Well here’s the last post for the 2011-2012 year! There’s no homework this week in celebration of the end of the year. However, I will be handing out a pamphlet of suggestions for summer homework to help stop the “summer brain drain.” Children will also be taking home their workbooks, stationery and any work they have on the walls. Can each child please bring in at least 2 cloth supermarket bags so they can carry their items home. Also a reminder about our field trip tomorrow. Hopefully the rain will subside for us. If it looks too dangerous to be out in, we’ll have a celebration inside the class with games, movies and I can order some pizza etc since they have paid for lunch. I’ll sort out any necessary refunds too. But please have your child bring their bathing suit, towel etc. for the field trip tomorrow as a decision will only be made by 8:30am. Also please note they we will now be leaving Turtle Farm at 1:30pm rather than 12:30pm due to Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 3 sharing a bus.Thanks parents for your help and participation this year. I hope you all have a well deserved and restful summer.Best wishes,Jenny Hurst
June Update
There are many events happening at FBCS as the school year draws to a close. Here are some of them as they pertain to Grade 3.Olympic Week (June 11 – 15)Monday, June 11th. Children are to dress in colors representing Argentina. We will have a school Olympic parade following the chapel service at 9am.Tuesday, June 12th. Concert and Awards night, 6:30pm in the chapel. All children need to attend as children will be performing and receiving awards. Children need to wear smart clothes, such as church clothes.Wednesday, June 13th. Sport’s Day and whole school soccer competition. Children are to dress in athletic clothes, running shoes no open toed shoes.Friday, June 15th. Each grade will be presenting a few slides about their chosen South American country. We will have three students presenting our Argentina slides. This assembly is from 8:15 – 9:00am. We will also have our last Show and Tell for the year.Last Week of the Year! (June 18th – 21st)Monday, June 18th. Queen’s Birthday. Public Holiday.Wednesday, June 20th. Grade 3 End of Year Field Trip to Turtle Farm. 8:30 – 12:30.Thursday, June 21st. Last day of the school year. Noon dismissal. Report cards may be collected from the school office.
Homework and End of Year Assignments
Even though the year is almost over, there are still assignments and projects that need to be finished. Every child most present a short video clip about the Olympic Games. They must state why they chose this video, how it shows the Olympic Spirit and be ready to answer questions from their peers about the video. I will be grading them on their presentation for their Oral Language grade. I will also be using work they have done in our Global Awareness topic, research into Argentina and Olympic booklet for their Social Studies grade. So I ask that parents help remind their children that while the year is almost done, school work still needs to get done. We will be having one more week of homework (11-15 June) and then we will be done for the year. Children who have completed all homework assignments this year will be awarded a prize during the week of the 11 – 15 June.
Here’s a reminder of this week’s homework which is in your child’s agenda:
Tuesday – Spelling, Lesson 32, p184-189. Due Friday.
Wednesday – Writing. Complete the For and Against chart in their writing books. We will use this information to write a persuasive essay back in class.
Thursday– Complete any unfinished work either in their writing book, Olympic booklet and/or search for a YouTube video about the Olympics. Most importantly, children have been given their STAR Reading and Math yearly progress chart and this needs to be signed by their parents and returned to school by Friday, 8th of June. These reports will be kept in their personal portfolios. Portfolios will be going home in the last week of the school year.