Mid-Summer Update

Hi Eights!!

I hope you are all enjoying your summer vacation and it isn't going by too quickly for you. I've been enjoying my holiday. We've spent lots of time up north this summer and have been kayaking and swimming a lot! I've been playing baseball too and am looking forward to getting back on the diamonds at school preparing for the first tournament this year (I wonder if some of you want to organize a baseball intramural for grade 6-8 that we could start right away in September?) Let me know if you are interested in organizing this.

While we are on the topic of baseball...

What is your opinion? Do you think he should be playing with the Jays or should he stay in AAA?

  

I had my first 'back-to-school' dream last night (it was a good one because you were all doing fantastic in the math that we were learning!). I wonder if this happened because I went for a quick visit to the school? The classroom is looking good (a little empty without students in it, but it is ready for you and your work).

I've had replies to the eight questions post from:
Paul
Ardit
Chris
Jason (did I get it right?)
Nawid
Filip

If you aren't one of these people, send me your answers to the questions. If you are one of these six people, thanks! Now call one of your friends who isn't on the list and tell them to answer the questions!

Looking forward to hearing from more of you!

Your first assignment!!

Hopefully you are all settling into your summer vacation and are missing school work tremendously:)

I've done a little reading so far and have been working on some fun activities that we can do to develop our leadership skills around the school this coming year.

I'd like you to tell me a bit about yourself (I know I already know you from your time at school so far). 
Please add your comment to this post.
Begin with your first name and last initial.
Tell me:
1. Do you have any brothers or sisters that go to our school,
2. What your 2 favourite school memories are,
3. What your 2 favourite subjects are at school, and why,
4. If you could get rid of one subject for grade 8, what would it be and why,
5. What is something you really like about yourself,
6. What is something you really want to get better at?
7. What is a leadership experience that you are looking forward to doing this year as a grade eight?
8. What 3 things would you like to do in gym class this year?

After you have answered these questions, choose to submit them 'anonymously' then click 'preview' and enter the verification letters. Your post will only be visible to me this time.
Send out the word to your friends to post their replies too!

In the interests of being fair, i'll answer the questions first.

Mrs. F.
1. My brother and sister and I all went to school here, and many of you know that I will bring 3 kids to school here each day this year.
2. My 2 favourite school memories are, winning the senior girls 3-pitch tournament in my grade 8 year (yes the tournament was around back then!), and taking part in the Terry Fox Run when I was quite young (maybe grade 2), and getting to spend time with my older buddies while we were doing the Run.
3. In grade 8 I loved physical education because I like playing games and I liked math (I came a long way here - I got a D in grade 5 math- I had trouble with multiplication and division). I got a boost of confidence in my math skills after I won a math award for a test we wrote in grade seven. Now I love teaching both of these subjects!
4. I think I would have chosen geography. We had to make a lot of maps back in my day, and memorizing things was not a skill I had back then (this may have been a big part of my multiplication and division problem in grade 5).
5. I like that I can usually stay pretty calm in situations that sometimes stress people out. This can help by not getting others around me worked up.
6. I need to improve my organization skills. I can find things pretty quickly but it doesn't always mean my desk looks neat and tidy!
7. I want to get many of you involved in running intramurals for students in grade 1-8 at our school.
8. During gym class, I'd like to have everyone feel good about running at least a kilometer (even Mr. Crawford), work on our core workouts with the grade 7's and get everyone playing tchoukball.