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Thursdays Parent/Teacher Conferences
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Thu Oct 1 4p - 6p
Open House
Fri 2 5:30p - 8:30p Happy Hour
Sat 24 5:30p - 8:30p
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October Scholastic Book Orders
Due Mon 19
to get them in time for Halloween.
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Creative Art Time
Pre-K
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Spanish Lesson
PreK:
We practiced colors introduced in previous weeks (rojo-red, amarillo-yellow)
with a worksheet and added azul-blue to our vocabulary with an art project. We
began practicing numbers 1-10 with the son "Dos Manitas Diez Deditos".
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Fire Colors in Shaving Cream
Shea & Ellie
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Future Firefighter
Taylor
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Spanish Lesson
Preschool:
We sang and danced with "Cabeza. hombros y Pies" (Head, Shoulders, Knees and
Toes), practiced colors introduced in previous weeks (rojo-red, amarillo-yellow)
and added azul-blue to our vocabulary with art projects.
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Oct 09 | Autumn All Around
Fire Prevention & Safety Month
Fire Prevention Week
Week 2
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Dear PEAKE Academy Families,
Patchin' 09 was a huge success. The raindrops stayed away and it was a wonderful visit to Lee Farms, filled with chicks, goats, bunnies, pigs, apple cider, hay maze, hay rides, beautiful orange pumpkins and of course decadent donuts. Thank you to everyone that was able to come out and join us for our first annual Patchin' trip! Till next year!
Picture Day is Tue Oct 27. You will find an order form in your Friday folder. Please fill them out and put them in the appropriate class boxes by the front desk.
Warmly,
Your PEAKE Academy Teaching Staff |
| Pre-Kindergarten with Ms. Lindsi & Ms. Danaye |
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 Fire Prevention
This week was Fire Prevention Week! We learned all the ways to
be safe around fire and how to prevent one from starting. We learned not to
touch lighters, candles, matches, and stoves, and not to put flammable objects
near these things. We also learned what to do if our clothes catch on fire by
reading the book Stop, Drop, and Roll! On Tuesday Firefighter Kurt, Josie's
dad, came in to tell us so much more about fire safety. When he asked us what
we do when our clothes catch fire, Taj replied "We Rock and Roll!"
On Tuesday we also had a fire drill and practiced what to do if there was a
real emergency. We sang the 9-1-1 song to remind us who to call in an emergency
and we also learned a song about a Firefighter. This week we have read so many
books, too! We read A Day With Firefighters, Fire!Fire!, Fire Trucks in Action,
Here Come Our Firefighters!, The Kindertown Fire Brigade, and Firefighters A to
Z.
In art we made our own firefighter faces, a fiery painting, firefighter
necklaces, and colored our own fire engines!
Our letters of the week were "Pp"
and "Ff" and we really focused on our newest letter "Pp". Our writing is getting
really great! We also did a fire engine worksheet to recognize words that start
with the letter "Ff" such as the numbers five, four, and fifty-four!
And our
star student this week was... drumroll please... Jack!!!
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| Preschool with Ms. Angie & Ms. Catherine |
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Fire Prevention 
This week's theme was Fire Safety. This was a favorite theme for so many of our
kids. Dylan Kellington has been practicing being a firefighter all year, so he
has had such a great time sharing all of his firefighting knowledge with us!
We'd like to give a HUGE Thanks to Firefighter Kurt (Josie's Dad) for coming in
and teaching us all about fire safety. The kids really enjoyed seeing his
uniform. He told us what the parts of his uniform are for and that even though
he may look very different with it on, it's still firefighter Kurt and we don't
need to be afraid. As Soleil said, "He's not scary!"
We sang lots of songs
about fire fighting this week including "Who do you call if there's a fire?",
and "Hurry, Hurry!" We read so many great fire safety books including, I am
Fire, Fire Truck, and A Visit to the Fire Station. We did
some great "Flame" art, and we finger painted with fire colors, red and yellow,
and used a little shaving cream as well. Andy and Ollie each did manage a
little finger dab into the paint. Charlie and Ellie were pretty much covered in
it.
The kids made some amazing buildings with blocks this week. We used little
paper fires on the houses and the firetrucks and firefighters would always come
to put the fire out.
In math, we counted spaces between rungs on a tape ladder
and we did an activity finding the longest ladders. We practiced what to do if
our clothes catch on fire (Stop, drop, and roll), we talked about who to call
if there is a fire (911), we practiced what to do if there is a fire at school,
and we colored a long piece of paper to look like smoke and we practiced
crawling under smoke.
Our letter of the week is F. A perfect fit for talking
about fire safety. We practiced writing F's and coloring firetrucks. We glued
flowers to our big class F. It looks so pretty. F is also for feathers and we
made feather F's. F is also for frog and Shea says it is also for "Fooey!"
Thanks again to Firefighter Kurt! You were amazing and the kids love
you! And Thanks Josie for sharing your Dad with us!
Thanks to everyone who
came to the pumpkin patch with us. It was so fun to play with you at the farm!
Check out the cute kid on the cover of The Washington County Weekly! It's our very
own Andy and his dad playing on the swings! Wheeeee!
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| Toddler School with Ms. Judy & Ms. Courtney |
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Fire Prevention
This week in the Toddler Class was HOT! We made it
all! From firefighter hats, to badges, to fire themed art with paints and
streamers to even; pin the spots on the dalmation. WUFF! Our class is
continuing to learn their numbers, 1-5 and we sing our ABC's daily. Some of the
songs we sang this week were the Hokey Pokey and a collection of various firemen
songs. We painted geometric shapes and practiced our counting by singing
"Johnny work with one hammer." Also, our class practiced and talked about the
importance of STOP-DROP and ROLL! We read various fire truck/firemen books and had
a fiery time this week!
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 Parent Involvement
Thank you to Josie's dad, Kurt for coming in for Fire Prevention Week. Firefighter Kurt spoke to the classes about fire safety, showed the students the type of safety gear he wears and let them see what a firefighter looks like when they wear all that gear (so important, so that they know not to be scared when they need help).
Thanks Firefighter Kurt and Josie for sharing her daddy!
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