I hope everyone enjoyed a fun, family-oriented long weekend safely and I look forward to hearing stories about this on Tuesday.

I also hope parents found their child's report card to be instructional. To those parents wishing to meet for an interview, I look forward to elaborating on the report card comments this Thursday.

Parents are encouraged to register for "Cash on Line"  with the secretary on interview night or by March 6 when it will be up and running ("Cash on Line" is a cash account to pay for outings, etc. so that parents and school does not need to worry about lost cheques or tracking money in agendas).

On Thursday, March 7, there will be a workshop for parents on "The Anxious Child" in the Learning Commons. Any parent whose child deals with any form of anxiety is encouraged to attend.

As a result of many special activities, many lessons will be adapted this week. Tuesday is being celebrated in red for flag day. Our class will be making mini-posters about less-known Canadian facts. Our Ash Wednesday celebration will be take place from 9:30 - 10:00 this Wednesday. In class we will discuss the meaning of the ashes and Lent, as we move into the Lenten season when we prepare for Easter. In Math the grade threes did a great job presenting their graphs from their surveys. In our unit on Measurement we will continue learning about the calendar year. In Language, aside from reviewing poetic devices, we have reviewed expectations for EQAO Reading questions and students are practicing responding with the ROPES format. Thanks to parent volunteers, Mrs. S and Mrs. T, many students are very well practiced in this area. In Science, Grade 3s slowed down the movements of sponge balls with very creative designs. For example, one designer built an airplane for the ball. Grade 4s split light rays into rainbows with prisms and will now take the temperature of light sources to compare which ones emit much heat. To properly show the importance of following ones values (including staying safe), in Health we will conduct an experiment in peer pressure. This is an important part of making choices about play and violence (Grade 3) and responding to dangers such as bullying (Grade 4). Basketball skills such as bounce and chest passes are still being developed in Physical Education,  and students are playing games using modified rules.

Please note that sometimes specific details regarding homework may be found on the link named "Homework" in this blog.