Week 36

Dear Parents and Students,

I hope everyone enjoyed the mid-semester break, and had a relaxing long weekend. The break, of course, made our working week one day shorter, but we have packed plenty of work into the past four days.

We completed Topic 18 in Maths, and had our test on Tuesday. Topic 18 was largely focused on algebra, and it was very pleasing to see how everybody was able to take the new concepts on board. We are expanding our range of problem-solving skills and learning new ways to express and communicate mathematical problems and functions. We have already begun Topic 19. This is a short topic, and the Topic Test will take place next Friday.

In our Literacy Workshop, we have spent the week writing an essay expressing an opinion. We published our work on Friday, and will begin planning our next assignment – Writing to Persuade – next Monday.  In grammar, we have completed our unit dedicated to pronouns. Next week, we will begin  our final unit, which is all about adverbs. We will also spend some time next week reading a new story: Happy Birthday, Dr. King.

In Science, we have been investigating how plants and animals respond and adapt to their environments. We have learned that physical traits are inherited, as are many behavioural traits. Some behaviours, however, are learned. We spent time discussing how all of these traits, inherited or learned, can help a species survive and reproduce in its natural environment. We also began designing an insect based on what we have learned. We will continue our investigations next week, and begin to look at various ecosystems.

In Social Studies, we have returned our attention to the Regions Project. We have spent most of this week researching, gathering information, and planning our presentation strategies. Next week, we will collate all of our research and develop our first draft. Our goal is to present our projects on Thursday and Friday, June 7^th and 8^th.

Please note that next Tuesday, we will have our annual Art Exhibition in the library. The exhibition will be open all day, and then artwork will be on display throughout the school for the following week. Parents and family are welcome to visit the exhibition on Tuesday.

I hope you all have a great weekend, and I'll see you all Monday!

Important Dates:       

     

      Tue, 29^th May:            Art Exhibition – Library.  Parents and family welcome.

      Fri, 1^st Jun:                  Maths test – Topic 19

      7^th-8^th Jun:                   Regions presentations

Students of the Week

 Sara, Benjamin (Chinese), Jemina, Kigen, Aimee

Awards:

 Kigen, Ryan, and Benjamin recently won awards for soccer, jujitsu, and golf respectively. Well done, boys!

...and Albert was awarded a medal of participation for the 2018 Spartan race. Good stuff, Albert!