Protocols for return to school June 1
• SWS Covid-19 Policy & Protocols
• SWS Covid-19 Information and Parental Agreement
For more information, please see our recent blog post From the Principal’s Desk – Stage 3 re-opening details
Protocol for safe delivery of materials
Package assembly
• Packages are assembled a minimum of 48 hours before they are distributed
• Employees will wash their hands frequently during package assembly
• Employees will not assemble materials if they are feeling sick, have a fever or a cough
• Employees may wear protective face coverings such as a bandana or homemade mask when assembling packages
Package delivery and distribution
• Employees will not deliver or distribute materials if they are feeling sick, have a fever or a cough
• Employees will carry hand sanitizer and will sanitize their hands between each delivery
• Employees will maintain a physical distance of 2 metres from others when distributing materials
• Employees will leave materials outdoors and recommend that they stay outside for two hours before coming into the home, or that the packages are wiped down with sanitizer
Receiving materials from the school (for families)
• SWS recommends that families leave packages outside for a minimum of two hours, or wipe down the packages with sanitizing wipes before bringing them inside
Classroom resources
Early Childhood
Sample schedule of daily rhythm
SONGS & RECIPES
Bread recipe
Bread baking song (audio)
Painting song (audio)
Butterfly folding song (audio)
Washerwoman song (audio)
The Bird song (audio)
Fairy Juice (Elderflower syrup) recipe
Croque Monsieur recipe
Biscuits à-lavoine banane et chocolat
Plant a tea garden
The Picnic Song
CRAFTS & PROJECTS
Easter basket instructions
Doll swing seat
Mason bee house
Make a dream catcher (thank you, Dana!)
Flower paint
Fairy soup
May crowns
Wet on wet watercolour painting
Finger knitting with children
Make your own beehive
Felt fishing set
Heart mapping exercise
Citrus cup bird feeders
Wind wands
Rafts and boats
Sleeping bag for Little Ones
Butterfly mobile
Mason jar butter
Origami boat
STORIES
The Little Gnome Who Had to Stay Home (and finger puppet making instructions)
Grandfather Tomten & the Easter Surprise
Five Little Peas
Here is a Bunny
Oats and Beans and Barley Grow (audio by Raffi)
The Little Brown Bulb
Momotaro, the Peach Boy
The Little Half Chick
The Fisherman & the Quiltmaker
The Queen Bee
Story time with Miss Elise
April 14 – The Country Bunny and the Little Golden Shoes
April 15 – The Bunny Who Found Easter
April 16 – A Nonsense Alphabet by Edward Lear, The Little Gingerbread Boy & The Little Girl in The Wood by Margaret Peckham
April 17 – What is Red? by Mary O’Neil & Ti-Jean and the Princess of Tomboso by Jan Andrews
April 20 – On the Ning Nang Nong by Spike Milligan, The Butterfly by Margaret Peckham, The Spirit of the Corn, traditional Iroquois tale & Molly Multiply by Miss Elise
April 21 – A Green Cornfield by Christina Rossetti, Ti-Jean the Marble Player by Jan Andrews
April 22 – Any Bird by J.E.M., How Ti-Jean Became a Fiddler by Jan Andrews
April 23 – Pancake Day by Shaun Fountain, The Hare and the Spoilt Queen by Lynne Reid Banks, The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton W. Burgess Chapter 1 & 2
April 24 – Earth-worm by Leonard Clark, The Hare and the Flower by Lynne Reid Banks, The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton W. Burgess Chapter 3 & 4
April 27 – Rain sizes by John Ciardi, David Divide by Miss Elise (from Numeria Stories), The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapter 5 & 6
April 28 – Poem for J.B. by Dorothy Harrer, The Princess of the Golden Stairs by Dorothy Harrer
April 29 – Waking Up by Lilian Moore, The Hare and the Orphan by Lynne Reid Banks, The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton W. Burgess Chapters 7,8 & 9
April 30 – The Falling Star by Sara Teasdale and The Brave Little Tailor, a German folktale, originally collected by the Brothers Grimm
May 1 – The Dustbin Men by Gregory Harrisson, The Treasure Chests by Margaret Peckham, The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton W. Burgess Chapters 10 &11
May 4 – Elephants folk poem, The Mystery of the Silverware by Ms. Elise, The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapter 12 & 13
May 5 – It was Spring in the Fields by Michael Rosen, The Bremen Town-Musicians by the Brothers Grimm, The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 14 & 15
May 6 – Spaghetti and Meatballs folk poem, The Hare and The Giants by Lynne Reid Banks, The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton W. Burgess Chapters 16 & 17
