Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
Thank you to our wonderful teachers for the work they do everyday. We love them all and are grateful to have such an amazing staff. Thank you for all the special staff appreciation messages and cards this week.
Haycock students advance to National competition for
VA History Day presentations
Congratulations to the Haycock students who won at the State level for Virginia History Day and will move on to the National competition!
Ela Patel Euler for 2nd place in Individual Performance
Aashna Kapur for 1st place in Individual Performance
Eva Weil and Carolyn Brown for 2nd place in group documentary
Two students won a special Maritime Award for their presentations. Congratulations to Annika Ryerson and Kathryn Thomas.
We are so proud of your accomplishments! Good luck at the Nationals!
Kindergarten Registration
Open Registration Now!
Registrations are currently being conducted virtually via email. Our school is trying to hire more teachers to lower our class sizes but we cannot do that until our Kindergarten registrations reflect our need. If you are in Haycock's district please email our Registrar, Christine LaVallee, at clavallee@fcps.edu to get started.
The following materials are needed:
- Registration Packets- https://www.fcps.edu/registration/forms
- Pre-Kindergarten Experience Form- https://haycockes.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/inline-files/se228.pdf
- Scanned/photographed copies of birth certificates, enrolling parent photo IDs, and proof of residency
The medical forms section of the registration packet can be turned in at this time, but are not required for kindergarten until before the start of the school year. Even if your child has a late summer birthday, please take the time to register now. We understand that appointments might be difficult or unsafe to make at this time and hope the online registration will be of support.
Haycock Yearbook Order
Haycock will have online ordering for the 2019-2020 yearbook. Due to social distancing restrictions, only online orders will be accepted. Orders are due by May 31.
Order your 2019-2020 yearbook now using the link:
https://yearbookforever.com/
Specialist/Resource Teacher Activities
Week 5: May 11 - May 15
Art
- This week all students are learning about package design and redesigning a box of food, but please feel free to do any lesson from past weeks as well.
- You may use this google form, or email us (smbaumgartne@fcps.edu, gmproctor@fcps.edu) to submit the artwork or ask questions. Stay creative and have fun!
Advanced Academics Resource Teachers
Band
- Check your Band Google Classroom for Week 5. Flipgrid has a new, different challenge. Come see what it’s about and try to win! There are also new video performances to view and enjoy! Remember to complete the Exit Ticket.
ESOL
- Select two or more activities from Mrs. Kelly's Activities
- Email abkelly1@fcps.edu to schedule office hours or with any questions.
Library
- Please email Mrs. Farrell if you have any question or request.
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K-6 Encyclopedia Britannica Animals, atlas, biographies, games, and more. Username: fairfax Password: fairfax
- K-6 Fairfax County Public Library There are many digital resources, books, and magazines you can access for free from your home, including hundreds of children's books. Learn how here.
- K-6 Dictionary (without any ads) Username: fairfax Password: fairfax
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Haycock Elementary Library Catalog Find eBooks and FCPS resources here.
- Organize your home library. F for Fiction & then 1st 3 letters of author’s last name. Nonfiction is Dewey Decimal number & then 1st 3 letter of author’s last name. Look in the catalog or email Mrs. Farrell if you don’t see the number on the copyright page.
Music
- Listed below are various activity options for K-2, 3rd & 4th, and 5th & 6th. Please remember that you must be logged into your child’s fcpsschools.net email to access the links. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to email Mrs. Albornoz (gfalbornoz@fcps.edu) or Ms. Clark (bclark@fcps.edu). Please also encourage your child(ren) to share their experiences and creations in the Haycock Music Flipgrid!
Physical Education
- This week please access the Open Phys Ed At Home Packet. It is in our PE Google Site. Please remember that you must be logged into your child’s fcpsschools.net email to access the links.
