I can hardly believe that we are already into November, and it is only six more weeks before winter holidays. This year is flying by and it must be, because we are having fun! As you can see, we had a fantastic Halloween Day at Ruth King and almost all of our students and staff dressed up in very creative costumes. What a great day - organized by our Leadership students!
Last Friday we helped our little Kindergarten buddies to carve their pumpkins. Mrs. Hjermstedt and I were so proud of Division 1 students, who took a leadership role and helped our younger students through the activity. Well done, Grade 6 students, and thank you for being such wonderful role models to others!
On Monday, our students performed a French song for our Grade 2 buddies, which they had practiced with Mr. Craig. Everyone had made great progress in French, and it was great to see the students so enthusiastic and proud! I was impressed! Thank you to Mr. Craig for organizing the event. Speaking of singing: Our class is currently practicing a song, which we will be performing at the Remembrance Day Assembly on November 10 at 11 am in the gym. Some of our Leadership students will also perform a Reader's Theatre during that time and we hope that parents and families will be able to come to this Assembly.
In Language Arts, we have started our first novel study, and we are reading The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis, a story about a family's survival in war-torn Afghanistan. It ties in with our learning in Social Studies about other countries, cultures and the notions of freedom and peace. In Science, we continue learning about scientific processes and skills and we will explore organisms and the diversity of life in the next few weeks. Many of our students have already made excellent progress in Math. I am so impressed! I noticed how some kids have made their own flashcards to practice the multiplication timetable and the study groups at the library (Goudy Branch), just before our Math tests, are in full swing! It is really great to see our students develop their study skills and become more independent as learners. I just marked the latest Math test on Order of Operation and Integers and am very happy to say that most of our students have a very good understanding of the concepts.
Lastly, I am very proud of our boys and girls, who have joined the Ruth King volleyball teams this year. Both of our teams are doing very well and it is great to see many Division 1 students represent our school at the tournaments by playing fairly and with excellent sportmanship. You ROCK!
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