Crazy Hat and Hair Day tomorrow!

Thank you for the wonderful, generous support you have shown for our United Way fundraiser activities so far!  We have one last activity for the students to participate in tomorrow - Crazy Hat and/or Hair Day!  Bring a Loonie or a Toonie and sport your craziest 'do, or wear your favourite hat indoors for the day!  All of the proceeds go towards supporting students and their families in our OCSB schools.

Also coming home tomorrow is your child's Progress Report.  If you wish to book an appointment to see me, please use the You Can Book Me site, which will open tomorrow, and book a timeslot.  If you need more than 10 minutes, please feel free to drop me a line through the blog and we will meet before or after school some day.  If you would prefer a telephone interview, drop me a note along with the returned Progress Report envelope and I will give you a call.  If you feel an interview is not necessary at this time, you can drop me a note indicating that as well.  On the whole, I am very pleased with the progress of both groups so far - they are a very enthusiastic and engaged group of learners!

On a related note - I was very pleased with the scores on the recent math quizzes!  The Grade 4 students had an average of 98%! and the Grade 5 students had an average of 89%!  Both excellent averages! Congratulations to both groups.

School pictures went home yesterday, orders can be made through the school or online.  Class pictures went home with students today.

Permission forms went home yesterday for our first Field Trip of the year to Parliament and the Royal Canadian Mint. The permission slip is 2 pages - page 1 is the standard permission, money collection and volunteer form; page 2 is a double-sided permission form including medical concerns and acknowledgement of risks.  All 3 sides need to be signed and returned before Wednesday, Nov. 16th.  Thank you!  It should be a fun and educational experience!

We started a new Math unit today - Geometry.  The Gr. 4 students looked at symmetry by reflecting irregular shapes they created using regular polygons in a mirror line;  and the Gr. 5 students created and defined equilateral, isosceles and scalene triangles from straws and pipe cleaners.  Both activities were very hands-on, and they really enjoyed them!