Thursday, 6 December

Please start looking for black and white
attire to wear for the Dec 19th concert

Today the students did a double block of band before recess.  Mr. Grice is working with both classes together to get the band ready for the Dec 19th concert.  On Monday they will have another double block of band.  Please practice your songs - it was clear when I listened today that many students have been practicing, but it was also clear that some have not.  Don't let down the team.

After recess we had a planning meeting for the class Christmas concert act.  We also discussed how to facilitate and how to be a member of a meeting.  Everyone did an excellent job fulfilling his or her role and as a result we stuck to the agenda, everyone had a chance to be heard and achieved the result we were after.  Parents will have to wait until the 19th to discover what we decided to do.  Next we had a shortened math block.  The Math 7 students started a unit pre-test and some found they weren't as fluent at using algebra tiles as they thought they were.  We'll finish the pre-test tomorrow and with luck, have the "real" test on Monday.  There is no homework except to prepare for the test.


After lunch we had a meeting with Mr. Clements and he explained the new lunch-time regime that will begin on Monday.  The intermediate students (grades 4-7) will be permitted to have the whole lunch break to themselves.  That means they will be able to eat inside the classroom or outside, and they will be permitted to stay in class or go outside as they desire.  There will no longer be inside days and outside days.  This will be nice for the students who wish to finish their homework in class rather than being forced to stand outside for 20 minutes.  Mr. Clements did stress that it is still important for kids to get outside during the day to get some fresh air.  Students must have a note to leave the school grounds and they must sign in and out through the office.  This new regime will be reviewed over the next two weeks to see if it is favourable and should continue in the new year. 

Island Santa by Sheryl McFarlane

Next we had ten-minutes of cursive writing practice.  We've practiced a-t and are almost ready to begin paragraph practice.  Following writing, Ms. Eleanor Swan came in for her annual Christmas fiction sharing and introduced the class to some pleasant stories.  The class was engaged - who doesn't love a good story?  We ended the day by watching the push-up instructional video and then had some time to practice our technique.  We'll do the push-up and curl-up test next week.

If you are able, please bring in a non-perishable food donation, or an unwrapped gift for the Elves' Club hamper.  Our goal is to be over 30 items for tomorrow's check by the helper elf.

Students who had "I"s on their report cards: Tomorrow is the deadline for missing work.  The following students have one or more missing test or assignment:

Kaneeka

Bowen

Amber

Javen

Cody

Avery