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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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