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May 8th, 2022
Good morning to our Ian Bazalgette families today. I would like to send a special Mother's Day wish to all our moms out there as well J. It has been a busy month at Ian Bazalgette as we make our way into May and the last stretch of learning this year.
One area that is of interest right now is the upcoming Provincial Achievement Tests. I have listed below the writing dates for each of our grade 6's and 9's. Please have a look as we know these are dates that can bring on some added feelings for our students. Parents who have questions about the Provincial Achievement Tests are encouraged to reach out to their homeroom teacher.
Students on the badminton team are competing at their divisional tournaments this coming week on Tuesday and Thursday. They will be playing at Crescent Heights High School. This past week in preparation for their tournament we took them to Repsol Sports Centre for a dual meet. Our students did such an amazing job and we wish them luck at their divisional meet this week.
Our Grade 8's have a field trip coming up as well and we know our students will be excited to be out of the building learning beyond the school. Our grade 9's had chickens in their learning spaces this past week and I know they really made a difference to some of our students. We even had our Kindergarten students from Valleyview come for a visit. Our grade 7's have been busy creating their community garden across the street with some building taking place this week.
Just a reminder that for our lunchtime we are now having students head outside when the weather is appropriate. Those students wishing to remain at school may do so as long as they are under the supervision of a teacher. Our grade 6 students will continue to follow their normal routines. We will continue to work with students to reinforce the importance of getting back in time after lunch, and reminding students of their behavior out in the community is important.
This past Friday 23 of out students from grade 6 – 9 participated in the Eastside Dance Festival. This is a festival that culminated with a dance performance at the University Theatre. I had the privilege of attending and was so very impressed with our students and their performance. It was such an amazing night of celebration of dance and I want to than Ms. Garden and her mom for supporting our students in such awesome waysJ.
I would like to invite parents to keep June 9th from 5:30 – 8:00pm available as we will be hosting a Celebration of Learning event for our Ian Bazalgette Students. We will also be using this evening to welcome in our next year grade 6's. Learning that has taken place through the year will be celebrated and highlighted. Please mark it on your calendar and plan on attending.
Have a fabulous Sunday out there to our community.
Stay well.
Terry / Jamie-Dee
Important Upcoming Dates
May 20th – No school for students – Organizational Day
May 23rd – No school – Victoria Day
June 9th – Celebration of Learning 5:30 – 8:00pm
June 28th – Last day of school for students
Provincial Achievement Test Dates
Monday May 16th – ELA Part A 9:00am – 11:00am Grade 9
Monday May 16th – ELA Part A K&E 9:00am – 11:00am Grade 9
Wednesday May 18th ELA Part A 9:00am – 11:00am – Grade 6
Tuesday June 14th – ELA Part B 9:00 – 10:00am – Grade 6
Wednesday June 15th – Science 9:00am – 10:00am – Grade 6
Thursday June 16th – Social Studies 9:00am – 10:00am – Grade 6
Friday June 17th – Math Part A 9:00am – 9:20am – Grade 6
Monday June 20th – Math Part B 9:00am – 10:10am – Grade 6
Monday June 20th – Social Studies 9:00am – 10:10am Grade 9
Monday June 20th – Social Studies K&E 9:00am – 10:15am Grade 9
Wednesday June 22nd – Math Part B 9:00am – 10:15am Grade 9
Wednesday June 22nd – Math Part B K&E 9:00am – 10:15am Grade 9
Thursday June 23rd – English Language Arts Part B 9:00 – 10:15am Grade 9
Thursday June 23rd – English Language Arts Part B K&E 9:00 – 10:15am Grade 9
Friday June 24th – Science 9:00am – 10:15am Grade 9
Friday June 24th – Science K&E 9:00am – 10:15am Grade 9