Dear parents and students,
We have come
to the end of our first full week in a while, and we have managed to pack a
great amount of work and activities into the past five days.
We began on
Monday with our R&W Workshop Poetry
Slam. Each student presented a poem, which had been written, revised, and
rehearsed over the past week. The results were very impressive. Some of us who
are not so fond of speaking before the class are overcoming our fears, while
others are improving skills and becoming entertaining performers. Special
mention goes to Julia, who not only wrote and practised her poem despite
missing an entire week of class, but was also able to recite the entire poem
from heart.
Monday
morning was also the first lesson dedicated to reading Alice in Wonderland. We have read three and a half chapters so far,
and we are still somewhat divided over how we feel about this classic
children’s novel. We have had some excellent discussions about the story,
characters, and themes, and we have also produced some high-quality journal
entries based on our responses to the book. We will continue with Alice next week.
In Maths, we
have been learning how to calculate the perimeters and areas of various
polygons. We are spending time learning the formulas to apply to each type of
shape, with emphasis on understanding how
the formula works. Some extra help to reinforce these principles has been
included in the homework post below. The Topic 14 test will take place next
Thursday.
We were lucky
with the weather on Wednesday, as we headed down to Taichung for our field trip
to the Earthquake Museum. Our tour guide was quite impressed with our knowledge
of earthquakes, and was pleased to hear the correct terminology used to
describe tectonic plates, layers of the earth, fault lines and other related
concepts. A slideshow of pictures from the trip was included on Wednesday’s
post. You can click here to revisit the slideshow.
We have a
number of exciting activities coming up in the near future. Spirit Week will be held from Monday, 16th
March – Friday 20th March. Details will be provided shortly. Race Day takes place on the Wednesday
during Spirit Week (18th March). All parents are welcome to attend.
The following
week brings us to International Week,
with presentations being held on Monday and Tuesday, 23rd-24th
March. Grade 4 will be presenting New Zealand. Parents are encouraged to attend
on one of these mornings and enjoy the presentations.
Spring break
follows International week, from Thursday, 26th March – Sunday, 4th
April.
Also coming
up is the Science fair, which will take place on Thursday, 23rd
April. We have already begun planning for the Science Fair. I hope that parents
are able to become involved in your children’s projects. Please find within the
workbook a message to parents and how you can become involved. Below is a list of upcoming dates.
Have a great
weekend, and see you all again on Monday!
Dates to Remember:
·
Thu, March 12th – Maths Test – Topic 14
·
March16-20 –
Spirit Week
·
March 18 –
Race Day – Parents welcome
·
March 20 –
School Assembly (Feb/March) – Parents welcome
·
March 23-24 –
International Week Presentations – Parents welcome
·
March 26 – April 5 – Spring Break
·
Wed, April 15 –
Pottery Day
·
Wed-Thu, April 15-16 – Parent/Teacher meetings
·
Thu, April 23rd – Science Fair
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