Hello P3 Families!

We’ve had a wonderful October so far, as the children are busy enjoying all things fall, learning about pumpkins and their life cycle, weather changes, and upcoming Halloween fun. I’m sure some of them have come home singing Halloween songs as well! As we learn about the continents, mammals, vertebrate and invertebrates, the human body, and the 5 senses, we are also making steady progress with individual lessons for language and math.

We have also started our Peace Curriculum. This focuses on appropriate conflict resolution, understanding feelings and emotions and how to appropriately deal with them, grace and courtesy, acts of kindness, and activities to calm busy brains and bodies. Some children may have come home talking about the story of Black Elk, a Native American boy who talked about the “red road” (Road of Peace) and the “black road” (Road of Difficulty). We walk the Red Road when we show kindness and feel happiness and peace, and walk the Black Road when we choose to make inappropriate choices or feeling sad or angry. We understand that everybody, adults included, will walk the Black Road at some point, but we can always make choices that will make things better. The Peace Curriculum is taught every Thursday.

We are so proud of your children for working so hard everyday!

International Children’s Day is coming up on October 29th. This is normally a very extravagant event, involving parents and the whole FMS community. However, due to the COVID restrictions we have to adhere to, ICD will be celebrated in our own classroom with only P3 students. Our classroom will be representing Australia, and it will be a half day of fun activities pertaining to the continent such as boomerang making, koala crafts, vegemite tasting, and Aboriginal painting.

Here are important October dates coming up:

Thursday, 10/29: International Children’s Day (Half Day, Primary pick up @ 11:15am)

Friday, 10/30: Nevada Day NO SCHOOL (Enjoy the holiday!)

Thank you parents!

Primary 3