Day

-December 18^th:   Match Day (Our class will be wearing anything red)

-December 19^th:   PJ Day (wear your PJ’s to school)

We would also like to share some of the great festive websites that we have been exploring and using in ours classroom:

Gingerbread Math:

https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/gingerbread/?sn=main

Reindeer Pokey:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2drf33

Find the Presents:

https://www.abcya.com/games/christmas_hunt

December 2-6, 2019

What a fabulous week in CSSI!  We are in the Christmas spirit and decorated our classroom for the season.   You will also notice some work coming home with a Christmas theme.  There are so many holiday activities that make learning fun!

One extra special activity that we introduced to our CSSI students this week was a snowflake sensory bin.  The exciting thing about this bin was that we filled it using real snow!  Students had to dig down to find snowflakes hidden at the bottom of the bin.  We then counted and sorted the snowflakes.  Our hands were a bit cold but it was well worth it!

Mrs. Rowntree teaches us music on Mondays in the classroom.  Many students enjoy the various music centres that we have set up.  We all liked a Smart Board music game called Incredibox and you can find it at:
https://www.incredibox.com/

Another area of music that we have been working on is our Winter Concert.  It is on Thursday, December 12th at 6:30pm.  The doors

will open at 6pm and students will meet in their classrooms.  We can't wait to showcase what we have been learning in music class.  Hope to see you then!