Week 36

Dear Parents and Students,

Everyone was buzzing on Monday, talking about the success of our production of Alice in Wonderland. Congratulations to Mrs. Johnson and all students involved in the play, either onstage, backstage, or as set and properties designers and builders. Thanks also to Mr. Johnson for the amazing set design! It was wonderful to see all of the HIS students and families in the audience enjoying the show. Thanks to everyone for supporting your classmates!

In the classroom:

We completed Topic 19 in Maths, and had our test on Friday. This topic challenged our spatial awareness and knowledge of geometry. We will begin our last topic for the year next week. Topic 20 is dedicated to Probability. It is another short topic, and the topic test will take place after the Dragon Boat Festival long weekend.

In our Literacy Workshop, we have been planning and drafting our Persuasive Essays. We will continue to revise them next week, with the aim to publish them on Tuesday. We have also completed our grammar unit dedicated to pronouns, and we will begin our final unit – Adverbs and Prepositions – next week.

In Science, we have been investigating how plants and animals respond and adapt to their environments. We have learned that physical traits are inherited, as are many behavioural traits. Some behaviours, however, are learned. We spent time discussing how all of these traits, inherited or learned, can help a species survive and reproduce in its natural environment. We also designed an insect based on what we have learned. We will continue our investigations next week, and begin to look at various ecosystems.

In Social Studies, we have been busy working on our Regions Project. We have spent most of this week researching, gathering information, and planning our presentation strategies. Next week, we will collate all of our research and build it into a presentation. Presentations will then take place early the following week.

As you know, next week is another shortened week with the Dragon Boat Festival to take place on Friday. This, along with other important dates, is listed below. I hope you all enjoy your weekend, and I’ll see you on Monday.

Important Dates:

Thu, Jun 6:                  Library books can no longer be borrowed

Fri, Jun 7:                    Dragon Boat Festival – No School!

Thu, Jun 20:                Final assembly

Fri, Jun 21:                  Half day; last day of school!