 April 2016
Heath Extended Day 5-7 Newsletter During the month of March During the month of March, we continued granting wish days for the 5-7 students. We had two pizza parties, electronics day, movie day, engineering day, and an Alice in Wonderland themed tea party for this month’s wish days. During engineering day, students used a 21st invention kit called a MaKey MaKey. Using this device, students can turn everyday objects into touchpads for use with the internet. Students turned apples, hershey kisses, and even themselves into touchpads and played an online piano, Super Mario, and Pac Man. The Alice In Wonderland Tea Party was a tea party. Students drank tea and lemonade, and enjoyed bagels, donuts and chocolate covered pretzel treats. In addition, students watched the Alice In Wonderland movie, made clocks, and played croquet! This month students learned how to make chocolate ice cream using cocoa powder, condensed milk, vanilla, and whipping cream. They also learned how to make vanilla cake from scratch! These activities helped individual students achieve their goals. We are so proud of all of the HEDP students that participated in the Heath School Variety Show! 5-7 students attended both variety shows to support their peer performers and sibling performers! Great job! March family dinner consisted of a pasta bar and garlic bread. Students mixed and matched ravioli and shells with marinara sauce and alfredo sauce. Students made both sauces from scratch, as well as the garlic bread, and chocolate cream pie for dessert! March Iron Chef Competition was “Dip that Chip”. Using a yankee swap style pick of ingredients, students chose one item from a variety of ingredients. Unknown to them as to what the ingredients were going to be used for, they chose their favorite item, them were randomly placed in groups. Using the ingredients picked from each students in a group, they were instructed to make two different chip dips. Students had to use all the ingredients between the two dips! Creations were a three layer Mexican dip, a guacamole surprise dip, a parsley ranch dip, and an onion dip! During the month of April On Mondays for five weeks, students will participate in a new set of club choices. Choices include photography and creative handwork. During photography club, Zoe will lead the group. They will learn an introduction to photography and take and print photos using digital cameras. In creative handwork club, students will take part in activities such as sewing and embroidery. Each week, there will be a new DIY project! Additionally, students will learn how to make homemade chocolate cupcakes, caramel cake, and donuts as part of student goals. We will also have a math bee! Early Release Days Wednesday, April 6th Tuesday, April 12th Wednesday, April 27th Tuesday, May 3rd April Vacation Week Monday, April 18th- Friday, April 22nd
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 April 2016
Heath Extended Day 1/2 Green Newsletter Welcome to April : Hopefully, Spring is finally here! In March, we enjoyed reading a Dr. Seuss book every day and worked on creating rhyming words just like the rhyming master himself, Dr. Seuss. We enjoyed some Dr. Seuss themed snacks such as “cat in the hat” kabob” made out of bananas marshmallows strawberry's During the month of April, we will be accomplishing your child's goals for the year. Week 1: Cooking Week: During cooking week students will take turns helping to make delicious recipes. Wednesday 4/6: we will complete Eli’s goal of baking a chocolate cake with vanilla frosting. Thursday 4/7: we will complete Elsie’s goal of cooking pasta with cheese. Friday 4/8: we will complete Eric’s goal of making Spätzle a kind of soft egg noodle found in the cuisines of southern Germany and Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Alsace and South Tyrol. Week 2: Science Week Monday 4/11: We will complete Liam’s goal of making a Bottle Launcher we will also celebrate opening day by having a Fenway Cook out Tuesday 4/12: Early Release Day Green Team Tie Dye shirts and Socks please send your child in with a T-Shirt or Socks Wednesday 4/13: Exploring Building and Building Lego Sets Thursday 4/14: Biggest Structure challenge Friday 4/15: Strongest Structure challenge Week 3: Happy Vacation!!! Week 4: Sports: During sports week, the rocking green team will play a variety of different sports Giorgos and Michael have goals to learn how to play baseball and what better time to learn baseball than when the Red Sox return to open their season at Fenway park ( that is if it stops snowing ) No School April Vacation: April 18-22 Early Release Days: Wednesday, April 6th Tuesday, April 12th Wednesday, April 27th Tuesday, May 3rd As the weather begins to warm up, we will be spending a lot of time outdoors playing. We will also bring craft projects outside so that students can have a variety of options ranging from sports and tag to arts and crafts. Please be sure your child brings a light jacket or sweatshirt for the cooler temperatures at the end of the day. Donations to our classroom are greatly appreciated! This month our wish list items include: Any