It’s going to be a big week so here we go:

Monday – let’s get all the Library Books returned today because it’s going to be a lot to manage our costumes and to remember to bring back the books over the next few days.

Tuesday – Hallowe’en Costume Parade and K Mini Hallowe’en Celebration

Kindergarten will be leading the Hallowe’en Parade.  It starts promptly at 9 am so please be on time for class at 8:40 am.  The parking around the school will be extremely busy so please plan your leaving time from home accordingly.

Mrs. Campbell’s class (Division 15) will lead the parade.  Next, they will come by Mrs. Daudlin’s and Ms. Eng’s classroom to pick up Division 16 and then each primary class will join the back of the parade line.  We have asked our K room parents to be the “caboose” for each K class so we keep the Kinders all together.  After you have dropped off your child, all other parents should find a good outdoor location to watch us walk in and out of the Primary classes facing the playground.  

Please take photos only of your own child as we do not have media press releases for all students in our school, and photos should not be uploaded to social media sites.  We cannot really stop for photos so please keep this in mind if you are calling to your child to look at you for a picture.

Following the parade, please come down to your child’s classroom to help your child get out of their costume.  Your child should be dressed for school underneath their costume for everybody’s ease.  If you’re unable to make it, don’t worry as we always have lots of help.  Please send a bag large enough to hold the costume, particularly if your child is going to Camp Ridgeview afterschool.

We’d like to ask you to visit your child’s classroom for a few minutes to admire our beautiful rooms and artwork before you carry on with your day.

In the afternoon, we will be having some fun Hallowe’en themed centres for the children.  Then, we will get to eat our special snack (provided by each family for their own child) and watch a Hallowe’en movie.  It promises to be a very fun day and we will be carefully pacing ourselves throughout the day as you still have THE BIG NIGHT ahead of you!

We are often asked if the children can bring some of their treats in their school food bags.  We are comfortable with one or two small items a day for the remainder of the week.  We will ask them to eat their treats with their lunch, rather than the morning snack time.

Wednesday – We have a late start on November 1.  School will begin promptly at 10:30 am.  We will commence with opening routines and then gently ease into our daily schedule.  It’s also Universal Snack Day which we will eat with our lunch (at time of writing, we do not know what the snack will be but will let you know when we know).

Thursday and Friday – continue to ease the children through the latter part of the week until everyone is back on top of their sleeping schedules and activity levels

Happy Hallowe’en!