Monday, February 22, 2010

Weekly Update Feb. 22

Good Morning!


Good luck to the ski group! Have lots of fun and enjoy the snow!

ELA & Religion--The students have been working on an Olympics Unit studying athletes, characteristics and qualities, olympic history, etc. In Religion the students are working on their Children's Bible Stories. They are due, Feb. 26 when they return.

Math--The Grade 7s finished Chapter 6 and had a test on Fri. They will continue with fractions in Chapter 7. The Grade 8s will finish Chapter 6 this week and have a test early next week.

Social Studies—-Students created their own questions for the game show we played in class.

Science—-We have completed work on ocean currents and nxt week we will do an experiment to test the density of fresh water versus salt water.

French—-We finished our study on Fesitval du Voyageur. We had a great time on our field trip to the Festival.

We have a lot of busy days coming up! Please see the list below to keep you up to date with what is going on including spirit days for I Love to Read Week!

Feb. 22-24--Ski Trip
Feb. 24--Open House @ BSLS 6:00-8:00
Feb. 25--MTYP @ 9:45--permission slips were due on Friday
Feb. 22-26--I love to read week!!!
Monday—-Wacky Word Day
Tuesday—-Olympic Sports Day (jerseys, Canada clothing, & bring a headline from the Olympics)
Wednesday—-Pyjama Day & Buddy Reading Day
Thursday—-Riddle Day—-bring in a riddle to be shared
Friday—-Favourite Storybook Character Day
Feb. 26--Literacy Night @ 6:30, Usborne Books & The Light Christian Store will be here with books to sell!
March 5--Admin. Day
March 10--Report Cards, Team Building Retreat @ Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, (bring your own lunch)
March 16, 17, 18--Parent Teacher Conferences
March 19 Sobey's Gift Card orders due

SCHOOL MISSION PROJECTS

Over the last few weeks our school has been raising money for Haiti’s earthquake victims. Altogether with our various projects (Hats for Haiti, Taco Day Lunch, Bake Sale, private donations, a matching grant from Faith Life and a matching grant from the Federal Government) our school has raised $3000 to send to Haiti.

The students should have brought home a pink letter explaining the “My Hands are Helping” project. Each student is encouraged to help someone else, either at home or at school, without being asked and with no expectation of being rewarded or paid back for their kind deed. Please fill in the small form explaining what the student did and then sending it back to school. They will be posted on the bulletin board in the front hall.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Weekly Update Feb. 15

Happy Louis Riel Day!


Thank you very much to Kristen, Kendra and Ermiyas for planning the Hot Lunch for Haiti last week. Everyone totally enjoyed it and it was a great success! Thanks also to the parents and grandparents that helped! They are already thinking of doing another hot lunch for a different cause.

We have a lot of busy days coming up! Please see the list below to keep you up to date with what is going on including spirit days for I Love to Read Week!

Feb. 16--Shops in the p.m., Internet Safety Presentation for Parents @ 7:00
Feb. 17--Festival du Voyageur 9:00-3:00, Open House @ BSLS 6:00-8:00
Feb. 22-24--Ski Trip
Feb. 24--Open House @ BSLS 6:00-8:00
Feb. 25--MTYP @ 9:45
Feb. 22-26--I love to read week!!!
Monday—-Wacky Word Day
Tuesday—-Olympic Sports Day (jerseys, Canada clothing, & bring a headline from the Olympics)
Wednesday—-Pyjama Day & Buddy Reading Day
Thursday—-Riddle Day—-bring in a riddle to be shared
Friday—-Favourite Storybook Character Day
Feb. 26--Literacy Night @ 6:30, Usborne Books & The Light Christian Store will be here with books to sell!
March 5--Admin. Day
March 10--Report Cards
March 16, 17, 18--Parent Teacher Conferences
March 19 Sobey's Gift Card orders due

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Weekly Update Feb. 9

Good Afternoon!

ELA & Religion--We have been working on some adverb/adjective worksheets and stories. Because of the field trips and activities during February, I decided to wait to start our novel study until Mar. 1. The students will be completing an Olympics Unit studying athletes, characteristics and qualities, olympic history, etc. In Religion the students are working on their Children's Bible Stories.
Math--Both grades have been working on Ch. 6, Fractions.
Social Studies—-Students are writing a test today on Ancient Greece and beginning a new unit.
Science—-We have worked on heat capacity of matter and ocean currents with note-taking.
French—-We began our Fesitval du Voyageur study.

Students should have brought home their provincial assessment documents yesterday. Please let me know if you haven't seen them or have any questions.

