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
With more wintry weather we are heading into the last week of the school for 2022. We give thanks and say “great is your faithfulness” in all the work that could be done during this school year. God has provided for staff and students in their work. We pray that he continues to do this in the coming year.
With our first inclement weather day behind us it is good to remind you that we plan to make the call by 6:00 a.m. in the morning. Your venues to find out if school is on can be found on our website www.johncalvin.ca or on our school Instagram page.
This week we heard of the passing of the grandfather of some of our students. Br. Art Hordyk was called to glory. We take comfort in the resurrection of the dead and life eternal. We pray that God will comfort the Hordyk, Ravensbergen, and North families as they gather at the graveside today.
We hope to have a Christmas assembly at 11:20 in the gym on Friday. The assembly should end around 12:00. This means the busses will leave shortly thereafter. Everyone is welcome to attend the assembly as we share in the miracle of our Saviour’s birth.
While you have your calendars out, we hope to have a New Year assembly on January 9, 2023. This assembly will start shortly after school starts at 8:00.
This coming Sunday (December18) Mr. Breukelman hopes to celebrate his birthday. We wish Mr. Breukelman birthday blessings. We enjoy his wit and enthusiasm with which he embraces his job each and every week! May God continue to bless you in your task here at John Calvin Christian School.
Our school will have its first School Spirit Day on Thursday. We hope to have a festive/ugly sweater dress-up day. I’m sure we’ll see some creativity from the students and staff.
I believe that is all for this week. May God be praised through our worship this weekend! JVI
This week!
Sunday – Mr. Breukelman’s birthday.
Thursday – Festive dress up/ugly sweater day
Friday – Christmas Assembly @ 11:20
Classroom News
Kindergarten
The students thoroughly enjoyed the pizza lunch provided by the Ladies Auxiliary. Thanks so much ladies for the delicious lunch and special snack! The students continue working very hard on learning the letter sounds taught thus far. Please continue to review these sounds at home. Next week will be our last week before the Christmas holidays begin and it looks to be an exciting but busy week. Here is a glimpse into the week: Have a great weekend everyone. JB/SV
Monday – SH: Dexter/Ryan
Tuesday – SH: Blake B
Wednesday – Yellow Day and Library Day
Thursday – SH : Judah and Festive Dress up
Friday – Early Dismissal at 12:00, Christmas Assembly, Festive Dress up
Grade 1
As the year 2022 is wrapping up, we are also wrapping up a couple units in grade 1. Our first CKLA unit was finished by both grade 1’s this past week as well as our money and time unit in math. Continue practicing money recognition and telling the time with your children. In Bible class, grade 1 will be reflecting on the peace and joy the Christmas season brings with the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ. How great is our God! Next week we will be having a combined Christmas party with both classes!
Memory work: Hymn 56:2, John 3:16
Spelling words: about, other, out, up, will
Have a blessed week! KK EVG
Grade 2
What a nice surprise to have a day off this week! We’re thankful everyone could stay home and stay safe during the freezing rain day! This week we have continued in our Bible unit on the ministry of Jesus. We heard some more parables and about Zacchaeus the tax collector. We also started our Social Studies unit on Nunavut! So far the students have really enjoyed looking at maps of Ontario and of Canada. Next week in Grade 2 we’re looking forward to a fun Gingerbread themed week! On Thursday we plan to have a school Christmas/Festive dress up day! Have a great weekend and a blessed Sunday! RG/BV
Grade 3
Bonjour, tout le monde. Yes, we are learning so much in French class; c’est fantastique! In Bible History we could hear how the LORD used Joseph to bring about His plan to save His people. The children thoroughly enjoy the novel ‘Stone Fox’. Ask us about our fun phys.ed classes! We are writing acrostic poems about Christmas. The LORD, in His goodness, sent His Son. Christ went from the cradle to the cross so we might be saved from sin and punishment. Praise God from Whom all blessings flow. We have come to the end of the respiratory system unit in Science and hope to have a test next week. Check the agenda for the date. We continue to pray for healing for Miss. B. Praying for Waverly and Emmaline as they mourn the loss of their great-grandfather, Mr. Hordyk. We want to thank the Ladies’ Auxiliary for the wonderful pizza lunch, snack and juice. We were spoiled!! Have a good weekend and blessed Sunday.
Memory work: Ps. 103:1 and Gen. 49:10 are due on Thursday!
Spelling words: write, right, trouble, wouldn’t
Thursday: Library and Mission $
Grade 4
What a beautiful week it has been! With 4.5 days left of school before Christmas holidays, Grade 4 is busy with wrapping up assignments next week! Both classes have finished their Social Studies projects about the provinces and territories of Canada – students seemed to enjoy researching information and creating a project to present! Grade 4A has also created a research pamphlet comparing black bears and grizzly bears – your children should know many interesting facts! Grade 4A students will have a reading quiz on Tuesday about “Owl Moon”, “Do Not Disturb”, and “Rabbits, the Mystery Animals”. On Thursday, Grade 4A will have a test on their Canada unit – a review will be completed on Tuesday and sent home to help students study. Have a great weekend! MVA and KO
Spelling Words: Rubbing, twenty, downstairs, cherry, pink, sorry, raining, lucky, drink, stopped, sitting, sunny, rainy, again
Memory Work: John 3:16-18; Psalm 35:1
Grade 5
After many absent students due to sickness, it was good to see the Grade 5A class back in school this week! We are praying that God continues to bless us with good health so that we may finish the calendar year with good attendance! Our Bible test, previously scheduled for Friday, has been moved to next week. 5A will write on Wednesday, and 5B on Tuesday. This will bring us to the middle of Unit 3, in which we are learning about Jesus’ time on Earth and the parables He taught. Devotions for the week are as follows: 5A – Isaac (M), Jayce (Tu), Judah (W), Keziah (Th). And for 5B – Quinten (M), Leena (Tu), Thomas (W), Geneva(Th). Have an enjoyable weekend! RK/KVL
Grade 6
After a busy week in Grade 6, we look forward to the last week before Christmas break! We continue to close some final units before the break. Our novel study, “Number the Stars”, comes to an end, which has been an eye opening experience for our students. Our Social Studies unit on Canada and It’s Trade partners also finishes up next week. We hope to get into some Christmas activities throughout the week to close out the year. Have a great weekend.
Grade 7
As we enter the last week of work before the Christmas Break, we are so very thankful for the work which we could do. We will bring our, “Structural Strength and Stability” unit in Science to a close with the testing of our stir stick bridges. We near the end of our, “Martin Luther” unit in Church History as we learn why we are not Lutheran yet are thankful for the Reforming work God did thriough him. Not to be negative, but we haver started a new chapter in Math dealing with integers; hoping this will be overall a positive experience. Having practiced the skills associated with volleyball, serve/bump/set/return in P.E., we hope to bring it all together in scrimmages. Enjoy your weekend.
Grade 8
With only a few days until Christmas break, we have plenty of tests to finish up our units. Please be sure to invest some time in
studying. Have a great weekend!
Tues: Geo Test ch 2-3
Wed: French Test Ch. 10
Th: Ch. Hist Test
