Can you believe the end of the school year is only a few days away? We have enjoyed a wonderful
year of learning and created many memories, and now it’s time to celebrate our hard work! The
children are very excited with the end of the year coming and the new challenges they will be facing
in September. Some children will be moving back to their homeschool or moving to another system
class while others will be returning to the Primary Language Class. For the children moving out of
the program, I wish you more success and happiness, and, I look forward to helping those students returning to St. John the Apostle Catholic School meet new language goals.

We are all ready to enjoy the class party today! I am really looking forward to enjoying the day with the students!

The students will continue to bring home their school work. Please take some time to go through what they have done. 👍
The students will also be bringing home their plants today. Some of them are pretty impressive, but as nature would have it, some did not grow. If your child's plant did not grow, I will be sending home a little package for them to try again!

A big thank-you to all of you for your support and assistance this school year. As parents, you play
an important part in helping children meet success. It has been my sincere pleasure working alongside with you to teach your children this year. I have mentioned this in previous posts, but this is the most amazing job in the world. Your children are an incredible joy and they teach me something new everyday. I feel blessed to be in this unique teaching position and I look forward to seeing what the children can accomplish next year.

Over the summer vacation, I strongly encourage you to help your child continue learning. Read to your child every day and practise writing by using the word wall words that we have been working on all year. Doing one or two activities each day over the summer vacation will help to keep your child’s skills sharp.

I hope you enjoy time with each other this summer. Have a happy and safe summer holiday.
God bless you and your family in this summer season!

Sarah Faloon 

Good Monday morning! Wow.......It is ever HOT!!!!!

I guess there is no more complaining about the cool Spring weather!!! Please remember with this heat comes the need for cool clothing, water and sunscreen. If you send in some sunscreen, the students will be given the time to apply it themselves. Please, do not send in any spray cans of sunscreen! I will always encourage the students to go and drink water and they are always welcome to fill up their water bottles.

So, as we are now into our second week of June, we are looking very quickly at the end of the year.  I cannot believe how fast this year has flown by.  I know we say that every year, but I found that we had so much fun this year that is seems to have disappeared before me.

A few reminders as we finish up the 2016-2017 school year.

I will begin to send  home some of the students books and folders. Please take a look at the contents, discuss them with your child. They are now yours to keep!  We are still working on important things in class, but these are books we no longer need and I really wanted you to get a chance to see the amazing things that your children have done this year.  If you have any questions, please let me know.

There will be no more new Word Wall Words coming home for this year.  We will spend the month of June reviewing the many words that we have learned this year already.  Thank you so much for your dedication and commitment to assisting the students with their new words each week.  Their practice and hard work has certainly paid off!

Your child’s report card and IEP will be sent home from their homeschool during the last week of June.  Interviews will not be held at the end of the year.  I am more than happy to sit down with you and discuss your child’s progress before the documents are sent home.  If you would like to schedule a meeting to talk about your son/daughter and the amazing work they have done this year, please do not hesitate to call SJA or write a note in the agenda and we can arrange a meeting.

The students are working harder than ever to get ready for the end of the school year! They have done a wonderful job in their writing.  They put together many different things they learned over the course of the year to create a procedural text explaining how to plant a seed. Some of the students even turned their procedural writing into a Google Presentation!

We used those instructions to actually plant some seeds!  Unfortunately, we didn't see any growth from our plants, so we talked about what may have went wrong and we started from the beginning again!! Hopefully they will sprout soon! We will keep the plants here for observations for a few days and the students will bring them home soon. Hopefully, you can taste the students efforts over the summer!

 

As is tradition in the PLC, we will planning an end of the year party! We like to have the students input into what they would like to do/bring for the party. We will be discussing these details in the days to come and I will let you know what we have come up with!

Thank you again for your time. Stay tuned for more information in the next few weeks and, as always, do not hesitate to send me a note or give me a call if you have any questions!

Stay cool!

Sarah Faloon