Feb. 10--Chapel, Bake Sale for Haiti
Feb. 11--Gluten Free Hot Lunch, Internet Safety Presentation 2:15-3:15 for students
Feb. 12--Booster Juice Forms Due, Permission Forms Due for Festival du Voyageur
Feb. 15--No School, Louis Riel Day
Feb. 16--Shops in the p.m., Internet Safety Presentation for Parents @ 7:00
Feb. 17--Festival du Voyageur, Open House @ BSLS 6:00-8:00
Feb. 22-24--Ski Trip
Feb. 24--Open House @ BSLS 6:00-8:00
Feb. 25--MTYP @ 9:45
Feb. 22-26--I love to read week!!!
Feb. 26--Literacy Night @ 6:30

Update--Feb. 2

Good Afternoon! Whether the ground hog saw his shadow or not, we have at least six more weeks of winter to look forward to. Hopefully it will be mild.

ELA & Religion--The students have finished their Short Stories unit and you should have signed their test for them yesterday. We are working on some adverb/adjective worksheets and stories. We will start our novel studies soon with Tuck Everlasting. In Religion the students are working on their Children's Bible Stories. Their story maps are due tomorrow.
Math--Both grades have completed Ch. 5 and you should have signed their tests yesterday. Both Grades start Ch. 6 on Fractions.
Social Studies—-Students are taking notes on Ancient Greece.
Science—-We've been learning how to take notes using heat capacity and water sources. We may do an experiment this week.
French—-We continued working on our study of winter sports and the Olympics.

Feb. 3--Internet Safety Presentation for students 11:00-12:00, Parents at 7:00, Book Orders Due
Feb. 5--Hats for Haiti (Students bring $2 and can wear a hat. They are encouraged to create a hat to wear.), Shops in the p.m., Gluten Free Lunch Forms Due
Feb. 10--Chapel
Feb. 11--Gluten Free Hot Lunch
Feb. 15--No School, Louis Riel Day
Feb. 16--Shops in the p.m.
Feb. 17--Festival du Voyageur, Open House @ BSLS
Feb. 22-24--Ski Trip
Feb. 24--Open House @ BSLS
Feb. 25--MTYP @ 9:45
Feb. 22-26--I love to read week!!!
Feb. 26--Literacy Night @ 6:30

Weekly Update Jan. 11--15

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend.

ELA & Religion--The students continued to work on Short Stories with the theme of Courage. We will be having a test this week, likely Wednesday. In Religion we talked about scientific beliefs and the Word of God.
Math--Students are working on Ch. 5: Gr. 7--Probability, Gr. 8--3-D Surface Area. The grade 8 class should complete the chapter this week with a test on Monday of next week.
Social Studies—-We created a commercial for a product the students created in class based on a Greek God.
Science—-We looked at fluid movement in animals. We will work on unit review/unit test this week.
French—-We continued working on our study of winter sports and the Olympics.

Letters went home this week for our new stewardship project. We will be collecting school supplies for CLWR. Please send any of the items on the list to the school and the students will package them accordingly.

Field trip permission slips will go home today for the trip on Thursday. Could you please let me know via email as soon as possible if you are able to drive? We have a bit of a tight scheduling problem to make it to both events if we are walking and or busing. Also, the students may need to eat their lunch in the vehicle dependent on the length of the MTYP show. Please send a bag lunch with students on Thursday.

Jan. 18--Booster Juice Lunch
Jan. 20--Shops
Jan. 21--MTYP @ 10:00, Mr. T. playing guitar at 12:00 near the Millenium Library
Jan. 22--No School--PD Day

Weekly Update Jan. 4--8

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend.

ELA & Religion--The students continue to work on Short Stories with the theme of Courage. We should finish this week and begin literary circles next week.
Math--Students have begun Ch. 5. Gr. 7--Probability, Gr. 8--3-D Surface Area.
Social Studies—-We are looking at Greek Gods in advertising and making our own products, with logos and slogans.
Science—-We discussed fluid movement in plants, then worked on movement in animals.
French—-We started our new study on winter sports and the Olympics.

Thank-you to Constable Anning for visiting the school and giving an informative presentation. The students seemed to enjoy his visit.

Letters went home this week for our new stewardship project. We will be collecting school supplies for CLWR. Please send any of the items on the list to the school and the students will package them accordingly.

Jan. 11--Book Orders Due
Jan. 12--Shops
Jan. 20--Shops
Jan. 21--MTYP @ 10:00
Jan. 22--No School--PD Day

Weekly Update Dec. 7--11

Good Morning!

I hope everyone is enjoying their "cold" weekend. One week and the students are on Christmas break! I look forward to seeing you at the Christmas Concert on Wednesday evening.

