10. Thank you for joining us for the MACC BBQ this afternoon. Almost 160 hot dogs and veggie dogs were consumed. We appreciated the opportunity to meet you and to catch up again.
9. Students are bringing home a permission form for the Writers Festival today (grade 6/7 and optional for grade 8). The grade 6/7’s were lucky to get tickets to a session called “From Steampunk to Punksville” with authors Arthur Slade and Susin Nielsen. Ms. Moody and Ms. Abbot are excited to hear Susin speak again, as she did a workshop with our classes two years ago. We have a limited number of tickets available for parent drivers, so we will give to the first parent drivers that return the permission forms.
8. Everyone started French this week! Mlle Sullivan has started off with a quick assessment and the classes are well into action. I learned two new songs in French today, just by overhearing the class.
7. Bowling! Yellow Team is bowling next Tuesday. If you have volunteered to be a driver we will need you. We are looking forward to the students having a chance to get to know kids from other classes on our team.
6. All students have met our new Librarian, Ms. Trieu and got their first orientation to the library. NEW this year… Library Monitors! Students will have the opportunity to help out with some of the fun activities planned in the library and get some fun perks. Please encourage your son or daughter to speak with Ms. Trieu if this might be a good way for them to be involved in the school.
5. Sports are starting off… Mr. Betts is holding the first cross country practice next week and Mr. Geddes held the first meeting for volleyball. It is not to late to join.
4. Grade 6/7’s are starting the year with some North American geography. Students have been working on a map this week including landforms, political boundaries and cities. It will be important for them to know the major mountain ranges, countries and capital cities. There may be a quiz popping up on the horizon.
3. Open House is next Thursday from 6-7pm. Starting in the gym and then with time to meet teachers. Please come and meet the Yellow Team, Explorations teachers and Band/Choir Teachers.
2. Book Fair is coming this week. There are wish lists available for our class’ library, if you are willing and able books are always very much appreciated.
1. We started the year with some math assessments. We are getting the plans together for each student and will be starting within the week. In the meantime, grade 6’s have been working on resources by Trevor Calkin’s “Mastering the Basics.” For more about this program please click here.