Week 12

At the close of Week 12, we find ourselves in the festive month of December! Tis' the season for holiday sharing, gift giving and for those of us here at Holy Childhood, the Annual Holiday Party hosted by the Henrietta Fire Department on Friday, December 23, 2011. That Friday the entire school will be treated to lunch from the town's firefighters and gifts from Santa. Though we would love to have families and friends here at school to help us celebrate, we are unable to invite visitors due to the number of guests we will already have present and wish all of you a happy holiday at home!

With the start of a new month, Mrs. P.'s class was busy wrapping up its lessons on Canada. In SPOT group this week, students prepared waffles with Canadian maple syrup, getting a taste of what our Northern neighbors enjoy year-round. Students had the opportunity to work as a team to measure and combine ingredients, resulting in a very tasty reward! Stay tuned to see what country, sport and athlete Mrs. P.'s class will learn about this month!

Mrs. P.'s class also began a new unit in Physical Education: gymnastics! This week our classroom Olympians learned about the balance beam, and each student got the chance to walk on one with teacher assistance.

In art class, students began decorating holiday ornaments for both school and home. Students worked with various different materials- paint, tissue paper, and crayons- to create what are turning out to be beautiful hand-crafted ornaments!

Again, we wish you a happy holiday season, and look forward to a few weeks of hard work before a much deserved vacation! Please be reminded that the School of the Holy Childhood will be closed for the holidays beginning Monday, December 26, 2011 and will reopen on Monday, January 2, 2012.