Important dates for the month of September

6th          Labor Day

 

7th          First full day with all students.

 

17th        Terry Fox Run

 

22nd        P/T Conferences      4: 30 - 8 pm

 

23rd         P/T  Conferences

 

24th          Professional Growth Day

 

28th         Opening  Liturgy   10 am.

 

30th         Orange Shirt Day         No school

 

 

What will we learn about in September?

 

French:     We will work on our French listening, speaking and writing skills. We will also review our French sounds ( ai, on, in, ou  etc.)

 

Math:   We will be working on number sense and reviewing strategies for addition and subtraction.

             Skip counting by 2's, 5's and 10's will be ongoing and an important focus.

 

Social Studies:  We will learn about Canada and the physical geography of the three Canadian communities:  Iqaluit, Meteghan and Saskatoon and make a comparison with our own community.

 

Science:  We will begin our new Small Crawling and Flying Animals Unit. The children will learn about different types of spiders and their characteristics. They will watch videos and use library books to do some research.

 

Religion:  The children will learn about how we belong to God's family.

 

Art:  We will begin preparing a Fall Art Project.