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Primary News
Happy New Year to everyone, and welcome to new
students who have joined us this month. It’s
wonderful to get back into the full swing of our
routines and see how eager the children are to be
back in their classrooms.
This month, we’re studying means of communication.
If you have any information to share, we welcome you
to send it in to augment our studies.
We look forward to our Parent Information Night on
Wed., Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. This is an evening for you
to learn about our curriculum and how your children
spend their day with us. We hope everyone will be
able to attend.
This month, birthday greetings go to Atiana, Sawyer,
Nicholas, Iris, Juliette, Sabih, Denisio and
Marshall.
The Primary Team
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Hello to All from LE1!
Happy New Year from the LE1 Family! We’re all so
pleased to be back in the classroom as we have
jumped right into our work with earnest! Looking
forward to celebrating the birthdays of Aaliyah,
Inaaka and De’Liyah this month, we remind parents to
send no more than ONE snack or cake with a juice on
the day your child is celebrating. We’re also eager
to welcome parents into the classroom for Parent
Night on Wed., Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. We’ll present an
abridged version of the Lower Elementary curriculum,
and we’ll be glad to hear any questions you may need
answered at this time. Welcome back to all of our
friends.
Ms. Lauren & Ms. Jennifer
LE2
Happy New Year! The children and teachers are
eager to get back and into our routines.
This month our focus in culture is Aviation,
especially looking at the Wright Brothers and how
flight became a mode of transportation in the last
110 years. This continues to build on our
fundamental needs of humans’ study that has been
on-going this year. We are looking forward to a
visit from a pilot: Mr. Fuller so that we may hear
about this subject in the practical sense. We would
like to thank Mr. Fuller in advance for taking time
out of his busy schedule to talk to us.
We look forward to having our parents join us for
Parent night on January 19th. This evening will be
informative for everyone and we hope to see all
families as they join in the interactive lessons.
Birthday greeting go out to Sage this month.
Ms. Madalaine & Ms. Liesel
LE3
Out with the old, in with the new, it's 2011, what
shall we do? Well, it's a new decade, and the entire
classroom is off to a great start. Getting back into
the “groove” doesn't seem to be a problem, as work
is being done and smiles are on everyone's faces.
And there are lots of things to look forward to, as
we begin exploring geometry, fractions and more
reading and writing.
There’s even something for parents to look forward
to: Lower Elementary Parent Education Night! Did you
ever wonder what your children mean when they talk
about “the chequerboard” or call verbs and nouns
“red spheres and black pyramids”? Well, Jan. 19 is
your chance to learn it all! Come on out, get your
questions answered and soothe your curiosities!
Finally.....we have one birthday boy in
January...and that would be Joey!!!
Mr. Fry & Ms. Wendy
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UE1
Happy New Year!
UE began the new year with a visit to the opera. A fantastic
time was had by all! Thank you for organizing this, Liesbeth.
UE 1 received and discussed a packet of information on this
year's Science Fair projects. The children should be thinking
about possible inventions and recording their thoughts in their
Science journals. The Science Fair will be held in spring.
The students are finishing, and beginning to present, their
long-term Music research and Genealogy projects; so far, these
presentations have been outstanding. We look forward to the
rest.
Level 5 pupils are preparing for a lovely Parent Education
Night. They’ll demonstrate our favorite Montessori materials and
how they are used in the classroom. Please join us Wed., Jan. 12
@ 7 p.m.
Ms. Kate
UE2
UE2 has much to celebrate in 2011!
Academically, we couldn’t be more pleased with the achievements
of our Level 4 and 5 students. In Level 4, our two new
non-native speakers, Elena & Clara, are gabbing more and more
fluently in English every day, while “old-timers” Camila, Lola &
Madison do themselves proud in reading, writing and spelling
every time they set pen to paper.
Sprinting toward the early work of Level 6, our Level 5 students
Arda, Edwin, Gabriella, Kaie, Lee-Ann, Lian and Romeo set the
pace with sterling results on Albanesi achievement tests in
Language, while a smaller group of Level 5 mathematicians -- who
insisted they were ready for the test now!! -- inspired us all
with near-perfect papers in Arithmetic. Special kudos to Arda
and Edwin, who earned perfect scores of 100 per cent!
Socially, we’re delighted to hear our students express their
mutual respect for each others’ successes – and their gratitude
for the opportunity to work each day with capable and motivated
peers. More and more, UE2 is taking satisfaction in working as a
team, and in recognizing that, finally, it isn’t how much we
know, but how much we are that counts.
This month, we wish “Happy Birthday” to Elena, and we welcome
our new colleague, Ms. Leonora, who supervises the Upper
Elementary classes at lunch and recess.
With great sadness, we express our most heartfelt condolences to
our friend, colleague and teacher, Ms. Linda, on the untimely
passing of her husband, Jack Miller.
Ms. Marianne
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We hope everyone enjoyed the Hallowe’en party.
The Lower Elementary children will be singing
songs for the coming holiday concerts and
playing their recorders. The Upper Elementary
students are preparing for their Lunch of
Thanks, to be held Thurs., Nov. 18. We look
forward to making music in 2011!
A fellow musician - Ms. Linda
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