Special Area Newsletter
February 2024
Music with Ms. Peters
During the month of March our K-3 students will continue their adventures to catch our Rest Villain by creating, performing, and responding to a variety of musical elements and exploring music from around the world and adventures with music and literacy Our musical adventures will take us to Ireland.
4th and 5th grade students finished creating their projects with Makey Makey Music activities.
2nd-5th grade students will be exploring, creating and performing steel pans and other instruments from around the world.
Calendar of Events:
March 7 - Literacy Night: Lower Primary Chorus(K/1) and Winterguard performances 5:30 p.m.
March 14 - McTeggart Dancers visit VPE and 1:00 is The Little Mermaid Jr School Show and 6:00 Community Show
March 27 - FCPS Honors Chorus at Singletary Center 7:00 p.m. is the concert
March 30 - VPE Winterguard perform at TMA Championships at the Truist Center (NKU) TBA
April 18 - Arts Night - Upper Primary Chorus and Percussion perform School show at 1:00 and community at 5:30-7
May 10 - Wulfe Sisters Assembly
Library with Ms. Ault
In February, students read books about Valentine’s Day and Groundhog Day. Read Across America Week is upon us so be sure to check out on the VPE website to see what’s happening daily. In March, we will start reading books about SPRING as well as St. Patrick’s Day!
P.E. with Mr. Penrod
Hey everyone, I hope everyone has a great beginning to March! This month we are going to be reviewing and refining our basketball skills. I made sure to save basketball especially for March Madness. If you don’t have a favorite college team to cheer for, it’s always a great time to fill out a bracket as a family and have a team to root on!
We also will be working on our racquet skills now that warmer weather is here. If you ever have interest in trying out a sport like pickleball or tennis with your family, there are indoor tennis facilities that can provide the equipment and court time.
STEM with Ms. Sproles
Kindergarten students have been learning about different habitats and making observations about what kinds of plants and animals live in each one we study. They have also been learning how to use some forms of technology. First grade students are wrapping up a unit on structural adaptations of animals. They successfully learned how to type on a Google Doc and insert images as well! Second graders have been learning about seed dispersal and the interesting ways seeds travel. Third grade students continue to learn about weather and natural disasters. We even welcomed the district STEM coaches and a real-life meteorologist this month to talk to us about being weather wise. Fourth graders also finished up a unit on animal adaptations. Fifth graders finished our unit on Earth's systems and used Minecraft for our end of unit project.