Grade 7 News

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Grade 7 continues to be a busy year! We are finishing up our literature circles in English, while in math we have finished our unit on measurement. We will soon be exploring exponents in math. Science has us wrapping up our solutions and mixtures unit, and in social we will begin our exploration of Saskatchewan and Canada’s First Nations.

We will be having a Float Sale next week to help in raising funds for our year end trip to Blue Mountain. The Kids Carnival/Sock Hop we had originally scheduled for April 20th, will be postponed until May 18th.

Report cards recently went out. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your child’s progress, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Grade 6 News

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Hello from the Grade 6 classroom! Here is a brief look at the happenings in our class! We are pleased to welcome our new student Megan, transferring from Martensville. In Health we are starting to  look at body image and what a healthy body looks like. In Science we are almost finished with science and ready to move on to the study of electricity. In ELA we have done creative writing featuring zombies as well as some practice public speaking.

Grade 4 & 5 News

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We are coming to an end of our novel, Holes, and it seems to get more and more exciting as we go! Soon we will be moving on to some group novel studies. We are still working on our Science Unit and doing plenty of fun experiments to go along with it. Social Studies has brought us to the topics of the Treaties and The Fur Trade.

Hopefully the summer weather is on its way…..till next time!

Grade 2 & 3 News

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Hello from Grade 2/3! In sci- ence, the grade 2/3 students will be finishing up their liq- uids, solids, and gases unit with a “design a lifeboat” activity, then we will be moving on to learn about structures and materials. In Math, the grade two’s have been working hard on addition and subtraction to 100, and will soon be starting a geometry unit. In Arts Education the students just started, and are very excited about, their “Fun with Composers” unit in music. In this unit they will be exploring classical music from compos- ers such as: Mozart, Strauss, Grieg, and more! In Social Studies the students will be starting a new unit on Canadian Communities.

Kindergarten & Grade 1 News

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We’ve had an exciting month! The K/1 class took a trip to the Bohrson farm. The class got to milk a cow and feed a baby calf. We also made homemade ice cream! Thanks to the Bohrson family for hosting!

We have been creating a lot of art: stamp art, still-life, Easter crafts, and finger painting! Our classroom is looking beautiful!

The Grade 1s are just begin- ning their research projects on any place in the world. I am very excited to see the final results!

The Ks have been working on asking interesting questions and then figuring out how to find answers. Some questions we’ve discussed include, “How are markers made?”, “How do they make the sky?”, and “How are turtles made?” These questions have definitely lead to some interesting discussions!

In math the Ks have been working on quickly recognizing how many dots are on a card with numbers from 1 to 8. We are also starting to work with 5 and 10-frames to build numbers. The Grade 1s are finishing their unit on addition and subtraction to 18 and will be doing a unit on measurement next.

It was great to see the families at interviews!

Easter Colouring Contest

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In addition to the daily student winners of the colouring contest, the Kindergarten and Grade 1 students voted and declared Mr. Anderson’s art installation picture the winner among the staff entries. Click on the images to view a larger version.

Broken Hearts Club

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Eve, Aphrodite, Juliet and Bella meet at a Broken Hearts Empowerment Session . . . but what happened to the instructor?

Drama Night
Tuesday, April 17 at 7:00pm
Tickets are sold at the door for $7.00 (rush seating)

Dessert Theatre
Wednesday, April 18 at 7:00pm
Tickets are $12.00. Phone 544-2511 to reserve your ticket

From The Office

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I’m not sure if it was that old groundhog coming out on a cloudy day, or just some shifting weather that’s making it possible, but it’s sure nice to see Spring and the sun out and watch the snow melting. The school yard is still holding a lot of moisture so it would be a good idea to send rubber boots to school with students who will be outside during the day.

I notice that every month I let you know how proud I am of the students at Hanley Composite School and this month is no different. I’d like to highlight another fundraising event that the elementary students participated in called Jump Rope for Heart. $3651.00 was raised for the Heart and Stroke Foundation – Fantastic Job everyone! To make you aware of another charity fundraiser – the school staff raised over $540 for Telemiracle this year through some casual days in February.

A couple months ago I made you aware of some classroom data projectors we’d been getting into place in our school for teaching use – at the same time I mentioned our hopes to make improvements to the sound system in the gym. Out hopes would be to have a good system in place by graduation this year. As always, these are costly ventures for our school so if you or someone you know happens to trip over one of those pots-of-gold this month and are in a sharing mood, make sure to let us know.

I want to encourage you to make arrangements to attend Tri-conferences this month on the evenings of March 21nd and 22rd from 5:00-7:30 pm. Teachers would like to see you and their students and discuss their progress this semester. Mrs. Block is taking calls to schedule those interviews if you give her a call.

In the area of school activities, I’d like to wish congratulations to our Curling and Basketball teams for some great seasons this year. Junior and Senior Badminton is our next sport that will take us into April with Spring Senior Golf and Track and Field to follow into May. Drama is well under way as well getting ready for the Drama Night on April 17th and Dessert Theatre on April 18th. Tickets are for sale at the office.

I’d like to plug one other program that is aimed at high school students who are working towards apprenticing in a trades after high school. A Saskatchewan Youth Apprenticeship program can save a student up to 300 hours of work in their first year after graduation as well as tuition by completing some self-education about apprenticing. Please encourage students in grades 10-12 to drop by the office to see me so I can register them for the program.

I think that’s enough for another month. Reminders that students don’t have school on an upcoming General Assembly day for teachers on March 23rd as well as March 26th due to a day in lieu of Tri-conference evenings. Mr. Anderson and I would love to talk to you if you have time to drop by the office. Take care and I’ll talk to you soon.

Grade 12 News

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The Grade 12 class has been busy planning for their grad this year with the help of Ms. Prakash. Many are also getting excited and prepared for the upcoming Culture Club trip, which seems to be approaching very fast.  In Physics, we are preparing for our first test, and we are all SO EXCITED…In Biology, we are making created diagrams of animal and plant cells. In ELA, we are presenting our Slam Poems and Advertisements society’s perception of beauty. So far, all of them have been very well done. The other ELA class has been watching a documentary called I Am, which is very eye opening.

Grade 11 News

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In Math, we are calculating statistics. In History, we are learning about the First World War. In PAA, we are just finishing researching and eating international foods. In IA, we are making our sawhorses. In Art, we are recreating movie scenes. In Chemistry, we just started a unit on Molecules and Compounds and our first assignment is performing a series of demonstrations/experiments for the K/1 class.