Book week

There was no shortage of enthusiasm and creativity last Thursday as the children showed up dressed as book characters. As a parent I fully realize the amount of time, effort and thought that goes into getting costumes ready especially in a locale such as ours with...

Class parent representative

I’d like to extend a very big thank you to Coco’s mom Jacoba Bolderheij to offering to help out as our class parent representative. I look forward to working with you.

Research and The Encyclopedia Brittanica

We have begun researching in earnest. The school has a subscription to the online version of The Encyclopedia Brittanica and last week our class started using the resource by researching heroes. This site can be accessed from home and school. Can I suggest you spend...

Your child’s website

Once a week the children spend some time,updating their own websites. Updates include details/photographs of work they have been doing in class. Please take a moment to go onto these sites and comment where necessary.

What does snakes and ladders have to do with math?

Parents often ask how they can help their children with math. There are a number of ways we as parents can do so. The most obvious one is familiarizing ourselves with the curriculum,and objectives (in other words becoming familiar with what your child is learning in...