Fraser Woods Montessori College | A Week of Enjoyable in Lower El

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This week was filled with so many memorable moments as our Lower Elementary group got here collectively to rejoice the tip of such a beautiful college yr. The kids have labored so arduous this yr and have grown in so some ways. It was so particular closing this chapter collectively, specializing in group, connection, celebration, and pure enjoyable.

Our days in the course of the college yr are so full. Mornings are busy with classes and all of the unbiased work the kids are centered on. Afternoons are stuffed with specials, studying teams, and transitions. So, this week actually felt further particular. We had the possibility to decelerate just a little and make extra time to only actually get pleasure from our last days collectively as one large Lower El group. It was every week of enjoyable, laughter, and memory-making.

Field Day was an enormous hit. The kids had one of the best time doing relays, taking part in tug-of-war, and all the opposite superior actions organized by Mr. Fisher. After lunch, we even had an unbelievable Dance-Off led by Mrs. Kirk. It was enjoyable, busy, and filled with power, and unbelievable teamwork, college spirit, and pleasant competitors. We cherished watching the kids cheer each other on and luxuriate in such an superior day collectively.

Tuesday was Pajama Day. PJ day is all the time one of the best; who doesn’t love being further cozy in school? We cherished seeing everybody’s completely different pajamas and getting to fulfill the entire particular stuffed animals and comfortable mates they introduced alongside to maintain them firm throughout lunch and recess. We even had an opportunity to observe The Jungle Book throughout lunchtime. The kids watched the film as they loved their meals. It made for such a comfortable and enjoyable change of tempo in the course of the week. The highlights have been positively listening to the kids evaluate components of the film to the mini musical they placed on just a few brief weeks in the past, and the entire group busting out in music when “Bare Necessities” got here on.

Beach Day was one other favourite. The classroom was stuffed with beach-themed enjoyable work and plenty of superior seashore day gear. Later within the day, we headed exterior with our seashore towels for a picnic lunch on the sector, full with popsicles. It was such a candy technique to get pleasure from each other’s firm and absorb just a little summer time feeling earlier than the yr got here to an in depth.

Our end-of-year Lower Elementary celebration was additionally such a blast. The kids hung out exterior taking part in outside video games, having fun with treats (particular due to Jocelyn and Jessica, Sully and Kai’s mothers), and having enjoyable collectively on the sector. It was precisely what we hoped for: an opportunity for the kids to chuckle, play, and be collectively in an additional enjoyable method. The pleasure on their faces once they found the entire setup was for them was one of the best.

On Friday morning, we gathered for one final morning as our full class of 32. It was a particular time to pause and take within the last days of this specific classroom group. This group has shared a lot collectively, and it felt vital to have that point all collectively earlier than heading into summer time and earlier than some kids transfer on to their subsequent chapter. We gathered on the sector and had some particular enjoyable with bubbles as we bought able to ship our third-years off to their subsequent journey.

The Moving Up Ceremony was a wonderful technique to finish the yr. A really particular congratulations to all of our third-year college students who’re transferring on to Upper Elementary. They have grown a lot, and they are going to be deeply missed in Lower Elementary. We have been additionally so glad to welcome the Primary third years, who at the moment are formally a part of our Lower Elementary group. It was a beautiful technique to honor each endings and new beginnings.

It has been unbelievable to observe the kids be taught, develop, and alter all year long. I’ve cherished not solely seeing the way in which they grew academically however simply attending to know each one in all them, getting to speak, chuckle, and spend our days collectively. This is such a particular group of kids, and I really feel very grateful for the yr now we have shared.

As we shut out the yr, I additionally wish to take a second to thank all of our households in your partnership. Your kindness, gratitude, and help all year long, and particularly throughout this last week, have meant a lot. Thank you all for the attractive playing cards, beneficiant presents, and considerate conversations, which have actually meant the world to me.

This yr was a giant transition for me, as I left a college group the place I had constructed lifelong relationships with the entire college group, from households to administration. Coming to FWM was an enormous leap of religion. I left a second dwelling, a thriving classroom group, a spot the place I felt cherished and appreciated, all to mainstream my life and work nearer to my kids. I had lengthy admired FWM, particularly after being a part of the toddler mum or dad course 7 years in the past with my youngster, however I wasn’t positive what it could be wish to be a part of the group. It’s secure to say the danger was effectively price taking. I’m so grateful I adopted the trail that led me right here. I’m so very grateful to be a part of this particular group.

Thank you all for welcoming me into this group with such open arms this yr. Thank you for sharing your unbelievable kids with me and partnering to help them. Thank you for displaying up, for being so wanting to volunteer your time for something and all the things from discipline journeys, to bread making, to thriller studying, you all present up each single time and we’re so grateful.

We finish this college yr with full and grateful hearts. It has been a pleasure and a privilege to show your kids, to chuckle with them, and to observe them develop. We hope each one in all you has a beautiful summer time together with your kids, stuffed with many particular recollections. We stay up for reconnecting initially of the subsequent college yr. See you then!