ELA & Religion--The students continue to work on Short Stories with the theme of Courage. They have been talking about many different courageous people and should be completing their own "courageous" short stories by Thursday. We are also working on a Chapel Presentation.
Math--Grade 7s and 8s are finishing their chapters on Fractions, Decimals and Percents and will have a test by Thursday this week.
Social Studies--Students compared Roman and Greek gods and goddesses. We discussed boys and girls lives in ancient Sparta and how their lives are different than ours.
Science--Students are finishing our research on diseases and will look at specific organ systems if we have classes next week.
French--Students are working on various French Christmas activities in our Christmas Booklets.

The band had a fabulous performance on Monday at the Forks. I am really looking forward to hearing them play on Wednesday.

Thank-you to Mrs. Woo for helping with driving the students to MTYP on Thursday. The students were all glad to have a ride as it was very cold.

The students have all signed up for one or two items for our Christmas Hamper. Please ensure that these items are at school by Tuesday, Dec. 15 so that we can assemble our hamper and have it ready for delivery on Wed. Dec. 16. Also, please send $2 with your child if you haven't done so already to help pay for the turkey and other "fresh" items that need to be purchased for the hamper.

Wednesday, Dec. 16 is the school Christmas Concert at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church at 1541 St. Mary's Rd. The concert begins at 6:30 but the students are asked to be there for 6:00 to get organized. They should dress in their Christmas "best". Parents are also asked to donate one dozen "goodies" for after the concert. Please let Mrs. Madden know if you are able to bring some goodies.

During this week there will be many opportunites for students and their families to help with the major production of Christmas Hampers happening in the gym. On Monday, Dec. 14 students who are in grade 7/8 and are interested in helping to wrap approximately 500 presents, please sign up in the office. The evening will begin at 6:30 and will be at the school. Parents are encouraged to accompany their children for the evening. On Wed. and Thurs. the students will be scheduled to help out in the gym to assemble the hampers.

Compassion Canada: We are collecting the $1/family/month for Compassion Canada as indicated in the letter sent home a few weeks ago. The money can be left at the office or put into the jar on the alter in the chapel area.

Dec. 16--Chapel & Presentations, Christmas Concert @ 6:30
Dec. 18--Booster Juice Lunch, Christmas Caroling in the Chapel Area at 1:00, Last day before Christmas Break
Jan. 4--Classes Resume, Shops

Weekly Update Nov. 30--Dec. 4

Good Afternoon!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! The white fluffy stuff is falling. Hopefully it doesn't turn too cold soon.

ELA & Religion--The students have been working on Short Stories with the theme of Courage. They have been talking about many different courageous people and have started writing their own "courageous" short story.
Math--Grade 8s are continuing to work on Fractions, Decimals and Percents. Grade 7s are continuing to work on Fractions, Decimals and Percents.
Social Studies--Students have been watching the "Ulysses" based on the epic "The Odyssey"
Science--Students have been working on cell specialization and then cell division.
French--Students began our study on Christmas, working on vocabulary activities.

Compassion Canada: We are collecting the $1/family/month for Compassion Canada as indicated in the letter sent home a few weeks ago. The money can be left at the office or put into the jar on the alter in the chapel area.

Dec. 7--Forks Market Performance (Students wear red, green or white shirts.)
Dec. 10--MTYP @ 9:45
Dec. 11--Shops
Dec. 16--Christmas Concert @ 6:30
Dec. 18--last day before Christmas Break
Jan. 4--Classes Resume

We will be starting our Christmas Hamper sign up next week. All items will be required by Dec. 16 with delivery between the 16th and the 18th. We have not received our family yet. If anyone is interested in delivering the hamper, please let myself or your child know so that they can sign up for this on the Hamper sign-up list.

Weekly Update Nov. 23--27

Good Afternoon!

I enjoyed seeing all of you at the conferences this week. Please don't hesitate to contact me with any concerns at any time.

ELA & Religion--The students have started a Unit on Short Stories with the theme of Courage. We will be talking about many different courageous people and working with this theme in various ways.
Math--Grade 8s wrote a test this week on Ch. 3 and we have begun Ch. 4 on Fractions, Decimals and Percents. Grade 7s finished Chapter 3 and will write their test on Monday. They just began their new chapter on Fractions, Decimals and Percents.
Science--Students have been working on cell specialization and then cell division.
French--Students worked on french verbs. They wrote a test on Friday on this verb study.

Compassion Canada: We are collecting the $1/family/month for Compassion Canada as indicated in the letter sent home a few weeks ago. The money can be left at the office or put into the jar on the alter in the chapel area.

Dec. 2--Pizza Lunch
Dec. 3--Shops
Dec. 7--Forks Market Performance (Permission Forms went home today!)
Dec. 10--MTYP

Because of the situation this week of articles going missing, students are now not allowed to leave the classroom during class time and are supervised in the hallways at recess and lunch. This will continue until someone comes forward and we can again regain the trust of all our students.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact myself or Mrs. McCrea in regards to this matter.

Have a great, Grey Cup Weekend!