Week 13

Dear parents and students,

We were once again very lucky with the weather on Wednesday. Thank you to all parents who were able to join us for Fun Day. The afternoon was a great success, and it was good to see so many parents present to enjoy the time and support your children.

In the classroom, we have been continued with our work on our narrative writing assignment. We have been learning how to critique one another’s work, and more importantly, accept constructive criticism from our peers. The three-day weekend will allow some time for each student to make some final revisions to our stories before we work on formatting when we return on Tuesday.

We finished yet another topic in Maths on Wednesday. Thursday brought us the first lesson of Topic 8, dedicated to division. We will spend the next two weeks studying this topic, so we should all expect to feel confident in our division skills by the time we finish.

We have also finished our Life Science unit, and have returned our attention to Social Studies. We began this week by looking at the Northeastern states of the USA. We will be observing geographical features, climate, resources and population, and comparing our findings with other parts of the world.

As I mentioned last week, the students of Grade 4 have taken it upon themselves to write and perform a skit for the Christmas concert. I am pleased to say that the draft of the script is completed, and we have completed our first dry run. We will continue to work on our production next week. We are all very excited to present our skit to you on the 12^th December.

Of course, before Christmas comes Thanksgiving. We are also very excited to share that time with parents next Thursday, 27^th November. I look forward to seeing you there!

Dates to Remember:

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

·       Tue, November 25      – Spelling Test: List 12

·       Thu, November 27      – Thanksgiving Lunch at HIS

·       Fri, November 28        – Monthly Assembly – All parents welcome

·       Fri, December 12        – Christmas Concert

Photos from Fun Day!