Welcome back at another great week at Gretna Green. A reminder that old man winter has made his appearance and is here to stay. With that being said, please ensure you child dresses warmly.

All work on the new playground has finished for now.  The swings remain to be installed and will be placed in the spring. It really is a fantastic set up.

District Math benchmark (Grades 5-8) assessments will take place this week. The writing period runs from Monday, December 5-16th.

French - This week Grade 6 students continue to write an adventure and/or personal writing piece. Grade 7 students continue to write a mystery story whilst grade 8 students will be finishing up their Power Point presentations and commence an enrichment project for the remainder of the month. As always, writing traits continue to be taught throughout as well as grammar, conventions, homophones, guided reading, etc.

Math - District math benchmark assessments will take place this week.  Next week we will finish Unit 1  "Les régularités et les égalitiés" and review for our unit test. Decimal numbers will be our next unit of study. Please let me know if you wish to have any additional work for your child to complete at home.

As always, if you have any questions, please contact me at the school. I will respond promptl via telephone. Let's have a great week at GG!