Forest Hills Grade 4 News

2011-06-11T15:51:00.002-03:00

Hello Class and Families

I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful day! We are coming close to the end of the year and I just wanted to remind the class of a couple of things and give the parents some information. Students, for those who wanted to continue to work on your glogs at home, you have until tomorrow at 12:00am to work on them, as I mentioned I will be marking them on Sunday Evening. Please remember we are going on our trip this Wednesday, I still have some permission slips not returned. We will be leaving first thing in the am, and will bring a drink and snack with us. We will be returning in time for lunch. Please remember our hot lunch program has finished for the year, so students will need to bring their own lunches and drinks each day. We have our fun activity day on June 22nd, you may want to send extra drinks with them that day. On Thursday June 16, I will be sending the students home with any "new supplies" they still have left so as you can put them away for next year. We will be having a celebration of our year on Thursday June 23rd, if you wish to send anything in as part of our years celebration you are more then welcome to do so. Friday June 24th is the last day of school for the students and it is a half day.

Have a great weekend! :)

Animal Project

2011-05-09T15:23:00.002-03:00

Our Grade Four Classes are working on an Animal Project. They have an out line on the project and the due date is May 30th. The following are a list of animals they may choose from: great blue herons, seals, eagle. hare, raccoon, canada goose, snowy owl, killer whale, moose, frog. beaver, duck, chipmunk, fisher, atlantic canadian puffin, deer, fox, porcupine, greenland shark, otter and lynx. If you have any further questions or concerns please feel free to contact one of us or Mr. Hickey. Thank you.

Schedule Change

2011-05-02T10:25:00.002-03:00

Good Morning and Happy Spring
It is hard to believe but we are into May already. For most of us it also means we are well in to our preparation for our Provincial Testing. We wanted to let you know that in preparation for this we have changed our schedules around some. We will now have the majority of our Language Arts Classes in the Morning and our Math Classes will be moved to the afternoon. Also, because this is such a short week for the students, my class will have two short writing assignments for homework this week. The first one is due on Tuesday May 3rd and the second will be due on Wednesday May 4th. Thank you in advance for your understanding of these changes. Have a wonderful Spring week. :)

Glogster

2011-04-09T12:31:00.003-03:00

Dear Families of Ms. O'Blenes' Class I am happy to let you know that your children now have their accounts set up with Glogster! They are having fun learning about gloging, which is a combination of web paging and bloging. We will be using this to enhance their project base learning, and teach them new forms of technology. Since this is an online site they are able to work on their glogs from home as well. If you have any questions or concerns about this then please feel free to contact me at the school or through e-mail. Thanks and enjoy watching your child grow in knowledge of the 21st Century!! :)

Discovery Education

2011-04-09T12:26:00.003-03:00

Dear Families Our District has a wonderful resource available for us and our families to use at home. Discovery Education is a fantastic web site full of many resources. It is free for you to use at home and we use it at school as well. Please remind your children to use it when ever possible and to check their accounts because I do send them different assignments through this program. Have fun discovering new learning experiences!

2011-04-09T12:21:00.002-03:00

Hello Everyone Just a note to let you know that we have sent home information on our Science Fair Projects. Gr. 4's projects are due on April 20th and the English students need to hand in thier booklets with their projects. They are free to display their projects in any format they wish. Have fun with your experiments and reports! :)

Kids Speak Out About the Importance of Global Cooperation!

2011-03-28T20:31:00.000-03:00

2011-02-02T20:23:00.003-04:00

Family Phys. Ed Night has a New Date!
Wednesday February 9th, 2011. Come join in on the fun from 6:00pm-8:00pm!

Discovery Education

2011-02-02T00:01:00.004-04:00

Hi Everyone
I hope you have had a chance to check out Discovery Eduction Site. I have assined a couple of assignments for you to work on. Please read your message and check that date they are do. Have fun with your learning!

