I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend.
On Friday, we worked on adding and subtracting fractions, had French and watched "The Giver" as we read the novel earlier this term, and had gym- we played individual dodgeball.
We did not have time for the music playing or written test as we had a couple of unexpected interruptions and wanted to finish "The Giver" movie.
Progress Reports were handed out on Friday as well. The next set of Report Cards go out in February.
Thank you to everyone for your very generous donations to our class' food drive efforts. Together, we were able to collect 73 items of food, shout out to Collin who brought in the most items. Later this week, the students will attempt to duct tape me to a wall with 73, 15 cm pieces of tape, looking forward to that experience. :)
Our class was busy decorating our door on Friday and finishing letters to our Kindergarten friends for the holiday mail exchange. There are some strong contenders for the door decorating competition throughout the school, but we're hoping our door wins! Thank you to all of the students who helped make our door look awesome- below are a couple of pictures.
Also on Friday, the grade 7's got Little Caesars pizza fundraising kits to bring home for their overnight grade 7 trip in May.
Grade 8's- the first $50 deposit for your trip is due this Wednesday, December 16th.
Remember, Orchard Park has a lot of great opportunities for you to get involved and make the most of your time here. Being involved in extra-curriculars opens doors and opportunities for you in the future, some of the experiences and skills you gain are invaluable and will help you in your future endeavours. Here is the link to the video I played for you about getting involved-for high school, but applicable for now too.
Count Me in Video
Here are some of the opportunities available at Orchard Park right now: leadership team, student council, the eco team, band, choir, boys basketball, girls volleyball, the crochet club, the coding club, chess club, etc. - if there is a club or team that you would like to start, put a proposal together and approach a teacher about it!
This week is going to be very busy wrapping a lot of our learning up before Mr. Finney's return and before the holidays. I do not want to leave projects and assignments unfinished for Mr. Finney so it is my expectation that students have everything finished by the end of the week. There will be a few quizzes (music, history, and math) this week that are unavoidable. Music will be tomorrow, history and math will be Wednesday. History will be open book, on what the students have learned so far, and math will be on adding and subtracting fractions for both 7's and 8's. The third and final novel study is due Monday (students have been given a month for this assignment). Narratives are due Wednesday (we will have been working on them for 2.5 weeks and they are to be 2-4 pages typed). The students who have finished everything so far this year will have Friday to celebrate their hard work.
On Tuesday the principal of Orillia Secondary School will be coming to meet with the grade 8's who will be attending OSS during the day.
Friday's plan: we've been brainstorming some ideas- board games, a movie, bringing in food, having extra social time, doing a craft, there will be a holiday assembly, and some students have opted in to do a secret santa gift exchange ($10 & under). Gifts must be wrapped, and are not for a specific person. We will end 2015 with one final gym class!
Also this week, there are two spirit days. Crazy sock day is on Thursday and Friday will be Red and Green day/holiday spirit day, and optional p.j/onesie day for our class.
Looking forward to this final busy week before the holidays!
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