May 7 – When I Came to This Land, from And the Green Grass Grew All Around, Ti-Jean and The Unicorn by Eva Martins and Laszlo Gal, The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 18, 19 & 20
May 8 – The Tale of Custard the Dragon by Ogden Nash, Ti-Jean Brings Home the Moon by Eva Martins and Laszlo Gal, The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 21 & 22
May 11 – Jonathan Bing by Beatrice Curtis Brown, Their First Adventure by Ms. Elise, Tales of Numeria, The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 23 & 24
May 12 – Go Wind by Lilian Moore, Ti-Jean and the White Cat by Eva Martins and Laszlo Gal, The Adventures of Bobby Raccoon by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 1-3
May 13 – Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-Eater by Ian Serraillier, from Rhyme Time, The Three Golden Hairs by Eva Martins and Laszlo Gal, from Canadian Fairy Tales, The Adventures of Bobby Raccoon by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 4 & 5
May 14 – Seed Song by Ian Serraillier, Little Yeh Shen and the Golden Slipper, traditional Chinese tale, The Adventure of Bobby Raccoon by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 6,7 & 8
May 15 – Yellow Weed by Lilian Moore, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Adventures of Bobby Raccoon by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 9, 10 & 11
May 19 – The Apple by Isabel Laird, The Hare and the Dragon by Lynne Reid Banks, The Adventures of Bobby Raccoon by Thornton W. Burgess Chapters 12 & 13
May 20 – Wind on the Hill by A.A. Milne, The Three Tasks, Tale from Africa, The Adventures of Bobby Raccoon by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 14, 15 & 16
May 21 – Honey for Tea by Eleanor Farjeon, Mouse Woman and the Porcupine Hunter by Christie Harris
May 22 – The Caterpillar by Christina Rossetti, The Dancing Princesses by the Brothers Grimm, The Adventures of Bobby Raccoon by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 17, 18, 19 & 20
May 25 – The Lion’s Pride by Dorothy Harrer, The Prince of Butterflies by Dorothy Harrer, The Adventures of Bobby Raccoon by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 21, 22 & 23
May 26 – Flo, the White Duck by Gwen Dunn, from Four Feet and Two, an Anthology of Verses by Leila Berg, Mouse Woman and the Vanished Princes by Christie Harris, from Mouse Woman and the Mischief-Makers
May 27 – Boom, Bam, Boom, from Fee Fi Fo Fum!, A Waldorf Reader, The Fairy Snake, traditional Chinese tale, from Fee Fi Fo Fum!, A Waldorf Reader, The Adventures of Prickly Porky by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 1, 2 & 3
May 28 – The Gardener’s Cat by Patrick R. Chalmers, Beauty and the Beast by Eva Martin and Laszlo Gal, The Adventures of Prickly Porky by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 4 & 5
May 29 – What is Pink? by Christina Rossetti, from Ring of Rhyme The Fisherman’s Wife by The Brothers Grimm, from Fee Fi Fo Fum! A Waldorf Reader, The Adventures of Prickly Porky by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 6, 7 & 8
June 1 – The Foolish Man by Christopher Chamberlain, The Three Sisters by Dorothy Harrer, The Adventures of Prickly Porky by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 9 & 10
June 2 – Tom Thumb, traditional European tale, from The Magic Realm Fairy Tales, The Adventures of Prickly Porky by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 11 & 12
June 3 – Now is the Time by Elizabeth Coatsworth, Rapunzel traditional European tale, The Adventures of Prickly Porky by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 13 & 14
June 4 – Four Ducks on a Pond by William Allingham, Four Feet and Two Saturday Mountain, traditional European tale, from The Magic Realm Fairy Tales, The Adventures of Prickly Porky by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapter 15
June 5 – City Mouse and Garden Mouse by Christina Rossetti, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, traditional European tale, The Adventures of Prickly Porky by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 16 & 17
June 8 – The Snake by Emily Dickinson, Boots and His Brothers, traditional European tale, The Adventures of Prickly Porky by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 18 & 19
June 9 – The Old Man’s Toes by Eleaonor Farjeon, Snow White and Rose Red traditional European tale, The Adventures of Prickly Porky by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapter 20
June 10 – Roads by Rachel Field, The Princess and the Glass Hill traditional European tale, The Adventures of Prickly Porky by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapter 21
