General News
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,… You are serving the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:23, 24b
This Chronicle is the last one of March for this year. It is amazing how time flies. We are busy working towards some spring projects which will come to fruition in the next weeks. We have the drama production coming up on April 20 and 21st. You will have seen notices about this. We are also working toward the school concert scheduled for May 25th and 26th.
We congratulate the basketball teams on games well played. The men’s basketball team could even take home a trophy. Thank you to Mr. Joosse and Mrs. K. Kelsie for coaching these teams. Staff had the opportunity to play against the men’s team in a friendly game on Wednesday afternoon. It was a fun game!
On Wednesday we will be enjoying a Pancake Day put on by the Ladies Auxiliary. We look forward to a break from our regular lunches. Thank you!
Later on Wednesday afternoon, John Calvin School will have an assembly at 1:45 to introduce us to walking for McNally House. Amanda Black will give an overview of the work done at McNally House. If all goes well, the hike will happen on the afternoon of May 5th. We are looking forward to learning more about the beautiful gifts McNally House provides for those in need and how we can be a help in the community.
You are all welcome to join us at 8:00 on April 6th for an Easter Assembly. This assembly will be led by Rev. Wynia. All are welcome!
Here is a reminder that should you want to see a mid-semester progress report you will need to request them through the office. The deadline for this request is April 6th.
I believe that is all. We wish you a blessed week!
JVI
Calendar
Wednesday – Pancake Day, McNally House Introduction @ 1:45
Thursday – Easter Assembly at 8:00
Friday – Good Friday
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Classroom News
Kindergarten
This month has flown by and we are beginning the month of April next week! We only have one more letter sound to learn and then we have learned all the letter sounds of the alphabet. Beginning in about 2 weeks the students will begin writing their very own stories! It is so exciting to see the students get to this point. We will also be reading a new story called “Ox and Man”. Samples of this story will be going home in the next couple of weeks. In math we continue to learn teen numbers and will practice adding numbers with some answers as teen numbers. Here is a look at next week:
Monday – CYG: Judah
Tuesday – CYG: Skylar
Wednesday – Library Day, Pancake Day!!!!
Thursday – CYG: Katelyn
Friday – Good Friday
Have a great weekend! JB/SV
Grade 1
Grade 1 had a busy week this past week with tests and finishing up units. In math class we are starting fractions. We are continuing on in our CKLA unit about fables. Students are learning to become more and more fluent with reading, keep it up grade 1! Our project with grade 8 is starting to wrap up! The students really enjoyed working with them. Their work will be posted soon enough in the hallways.
Memory work for next Thursday: Hymn 57:1
Spelling words for next Thursday: give, me, over, saw, want
Have a great weekend. KK/EVG
Grade 2
This week Grade 2 enjoyed “Dress Like a Teacher Day”! We had lots of fun dressing up and are looking forward to our next dress up day next week Wednesday for Detective Day! We are still busy reading Nate the Great and still do not know who took Annie’s missing picture! Grade 2A wrapped up their Church History unit on John Calvin and Grade 2B started the next Bible unit on the church in Jerusalem starting with the stories from Acts. In Math we have been working with double digit subtraction and regrouping. We have been busy crossing out tens and trading them to ones! Have a great weekend and blessed Sunday! RG/BV
Grade 3
This past week was a busy and fun week. Church History was finished with a test about Rev. Hendrik de Cock, and our math financial literacy also received time to finish up with a test. A Science test has been planned for the coming week. Check your child’s agenda for the date. There is never a dull moment in grade 3. Oh, how fun it was to see so many teachers in our classroom and only 1 student. Way to go dressing like a teacher, boys and girls. We had a lot of fun skipping, and working with a parachute in gym class. Keep practising memory work, text, spelling words and math facts on a daily basis, boys and girls. Remember to bring in food items for the food drive!! Wishing you a wonderful weekend and blessed Sunday.
Memory work: Ps. 124:1 Text: Deut. 18:18 (two weeks)
Spelling words: vacation, wear, we’re, where
Library on Thursday
Friday: Mission $
Grade 4
What a beautiful, windy first week of spring. Both classes have started the Science unit on Habitats and Living Things. Ask your children about some interesting animals that they learned about in class! Grade 4A is starting our food unit in French class. Mrs VA & Miss O
Tuesday: 4A has a Bible test on the first half of the Kings of Judah
Wednesday: 4A has a math test on prime and composite numbers, and multi-digit multiplication.
Thursday: 4B French quiz – body parts
Friday: Memory Work: Philippians 2:8B-11; Hymn 22:1; Spelling Test, Mission $
Spelling Words: ready, build, weather, wouldn’t, dead, built, full, they’re, early, heaven, we’ll, warm, war, course, should
Grade 5
Paper, cardboard, clay, and fur… our classrooms are littered with craft supplies as the students build scenes from the Narnian world! They have been happily working on their shoebox dioramas, which are looking great, full of incredible details! In Math, 5B has been learning about integers and fractions, and 5A will begin this chapter in the coming week. We are wrapping up our P.E. gymnastics routines and have begun to present them to the class. Devotions are as follows: 5A – Sophia (M), Ashley (Tu), Avery (W), Caleb (Th) and for 5B – Elyse (M), Leena (Tu), Thomas (W), Geneva (Th). Enjoy your weekend! RK/KVL
Grade 6
Many students enjoyed dressing up as a teacher and informed me that they were on yard duty and I could go and play. Loud cheering could be heard as the teachers challenged the senior students to a basketball game. We continue to practice our ball handling skills during phys. ed. Please remember to contribute regularly to the mission money collection. The students are finishing off their slide presentation for their disease research. Some of them will be presented next week. Have a blessed weekend. TB/CVA
Grade 7
In our study of thermal effects on matter we are learning about expansion and contraction, temperature changes and specific heat capacity, and changes of state. In History we continue with our study of a battle from the War of 1812. Students will create a written component, visual component and an interactive battle map. We have learned about documentaries and students need to find an appropriate one to view and receive parental permission to view it. Please ask your child for their, “Parental Permission” form. The reformation continues in the Swiss Confederation with R.C.C. canton vs Protestant canton; will the result be a civil war? Enjoy your weekend.
Grade 8
Looking ahead to next week, we wish everyone a blessed Easter break. In Bible, we are starting on the Ministry of Christ part 3, which coincides very well with Easter as we will be learning about the last week of Jesus’ life. We are continuing on with the novel study Shattered. Wednesday, students are expected to submit their second 5 paragraph essay. They have had ample class time to work on it (at this point it has been 1.5 hours of writing time and an additional 45 minutes for the outline and construction of a proper 3-point thesis). Please check in with your child to see how it is going. In Math, we are currently working on either geometry or coding. RT, AL, MJ
