Dental Screening

The Public Health Department will be holding a dental screening for our classes on May 16th. You will receive a notice if they find anything of concern. We will talk a little about teeth before hand to prepare them for their check up.

Trip to Valleyview Farm

Time for a field trip!

On May 24^th we will be going to Valleyview Little Animal farm.  The morning class will be leaving at 9::20 and returning at 11:15 and the afternoon class will be leaving the school at 1:20 and returning by 3:15.  The cost of the trip will be $10.00.  We will see a wide variety of animals and birds up close from alpacas to zebus, goats to geese!  We will ride the Valleyview express train and enjoy the creative farm playground.  Also, we will enjoy a puppet show featuring a presentation on new babies at the farm.  The farm requires us to have one parent to every 4 children so we are asking for your help on this day! There will be a snack time, so please put your child’s snack in a large ziplock labeled with their name, and we will carry it for them on the trip.  The field trip permission form will be coming home in the very near future. May is just packed!

Book Bonanza

The Book Bonanza is a very ancient tradition at Broadview PS and a wonderful celebration of literacy and books. Your child will be visiting the book sale on Thursday, May 12th. Each children's book costs 50 cents during the day. The price goes up to $1 after school hours. Children are allowed to spend up to $5 each at the sale. If you would like your child to participate, please send in some money in a baggie for that day. It's wonderful to see the children choosing and buying their very own books.

There is also a contest between the classes to see who brings in the most used books. Here are the guidelines for that:
Bring in your book donations May 5th and 6th and May 9th to 11th. This is the Book Drop part of the Bonanza. They are also looking for clean boxes large enough to hold 15 books. The boxes should not be flattened. Music cds but NOT computer game cds are also requested. DVDs but NOT VHS are also needed, as are Wii games, PSP games, Nintendo DS and Xbox games. Books earn 1 point each, boxes 2 points, cds  and dvds 5 points and games 10 points. The class with the most points can win some great prizes like an ice cream cake or pizza lunch. The points are averaged out by dividing by the number of students, so even a small class can win.
*PLEASE BRING YOUR DONATIONS IN TO THE INTAKE COUNTER NEAR THE LARGE GYM.*   Precounting the number of books is also very helpful.
The book sale begins for the public after school on Thursday, May 12th. It is open again on Friday evening and on Saturday in the morning. Thank you for your donations and participation and happy reading!!!

Folk Dancing!

The Artist In Residence program at Broadview is bringing us folk dancing from May 9th to 13th. We will have lessons from a dance teacher Monday to Thursday and then there will be a concert to present our dances on Friday, May 13th. Please keep an eye on this blog for all the details and come and see your child dancing!

***We now have the times for the performances. The morning class will perform at 11:10 and the afternoon class at 1:15. The performances will be in the small gym. Parents are invited to come and enjoy the children's performance. ***

Remember to order your carriages!

This Friday is the Royal Ball. The crowns and masks are here, but if your child would like to wear a costume, they are very welcome to dress up as princes, princesses, dragons, knights or anything else they would like. Let the waltzes begin!

Cecilia String Quartet

The strings are coming! The Cecilia String Quartet is coming with two violins, a viola and a bass . They will play and teach the children about classical music on May 5th at 9:45 in the school gym. I will be taking the morning class to hear them, and any afternoon children are very welcome to come with their parents and enjoy the concert too. We will be talking a little about the instruments of the orchestra and listening to lots of great music in class to prepare. It should be a lovely event!

Spring Celebrations

This week we will set aside Fairytales and talk about the celebrations of Easter and Passover. We will be reading stories and painting eggs and tasting matzoh and making spring crafts. Hopefully the weather will warm up and make things extra spring-like for us. If not, please send a sweater with your child as the classroom can be a bit chilly. As ever, please feel free to send in books or objects from your home about spring celebrations for the children to share. Thank you!