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Letter to the Parents – 9/12/2016

Dear Parents,

Only week until Christmas break – wow ! The students are certainly ready for a break ( and I think we are too 🙂 

The concert was amazing – I was so proud of everyone. It was a special time and a joy to let everyone know that Christmas really is just ‘all about that Baby ! ‘
We will pause our regular learning objectives next week. In Literacy we will read and study a few short Christmas stories. In Social Studies we will explore Christmas around the world.
Don’t forget the class is putting together a care package for a needy family – please send in any items such as wipes, toiletries, cleaning items, non-perishable food items. It is a great way to highlight giving to others to the class. Thanks so much.
The Grade 5 class Christmas party will be on Dec 16th – the last ( half ) day of school. Each child will bring in a food item to share – some suggestions are –
savory snacks
crisps
desserts
cookies ( no nuts please )
drinks
They can dress down on this day.
Also each child has the name of someone to buy a book for.
Thank so much for your continued support so far and I am looking forward to a fun and educational 2017 with my Grade 5 class.
Wishing you and your family a very merry Christmas,
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Storybird

Dear parent,

As part of their school work, your child will be using Storybird to write stories or poetry using beautiful artwork as inspiration.

Students LOVE Storybird. And as a teacher, I love how it builds literacy, creativity, and digital citizenship, all within a safe environment that respects data privacy. Millions of students around the world use Storybird, and it gets a 5-star rating from Common Sense Media.

Please sign up to see your child’s work: 1. Go to: https://storybird.com/parents/

2. Enter the username your child uesd.

3. Enter the class password: HGXEN

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Letter to the Parents – 2/12/2016

Dear Grade 5 Parents,

Happy Friday and the start of Advent Season…. it’s that most wonderful time of the year 🙂
In literacy this week we have continued on with a fiction and poetry study from Storytown. The class examined Haikus and Limericks. They had fun writing their own too ! They also worked on action, main and helping verbs.
In Social Studies this week we completed a short unit of study on the Population of the Cayman Islands – and now move onto the Natural Environment.
Monday 5th December at 6.30pm is our school concert. Please have your child dropped to the music suite by 6.15pm – wearing their costume or a green top and jeans. Grade 5 have been asked to bring in a bag of crisps ( chips : ) for the dessert fellowship after the concert. Thank you.
Friday 9th December is our class trip to the Art Gallery. I need one more driver please.
Our class Christmas party will be on the last day of school – each child could please bring a book as a gift – wrapped. They will draw a name today of the person they are to buy a book for.
We are also going to collect items to put into a box for a family in need  please send in one item – maybe a canned good, small gift, household item, that would come in useful.
Thanks so much for your help,
Have a wonderful weekend,
Blessings.