Happy Mother's Day! I hope you all enjoyed your coupon books and flowers the students made for you. Most of them thought it was pretty "corny". I thought it was a nice gesture.
JUMP ROPE FOR HEART
Last week an envelope was sent home with your child regarding collecting donations for the Heart and Stroke Foundation as part of Jump Rope for Heart. Your child may like to collect sponsors or you may choose not to participate. Either way the children are welcome to come out to the jump rope practices at noon recess on Wednesdays. This group of children will be performing a jump rope routine at The Evening of the Arts on - Wednesday, May 26. If you have any questions please speak to Miss Paul.
ATHLETES IN ACTION
This week a group of young athletes are visiting our school on Friday, May 14, and will be conducting Phys. Ed. Classes for the students.
VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION LUNCH
Our school is hosting a Volunteer Appreciation Lunch for all of the many, many volunteers who help out at our school in so many different ways. The date of this lunch is on Monday, May 17. Hopefully all of you have received an invitation via e-mail or mail. The office would appreciate an RSVP if you are able to attend so that we can plan how many lunches to prepare. If you know of anyone that was overlooked and should receive an invitation, please let the office know. We hope to see all of you there!
ELA & Religion--We finised reading Tuck Everlasting on Friday. The students will be completing their questions, vocabulary, Literature Circle groups, reflection test and final projects on the book this week and early next week. We will be watching the movie later this week or next. I will be sending home a permission slip as it is rated PG.
Math--The Grade 7s are working on Ch. 10 on Patterns. The Grade 8s are being tested on Ch. 9 on Linear Relations today.
Social Studies--The students began a unit on the Middle Ages and are reading and summarizing information.
Science--We've finished looking at the flood and are moving on to water treatment systems.
French--We started our new study on food. On Friday the students made Mother's Day cards.
Important Dates:
May 10--Shops
May 12--Book Orders Due, Hot Lunch Forms Due
May 17--Volunteer Appreciation Lunch 12:00-1:00
May 18--Shops
May 21--No School--Professional Development Day
May 24--No School--Victoria Day
May 26--Evening of the Arts
May 27--Shops
