Our class was very happy to be back at school on Monday. They missed their friends and were ready to get back into a routine. We started the week learning about snow. We will do short units this month on Antarctica, penguins and woodland animals.

One thing that you can help us reinforce is to remind your child to put their hat and mittens in his or her coat sleeve in the morning. This makes it easier when we get ready to go outside. They don't have to dig through their backpack to find things.

We would like to say thank you for the gift certificate from the class. We appreciate your thoughtfulness.