Update from Ms. R

Homework 

The homework for this week is to complete the math review worksheet. Each child was also given a "homework writing journal". This journal will be used every two weeks for the students to write a story. This week the challenge is to write a story, fiction or non-fiction, about the owl picture stamped on the first page of the journal. This homework is due on Friday, September 30th.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL PARENTS

It is unfortunate news that four classes in the English primary division are being forced to reorganize. Our classroom will now be a combined class of grade 2 and grade 3 students. This means that half of the students in our class will be reassigned to different teachers and we will welcome 10 new grade 3 students. These changes will officially occur as of first period, on Monday, September 26. At this time, I do not have an official list of the students who will be leaving and which students will be staying.

Please know, that the principal, Mrs. Farrelly, fought very hard against this reorganization. However, the Ministry and the school board said the rules must be enforced. The final decision was made at noon on Friday. This did not leave a lot of time to do the reorganization of the classes! Ordinarily, the school would have shared the changes with parents by the end of the school day on Friday, but because there was no internet access, this could not be done.

This is a difficult time for the students and for me as their teacher. I have personally been through this type of situation many times and although the changes are difficult at first, children are very resilient and adapt to new circumstances quickly and easily.

Please let me know if you have any questions about this.

Important Dates

Wednesday, October 5 - Room 204 a Thanksgiving celebration 

Thursday, October 6 - Curriculum Night (6:00 - 7:00)

Thursday, October 6 - Terry Fox Run ("Bring a toonie for Terry" fundraiser for cancer research)

Friday, October 7 - P. A. Day - no classes

Monday, October 10 - Thanksgiving Day holiday - no classes