End of the year at our beloved preschool!

🧺 SVP Family Picnic – Sunday, June 8, 11:00–2:00
Join us for a celebration picnic! Bring your blanket, your lunch, and your smiles. Don’t forget to stop by Lisa Woo’s Discovery Toys booth—20% of sales will support the preschool.

📣 AGM – Tuesday, June 10 at 6:45 PM
This is our final meeting of the year and an important one! We’ll vote on the 2025/26 budget, elect new executive members, and start dreaming up next year’s fun. Your voice matters—see you there!

🌸 The Last Month at Strawberry Vale 🌸
The sunshine is dancing through our playground, the sandbox is alive with dinosaur footprints and pizza parties, and the sound of giggles floats like dandelion seeds on the breeze. The last month of school is here, and oh, what a magical time it’s been!

🐣 EGG-citing News!
A baker’s dozen of fluffy little chicks have hatched in our classroom! That’s right—13 chirpy cuties are peeping, hopping, and delighting everyone who visits the “chick run.” The children have been busy naming them, watching them waddle, and gently peeking in on their feathery antics. Siblings are welcome to take a look too at drop-off and pick-up! They’ll be with us for about a week and a half before heading to their new home.

🐸 Tadpole Time
Not to be outdone, our aquarium tadpoles have started to move and grow legs! We’re observing miracles of nature right in front of our eyes. These little swimmers will soon be ready to hop into their forever home outdoors—what a gift to watch the life cycle unfold together.

🎭 Imaginative Play Adventures
The play has been extra magical lately. Some of us are preparing for “moving day,” packing up dollhouse furniture and pulling “moving trucks.” Others are setting off on high-seas adventures, driving boats powered by broom-and-shovel paddles with tunnels off the bow to get you right to the water!

🪵 Leveling Up in the Yard
Jumping stump to stump? Too easy! So we added bridges and blocks for a challenge course!
While this challenge went on, some children drew race routes around the slide with chalk—plenty of false starts and triumphant photo finishes.

🛒 Red House Pizza is Open for Business!
This week we designed signage, planned menus, and even delivered pizza to a wedding party. Speaking of weddings—yes, we had two wedding dances! The wedding crew flew off on a plane with free pizza on board, of course.

🧸 Dramatic Play Moments
Feeding babies, waiting patiently at the doctor’s office, Sunday drives, forest tea parties… and lots of note-taking on pretend phones as the wedding planners made sure every detail was just right.

🌲 Into the Forest & Into the Sunshine
Our Bears class has started heading into the forest—learning the boundaries, exploring the creek, and getting ready to be next year’s Ladybugs, who enjoy weekly Forest Fridays! Meanwhile, our current Ladybugs are pros at “forest concoctions”—soups, stews, teas and potions galore.

🎨 Outdoor Crafts & Letter Learning
Craft time has moved outdoors to soak up the sunshine! The letter A even made a guest appearance, surrounded by growing kids with growing minds.

👟 Backpack & Footwear Reminders
Double-check those backpacks: extra clothes should fit, match the season, and be ready for splashy play! Please no flip-flops. Runners or strapped sandals with socks are best for safe running and climbing.

🧹 Summer Floor Makeover
As the school year wraps up, our incredible community of parents will help empty the classrooms so a sparkling new floor can be installed. Thank you to everyone lending hands and hearts to make our space feel brand new.

💗 A Mother’s Day Hug
To all the mothers and caregivers in our community—we hope your day was as sweet as spring sunshine. Your love is the heartbeat of our little school.

As the days fly by, we’ll hold tight to our friendships, even as some of us get ready for kindergarten. Wherever we go next, we’ll carry a little bit of Strawberry Vale magic with us.

💫 See you in the forest, at the pizza shop, or floating down the broom-paddle river.