June 11 – To Think! by Elizabeth Coatsworth, The White Snake, traditional European tale, The Adventures of Prickly Porky by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 22 & 23
June 12 – My Secret Secret by Archie Barrett, King Thrushbeard, traditional European tale, The Adventures of Old Man Coyote by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 1 & 2
June 15 – The Swing by R.L.Stevenson, Mother Holle traditional European tale, The Adventures of Old Man Coyote by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 3 & 4
June 16 – Under Ground”, by James Reeves, The Princess and the Pea traditional European tale, The Adventures of Old Man Coyote by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 5 & 6
June 17 –Shiny by James Reeves, The Adventures of Old Man Coyote by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 7, 8, 9 & 10
June 18 –Daddy Fell Into the Pond by James Reeves, The Adventures of Old Man Coyote by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapters 11, 12, 13 & 14
June 19 –Sunning, by James S Tippett, The Adventures of Old Man Coyote by Thornton W. Burgess, Chapter 15 to the end
Grades
MUSIC
Miss Fawcett explains how to tune your violin (video)
pdf instructions for violin tuning
Grade 4 violin lesson 1 video with Miss Fawcett
Grade 4 violin lesson 1 (pdf format)
Grade 4 violin lesson 2 video with Miss Fawcett
Grade 4 lesson 2 (pdf format)
Grade 5 violin lesson 1 video with Miss Fawcett
Grade 5 violin lesson 1 (pdf format)
Grade 5 violin lesson 2 video with Miss Fawcett
Grade 5 violin lesson 2 (pdf format)
Fiddle Club May 14 – Britches Full of Stitches
FRENCH
Grade 1
Les quatre saisons – Drawing and Vocabulary
Vocabulary – Les quatre saisons
Les quatre saisons – video
Les couleurs du printemps – vocabulary
Les couleurs du printemps – video
Les fleurs – video
Les fleurs sauvages – video
Les fleurs sauvages – vocabulary
Les insectes – video
Les insectes – vocabulary
Dans la forêt lointaine – vocabulary
Dans la forêt lointaine – video 1
Dans la forêt lointaine – video 2
À la plage vocabulary – video
À la plage vocabulary – worksheet
Les accessoires de plage vocabulary – video
C’est l’été verse – video
Grade 2/3
Things from nature
La-chasse-au-trésor-nature
Nature_video
Les insectes_video 1
Les insectes_video 2
Les insectes_video 3
Vocabulary – Les insectes
Les coccinelles (ladybugs)_video
Les oiseaux – video
Les oiseaux – vocabulary
Les oiseaux part 2 – video
Les oiseaux part 2 – vocabulary
La forêt – vocabulary
La forêt – video
Les peuples autochtones vocabulary – video
Grade 4/5
My kitchen/ma cuisine
Ma cuisine vocabulary
Ma cuisine – quiz
Ma cuisine – answers
Ma cuisine_video
Les légumes du jardin_video
Les fruits et les légumes_video
Les fruits et les légumes – vocabulary
Les fruits et les légumes – exercise
Les fruits et les légumes – answers
Singulier ou pluriel – exercise
Singulier ou pluriel – answers
La nourriture et les repas – video
La nourriture et les repas – vocabulary
La nourriture et les repas – révision
La nourriture et les repas – exercice
La nourriture et les repas – correction
Les desserts – video
Les desserts – vocabulary
Les desserts – exercise
Les desserts – exercise correction
Grade 6/7
Le camping lesson
Le camping verse
Le camping_video 1
Le camping_video 2
Vocabulary–L’orientation
Conjugating verbs_video
Perdu sur une île déserte_video
Perdu sur une île déserte_vocabulary
Perdu sur une île déserte_exercise
Le camping – mot croisé (crossword)
Le mois de juin – verse
Le mois de juin – video
Le pluriel – review worksheet
L’heure – review worksheet
EXERCISES & MOVEMENT
• Home chores for your child
• 10 Nature Activities to Help Get Your Family Through the Coronavirus Pandemic
• Animal flow exercises with Miss Louise
• Body weight exercises with Miss Louise
• Dance class: Learn The Twist with Miss Louise
• Dance class: Learn The Hand Jive with Miss Louise
• Dance class: ’80s Aerobics with Miss Louise
• Solo ball drills with Miss Louise
• Dual ball drills with Miss Louise
• Stretching with Miss Louise
• Old school hip hop with Miss Louise
GENERAL
• Kim John Payne Parenting in Troubled Times Part 1: Preparing
• Kim John Payne Parenting in Troubled Times Part 2: Signaling Security
• Kim John Payne, Alone vs Loneliness
• Five Tips to Encourage Child-Directed Play
• Turn Your Demanding Child into a Productive Co-worker – lessons from cultures around the world
• Dr. Gordon Neufeld – Caring for Children in Alarming Times
• Dr. Gordon Neufeld – Don’t Sacrifice the Home When Bringing School Home
• Boredom: The Cauldron of Creativity
• Why Building Forts is Important in Uncertain Times
• Choosing Fairy Tales for Different Ages