I hope you had a wonderful April vacation week.It was so nice to hear about your child's week off with family and friends.
We will be very busy this coming week practicing our musical, Friendly Neighborhood Helpers on the stage and working on publishing our class book titled Our Families. I handed most of you a purchase form for the class book at our April Parent Teacher Conference. I did miss a few families at the conference, please let me know if you lost your order form or did not receive one from me! If you do not wish to purchase the book, please check the box and return it to school. All forms must be signed and returned to school regardless if you are ordering a book or not in order for the company to publish our book. Order forms are due back this Friday, May 4th. We are looking forward to submitted our published book to the publishing company by early next week!
Important Dates:
- Mark your calendars! First Grade presents... FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD HELPERS on Tuesday, May 8th at 6:30 pm on the cafeteria stage.
- Thursday, May 31st: Wiggin Memorial Library presents to our first graders about their summer reading program
- Monday, June 4th: Grand Luncheon
- Friday, June 8th: Field Day
- END OF YEAR CELEBRATION AT STRATHAM HILL PARK.
- On Tuesday, June 12th (am only) all first grade students will hike to Stratham Hill Park to celebrate a great year together. We would love for you to stop by the park to spend some time with us. Specifics of the field trip will be on the permission slip which will be sent home soon.
- Look for information being sent home soon about our annual First Grade Mall. Donations will be needed and greatly appreciated. This is an amazing experience for your child. They will create, work, and shop at various stores in all of the first grade classrooms!
Important Reminders about Friendly Neighborhood Helpers
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Dear Families,
We are very excited about our musical, “Friendly Neighborhood Helpers” and the big performance on Tuesday, May 8th at 6:30 pm. Today we begin practicing on the stage!
In preparation for this event, we could use your help. Each child will need a costume for the role they are playing. These costumes need to be simple and are best if designed by your child’s imagination. Here is a list of some possible ideas for costumes.
STORYTELLER: Wear your finest clothes!
CROSSING GUARDS: A bright orange vest, a hand-held stop sign, and a whistle hanging around their necks.
MAIL CARRIERS: Light Blue Button Down Shirt, Navy Blue Pants (We will take care of mail carrier bag and hats at school),
FIREFIGHTERS: Yellow or red raincoats and boots would be close enough, fire fighter hat
PLUMBERS: Could wear overalls with some small tools attached, unused plunger
CHEFS: Chef hats might be great but only if they fit correctly. (If they are too big they will just keep falling in the actors’ faces.) White clothing makes the best sense.
DENTISTS: White lab coat, scrubs, stethoscope, surgery cap, gloves
GROCERS: An apron would be perfect. Perhaps some foods made out of paper and taped onto the apron for color and variety. (We will take care of grocer hats at school)
LIBRARIAN: glasses, favorite book, dress
VETERINARIAN: White lab coat, scrubs, stethoscope, small stuffed animal (beanie baby size)
RECYLER: White t-shirt, jeans (we will take care of recycle signs at school)
GARBAGE TRUCK FANS: Baseball caps and jeans (we will take care of the t-shirts in school)
Costumes need to be at school NO LATER than Friday, May 4, 2018. (Please label all costumes and props with your child’s name.) Thank you for your support. See you at the SHOW!
Thank you so much for your support!
Note from Miss Locke (P.E.)
I just wanted to let you know that all PE classes will be outside for the rest of the year whether it’s 40 degrees or 80! If it’s raining we will stay in, but please remember to pack your child with water bottles and layers for P.E. days! Thank you for your home support!
