Week 30

Dear Parents and Students,

We have had another eventful week, with Grades 1, 3, and 5 impressing us all with very entertaining and informative presentations for the International Expo. We all had a taste of different cultures and regions, starting in Argentia, and then moving to Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Ireland. A big thank you goes out to all of the students, teachers, and staff for all of the hard work that was put in to create such an enjoyable morning. It was also great to see so many parents visiting. For those of you who couldn’t make it to the Expo, photos can be found via the link at the bottom of this post.

In the Classroom:

Maths

We have continued with our study of customary units, including pints, quarts, gallons, ounces, pounds and tons. After the break, we will focus on metric units of length, capacity, and mass, and we will also review what we know about units of time.

Literacy Workshop

We have completed the entire story of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and spent the latter part of the week creating our own tributes to the book. We completed the week with our Mad Tea Party on Friday. After the break, we will begin our next major writing assignment: Writing an Opinion.

Science

We completed our final practical investigation of sound energy this week. After the Spring Break, we will begin our investigations into light energy. We also continued with our weekly Science Fair conferences to make sure that everyone is up to date and on schedule.

Social Studies

We completed and reviewed Chapter 8 this week, and previewed Chapter 9, which is an

investigation of what the American Midwest is like today. We will continue with Chapter 9

after the break..

Other important information

Report cards for Quarter 3 were sent home on Wednesday. Please contact the office if you haven’t received yours. Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held during the week running 15th-19th April. I look forward to catching up with all parents and discussing your children’s progress. These, along with other important dates, are listed below, as always. I hope you all enjoy the Spring Break, and I look forward to seeing you all back at school on Monday, 8th April.

Dates to remember:

M-F Apr 1-5: Spring Break - school closed

Mon Apr 8: Classes resume

Easter Egg Hunt

M-F Apr 15-19:Parent / Teacher Conferences

Thu Apr 22: Science Fair

Fri Apr 23: Monthly Assembly