SchoolTube - Boom De Yada Fourth Grade Style

2011-01-27T15:08:00.000-04:00

SchoolTube - Boom De Yada Fourth Grade Style

School Supply List 2010-2011

2010-06-23T12:02:00.004-03:00

Grade 4 School Supply List

5 Pocket folders (1 of each of the following colours – purple, blue, red, green, orange)
10 Duo tang folders (at least 1 of each of the following colours – yellow, purple, blue, red, green, white, black)
1 Plastic duo tang (with a pocket is best)
2 Glue stick
36 Pencils
4 Eraser
1 Clear plastic metric ruler
1 Pencil crayons (24 pack)
1 Pencil case
1 Scissors
1 Package of construction paper (72 pages)
1 English/French dictionary (FOR IMMERSION ONLY)
4 Blue or black pen
1 80 page notebook (not coil)
4 Loose leaf (package of 200)
4 32 page notebook
1 Journal, 1/2 page blank, 1/2 page lined
2 Journal, fully lined 23.1cm X 18.0cm
1 1” binder
2 Box of facial tissue
1 Campfire notebook
1 Dry erase marker
1 Sketch pad notebook – 9”x12”

*Additional supplies may be requested from individual teachers.*

**At times throughout the year you may be asked to replenish some supplies.**

Have a wonderful break!

2010-02-27T22:27:00.003-04:00

Hi Everyone
Just wanted to wish you all a happy and safe break! I will see you again on Monday March 8th.
Have a good rest, play outside lots and read lots. :) Just a couple of friendly reminders, our Olympic Projects are due on March 12th. I sure hope you are enjoying them, I can't wait to hear about the hockey game when I get back. Our book reports are due on March 19th, so don't forget to keep reading your book. I believe there will be three more weeks for Monday afternoon tutoring. Take care everyone! :)
Ms. O'Blenes

Miss Gorman's Class

2010-01-26T19:33:00.003-04:00

It is a big week for my grade four class this week!

They will be writing a Social Studies quiz tomorrow on the three reasons that explorers explore (knowledge, power, and wealth)

On Thursday they write a Math test on modeling multiplication problems (rectangles and using base ten blocks), and also using the expanded form method to solve:

54 X 6
(50 + 4) x 6
(50 x 6) + (4x6)
300 + 24
= 324

On Friday they will have to do a demand piece of writing that explains the procedure of something (playing a game, directions, or how to make something). The last demand piece that was completed in class was sent home today - please review to see what 6 traits of writing they are being graded on.

Of course, they are also expected to be reading each night at home.

Keep up all of your hard work!!!

Miss Gorman

2009-12-13T23:01:00.003-04:00

Hi Everyone
This is just a reminder there is no tutoring on Monday. Tutoring is finished for 2009 and will pick up again in the new year. Enjoy your week!
Ms. O'Blenes

2009-12-13T22:32:00.003-04:00

Hi Everyone
Just a couple of updates. Our Class performs in the Christmas Concert on Tuesday December 15th, it starts at 9:30am. Please help your child practice at home. Miss Gorman's grade 4 class performs on Wednesday, December 16th. There will be no homework assigned this week. We are having a Celebrate Assembly on Thursday, December 17th, Hillsong will be performing in this along with the Jr. and some Sr. Spirit Leaders. On Thursday it is also Pajama Day! All donations are going to United Way to help support activities in Saint John. Friday, December 18th is the last day of school for 2009. It is a FULL DAY of school, we will also be holding a small celebration in the later part of the afternoon. You may send in healthy snacks if you wish.
Have a wonderful and safe Holiday Season! Ms. O'Blenes

Miss Gorman's Class

2009-11-03T20:30:00.002-04:00

H1N1 Vaccinations: The vaccinations scheduled for tomorrow have been postponed. If we receive information about a new date I will let you know.

Book Orders: Due November 5th.

Remembrance Day: There will be no school on Wednesday, November 11th.

Home Reports: Go home on Monday November 16th.

Parent Teacher: Will be Thursday, November 19th from 4:30 – 7:30, and Friday, November 20th from 1:00-3:00. A letter will go home with home reports so that you can choose your preferred day and time.