used Lego sets with all the pieces, mentos and 4 liters of Coca-Cola. Finally, please consider joining in the RUN A MILE TOGETHER WITH US on June 12th, 2016 as part of the Village Fair. Check out the details at the www.brooklinemilerace.com Heath Extended Day is looking for families to run, volunteer and donate to this fantastic event. Please contact Noelle should you be interested in more information! ~With happiness and warm thoughts, Diana and Tess Wish List- Gardening supplies Large Sand Timers  April Newsletter 3-4 Dear 3-4 Families, Spring is finally here, and we are looking forward to enjoying the weather and taking more of our activities to the great outdoors. As we continue to fulfill more student goals, we will be learning new games and playing sports we don’t often get to play, like Bocce and indoor hockey. In case April showers keep us inside, we will be starting a month-long unit about the National Parks. Our students will work in small groups or independently to do research on a National Park of their choice, and present their work towards the end of the month (hopefully coinciding with Earth Day!). After many variety show rehearsals and performances, Zoe’s art group was finally able to put on a fabulous shadow puppet play for our group, and they will continue to work on their clay unit this month before moving into other projects, including one that will combine science and art. Speaking of the variety shows, we were thrilled and proud to see so many of our 3-4 students work together to perform songs, original dances, and comedy acts. Finally, please consider joining in the RUN A MILE TOGETHER WITH US on June 12th, 2016 as part of the Village Fair. Check out the details at the www.brooklinemilerace.com Heath Extended Day is looking for families to run, volunteer and donate to this fantastic event. Please contact Noelle should you be interested in more information! Thanks! Robin, Josh, Emily, & Paul Important Dates: April 6: Early Release Day April 12: Early Release Day April 27: Early Release Day April 18- 22: School Closed for April Vacation Wish List
--  Astonishing April
What has happened: March was magnificent! During the first week of the month, we focused on the letters N & O and we made noodle necklaces. The following week, during the week of letter P, we practiced acting out The Three Little Pigs. We then moved into quilt making during letter Q’s week. (We will soon be debuting the quilt with each child's patch). In the third week, letter R, we turned our dramatic play area into a science lab and we tested out what happens when we mix primary colors together. The last week, letter S, was dedicated to Outer Space! We added a few things to our science lab and transformed it into a space ship. We learned the names of the planets and also discovered how far away each planet is from the Sun. What is to come: April will include the letters T, U, V & W! Letter T’s week will be dedicated to trees and to how they change with the seasons as well as trains. Letter U will be dedicated to preparing for the Q & U wedding! (Invitation to follow later in the month). For the letter V & W, we will be learning about vegetables and worms. In particular, we will discuss how gardens need worms and we will also act out a play with worm sock puppets that we will be making in the art area. Wish list: Spare Socks for sock puppets! If you have any lone socks lingering donate them to us to upcycle and make sock puppets! Have an awesome April! Angelica, Katrin, Christiane & Zoe Dates to note: April Vacation: 18th-22nd Early Release Days: Wednesday 4/6 Tuesday 4/12 Wednesday 4/27  Awesome April What has happened: March was truly marvelous! The first week was dedicated to the letters N & O. The PreK class helped dye noodles and used their fine motor skills to string necklaces! During letter P’s week we read the story of The Three Little Pigs and acted it out. The next week was focused on the letter Q. We used felt to create our own patches that will be sewn into a quilt for the classroom wall! Our class then moved on to letter R which we focused on rainbows. We learned what colors the three primary colors could create when mixed together. The last week was dedicated to Outer Space! We turned our dramatic play into a spaceship and are learning the duties of astronauts. What is to come: April will include the letters T, U, V & W! During letter T’s week we will be focusing on trees and trains. As a class we will create our own train station. Letter U will be about umbrellas rain since April showers bring May flowers. For the letter V & W, we will be learning about vegetables and worms. In particular, we will discuss how gardens need worms and we will also act out a play with worm sock puppets that we will be making in the art area. Wish list: Spare Socks for sock puppets! If you have any lone socks lingering donate them to us to upcycle and make sock puppets! Have an awesome April! Angelica, Katrin, & Christiane Dates to note: April Vacation: 18th-22nd Early Release Days*Dismissal at 11:30*: Wednesday 4/6 Tuesday 4/12 Wednesday 4/27 |
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