Hello families! We welcome the start of a new season and new month! There are lots of exciting things coming up in October.

10/4/13   There will be NO SCHOOL due to Parent Teacher Conferences! There is a sign up sheet on our clipboard, please let us know if you need a different day so we can schedule something for your convenience.

10/11/13   PTO will be hosting our wonderful Fall Festival on Friday, October 11th, stay tuned for details, this is an event you don’t want to miss! Tickets are on sale now!

10/15/13   Picture Day is Tuesday, October 15th!

10/24/13 World History Day will be 1/2 day. Primary students will be released from school at 11:15.

10/25/13  NO School Friday, October 25th

Last week we finished up our unit on Parts of an Apple, Safety & Community Building, Health & Nutrition, and the Food Groups. We also learned about Living vs. Non-living, Land, Air & Water! For the month of October we will discuss The World & Continents, Mammals, Anatomy, and Vertebrates vs. Invertebrates. If you have any special books at home or something to share that will serve an educational purpose for one of our curriculum themes, please bring it into P1 to share!

Thank you so much for visiting our blog. We appreciate your continued support as a valued family here at FMS! Have a wonderful week!

September is going so well for everyone in Primary 1. We appreciate all the parents who came to our orientation night last week. We hope you all find things well with the new changes and healthier choices we are making here at FMS. This week we talked about Parts of a Plant. Ms. Jessie had some exciting lessons explaining what seeds are, how important they are in our world and which seeds are edible. We got to sample pomegranate seeds! We then discussed the function of roots and which roots we can eat that are full of nutrition. We got to try radishes and carrots. Ms. Brianna introduced us to the function of a stem and vines, we ate celery. The last two introductions were the leaf and fruit, or flower. We got to sample cabbage and an apple! 🙂 This was an exciting hands on lesson for our friends. So when grocery shopping and your child asks for a root or stem to eat, they may be asking you to buy radishes or celery!

Don’t forget to log in and check out the outdoor classroom blog. Ms. Val, Ms. Marian and Ms. Kelly have captured some great photos of your children working outside.

Thank you for visiting our blog. Tomorrow (9/13) is our new parent coffee meet and on Tuesday (9/17) is the first PTO meeting!

Have a great weekend!