Merry Christmas from 4S

Snow Today!

While there wasn't a lot of snow, it sure brought lots of excitement to the elementary campus this morning!

Sailing Into Adventure by 4S

Mr. Beimers Reads

Thanks again, Mr. Beimers!  We love it when you read to us!  'Wonder' is SUCH a GOOD book!

4S & 4V - French Gesture Practice

We are beginning the AIM portion of our French program this week!  Grade four students will be learning A LOT of new French vocabulary AND a lot of gestures to help them understand the meaning of the words. To assist students with learning all of the new vocabulary, VIDEOS HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE SCS MIDDLE SCHOOL FRENCH BLOG for them to WATCH AND PRACTICE.  (To get to the French blog, click on the link found under 'LINKS' at the top right section of this blog.  The videos are found under the 'Unit 1' heading.)  Students each have a vocabulary package as well with all of the vocabulary we will be learning over the next six months.  Please help your child remember to bring their vocab packages to school for their Wednesday and Friday French classes.

Weekly homework for all grade four French students is a minimum of 30 minutes of gesture practice per week.  It would be helpful if that time were spread over two or three days, rather than one straight half hour of practice.  Parents are asked to note practice times on the monthly calendar in their child's planner AND initial them. Weeks are graded from Wednesday to Wednesday. Planners will be checked every Wednesday morning.  Gesture practice should entail watching the video, repeating each word in both French and English as well as performing the correct gesture.

Parents: thank you in advance for your help and support!
Students: keep up the good work, as this will speed up our progress and allow us to start the play, 'Les Trois Petits Cochons!'

December in 4S

Service Hours Begin This Term!

For many, the concept of service hours is a new one. This post is written to help both students and parents understand how this works.

Grade four students are asked to earn a total of 8 service hours between now and early March. Service hours can be earned at home, school or at church. Regular chores should not be counted as service. Some ideas include gardening, snow removal, washing the car, vacuuming out the car, organizing recycling, child minding, chores over and above ones that are regularly done at home, and helping out at church. There may also be opportunities to earn service hours at school doing small jobs for teachers or picking up garbage outside.

The key is that students need to actively pursue opportunities rather than expect them to materialize.
Every time your child earns an hour of service time please send a note to school so the teachers can track them. We hope that this will help inspire our students to think beyond themselves and seek out opportunities to serve. Please contact your child's teacher if you have any questions.

Big Buddies Christmas Decorating Afternoon

This past Friday our big buddies came for a visit from the secondary campus.  We spent about an hour together making snowflakes, chatting and colouring.  It was a relaxing afternoon!  We are thankful for our buddies and wish them all a wonderful Christmas!

Late October and Early November in 4S

Food Bank Drive

We are collecting food this week for the Surrey Food Bank!  Any donations may be brought to classroom teachers until Friday, December 4.

TOP 10 NEEDED ITEMS:

• large cans of powered baby formula
• canned fish/meat (eg. ham/turkey/tuna)
• healthy cereal (hot or cold)
• meals in a tin (pork n' beans, stew)
• canned vegetables
• canned fruit
• wholegrain pasta/rice
• pasta sauces
• canned and dry soups
• mac & cheese