Happy Easter, everyone! Christ is risen! I hope you have had a wonderful start to your weekend as we reflect on and celebrate our Savior. This week, in addition to learning about how to multiply mixed numbers in Math, we will do some preparation for Canadian Achievement Tests, which students will write the following [...]
Good afternoon, GCS families: We had a wonderful visit to Orwell Corner last Wednesday! Students engaged in hands-on activities such as grinding barley wheat to make bread, churning butter, squishing apples to make cider, milking a goat, and even square-dancing. It was a great educational day filled with laughter! This week, students will be [...]
Dear GCS Grade Four Families, I hope you all had a wonderful March Break and I look forward to seeing the grade four students tomorrow. We have lots to do this week! In Math, we will be learning about divisibility rules and how to cancel. In Social Studies, we will be finishing our unit [...]
Hello GCS families, We had an interesting week last week with only two days in class. We are, however, thankful that we can be back in school and looking forward to covering a lot of material before we reach March Break! In Math, we will be multiplying fractions and looking at some mental math [...]
Hello GCS families, This is an update regarding the recent changes to the school week. We will NOT be transitioning to full online learning. Please watch for updates as the current circumstances within our province evolve. In the meantime, there are various learning activities students should participate in for the next couple days. Spelling Our weekly [...]
Hi GCS families, Wow! A two-day week! Thank you for your patience and understanding with the weather-related delays and cancellations. Coming up we have a full week scheduled, so hopefully we can get in lots of lessons and make-up for lost time. This week we will be learning about multiplication of fractions in Math, [...]
Hello GCS families! Thank you for another great (short) week of school! This week we will be learning about three-dimensional shapes and how to change mixed numbers to improper fractions in Math. We presented Chinese New Year to the Grade 6 class last week for Social Studies and now we will be researching and [...]
Happy Islander Day! I hope you are enjoying the long weekend with your family. Students had a wonderful time celebrating Valentine’s Day and Lunar New Year on Friday. Thank you to those who brought in cards and treats. This week we will be continuing our unit on subtraction with fractions and borrowing in Math, [...]
Hello GCS families, Thank you to everyone who came to parent-teacher meetings with me on Thursday last week. With only two full days in school last week, there is not much to report. We will be continuing preparation for our class presentation on Chinese New Year happening this Wednesday. Also, we will continue learning [...]
Hello GCS families, We are going to be having a short week with no school on Monday and Friday. This week we will be learning to subtract fractions with borrowing in Math, continuing our research for our presentation on Chinese New Year in Social Studies, and gathering more data for our upcoming debate in [...]
