Roycemore School Lower School News 2015-16

Wednesday is the last day of Lower School! We will be spending it at Sunset Woods Park in Highland Park! It has been a fantastic year!

This is the last blog of the 2015-2016 year! It has been a wonderful year in Lower School, especially with the introduction of our Leader in Me character education program. It is amazing how most of our students have embraced the program. Look for more of the 7 Habits next year! Also look for the first blog of 2016-17 on Sunday, August 28.

PRE-KINDERGARTEN AND JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN BREAKFASTS Monday June 6 8:30-9:30 a.m.
CULMINATION NIGHT for Kindergarten-Fourth Grade, Monday, June 6 5:00-6:00 p.m. Information has been sent out by me and by the teachers. These are truly wonderful events where you see how much progress your children have made this year! We hope to see you all there.

END OF THE YEAR OUTING: SUNSET WOODS PARK, HIGHLAND PARK Wednesday, June 8 10:00-2:30 Everyone send good thoughts for good weather! Again, information was sent to you. It is always a fabulous way to end the school year. You are all welcome to join us. We do ask you to drive as there is no extra room on the bus. Directions are attached to the email accompanying the blog.

There is still room in both DISCOVERY UNLIMITED AND CAMP. Because the NU Center For Talent Development will be using our building this summer, Discovery will take place the first two weeks after school is out, June 13-24.
A full description of the Discovery and Camp offerings are at www.roycemoreschool.org/summer. You will also find a link for online registration.

Discovery is starting a week before camp this year. Therefore we will be offering an Extended Day Program until 3:00 p.m. for those of you who need childcare for the first week. The children will be able to cycle into camp as usual for the second week, so we will be having childcare until our usual 6:00 for that week.

PICTURES THIS WEEK

1. Thank you to Lisa Bretones for creating a First Grade song with the children and teaching it to them. She is shown here with her daughters singing the song.

2. The First and Second Grade reading groups all read books about robots. For example in Mrs. O'Donnell's group they looked at the parts of the story, Me and My Robot by Tracey West. They focused on the problem and solution. They realized that the characters needed to used specific adjectives to properly code the robot. They created murals to represent what they learned. While in Ms. Becker's class they used Ozybots where they coded them to follow a path of the book they read.

3. The First Grade did an amazing project called biomimicry. They researched an animal, wrote an ebook on the animal including a bibliography. They then invented something that mimics their animal and had a share fair for the other students in Lower School.

4. The Third Graders studied astronomy and produced an amazing Planetarium for everyone to see.

See more pictures at the bottom of the blog

AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT

The only activity going this week is Martial Arts on Tuesday.
All other clubs are done for the year!

A REMINDER: Please remember that Roycemore Lower School is a nut/peanut-free environment. Please remember this when you send in birthday treats and snacks for your children. There are many other allergies, specific to individual children, so please check with your classroom teacher before sending in treats. Thank you in advance for caring about all of our children.

Finally, a reminder that available on RenWeb is a school calendar with all events. This can be found in the "School Information" section under the heading "Calendar." Please consult this calendar for a weekly preview of what is coming