Dear parents,
The school is changing over to a new telephone system, which is causing unsuspected problems downstream with the server. This meant that emails going out to parents from Thursday until today, have not been delivered. It may have affected external emails coming in to me, but I am not sure. If you have emailed me since Thursday and not received a reply, can you email me again please. Thanks, and I’m sorry about these technology issues.
Just a reminder to please get your permission slips for the Tracy Aviary back to me before the end of the week. This is because I will not be at school next week, as I have to go back to England to deal with some family issues. Ms. Emily and Ms. Dixie Brenchley will be in charge and it’s not easy for them having to chase up permission slips. This is because they will not have full access to parents’ emails and phone numbers without going through the front office. Of course I can access any general queries you may have via email.
The schedule for next week will be:
Monday AM: work cycle and computer lab. PM: science
Tuesday all day: Tracy Aviary field trip.
Wednesday AM: work cycle and computer lab. PM: Day of the dead art and celebration.
Thursday AM: Work cycle and PE. PM: cultural work (either rainforest projects, or history and geography).
Friday AM: Either Native American Heritage and/or Veteran’s Day art project. PM: Possible readathon.
The returning times for the field trip have changed slightly, in that the bus has to leave Tracy Aviary at 1.15 pm. This will not affect pick up and I am still hoping to leave at 8.20 am in order to make full use of the tours beginning at 9.30 am. Ms. Amy will be the teacher in charge on the day.
I’m not sure if I have made this clear, but there is an expectation that students do at least 30 minutes of IXL math a week at home. Below is the list of which subjects can be tackled. Some of these we are about to start on this week, so the students may, or may not be comfortable with all the problems:
6th grade: A1 – A5 (whole numbers); B1 – B7 (multiplication); C1 – C6 (division); E1 – E9 (factors and multiples); I1 – I10 (fraction review); L1 – L8 (fraction division); R1 – R9 (ratios & rates); S1 – S8 (percent).
5th grade: A1 – A7 (place values and number sense); B1 – B7 (addition and subtraction); C1 – C23 (multiplication); D1 – D16 (division); E1 – E3 (exponents); G1 – G17 (decimals); O1 – O4 (mixed operations).
4th grade: A1 – A9 (number sense); B1 – B7 (addition); C1 – C5 (subtraction).
Thank you everybody and please remember the Fall Festival this Friday October 27th from 4-7! Bouncy castles, games and lots of fun for the students!
John