Month: June 2010

We’re into the last few days of the school year!  We had an amazing end of year field trip at Dolphin Discovery on Monday!  Kappy, the dolphin entertained us with jumps, tricks and came and gave us kisses.  Each child got to take home a photo of them and the dolphin.Here are some helpful things to remember for this last week:

• All textbooks that may be home must be returned to class.
• Children will be taking all their workbooks etc. home so please have them bring an empty backpack or plastic bags to help carry their stuff home.
• Please come out to our whole school awards ceremony this Thursday starting at 8:30am.  Every child will be given an award for their specific achievement during the year.
• Last school day for the year is Thursday 24th of June and it will be a half day. 

May you all have a wonderful, restful and enjoyable summer.  We look forward to seeing you back at FBCS for the start of the next school year!

MathChildren sit their end of unit Geometry test this Tuesday.  The tests will be sent home that afternoon and need to be returned to class with their parents signature.  The rest of the week, children will be doing Accelerated Math activities and working on individual objectives.ScienceChildren will sit their Science test this Wednesday morning.  The Science test will be marked and sent home for parents to view and then sign before the test paper comes back to class.LiteracyChildren finish their book report work and present it to the class.  The children will be writing end of year evaluations, reflecting on their achievements through the year and looking at setting goals for next year.  They will also be given time for expressive writing either in their composition book or on our class blog.Important School EventsGraduation Ceremony for the Grade 6 student’s is Tuesday 15 of June at 7pm in the school chapel.  The FBCS choir, of which 1/2 of grade 3 is in, will be performing two songs.  So we look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible.Swim Gala is this Friday.  It will be held at the Lion’s Pool.  There will be no afternoon classes on Friday as it will be a half day.

End of Year Assessments

• We complete the End of Year Benchmark Literacy Assessment.  These booklets will be sent home shortly and will need to be signed by their parents and then returned to class where it will be kept in the child’s portfolio.
• Children are sitting their final STAR Math test.  A copy of this test will also be sent home with another copy being kept in the Student’s portfolio.
• Children are sitting their final STAR Reading test this Wednesday, 9th of June.
• Children will complete their Science Performance Assessment on Wednesday afternoon (an experiment) and their theory test next week, Wednesday 16th of June.  Revision work based on our Science unit will be sent home as homework at the end of this week.
• Our final strand assessment for Math will be Geometry.  This week we look at Motion and Congruence as well as symmetry.  The end of unit test will be Tuesday, 15th of June.

Novel StudyChildren have completed their novels and are now working on their book reports.  Some students have chosen to do a diorama, Power Point or traditional book report.  The requirements for this report and what is expected for each grade is written in their Reading book.Graduation night is this Tuesday at 6:30pm.  We hope to see you all there as we celebrate the achievements of the students during this academic year.