Wednesday 5 September, 2012

Hello and welcome back to another exciting school year.  Welcome also to the first blog of this year.

I try to use this blog to help parents stay informed on what is on the homework board at school.  I don't think the blog should replace each student's responsibility for filling out their planners.  I give the class five minutes at the end of each day to fill out their planners and clean up their work area.  This is just one more tool parents can use to ensure they know what is going on in their child's classroom.  You might notice that sometimes work is due one day after it is assigned.  In other cases, I might write something on the board and then post it with many days' notice.  I truly recognize how busy parents and families are and I will try to give fair dates for work to be completed.

I try to write in the blog every afternoon.  Sometimes, however, I am racing out the door to a volleyball game or something and so I might miss by accident once in a while.  I hope this tool is helpful to you and I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible at our Open House next week.

On the homework board today (it's really more organizational than homework):

1) $8 for planners asap

2) Grade seven sheet (picture, not word search) due Tuesday

3) Please try to get the following items by next Tuesday:
sketchbook (nothing hugely expensive by any means; Michaels has some cheap ones)
dictionary and thesaurus (somehow these were left off the Grade 7 list; again, nothing expensive by any means)
French/English dictionary (this one is optional if you don't want to buy one)

Friday 22 June, 2012

No homework this weekend.  Just remember the luncheon is on Monday for the Grade sevens.

Tuesday 19 June, 2012

Bring Western clothes for presentation Wed.  Parents remember you are invited to the Parent Appreciation Assembly tomorrow afternoon.

Monday 18 June, 2012

Bring Western clothes for presentation Wed.

Friday 15 June, 2012

1) Western clothes Wed.

2) Review Healthy Living notice with parents for Monday

Thursday 14 June

1) Cont./Finish HACE Career presentations Friday

2) Western clothes Wed.

Monday 11 June, 2012

Ear sketch due Thursday Tuesday

French Fashion Show finished Monday

Just A Minute (JAM) - a series of short Canadian history stories that will be used for an oral mark - continues this week

HACE Career presentation Tuesday

Of course we have our on-going Rome assignments whose dates are not put on here.  The art for the first 8 stations is due Thursday

Please be here @ 8:30 on Sports Day to set up