All Kindergarten children are singing “Little Snowflake” and “Silver and Gold” for their Grade songs, and for our finale number with Grades 1-3 “Auld Lang Syne,” at the Primary Christmas Concert.  Several students from Division 15 (Mrs. Campbell) and Division 16 (Mrs. Daudlin and Ms. Eng) will represent the Kindergarten to sing “Bear’s Lullaby” with the Land Acknowledgement at the beginning of the concert. 

Regardless of whether your family has tickets for the afternoon matinee or evening performance, we are expecting all children to participate in both performances.  

We are going to have our dress rehearsal in the gym on Tuesday, December 12 at 1:10  pm.  The children do not need to wear their Christmas Best outfits but if they would like to wear something holiday themed or red and green, that would be great.  We’re absolutely fine with school clothes; we just want to make Tuesday easier for our parents.  We will wear our garland crowns to practise walking and singing with them on our heads.

It is our understanding tickets will be distributed, two per family, on Tuesday, December 12.  You MUST bring your tickets with you for admission to the concert.  Please keep them in a safe place.

For our costume, we are dressing in our Christmas Best on Thursday, December 14 only.  Please feel free to wear different clothes for each performance.  We will keep the garland crowns in our classrooms and the children can wear them home after the evening performance.

We would prefer if the children wear shoes, rather than boots, as it is quieter on the wooden risers.  If you have questions about your child’s costume, please let us know.

Girls – party dress or fancy skirt and top, tights, shoes (no runners, please)

Boys – button-up shirt, dark pants, dress shoes or dark runners, tie or bow tie if you have one

Please, no t-shirts, shirts with team logos or athletic wear.

Thursday, December 14 – matinee performance at 1:30 pm.  All Kindergarten children come to school in costume at the start of the school day.  We will make every effort to keep the children clean, tidy and show ready.  Please ensure snacks and lunches are easy to eat.  However, we would appreciate it if you would also speak with your child.  After the concert, we will return to our classrooms.  School dismisses at the regular time of 2:40 pm.  The Christmas garland crowns will remain at school for the evening show.

The line-ups to get a seat in the gym will be long.  Based on prior experience, we advise you to begin lining up at 12:30/12:45 pm if you are attending the matinee performance.  

Thursday, December 14 – evening performance at 6:30 pm.    All Kindergarten children come to school in costume.  The children’s calltime is 6:00 pm and we will promptly open the classroom doors at that time to remove jackets and settle down before we perform.   

Please note:  After Mrs. Campbell’s students all arrive at their classroom, they will then move to Mrs. Daudlin and Ms. Eng’s classroom so the Kindergarten are all together as we wait to be called to the upstairs waiting area.

After the concert, we will return to our own classrooms and you may collect your child from his or her classroom teacher when we are ready to dismiss them.   Please wait outside the classroom door.  Dismissal will be a slow and methodical process for safety reasons.  Please do not take your child from their line-up on our way out of the gym.  This causes mass confusion for the classroom teachers.

The line-ups to get a seat in the gym will be long.  After many years of school concerts at Ridgeview, we advise one parent to begin lining up at 5:45pm if you are attending the evening performance.  

The Kindergarten performs a second time at the end of each Concert performance, in the finale number with the rest of the Primary students, so please stay for the entire duration of the concert.

If you have any questions regarding this year’s show, please ask your classroom teacher.

Upcoming Events and Reminders

It’s going to be a rockin’ week at school so please ensure your child is getting enough rest in the evenings.  We are going to continue with as much of our regular program and Christmas activities as possible around rehearsals and performances.

Monday, December 11 – Primary Concert Walkthrough at 8:50 am.  We have five minutes to bring our students inside, hang up coats and get into our standing order before we walk upstairs to the gym.  If you have not arrived by 8:45 am please enter the school by the front doors.

Tuesday, December 12 – Primary Concert Dress Rehearsal at 1:10 pm.  Students wear casual holiday clothing or regular school clothes.

Library Book Exchange for Division 16 (Mrs. Daudlin and Ms. Eng)

Wednesday, December 13 – Library Book Exchange for Division 15 (Mrs. Campbell). 

Thursday, December 14 – Matinee and Evening Performances for the Christmas Concert.  Students wear Christmas Best to school.  Try to stay clean all day.

Friday, December 15 – Bask in the glow of amazing performances and enjoy a regular school day!