Dear Wawaloam School Community,
Do you want to know what is better than finding books to share with students? When a student finds a book they think I will like and comes into my office to read it to me- and then invites me to share it with the whole school!!
This week, I had the pleasure of hearing the story "One" by Kathryn Otoshi read to me by Madelyn R. This book was about a group of colors that were not always made to feel nice by the color red! One day, a gray number 1 comes along and convinces the other colors that it is NOT ok to be made to feel bad by RED and then they all became numbers too. In the end, even the color RED becomes the number 7 with an ending theme that "all it takes is 1" to do the right thing :) This book celebrates differences and making your choices count.
What a great theme to share with all of the students as we continue to think about October being Bully Prevention Month.
Madelyn R. holding the book "One" by Kathryn Otoshi
Have any of your children told you about our new benches out on the playground? Our PBIS team meets about every 6 weeks or so. We brainstorm ways to make our PBIS program stronger and stronger. We heard about a student who had the idea of a "Buddy Bench" for his school so that when children are feeling lonely or can not find a friend to play with, they can sit on these benches as a quiet code that they would like someone to play with. As a team, we decided that we like this idea and found two small benches so that we could put one on both levels of the playground. We spent time reviewing that the benches serve a purpose and that they are not to be moved around. We role played what a scenario might look like, students shared examples of when they would use the bench. Ideas like, when you can't find your friend, when your other friend is sick, when you don't like what your friends are playing etc. The conversation went really well and the students seemed genuinely happy to have this option available. Here is a picture of the bench:
Friendship Bench
What a great week at the book fair! We are fortunate to have such an awesome group of PTA parents who came and volunteered to help with this in our library. I appreciate Mrs. Gagner, our Reading Specialist working with the PTA to make this happen! The book selections were awesome and it is always fun to see what the children select!
Don't miss out on the Spooktacular Book Fair Halloween Party, this Friday night at Metcalf from 6-8 pm Come in costume! There will be a Spooky stage and fun games and trick or treating! There will be a crafts station, free refreshments and of course lots of great books for sale!
Once again we are having a Pumpkin Parade at Wawaloam School. Bring in a carved pumpkin next week and we will display these in front of our bee statue outside. On Friday, we will place them on 102 for a lit display (LCD lights) right our on 102. Last year, this looked GREAT at night~ the more participants the better!
I surveyed 5 students this week with the following question:
What is your favorite Fall activity?
Jordan H. "When all the leaves come down and look pretty and stuff"
Evan B. and Madelyn R. "Jumping in the leaves!"
Emily M. "Watching the leaves fall"
Tyler B. "Making a big pile of leaves!"
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
A message from the towns: Please bring canned goods and pasta on Election Day when you vote on November 4, 2014.
For information about what is happening at the Exeter Public Library go to www.exeterpubliclibrary.org/
Parent Support Network is presenting a workshop for parents on Social and Emotional Learning. Any questions and for registration, please call 467-6855
Hope you all have an outstanding weekend filled with family fun!
Respectfully,
Melissa Marino
P.S. On TUESDAY morning, we are having a safety demo and emergency/rescue vehicles will be
in front of Wawaloam School. Please do not be alarmed, our Health teachers do this annually
with Grade 1 students.
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