MAY NEWS

Finally --- Spring has sprung!!  We will continue our discussions on the season and additionally focus on
Farm Animals, Pets, 
and Exotic Animals.  

Topics that will be covered include:

• caring for pets, 
• animal needs and habitats
• respecting God’s creatures 
• Animals will be classified into categories, such as those that help us to work, to live and to keep warm. 
• as well as to be sorted into groups according to various characteristics (e.g. with/without wings, two vs. four legs etc.)

Thematic Farm vocabulary includes:
animals/ animaux         farm/ ferme        farmer/ fermier- ière         cow/ vache 

dog/ chien       cat/ chat         hen/ poule          chick / poussin          pig/ cochon

    horse/ cheval           sheep/mouton            duck/ canard            goat/ chèvre

Thematic Wild Animal vocabulary includes:
   giraffe/ girafe           monkey/ singe             lion / lion          tiger / tigre
              
zebra / zèbre          elephant / éléphant         gorilla / gorille       snake / serpent

  fox / renard            porcupine / porc-épic           wolf/ loup          bear/ ours  


On Friday, May 13th all the Kindergarten classes will be

visiting the experimental Farm – also known as the Museum of Agriculture, located on Prince of Wales Drive. This special event not only expands and enriches our animal discussions but also provides a firsthand experience of Spring and new life on a farm. We will depart from school at 8:45 am and return around 11:00 am.

The cost for this excursion, including admission and busing fees, will be provided by the Activity Fee fund. Due to time constraints, we will not be eating a snack; therefore we will leave school bags at school. 

Please note that our excursion will occur regardless of the weather conditions since most of the tour takes place inside the barns. Please have your child dressed appropriately for farm conditions.

We are seeking lots of volunteers for this special trip and hope that many parents will be able to assist us. Parent volunteers are asked to drive to the farm to meet the bus in the main parking lot (off of Prince of Wales Dr.) at 9:00am. All volunteers will be supervising small groups; therefore we ask that you not bring younger siblings. 

We ask that your child travel to the farm by bus with their classmates as this is a large part of the excitement of the “field trip” experience. Volunteers are required to pay a $1.00 admission fee (normally $9) – so please send it in beforehand to get this deal. All volunteers are welcome!

Please return the permission slip prior to Friday, May 6.