Word on the street is...

If you've talked to your child already today, you probably know that "The Letter" has gone home!  Lots if information about personal electronic devices coming to school to read...and this is important to read for everyone, even if no device is coming to school.  Everyone will be doing a digital portfolio so all parents need to sign that consent form.  As well, ALL students need to be aware of our personal device guidelines with respect to personal property, so EVERY student needs to sign the contract.  And please do load devices with apps as needed at home since sometimes here at school the network doesn't allow students to upload things from the AppStore etc...

Yes tomorrow is one of those long-awaited GREAT days at school!  Please note that students change into their costumes from 12H45 to 13H00 with the festivities to follow.

And YES! we made our 500 point goal (and then some), so we will be watching a film tomorrow in French :)  People keep walking into our classroom to compliment the students working well in the hallway or the library, speaking French even when no adult is around and showing undeniable evidence of the 7 Habits (being proactive, synergizing, putting first things first).  We can't help it...we just keep stacking up the ClassDojo points!

Tomorrow we will be working on setting a personal, more specific mid-term goal, especially trying to set an action plan in place...that is if the festivities don't get the better of us!  

On the note of climate and weather

When you hear "climate change", what do you think about?  We had a very thoughtful and respectful conversation about climate change and our environment at the end of the day today.  I was impressed with the level of reflection that students put into their comments and how they were able to transition their comments into a real group discussion.  Great thinking!  Students are encouraged to take their reflections home and continue to think about this in discussions this evening.

We are still finishing up our climate projects and students need to continue working on them at home. There will be a period or so of work time tomorrow with oral presentations (hopefully) starting on Monday.  That means they can take the weekend to finish up and practice their oral presentation.

With brisker weather and frost on the ground, we need to be a little more conscious of tracking mud and dirt into the school.  Some of us are not as vigilant as we need to be when changing our shoes coming into school and we need to make sure that we are respectful of our school building.  Students should make sure to have appropriate indoor shoes at school.  And let's not forget to watch the weather when getting dressed and bringing the right outside-wear to school.  We've been spoiled up until now, but it IS getting cooler these days!

We have set up the ground rules concerning bringing student personal electronic devices BUT students need to wait to bring them to school until they have brought home information letters and permission forms to sign.  So a little more waiting is in order!  Hopefully letters can go out tomorrow, but as soon as they are available, they will be sent home and we can start our digital portfolio journey...among other things!  Thanks for your patience!