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
Evidence of our working for the Lord will come to you in an envelope today. Yes, the report cards are arriving for your perusal this evening! We pray that these reports stimulate conversation as we seek to use and develop our talents to the praise and glory of God. We hope to have interviews on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. A schedule should have made its way to you. If you have not received a copy please contact the office.
We enjoyed a wonderful soup and bun day on Wednesday afternoon. It was a warm welcome to some cooler weather. A special thank you go to all who did the organizing and cooking for this event.
On Tuesday Mrs. Visser will celebrate her birthday. I’m sure she will do it in style with the kindergarten class. We wish you God’s blessings in the coming year.
On the staff front, we have some news to share with you. Miss B has shared with us that her medical leave has been extended by her doctors. Mrs. VanBrederode has agreed to carry on in the grade 3b classroom during this absence. We pray that God will continue to surround Miss B. in her recovery. We also think about Mrs. Poort whose husband will undergo surgery to remove cancer. This surgery is scheduled to take place on Friday, February 10th. We give thanks for the report that the cancer is localized and can be removed through surgery. We pray that God will guide the hands of the doctors and that there may be a positive outcome.
I believe that is all for this week. May God continue to bless and strengthen us in the upcoming week. JVI
Calendar
Monday – Basketball Practice
Tuesday -Mrs. Visser’s Bday, Parent/Teacher Interviews
Wednesday –
Thursday – NACE Hockey Tournament, Parent/Teacher Interviews
Friday –
Classroom News
Kindergarten
A short but busy week in Kindergarten. Thank you so much to the Ladies Auxiliary for providing all of the students with a soup and bun lunch. It was absolutely scrumptious. We continue to learn the letter sounds. If possible can you please review the letter sounds already taught either by using flashcards or by listening to the Jolly Phonics songs posted on the Google Classroom. This would be very beneficial for your child! Here’s a look at next week:
Monday – SH: Adrianna, Mrs Visser’s birthday celebration
Tuesday – SH: Ryland, Mrs Visser’s birthday celebration
Wednesday – Combined day, LIBRARY Day
Thursday – SH: Samuel R
Friday – SH: Jack
Have a great weekend everyone. JB/SV
Grade 1
Wow! That was a quick week. The students may not entirely believe that it is once again the weekend but here we are! Report cards will be coming home today, we look forward to seeing you all on either Tuesday or Thursday evening to discuss your child’s progress so far. You should also be receiving more information on the long awaited 100 day. Please contact either of us should you have any questions.
Don’t forget about those costumes for Book Character Day (DV Feb 23)!
Here is what we need to know for this coming week:
Memory Work: Psalm 74:10 Text: Psalm 8:1 for Feb 10
Spelling words: big, boy, could, no, way
Grade 2
Grade 2 has wrapped up our Bible unit concerning Christ’s death, resurrection, and ascension. After completing the unit, we will be turning our attention to Characters in Church History for the next month or so. The first character we will study is John Chrysostom.
Both classes are down to their last box of Kleenex. If you could please send in another box, we’d all appreciate it immensely!
Grade 2B looks forward to beginning their studies of life in the warm climate country of Zimbabwe. Grade 2A will also continue with this unit; learning about the animals that live in the African savanna.
In the next week or so, please keep an eye out for a class list coming home so that students who wish to send Valentine’s cards can be sure to include everyone. Have a blessed weekend! BV/RG
Grade 3
We had a short, but busy week in grade 3. We are continuing with the Church Life stories; focusing on sorrows and troubles. Science keeps us busy learning about positive and negative charges. Ask us about the balloon experiments. We finished our textured ‘wild things’ and hope to have them hanging in the hallway next week. We continue to divide in math class. We will have a spelling review next week. Please let your child practise the words every day. A wonderful thank you goes out to the moms and Ladies’ Auxiliary for the delicious soup treat this past Wednesday. Have a restful weekend and blessed Sunday.
Memory work: Hy. 11:2,3 Text: The Ten Plagues
Spelling: about, especially, except, friendly, knew, new, know, no, myself, really, probably, then, usually, what
Thursday: Library
Friday: Mission $
Grade 4
Grade 4 has had a short but eventful week! Information packages have gone out about our Medieval Day that will be held on March 3 (only one month away). If you have already filled it out, thank you! If you have not yet, please try to fill it out promptly, many volunteers are needed to make this day a success! Students will be picking a character randomly on Monday so that you can begin searching for a costume to wear on Medieval Day. Grade 4A wrote a story from the perspective of a groundhog for Groundhog Day, which was fun to read to the class! We look forward to meeting with you all during parent teacher interviews next week!
Thursday: Grade 4A French Test (Topic: clothing vocabulary – students should be able to read the vocabulary words in French and match them with their English translation).
Friday: Grade 4A and 4B will be having a Bible test on the Kings of Israel (pt 1) Mission $, Spelling Test, Memory Work (Psalm 107:1) (text next week: Psalm 121:1-4)
Spelling List (L19): goose, shoot, cuckoo, flew, grew, knew, songs, saved, chirp, robins, caught, places, nest, bush
Have a great weekend! MVA & KO
Grade 5
Thank you to the Ladies’ Auxiliary for the delicious lunch of soup and buns on Wednesday! Grade 5B is planning to wrap up their cells unit early next week, after which we will be going back to Social Studies to study Ancient Egypt. Grade 5A will be following close behind. Both classes are enjoying reading “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” so far! We also get to have PE together with both classes for our gymnastics unit, and the students are excitedly thinking ahead to what they are going to do in their routines. In Bible class, we are still studying Jesus’ ministry, and in our studies, the end of His earthly life is drawing nearer and nearer.
Devotions for next week are as follows:
5A – M. Sophia, Tu. Ashleigh, W. Avery, Th. Caleb, F. Camryn
5B – M. Arli, Tu. Lauren, W. John, Th. Zachary, F. Zion
Have a wonderful weekend! RK/KV
Grade 6
Grade 6 started our new unit in Church History this week about Islam. We begin with the life of Mohammed and we will be moving into a summary of the Islamic religion. In Math, we are nearing the end of our Geometry unit, and will be finishing off the unit with a test next week. We look forward to a full week next week. Have a great weekend. TB/CVA
Grade 7
Today the Semester One reports were sent home. Understanding that God has blessed each of us with talents and abilities, may there be fruitful and productive discussions with your Grade Seven child. The Science Fair continues to have our focus as we complete our paragraph write ups and move on to designing and decorating our tri-fold boards. We were introduced to the particle theory this past week in Science and we will continue examining warming and cooling. In geography we will learn about climate change and our response to it. To help us understand the matter, we’ll listen to Dr. Calvin Beisner, the founder and national spokesman of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation. We will continue with the reign of King David in Bible class and learn how, “saints may fall into serious sins”. Enjoy your weekend.
Grade 8
This upcoming week we will have likely our final dedicated class time to work on Science Fair projects. Students have at this point received at minimum 6 hours of work time at school. Please check in with your student to see how the projects are going. In math, we are starting on simplifying algebraic expressions and solving inequalities. We are well into our poetry unit for Literature, and students will be introduced to how to construct a thesis for a classic 5 paragraph essay (hamburger style). In geography, we are looking at quality of life indicators from a world lens and a christian lens. We look forward to seeing many of you for parent teacher conferences next week. (MJ, RT, AL)
