November 7, 2025

Hello Kindergarten Families,

We have had another exciting week in kindergarten.  

Important Dates 

• Nov 10, 12 Fall Break – No school, staff, or students  
• Nov 11 Remembrance Day Holiday – No school for staff or students  
• Nov 13 Classes resume  
• Nov 17, 18 Parent Association Casino Fundraiser
• Nov 27 K-5 Photo Retakes  
• Nov 28 Non-instructional Day for students 
• Dec 1 Sound Kreations Dance Residency begins 

Patterning in Kindergarten

1. Cognitive scaffolding: Recognizing repeating sequences helps children build their ability to predict, generalize, and look for regularities, skills that will support later mathematical thinking.

2. Language and reasoning: As students describe a pattern (for example, “Red, blue, red, blue…”), they practice vocabulary (first, next, repeating), reasoning (“What comes next?”), and communicating their thinking.

3. Connections across domains: Patterns show up everywhere in art, music, movement, nature, and classroom routines. Integrating pattern work helps students see mathematics in different contexts.

4. Confidence and agency: When students create their own patterns (e.g., AAB with shapes or colours), they move from passive “I can copy” to active “I can design/extend,” which boosts their confidence as mathematicians.

Remembrance Day Reflection & Learning Intentions

• I can demonstrate age-appropriate social behaviour as a responsible citizen contributing to my community.

• I can appreciate how participation in my community affects my sense of belonging.

Kindergarten students read “The Peace Book” by Todd Parr. This book delivers positive and hopeful messages of peace in an accessible, child-friendly format. Perfect for the youngest readers, it conveys the importance of friendship, caring, and acceptance.

Students also learned about Remembrance Day and the “Field of Crosses” in Calgary, Alberta. Each November, 3500 crosses are erected in a park along Memorial Drive to pay tribute individually to the thousands of Southern Albertans who made the ultimate sacrifice defending our freedom. In addition, a separate part of the park is set aside, with 120 unique crosses, for a special memorial to the 120,000 heroes from across Canada who lost their lives fighting for this great country. All day and night, people walk through the 5-acre memorial, which is illuminated 24/7, reading the crosses and being reminded that our freedom was not free. Kindergarten students then created their own “Field of Crosses” and reflected on peace. Students created poppies through “loose parts” and painted poppies on a wreath.

Student Voice

Monday/Wednesday

• At the “Field of Crosses,” you can think about all of the people who died in the war. -Devrae
• On Remembrance Day, we remember the soldiers who died. -Parker
• We painted poppies for Remembrance Day. -Benjamin
• You have to wear a poppy over your heart. It will remember the people who were in the war. -Noah
• The soldiers were fighting in the war, and then there was a big horn playing (The Last Post). -Gordon
• You wear poppies on your left over your heart to keep the soldiers who died in your heart. -Nora
• You wear poppies near your heart so that you can remember all of the soldiers who died. -Ryan
• People got hurt in the war, and we show people that we care about them. -Finley
• You wear a poppy to remember all of the people who went to war. -Lena
• Poppies are for remembering people who died in the war. -Maeve
• We made poppies to remember all of the soldiers who fought and died in the war. -Henry P
• On Remembrance Day, you sing “Oh Canada.” Lester
• You wear a poppy on Remembrance Day. -Maximus
• We wear poppies on the left side of our shirts because we remember the people in the war who died. -Aubrey
• We are respectful of the people who died in the war. -Owen S
• I see poppies on Remembrance Day. -Zane
• We have the “Field of Crosses” to help remember the soldiers who died.  -Weston
• We have Remembrance Day to remember all of the soldiers who died. -Rhys

Tuesday/Thursday

• We remember the people who died in the war. -Rhett
• People wear poppies for Remembrance Day. -Alanna
• We painted poppies this week. -Archie
• We wear poppies to think about people who died in the war. -Henry H
• You walk around "The Field of Crosses" to remember the people in the war. -Solei
• You put your poppy on the left side over your heart so that you can remember the people that died in the war. -Harrison
• We wear a poppy to remember the people who went to the war. -Marley
• When you walk through the "Field of Crosses," you can remember the people who died in the war. -Alina
• You wear a poppy over your heart to remember the people that died. -Natalie
• Crosses help you remember the people that went to war. -Owen M
• At "The Field of Crosses" you can see the crosses of the people who died. -Lewis
• I learned that my family was in the war. -Maxwell P
• I coloured and drew a poppy. -Caius
• Poppies are to remember the people who died in the war. -Gigi
• I painted a poppy. -Wyatt
• I painted a poppy with my friends. -Tayten
• You wear a poppy to remember the people who went in the war. -Maxwell S
• You remember the people who died in the war. -Claire
• Poppies are red and green. -Jack
• You put the poppies on the left side of your shirt because it is over your heart. -Hayes W

Have a wonderful weekend.