Ms. O'Blenes' Class

2009-10-06T19:41:00.002-03:00

Ms. O'Blenes' Class

Hi everyone, just to remind you that homework folders are due this Wednesday since we are having a short week. The will also be having their spelling test tomorrow. Also, I sent a few sheets home today with the students. One was about skating, another was a list of web sites I would recommend you use at home with the students or at the library. Two of the sites are Tumblebooks and Brainpop which have been paid for you to use already and the user names and passwords are on the sheet. Please feel free to use them as much as possible they are wonderful sites. The third sheet was a list of nominated books in this years Hackmatack program that our class is involved in. Please incourage your children to read any of these books over the year. They also have a math project due Friday Oct. 23 and the outline is in their homework books.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoy your long break!

Ms. O'Blenes

Miss Gorman's Class

2009-09-29T16:25:00.002-03:00

Our class will be introduced to their first spelling list tomorrow. This list should be looked at each night. The focus this year will be words with a prefix and/or suffix. Helping your student to pick out the prefix and suffix in each word should help them to be able to spell them correctly. The test will be next Wednesday, October 7th.

There will be no school next Thursday and Friday (Oct. 8th and 9th) as teachers are in meetings. There will also be no school on the following Monday (Oct. 12th) as it is Thanksgiving. You get a five day weekend grade four! I know you will come back anxious to learn!

Students have been completing a weekly Math quiz that has been going home with them. Please look for these tests each week, they are to be signed by a parent/guardian and returned to the school. (They probably will not have one this week as I have been out sick)

Thanks!

Miss Gorman

2009-08-23T23:40:00.000-03:00

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Hello and welcome back to another school year at Forest Hills School. We just wanted to update you on a very important note, we do have students in the English grade five class’ this coming year with SEVERE NUT ALLERGIES. So to keep everyone safe both English and Intensive French grade five rooms will be “NUT FREE ROOMS” for the full school year. This will be effective from the very first day of school, Tuesday September 8, 2009. If you have any questions or concerns about nut allergies or our classroom environment please feel free to call your classroom teacher or the Administration. Please DO NOT send your child to school with any snacks or food that may contain nuts. Thank you for your co-operation and understanding.

School Supply Lists 2009-2010

2009-06-18T12:22:00.002-03:00

Grade 4 Supply List

Item

Pocket folders (1 of each of the following colours – purple, blue, red, green, orange)
5
Duo tang folders (at least 1 of each of the following colours – yellow, purple, blue, red, green, white, black)
10
Plastic duo tang black
1
Glue stick
2
Pencils
50
Eraser
8
Clear plastic metric ruler
1
Pencil crayons (24 pack)
1
Pencil case
1
Scissors
1
Package of construction paper (72 pages)
1
English/French dictionary
1
Blue or black pen
4
80 page notebook (not coil)
1
Loose leaf (package of 200)
4
32 page notebook
4
Journal, 1/2 page blank, 1/2 page lined
1 (English classes only)
1” binder
1
Box of facial tissue
2
Sketch pad notebook – 9”x12”
1

*Additional supplies may be requested from individual teachers.***At times throughout the year you may be asked to replenish

Eye Spy What's Right!

2008-05-27T07:09:00.001-03:00

All students, teachers and members of the community in School Districts 6 & 8 will have an opportunity to participate in EYE SPY WHAT’S RIGHT this month. This fun, easy, interactive event is taking place May 26th – 30th and is part of our Celebrate What’s Right with the World initiative.

How does it work?
During the week of May 26th and May 30th, students, staff and members of the community will have the opportunity to log-on to our EYE SPY WHAT’S RIGHT website and tell us something that is RIGHT with the world! Everyone who participates will be eligible for a prize! It’s that easy!

Win Prizes & Be Recognized!

An elementary school, middle school and high school in each school district with the greatest participation will win the EYE SPY WHAT’S RIGHT Trophy!

Random draws will be held so that one student from each grade level in every school will win an EYE SPY WHAT’S RIGHT prize!

Prizes will also be awarded to members of the community and School staff!

So start thinking about what YOU think is RIGHT with your world – and share the details with us starting May 26!

LOG-IN MAY 26TH-30TH AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD!

Click on the EYE SPY LOGO at www.district8celebrate.org