Getting Ready for School!

ITEMS TO BRING ON YOUR FIRST DAY

• A pair of slippers or new shoes for indoor use (slip-on/easy-on and rubber-bottomed are preferable) Please ensure your child knows that these stay at school!
• A change of clothing (socks, underwear, shirt, pants) preferably in a medium to large size LABELLED Ziplock bag.
• A pair of dance slippers – see below – be sure to label.

ALL of the above items should be clearly labelled with your child’s first and last name and all above items stay at the school.

Meadow Montessori recommends Mabel’s Labels

DANCE/CREATIVE MOVEMENT SLIPPERS

Primary students enjoy Creative Movement classes once a week with Ms. Susan from Maple Ridge Dance Circle beginning after gradual entry. The children will require dance shoes for this activity. Images of the type of dance shoes required are shown below. They can be made of fabric or leather, whichever is your preference.

These shoes can be bought at the following stores in Maple Ridge:

• Jazz-Ma-Tazz                          22374 Dewdney Trunk Rd      (604) 466-0861
• Satin Slipper Dancewear        22365 Lougheed Hwy            (604) 476-7652

Also:

• Children’s Place         
• Payless Shoes             
• Walmart        
• H&M

If you are a subsidy client or you are otherwise having monetary trouble purchasing these shoes, please let us know as often we have used slippers at the school that may fit your child.

ITEMS TO BRING ON YOUR FIRST DAY

•       A pair of black dress shoes for indoor use (slip-on/easy-on and rubber-bottomed are preferable) Please ensure your child knows that these stay at school!
•       A change of clothing (socks, underwear, shirt, pants) preferably in a large labelled Ziplock bag. Change of clothing does not need to be uniform clothing for Kindergartners.
•       NON-marking GYM SHOES clearly *LABELLED
•       A pair of dance slippers – see below – clearly *LABELLED
•       One old VERY LARGE t-shirt to use as an art smock over clothing (an adult t-shirt is great)

ALL of the above items should be clearly labelled with your child’s first and last name and all above items stay at the school.

*Meadow Montessori teachers and parents highly recommend Mabel’s Labels*

DANCE/CREATIVE MOVEMENT SLIPPERS

Primary students enjoy Creative Movement classes once a week with Ms. Susan beginning after gradual entry.

Both Pre-K and Kindergarten children will require dance shoes for this activity. Images of the type of dance shoes required are shown below. They can be made of fabric or leather, whichever is your preference.

These shoes can be bought at the following stores in Maple Ridge:

• Jazz-Ma-Tazz                    22374 Dewdney Trunk Rd           (604) 466-0861
• Satin Slipper Dancewear 22365 Lougheed Hwy                  (604) 476-7652

Also:

• Children’s Place    
• Payless Shoes                    
• Walmart     
• H&M

If you are a subsidy client or you are otherwise having monetary trouble purchasing these shoes, please let us know as often we have used slippers at the school that may fit your child.

ITEMS TO BRING ON THE FIRST DAY

• Basic black dress shoes for wearing inside the classroom, they stay at school. Please see our uniforms page. These are worn all day every day, be sure they have good support for growing feet!
• A change of clothes in a tidy bag that will stay here, just in case of a slip in a puddle or other messy accident, children need to be comfortable at school. This change of clothes is not uniform wear, casual clothes are sufficient. Remember the socks!
• Gym strip (in gym strip bag or plastic bag if you are new and have not received one yet) Meadow Montessori Grey T-Shirt and Navy sport shorts – a change of socks is a nice idea. *
• NON-marking GYM SHOES clearly *LABELLED
• One old VERY LARGE t-shirt to use as an art smock over clothing (an adult t-shirt is great)

Shoes that are worn to and from school are not part of the uniform but are required to be appropriate for weather conditions.  Please see our Uniform information under the parents section of our webpage for more information.

*Meadow Montessori teachers and parents highly recommend Mabel’s Labels*