- Take a picture of you doing an activity and post it on Twitter (with parent permission) and tag @HaycockES_PE
- Write us a letter and we will write you one back. E-mail Mrs. Hecht: nphecht@fcps.edu and Mrs. Callsen: drcallsen@fcps.edu for our home address :-)
Spanish
- Please use the following link for this week’s Spanish activities. The google doc contains an activity for each grade level.
- Please remember that you must be logged into your child’s fcpsschools.net email to access the links.
Strings
- Duets with Mrs. Blitch and Mr. Willett
- Composer Corner
Our Mental Health Team has these options
- Knowing what we feel helps us to be in charge of what we think and what we do. Here is a mini lesson on feelings with some fun activities: Copy of Feelings mini lesson
- Social-emotional lessons to do at home: 10 days of lessons covering feelings, self-awareness and friendship (K-2) SEL at Home K-2 (1)
- Please remember that you must be logged into your child’s fcpsschools.net email to access the links.
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Happy Mother's Day!!! |
Letters of Gratitude PBL
Please share with your child.
Thank you for the Letters of Gratitude you have submitted! We love seeing your letters, photos of you writing your letters, as well as some of your other projects. Please continue to send us your notes or photos related to your letters. Log into your fcpsschools.net account and send us a copy of your letter, a picture, or video using this link. Use your fcpsschools.net email. Once you have finished your project or letter, we would love to see it!
If you would like more information on this project, please go to one of the following locations:
Letters of Gratitude PowerPoint on Blackboard or Letters of Gratitude PBL on Google
Have a wonderful weekend!
The Haycock Distance Learning School-Wide PBL Committee
Loren Brower: lsbrower@fcps.edu Barbara Bosworth: bybosworth@fcps.edu
Heather Capozzi: htcappozi@fcps.edu Esther Lee: eclee1@fcps.edu
Heather Boyd: haboyd@fcps.edu
Dealing with a Child’s Meltdown
In this article in Psychology Today, psychotherapist/author Erin Leyba describes her 5-year-old son’s extreme anxiety when a doctor needed to draw his blood. Nothing the adults in the room said was effective: You’ll be fine. It’ll be over in five minutes. Calm down. Stop crying. Try to be brave. Neither were incentives, bribes, or threats of punishment.
When children are this anxious, a fight-or-flight response kicks in, producing higher heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure along with clinging, shaking, hiding, screaming, acting out, running away, sometimes nausea. “It’s extremely difficult – if not impossible – for kids to think logically or control their behavior until the fight-or-flight response has dissipated,” says Leyba – and that can take up to an hour. She suggests the following strategies to help children calm down, regain a sense of safety, and come to terms with their feelings:
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Take deep breaths. Anxiety is often accompanied by rapid, shallow chest breathing. Inhaling for three seconds from the abdomen, holding it for three seconds, and exhaling through pursed lips for three seconds can lower heart rate and induce relaxation.
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Get active. Physically demanding tasks like wall pushups, pushing a vacuum, walking upstairs, or climbing a jungle gym can help calm and center a child.
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Make a plan. Taking specific actions can help kids understand and tolerate stress. A boy who was feeling anxious after joining a baseball team decided to chew gum and take a short walk.
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Use rituals. These can be “stability anchors” that relieve stress if they’re rolled out before, during, or after anxiety-producing events – for example, always taking a child out for ice cream after a doctor’s appointment.
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Name it to tame it. Kids can be asked to tell a story about what they’re worried or upset about and why.
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Narrow the focus. Meditating, coloring, or focusing on a specific feeling, activity, sight, or conversation can produce relaxation.
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Laugh. “Humor can distract, reframe, relax muscles, and release endorphins,” says Leyba. Try playing a goofy game, watching a cartoon, or telling family jokes.
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Reflect. After dealing successfully with a fraught episode, walk the child through what worked: On a scale of 1 to 10, how hard was it? What is one thing that helped you get through it?
“8 Simple Ways to Soothe an Anxious Child” by Erin Leyba in Psychology Today, May/June 2020 (Vol. 53, #3, pp. 32-33), no e-link available
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