Welcome to Kindergarten at Suddaby (Suddaby Public School)

June 22nd, 2020

June 22, 2020

Dear kindergarten families,

Welcome to Suddaby, home of the Stars! If you are new to our school you will find us to be a warm and friendly group determined to build a strong community of learners. We can’t wait to meet you in person!

Our 2020 Kindie Staff

At this point, Suddaby has 4 kindergarten classes for 2020-2021. All are JK/SK blends with about 27 students in each. (The numbers seem to change almost daily so this may change.) Each class has one or two DECEs and a teacher who are all eager to meet and begin learning with our kindergarten friends.

	DECE Dedicated Early Childhood Educator	Teacher
K1	Kylie Beirne a.m. Pamela Humphrey p.m.	LTO (To be hired)
K2	Shawna Rhodes a.m., Sarah Rocha p.m.	Jennifer Urquhart (new to Suddaby)
K3	Sarah Gadawski a.m., Judith Cullen p.m. (LTO)	Samantha McLaughlin
K4	Amara Saeed	Sheila Cober Anderson

Help Us Get to Know Your Child

Thanks for the surveys some of you have sent our team. If you have not yet completed yours, just click on the link below!

New JK Parent Questionaire (This also works for SK students who are coming to school for the first time!)

Welcome to Kindergarten Bags

Suddaby is grateful to the WRDSB for providing WTK (Welcome To Kindergarten) bags for each of our students who are coming to kindergarten for the first time in JK (or SK). These will be handed out to families who are able to pick them up this Wednesday, June 24, 2020, from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. at the back of the school. Otherwise, we will save them for the students until the beginning of the school year.

Getting Ready For Kindergarten

Enjoy Suddaby’s slide show linked below. Take a peek to see pictures of and learn a little bit about our team members.

Kindergarten at Suddaby

Nervous about kindergarten? These Suddaby social stories might help! Feel free to print and read with your child several times over the summer.

Going to JK slide show

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1e4RY0vfw4H4LtSpydQDr-LawsAc9mPzhtGegSqoVxAs/present?usp=sharing

Jk to SK

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LbSjr5MlsYTkGHBrcxp4U1LOgoZuvKKjPrOE_Srkss8/present?usp=sharing

There are many resources to support families in helping our Stars to learn and grow:

The Learning Partnership a non-profit charitable organization that supports a variety of public school initiatives including Welcome to Kindergarten.

WRDSB@HOME for Kindergarten Students – daily activity ideas for families

WRDSB Welcome to Kindergarten Program Information

WRDSB Speech-Language Services Department Welcome to Kindergarten flyer

Your Homework!

What? Homework in kindergarten? We promise this is easy and fun!

For parents:

If you have not already registered your email on SchoolDay, please follow the instructions that will be provided. SchoolDay is our primary mode of communication from the office and you will need SchoolDay to order pizza and give permission for your class to go on field trips.

For Students:

In your WTK bag, you will find a white star. Please add your name and then decorate your star however you like. We hope to add everyone’s Star to a welcome back bulletin board.