Hello Parents,

On Monday, students were given a note about a new club called Holy Lit. This Book Club is replacing Battle of the Books for Grades 6-8. This is a really exciting new group where we will read intriguing books and enter into some really cool discussions and activities. Our KickOff activity is this weekend. I would really love to have as many St. Margaret Lions there are possible. Please talk to your child about this and RSVP to the activity. You can do this either with the letter or go to our website and it is attached there as well. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sarah Phipps

Principal/Directrice

École St. Margaret

Moose Jaw, SK S6H 0J9

(306)-694-4044

sarah.phipps@htcsd.ca

This week:

• We’ve been working on writing biographies of our classmates, and we have started working on writing a biography of a famous person. Please check in with your child to make sure that the classmate biography is completed.

• Both grades wrote quizzes on our latest math lessons.  I will send the results home next week.

• We’ve continued researching the major political parties for the election, and we presented our research to the class.

News:

• I’ve updated our class schedule, and the copy on the blog is now downloadable.

• We are starting a new classroom economy.  Students have applied for jobs in the classroom that will pay pretend money.  There will be elements of financial literacy incorporated in the near future, as well as a reward and penalty system for speaking French in class.  See the Économie page of the blog for details.  The students are very excited to start this and have already applied for their top 3 preferred jobs.

• Hot lunch orders are due Monday.  You can order online at https://stmargaret.htcsd.ca/apps/form/form.HTCSD-SMARG.rEvPJC5.DC

Have a great weekend!

M. Boyer

• Tomorrow is HAT DAY in support of Mental Health.  Bring $1 and wear a hat!

• Today:

• We worked on Regrouping and Equations and Expressions in Jump Math

• We continued exploring the political parties of Canada in order to be able to conduct a student vote.

• We read some new selections in ELA and worked on some activities.

• Students had ELA with Mme Gagnon and Sciences naturelles with Mme Lind.

• Mme King took the students to the Library.

Have a great evening!

M. Boyer

Today:

• We did a French speaking activity with Mme Maudeline.

• We worked on a Sciences humaines Notre Monde booklet.

• Students had Phys Ed. With M. Nadon and Music with Mme Gagnon.

• We showed the grade 3 class how to use the Chromebooks and Prodigy.

Congratulations to this week’s Prodigy top performers:

• Grade 6: Jack, Lynessa and Brooke

• Grade 7: Maria, Kingston and Eden

There is no homework over the weekend.