General News
Greetings parents, grandparents, seniors, and other
supporters of our school community on this cool, spring day (a nice day for a
brisk walk) as we bring another busy week of learning, teaching, and other
activities to a close at John Calvin School.
Thankfully the rain has stopped; hopefully for the remainder of the
day. We are looking forward to an
exciting day as many of you are planning to visit the students and teachers
this morning and, then, this afternoon a number of you will be joining them on
the Hike for Hospice in support of McNally House.
Thank you Ladies’ Auxiliary for providing coffee and
snacks, and the delicious lunch that the grandparents and seniors could
enjoy. We thank the Lord for His
blessing on this special day and may He continue to provide us with all we need
for our daily tasks during this busy time of year.
Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with those
who need the comfort, encouragement and guidance of our Heavenly Father in a
special way.
A few items for your attention:
*Thanks again for participating in the Hike for
Hospice to raise money for McNally House.
You may return the money collected at anytime next week. Please see the note below for the return
procedure for the money collected.
*It was good that the students in Grade 5B were able
to spend time on Monday afternoon with our special needs brothers and sisters
at the Beacon Home in Dunnville. This
completes our cycle of “home” visits for the 2018-2019 school year.
*Four students (Ava W., Kierra R. and Clarissa L.,
and Caleb V.) will be participating in the first LCRSS Science Fair which will
be held at Maranatha Christian School in Fergus on Saturday.
We plan to
hold our local Scitory Fair on Tuesday, May 7.
In addition to the Science Fair projects, four students (Jewel B., Ilse
R., Leah R., and Mya W.) will be displaying their History Fair projects at our
local fair.
*Baseball practices continue next week Monday and
Thursday after school from 2:50 until 4:00 as the boys’ and girls’ teams
prepare for the tournament scheduled for Saturday, May 25 in Dorchester, the
same venue as last year.
*The ASC committee is organizing its annual spring
meeting for Monday, May 6th at Covenant Canadian Reformed Church in Grassie
beginning at 7:30 p.m.. The topic for
the evening is a continuation of the theme, Belongingness, and the speaker once
again will be Mrs. Sara Pot.
Reminders:
*Please continue to collect tabs for cans for Jude
V. so he and his family can get a wheelchair for his sister Anna.
*It’s that time of year again, so please continue to
be wary of ticks and mosquitoes.
*Dental screening on May 6 & 7 for students in
Grades K, 2, 4, 6, and 8. Parents do
have the option to opt out. Please
contact Niagara Health and let them know if you choose to opt out of the program.
*Grades 7&8 will be writing the annual Gauss
Math contest next week Wednesday, May 15.
*Victoria Day on Monday, May 20
*Teachers College graduation on Friday, May 24. The Lord willing, one of the graduating
student will be teaching at John Calvin School next year—Mrs. Alanna Folkerts
(Grade 6B).
Hike for Hospice
• Please collect all money before handing in the
pledge forms.
• Please fill in the correct names and addresses (no
Oma or Opa)
• Please fill in the T-shirt order form ($50.00 in
pledges per child for a T-shirt)
• Do not return pledge forms and money until after
the walk.
Enjoy your weekend everyone and have a blessed day
of worship. We’ll touch base again in a
week’s time, D.V.
G.
Hofsink
Classroom News
Grade
1
Another
busy week of learning has come to an end in Grade One. We have finished our
Bible unit and completed a review on Friday.
We will write our Bible test on Monday.
We have also completed our Math unit with a review and will write the
Math test in the coming week. We have finished our Mapping unit as well and
tests and have been sent home. We are
beginning a unit on the Family next week.
Please return the sponsor sheets and the money collected on Monday. We hope you enjoyed visiting our class
today. Hopefully we were able to go on
the McNally walk today.
Memory
Work for Friday, May 10 – Hymn 44:1; The
Lord’s Prayer
Spelling
Words: best, can’t, friend, now, school
Grade
2
At
this point of writing, Open House and the McNally Walk are just before us.
