04. December 2024

It’s hard to believe that November is over and December is already here! We are all excited for the fun of the holiday season and the excitement that December brings! During this busy month, we enjoy talking about all of the special holidays that people celebrate. We tell stories about families, friends, love, giving and sharing. It is so wonderful for us to be able to share our holiday traditions and to learn about and appreciate our likenesses and differences. We have also been enjoying the...

16. October 2024

We have a lot to be thankful for this month! After the summer break, it was great to be back in the classroom with our friends, learning and playing together. Thanks to our incredible team of teachers, the children have spent the past month getting to know one another and settling into a routine of free-play, circle and story time, as well as daily art activities. As parents, we delight in the stories of their day and all that they are learning. We have two overarching themes in the Preschool...

02. April 2024

Another lively and enjoyable month at Preschool. We continued with our class topics based on the interests of the children. As teachers, we work hard to develop these interests and plan activities that will embed early skills and encourage questioning, curiosity and wonder in the children. As the year progresses, it is so lovely to see friendships develop in the classroom. It is a pleasure to watch the children play together, making up their own imaginative stories, taking on different...

20. March 2024

Another lively and enjoyable month at Preschool. We continued with our class topics based on the interests of the children. As teachers, we work hard to develop these interests and plan activities that will embed early skills and encourage questioning, curiosity and wonder in the children. As the year progresses, it is so lovely to see friendships develop in the classroom. It is a pleasure to watch the children play together, making up their own imaginative stories, taking on different...

07. February 2024

The West Hillhurst Community Preschool is a place where kids play, grow and learn. We offer morning and afternoon classes for three- and four-year-old children in both English and Spanish Bilingual in our bright and inviting classroom on the second floor of the West Hillhurst Community Centre. Using a play-based curriculum, our exceptional teaching staff help children develop the social, emotional and intellectual skills to lay a strong foundation as they move forward through more formal...

17. January 2024

Firstly, Happy New Year from all the children, teachers and parents at the Preschool! 2023 was so must fun! The teachers have been busy planning fun activities, and we can’t wait to get started on a New Year in school. We are very happy and excited to be offering skating lessons again this year for all of our classes. These start this month and run for 4 weeks. These lessons are always so much fun and it’s amazing how quickly the children pick up the skating skills! December was as busy as...

23. October 2023

As we move into November, leaving the excitement of Halloween, the first snow fall, and Thanksgiving behind us, it has been lovely to see the students settling into our classroom routines, making new friends, and engaging in learning. The Preschool teachers are enjoying getting to know the children and their families, and we would like to thank all of our parent volunteers who have been busy helping with playdough, laundry, library books and so much more! October was a busy month! We used a...

19. September 2023

We have a lot to be thankful for this month! After the summer break, it was great to be back in the classroom with our friends, learning and playing together. Thanks to our incredible team of teachers, the children have spent the past month getting to know one another and settling into a routine of free-play, circle and story time, as well as daily art activities. As parents, we delight in the stories of their day and all that they are learning. We have two overarching themes in the Preschool...

30. April 2023

April was an extremely fun time in preschool…We had ducks!! The children (and adults) were so excited when the duck eggs arrived, and we patiently waited every day for them to hatch!! A few days later the excitement levels were through the roof!! The eggs started to crack and just like that we had ducklings!! Each class got to name their class duck and watch how they grew and changed over the weeks. We even taught them to swim!! The ducks are now happily back at the farm enjoying a more...

25. April 2023

After Spring Break, we were all ready to get back to Preschool and see our friends! March was a busy month as we continued to work on our Construction theme. We all had so much fun, looking at famous structures around the world including ‘The Great Wall of China’ and the ‘Ancient Pyramids’. When learning about bridges, we used stories like the ‘Three Billy Goats Gruff’ for inspiration to build bridges that the goats could walk across safely. We looked at skyscrapers in different...