To help in your planning, please note that our holiday scheduled for next week has been changed. The new date, which was just announced, will be Sunday, January 12.
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Saturday, January 4, 2014
*Welcome 2014*
And so, another new year is upon us. Amazing how the time flies, isn't it? It only seems like yesterday that we were celebrating the turn of the millennium in 2000 and that was thirteen years ago. Incredible.
Well, in any case, I hope you each enjoyed a restful, happy and fun holiday with your family and friends. I was especially thankful to have my parents, Julie (sister), Peter (brother) and Melissa (sister-in-law) here with me for the last two and a half weeks. I gave them a grand whirlwind tour of Dubai, then we explored Jordan for three days, although it seemed more like a week as each day was packed full of activities. Every bit of it was just wonderful and such a blessing.
As we get back into the swing of things this week, I wanted to reaffirm my commitment to love, teach, train and nurture your sweetie. I'm excited about the great learning that lies ahead and the start of a new trimester. I always love this very quiet, settled time of the year when the class family climate has been well established and things run especially smoothly without interruptions. It's often when some of the best learning gains occur, actually.
Know that while I am sad to see my beloved family leave, I feel truly content to be able to see our classroom family bright and early tomorrow morning. {insert heart here} :)
As I close this first greeting of the new year, I hope you'll enjoy this inspirational advice and a few family holiday photos.
All the best to you each in 2014!
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Book Exchange
Our Christmas party is tomorrow!
I hope you will be able to join us for some festive fun!
Here is the email that Stephanie shared on Dec. 11, in case you didn't receive it:
Our Christmas party will be on Thursday from 11 am - 12 pm (early release day) in class 3LN. We will not have enough time do a craft, but we will have time for a book "exchange."
We would appreciate it if each child that will be in class on Thursday December 19th will bring a new/unused, non fiction and age-appropriate book to class in the morning (wrapped in paper) for maximum AED 50. Each child will put his/her shoe in the middle of the class room and the child whose shoe is picked can take a wrapped book. It is very important that the books are NON-FICTION and age appropriate!
There will also be time to have food; I will send an email through sign up genius. If you havent received an email tonight please check your spam as it may end up there. If you still cant find it please let me know and I'll sign you up for an item. Click here to access the link.
I hope to see many of you on Thursday next week. If I don't see you I wish you all a merry Christmas and all the best for 2014!
Kind regards,
Stephanie
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