After School Activities for Kindergarten
students will begin on January 20, 2016 and will end on June
1, 2016. The activities will be held every Wednesday from
2:15 to 3:10 pm. Please note that the program is strictly for Kindergarten
students only.
The aim of Kindergarten AFAC is to give our
students exposure to a wide variety of activities, which will then enable both
you and your child to make more informed choices in Grade 1 when a more
extensive program is offered.
There will be six activities and each will be
supervised by Teacher Assistants. The Teacher Assistants will assist the
activity Coaches and accompany students to and from their
activities. They will pick up the children from the kindergarten
hallway every Afterschool Activities day. They will then return the children
back to the hallway after the activity is finished.
Your child will stay with their section and
attend all activities described below, rotating to a new activity every three
weeks. The final schedule of activities with venues will be communicated to you
after the number of participants is confirmed and the groups are organized. We
ask that you please provide an extra snack for your child on Afterschool
Activity days. Your child will eat snack prior to their AFAC.
TRANSPORTATION:
- After the activities, bus riders will be picked up by their respective bus mothers from the kindergarten hallway.
- Other students do need to be picked up by their parents / guardians at 3:15; students who are not picked up by 3:20 will be taken to the ES office.
- Teacher Assistants will remain with your child until he / she is picked up.
Please see below for the activities and the
coaches:
Activity: Gymnastics (Coach Ramon Cua)
- Students will participate in floor exercises
focused on balance, posture, positioning, and movement.
Activity: Pre-Martial Arts (Coach Jonas Flores)
- Through fun and basic martial arts movement,
the children will learn different basic moves designed to enhance their
discipline and body coordination.
Activity: Music and Dance (Ms. Phebe Perea)
- Students will be encouraged to express
themselves creatively through music by singing and playing various instruments
and games to enhance their music skills in a fun and imaginative way.
Activity: Art (Ms. Clariz Samera)
- Students will make puppets, create rainbow
streamers and dancing dragons, celebrate Earth Week by making Earth pendants,
and design their own name plates and boxes using glitter, beads and their own
cut outs.
Activity: Wall Climbing (Coach Jeremy Flores)
- Students will have the opportunity to
experience climbing our school’s safe and challenging wall. They will develop
confidence, perseverance, coordination and physical fitness in this activity.
There will be a ratio of one coach for every six students to ensure safety and
to give the students more wall climbing time.
Activity: Games (To be confirmed)
- Our games are designed to promote the
development of fundamental motor skills, basic movement patterns, and skills in
collaboration, such as sportsmanship, turn-taking, and working together in a
group.
Parents are obviously very welcome to attend the
activities each Wednesday.
