September 8, 2010   Good afternoon, parents and students of Grade 5 and Grade 6, Math.  We have completed our first two days of classes, in Math, and I am so pleased to see the eagerness from your kids, regarding this subject. Your child will be taking home a blue duotang, where monthly concepts and daily activities will be put. The students completed a form showing their style of learning and from this I will be delivering a curriculum that will be for all learners.  Your child will be talking about both the team work, group work and the hands on activities that they will be doing.   This will help your child see various points of view and will open up discussion on the strategies that are employed. We will try to do as much assigned work, at school, but there may be occassions that your child will need to take work home.  However, in Grade 5, the studying of facts and strategies will be a nightly assignment.  Tutoring, for Grade 5, wil be Wednesday mornings, starting in October.  Grade 6 will have tutoring on Wednesdays, after school. Any student who would like to have work reinforced, is invited.  R. Turcotte    Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.