Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Getting ready

Another busy week and more to come...

Wednesday

  • Senior Track & Field meet
All week
  • preparing / reviewing / practising for EQAO
  • continue to stay up to date with homework, including Book Mark Book Report
Saturday
  • Pantherama 11 am - 2 pm
Next week
  • EQAO Tuesday May 31 - Thursday June 2 (inclusive)
    • please arrive to school on time each day and plan to be present
  • Friday - PD Day

EQAO information

Please visit the EQAO site for FAQs, tips, and practice tests. Contact me should you have further questions and/or concerns.

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Lots going on this week!

Monday

  • presentation by Halton Women's Place on "Gender Stereotyping"
Tuesday
  • Junior Band members performing a dress rehearsal of the Spring Concert for the Primary classes
Wednesday
  • Forest of Reading club trip to Toronto for the Silver Birch Awards
  • Junior relay meet
Thursday
  • Junior Band and Intermediate Choir members performing a dress rehearsal of the Spring Concert for the Junior classes
  • Spring Concert - performances Thursday evening by: Junior Choir, Junior Band, Intermediate Choir, Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Dance Club

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Keep up!

With the end of the year fast approaching, and the EQAO testing coming with it, it is extremely important for students to keep up with their homework, particularly in Math. Should there be any concerns with the difficulty or amount of homework, please bring it to my attention ASAP.

Overall, I feel that the students are well-prepared, but staying fresh and keeping up with practice is very important.

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Encore! Encore!

What an amazing field trip! The Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts was a tremendous venue with extremely friendly and professional staff that made the trip truly memorable. I had personally never been there before, but will definitely book future trips there as well as recommend it highly to others.

Our class spent the morning warming up under the guidance of three experts in each of their fields of the arts: dance, music, and drama. Following that, students were divided into roles and taught their responsibilities for a final performance. After almost an hour of what looked like overwhelming chaos from the perspective of an on-looker, the students pulled off an exceptionally successful performance that included the three areas of art.

After lunch, the group headed to the basement of the 108 year old building, for guided instruction in visual arts. Our theme for the day was First Nations Peoples and Early Settlers, and our visual arts activity was specifically geared around the art of Norval Morrisseau. Just like in the morning, the class made me extremely proud by listening attentively and putting forth their best efforts. They produced some fine art in a short amount of time.
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I've sent home brochures for the Conservatory as they offer evening classes as well as summer camps. I'm sure your children can fill you in if you have any further questions.

Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Math, Math, and more Math!

In order to ensure that the students feel as prepared as possible to write EQAO in about a month's time, we will be spending a great deal of class time working on Math and reviewing skills learned earlier in the year and from previous years. I anticipate sending home more homework than usual to serve as practice and review.

As always, I encourage students to take not of skills and/or individual questions that posed difficulty and discuss their thinking with me on a very timely basis.

With regard to EQAO, I am trying to provide them information about what to expect and reassure them to calm their nerves. Writing EQAO is vastly different from how students typically learn and are tested in school, but I will help them to remember that they have amassed many skills since becoming a junior student that will help them with writing the test.

Please feel free to ask any questions or pose any concerns about homework and/or the EQAO testing.

Take care!

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