Week 11

Dear parents and students,

I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend last week. We have had another shortened week, but as usual, we have been very busy and productive.

After enjoying Roald Dahl’s Danny the Champion of the World before the break, we have returned our attention to the Reading Anthology, and this week we have been reading Tomas and the Library Lady. While reading this, we have been paying particular attention to language and style, as we have also begun to plan our own narrative stories, and we will be trying to improve our written expression as we go.

We finished yet another topic in Maths this week, culminating in a test today. Results will be available on Monday.

Or Science test was postponed until Monday, so everyone has a few extra days to prepare for the Chapter 6 test. I am confident that everyone will do well in this test, as we have spent quite some time investigating matter and energy flow within an ecosystem.

With Monday’s test out of the way, we will spend some time investigating how different species adapt to survive in our changing world. We will also do some study of fossils before beginning our next unit in Social Studies, the following week.

Parents, while next week will be a ‘regular’ week in the classroom, but I am looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday or Wednesday evening. A Pre-conference form was sent home with your child during the week. Thank you to all who have returned the form. For those of you who haven’t, please return it on Monday if you have any particular questions or concerns that you would like addressed at the interviews.

In just under two weeks’ time, on Thursday, November 27^th, we will be celebrating American Thanksgiving Day at HIS. For those of you who have ben to previous celebrations, you will remember what a great time we have each year. For those of you who haven’t been before, I hope you ill be able to find the time to join us for this special event. As we have done for the past few years, a form has been sent home to parents to help prepare for the Thanksgiving lunch. Please complete the form and return it as soon as possible, so that we can make adjustments if too many people want to bring the same thing. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the lunch, and what to bring, please don’t hesitate to email me at this address, or contact the office.

Thanksgiving always proves to be a great day, but we have yet another special event taking place the week before, on Wednesday, 19^th November.  In just under two weeks from now, w will hold our annual FUN DAY on Wednesday afternoon, starting at 1:30pm at the athletics track behind the school. Parents are encouraged to come along and join in the fun. I hope to see you all there!

Posted below is an updated slideshow of last week’s Halloween activities. Some pictures were posted last week, but I have added the photos taken by Mr Harris.  I hope you enjoy them!

  

Have a wonderful weekend!

Dates to Remember:

·       Mon, November 10    – Spelling test List 10

            – Science Test – Chapter 6

·       Tue – Wed, Nov 11-12           –  Parent/Teacher Interviews

·       Wed, November 19     – Fun Day:  Parents welcome!

·       Mon, November 24    – Professional Development Day – No students at school!

·       Thu, November 27      – Thanksgiving Lunch at HIS