The Haynes Connection

Dear Kindergarten Families:

On Wednesday June 6^th, Haynes Kindergartners will celebrate the annual Chicken Festival!  This festival is an event full of games, crafts, music, and food all focused around the chicken theme.  At the end of the festival, parents and children come together for a group sing-a-long and of course, the chicken dance!  The festival will be around 2 ½ hours, from 9-11:30am.  Be sure to mark this date on your calendars!

We need many adult volunteers (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, guardians) to help make this festival a success!  We have some volunteers, but are hoping that even more of you will be interested in helping us with this fun festival.  We are currently in need of people to help out at the food and games stations.  We also need a few more Farmers who will act as the “tour guides” leading groups of children from station.  Farmers also help with set-up and clean-up.  There is room for anyone interested and willing to help!  Please click here to sign-up to volunteer.  Please note:  If you have already volunteered via email, thank you!  You do not need to sign-up again here.

If you plan to participate in the Chicken Festival, please make sure that your CORI check if up-to-date.  If you are unsure if your CORI paperwork is current, please check with Beth Renner at the school’s front desk.

Please consider volunteering!  This is a fun event and a great way to meet other kindergarten parents.  Feel free to contact us if you have any questions, ideas or if you would like more information.

Andrea DeMichele - andrealdemi@yahoo.com

Jennifer Wall - jenniferkwall@gmail.com

Mandy Sim - mandysim@gmail.com

On May 8, 2012 Drumlin Farm Naturalist Sandy Verger visited the Kindergarten classrooms. She presented a program called Hatching out; they  talked about animals that hatch out of eggs.  The students were able to observe and have a front row seat in front of a Pekin duck.   They were also able to touch a live corn snake.  The program directly correlates with the current science curriculum and was funded by HOP.   The kindergarteners now have real eggs and are incubating them in their classrooms.  They are anxiously waiting for them to hatch sometime in June.  Be sure to ask your kindergartens about Paddy the Duck and the corn snake.

On Tuesday, May 1st, Bay Colony Educators visited our 3rd grade. This 50 minute presentation was sponsored by the Haynes PTO/Cultural Enrichment Committee.  The visual lecture-demonstration and question and answer session looked at the child's life in pre-revolutionary (1750's) New England.  This program is designed to follow the Social Studies Curriculum Frameworks for Grade Three.

In looking at and discussing the clothing, behavior, responsibilities, education and toys and games of the colonial child Colonial America comes to life for the students.

The Haynes 5^th grade is about to embark on their study of the human body and they are looking for some parent/ guardian experts.   Are you a nurse, physician, EMT, physical therapist? The 5^th grade would love your help. Any and all professions with knowledge of the human body are welcome.

What: Talk to the students about the human body/ a body system, how it functions and how it relates to your profession

When: Preferably any Wednesday in May – you pick

Time Commitment: 30-45 minutes/ presentation  – one or two presentations

This unit of study has been a favorite of 5^th grade students. Please contact Heather Duckett for more information and to schedule.   Heather_Duckett@sudbury.k12.ma.us

Thanks for your willingness to share a bit of your time with Haynes Students.