Field Trip

The sixth graders went on a field trip to the National Building Museum.  They participated in the Drawing on History Tour.  The students investigated the building and drew sketches of important clues based on the architecture and symbolic plaques and pictures within the building.  The goal of the investigation was to figure out why the building was built over 125 years ago.  Its original purpose was certainly not for a museum.  The students also had to answer history questions along the way to infer why certain aspects of the building were the way they are.  At the end of the investigation all of the students were able to figure out what the original use of the building was and why through the use of their sketches and clues.

 

 

 

Upcoming Events

Timber Lane has a very eventful week coming up next week.  Please bring your family and join us for these fun-filled events.

 

Upcoming Events:

 

Wednesday, March 14

Spring Book Fair Family Night – 5:30pm-7:30pm

PTA Meeting- 7:30pm

 

Thursday, March 15

Book Fair open-5:00pm-6:00pm

James Lee Community Center evening- 6:30pm-7:30pm

 

Friday, March 16

Timber Lane vs. Westlawn Staff Basketball Game at Falls Church HS

Game time:  7:00pm

Purchase your tickets in the school lobby all next week for $2.00.

 

 

International Night

Timber Lane held its annual International Night on Friday, March 2.  The evening began with an International fashion show which featured Timber Lane students.  The students wore traditional clothing from their native countries.  This was followed by performances by a rhythmic gymnastics team and the African drum team from Graham Road Elementary.  The families also had the opportunity to make kites, boomerangs and Mancala games.  The evening concluded with a dance party in the gym and an International food tasting.  This was a fun filled event for all of the families and friends who attended.

 

 

Readers as Leaders

Timber Lane Elementary has teamed up with the McLean High School boys basketball team to participate in the Readers Are Leaders program.  Once a week for five weeks, players from the team visited Timber Lane and read with twenty three second grade boys.  Each member of the team read with two boys and had discussions with the boys about the books and school.  The Timber Lane students and McLean students were excited each week to work together.  Watching everyone work together and to see the excitement in the room was amazing.  To celebrate the end of the program, the Timber Lane students will be recognized along with their players at a McLean home basketball game.

 

Welcome

Welcome back to another exciting school year here at Timber Lane.   Our first two weeks of school have been wonderful.  It is great to see all of the smiling faces as I walk through the building each day.   On Wednesday, we had our first assembly of the year.  It was the kick-off to our fall fundraiser which runs from September 14th-30th.  Both of our Back-To- School Nights were a huge success.  It was great to see all of you here for this very important event.   I look forward to a terrific school year at Timber Lane.  I hope to see you at our next PTA meeting on Tuesday, September 20^th at 7:00 in the library.

 

 

Girls on the Run

The Spring 2011 Girls on the Run season was a huge success.  Twenty girls in grades 3-6 participated in the program.  The team met twice a week for ten weeks.  The program teaches the girls healthy eating habits, the importance of exercise, friendship skills, anti-bullying messages and community service.  On Sunday, May 15, the girls ran a 5k race at George Mason University with 3000 other girls.  The girls and buddy runners all finished the race with huge smiles on their faces. 

 

Partners in Print

About 35 families came to celebrate reading with their children on March 16th during our Partners In Print event. The families were able to make butterflies out of celery, cream cheese and pretzels by reading and following a recipe. They also went into the computer lab where they were taught how to keep their children safe on the Internet by going to the FCPS Website and accessing reading databases. Another session was on predicting before reading and during reading. The last session was on quietly praising their child while reading.

We had a wonderful time with all of the children and their parents. Pizza was served ahead of the sessions so we all had full tummies to be able to learn. The PTA kept the Book Fair open and a few books were sold there!

PIP, the Kangaroo (actually Mrs. Culpepper) made an appearance and was well loved by all the students!

Partners In Print is held twice a year for families of Headstart, Preschool, Kindergarten, First and Second Grade Families can come to school and learn together.