There is high excitement in the Grade Two classes. The thoughts of visitors and special fun
activities is at the forefront of the students’ thinking. And to top it all off, the students plan to present
their Drinking Gourd plays for their loved ones. We hope that they are well enjoyed by our
guests! We are hoping to bring our Science unit to a close this week, so that
we can begin our next unit on Investigating Animals in time for the spring weather.
We will wrap up with a quiz on Wednesday. That’s all for now! Have a wonderful
weekend! BV/RG
Memory
work: Ps.146:1
Spelling
words: which, favourite, thought, work,
your
Science
quiz: Wednesday
Grade
3
Greetings from Grade 3 and their teachers! First of
all, thank you to ALL who joined us for the Open House and McNally Walk on
Friday! What a beautiful way to spend the day as a communion of saints! We
finished our Bible unit dealing with the tabernacle and move on with the
Israelites as they travel toward the Promised Land. What is division? Ask us
about some strategies. Continue to practice those multiplication facts, Grade 3!
Even the adults at Open House agreed that this was SO important.Can artwork
have patterns and rhythm? Ask us. It was great to see so many students from
Grade 2 and 3 wanting to try out for the text reading for the upcoming concert;
it takes a lot of courage. Chelsea B has been chosen to represent the Grade 2
and 3 classes; we wish her much joy and strength. We enjoyed a couple of grade
eight PBL group presentations. Nice to
see the leadership and hard work put into this so far. Wishing you God’s blessings on this! That’s
it for now.Have a blessed weekend!
Psalm 80:7;Deut. 18:18
Words: also,
almost, always, impossible, independent, lovable, thought, were, weather,
whether, whole, hole
Gym clothes on Monday and Thursday
Library Books on Tuesday
Dictation and Memory Work on Friday
Grade
6
The students have been busy completing their art
projects which are placed above their hooks in the hall. A job well done
students. In Bible we are travelling along with the Israelites as we study the
book of Numbers. Ask the students why this is such a suitable name for this
Bible book. We learned the importance of keeping everything in an organized way
and how this was done also with the use of trumpets. As we are reading the
novel we are going over the vocabulary and deciding what part of speech each
word is. Some words are a challenge. Do you know what adroitly, thrust of the
canoe, maelstrom, flotilla, steerageway, and hummock mean? We hope that you
were able to join us at the Open House. Have an enjoyable and blessed weekend.
Grade
7A
What a pleasure it was to have the community visit
our class during, “Open House”. What a blessing it is to have home
and school united in a common aim with a solid foundation. We start a new unit
next week in science focusing on pure substances and mixtures. We’ll wrap up
our study of how Upper Canada develops in history class and then begin a new
unit examining the conflict and change surrounding the Rebellion of 1837. After
learning why our school is named after John Calvin, we’ll switch back to Bible
History and the Divided Kingdoms. In P.E. we’ll start practicing our track and field
events as we prepare for the school meet…details to follow. Enjoy your
weekend.
Grade
7B
We
come to the end of our Church History unit on John Calvin and come back to
Bible History looking at the Divided Kingdom. In Math, we come to our chapter
on Global Economics, looking at the different types of markets in the world
today. In Language Arts, we begin our novel study on “The Hobbit”. Independent
Study continues with the interview confirmations and conducting the interviews.
Please make sure that your student have sent the email requests and follow up
on them so that way the interviews can get done in a timely manner! Devotions –
Leah R. Have a great weekend!
Grade
8A
A busy week has quickly passed us by
and we now enter the last full month of school in Grade 8! This week the
students continued working/wrangling with inequalities during Math. In History
we witnessed our long awaited PBL CPR presentations. In Science we began
discussions on evaporation, sublimation, vaporization and more! Today we had
the opportunity to welcome the supporting communities into our classrooms!
Weather permitting, we also enjoyed our annual Hike for Hospice. Have a blessed
weekend. Cheers, Mr. J
Grade 8B
Grade eights enjoyed all of the visitors
at the open house. We are continuing to
work on our PBL projects and some of the plans are really starting to come
together. Ask your children to show you
the results of their Church History tests.
Most students have good reason to be proud of their work. We are beginning to study the reformation in
France.
