Bon retour! Welcome back!

Welcome back after a well-deserved Spring break! I am looking forward to another successful, fun and productive term.

Reminder: please send the report card envelope back to school with your child.

Dictée: We are back into routine and have a new dictée for this week. The pre-test will be on Wednesday (as always, unless otherwise noted), which is not worth marks. The post-test or real test will be on Friday.

Spring is in the air!

Mme Aristou.

P.S. Greek food day starts up next Monday.

Bake Sale Results

The results are in....We raised $115.06 from our Bake Sale on Friday, February 25th. A big thank you to all of you who baked, help your children bake, or supported the effort! THANK YOU!

Advisory 42 and 43 will be starting another fundraiser after Spring Break. It's called  "Lundi à la Grecque." We will be offering Greek food on Mondays. A notice went home with your child on Friday regarding this fundraiser.

à plustard!

Mme Aristou.

Reminders for Friday

Reminders for Friday

• Bake Sale tomorrow (Friday, February 25th): Bring some baked goods to sell for our first fundraiser for Cirque du Soleil
• Dictée tomorrow
• Concours- Rough Draft due Wednesday, March 2nd- your written rough draft for the speech contest.
• Festival de la francophine- L'atelier du tambour- Drumming Workshop- if you haven't already, please bring in your form and money asap!

Enjoy CC Day!

Mme Aristou.

Pink T-Shirt Day and Bake Sale

Chers élèves, et chers parents,

    It has been a while since my last post. I apologize if you have been checking in on the blog faithfully to find nothing new.  As you know the last few weeks have been busy as usual. Do continue to check in regularly as I hope to post homework and reminders more regularly.

Students: feel free to add comments at the end of posts if I have forgotten a reminder or a homework item.

What's new?

• Pink T-Shirt Day- wear  pink to support anti-bullying this Wednesday, February 23rd
• Bake Sale- our first fundraiser to offset the cost of Cirque du Soleil will be held at lunchtime this Friday, February 25th. Send a tray of cookies or cupcakes, muffins or scones, anything yummy that we could sell would be much appreciated!:)  miam-miam délicieux!!!
• Festival de la Fracophonie-L'atelier du tambour- Friday, March 11th, our class, along with the other French Immersion classes, are going to the Francophone Festival and Drumming Workshop. Your child should have given you a form and permission slip to sign. Forms need to be returned asap!
• Concours d'art oratoire- Speech Competition (School level, District, National)- Our class is writing speeches and will be holding a competition to see which three students go to the district level competition. This year's District Concours will be held on Thursday, April 7th at 7pm at Victoria High School. There is a category for Late French Immersion 6 and 7, so your child will be able to compete with other students at the same level.
•  Bazan Bay 5K- the after-school Run-Walk Club will be running 5 km in Sidney Sunday, March 6th. If you are a runner yourself and would like to come out to support Lansdowne's school spirit, join us!  You can register yourself online or by downloading the registration form at:  http://www.vira.bc.ca/default.aspx?PageID=1002   

Or come cheer us on at the finish line and along the race course!!!

Learning:
Yes, we do a lot of this too!

• Grade 6 and 7 students are working on their speech for Concours.  
• Weekly Dictées- Every Monday, students are now receiving their Dictée on a small piece of paper, which each student clips inside his/her agenda. Every Wednesday, we will do a pre-test. Every Friday, students will have the 'post-test,' or the dictée that counts for marks. 
• Français langue- grade 6s are working on Passé Composé (the past tense). Students should finish the new worksheet on Etre and Avoir  in the Passé Composé by Wednesday, February 23rd.
• Français langue-grade 7s are reading the book, 'Le Petit Nicolas.' We are about half-way through. We plan to watch the newly released film in French when we have finished reading this book.

Devoirs, etc.

6e- Bienvenue à Ottawa - due Tuesday, Feb. 8th       
7e - Le Petit Nicolas CH 5 Questions
     - Read pg. 163 Sc. Hum

6e et 7e- Study for Dictée
            - Notice home- 'The Approachable Parent Workshop' Presented by Island Sexual Health Society

Bonne soirée!

Mme Aristou.

New Books at Lansdowne!

Hey Parents,

  I am excited to inform you that we have just received a huge shipment of levelled readers, both fiction and non-fiction, specifically for Late French Immersion. They will soon be ready to for student use! Just another way to encourage our students to read in French!

Mme Aristou.

Devoirs!

Students:
Superhero: Your superhero writing rough draft needs to be in tomorrow, Friday, January 28th, at the latest, for me to proofread it for you.
Good copy due Monday, January 31st, 2011
Acrostiche: Your acrostic poem rough draft is now overdue.
Good copy due Monday, January 31st, 2011

PARENTS: Those of you interested in attending this course. More information for you! FRENCH COURSE for Anglophone Parents Course outline: January 27th   Introductions, le français oral - phonetics, la                       liaison, la lecture orale, virelangues February 3rd   Resources - dictionaries, Bescherelle,                         websites, and other useful books February 10th   La grammaire – scope and sequencing for                         verb tenses February 17th   La dictée, word sort, gender of nouns,                         accents, adjectifs possessifs February 24th   Writing in French March 3rd         Présentation oraux, course evaluation

Topics:

·        French phonetics and symbols, pronunciation

·        verb tense processes and sequencing

·        helpful French websites for parent and student

·        using dictionaries (French – English and French)

·        oral reading

·        how to study for dictées

·        reading fiction and non-fiction

·        writing in French directly, not translating from English

Do you have an appointment time for Student-Led Conferences tomorrow?

Early Dismissal tomorrow, Tuesday, January 25th, at 1:50pm due to Student-Led Conferences. Call the school for an appointment.

Come to school with your child! Have your child show you around! Show off his/her best work and set some goals together!

See you tomorrow night!

Mme Aristou.

Bonne fin de semaine! Bon long week-end!

Parents: Student-Led Conferences are coming up- Tuesday, January 25th. Call the school's office to make an appointment

Grade 7s- a survey notice went home along with an letter in an envelope from GVTA

Students: Vos devoirs pour le week-end

• Scholastic Book Orders- due Tuesday
• L'acrostiche- good copy of poem due on Monday
• Props for Reader's Theatre due Tuesday (if you volunteered)
• 7e- Le petit Nicolas- CH 4 Questions #1-10

Passez une bonne fin de semaine! Trois jours!! Wow!

Mme Aristou.

French Course for Anglophone Parents

This course may be of interest to you! Mme Aristou.

 

FRENCH COURSE

for

Anglophone Parents

If you have a child in French immersion, and you would like to brush up on your French skills, then this free course is ideal. Admission is by donation to the Mustard Seed Food Bank. The course is taught by Gabe Levesque, a grade 7 French immersion teacher at Central Middle School. Thursdays, January 27th – March 3rd 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Central Middle School (Richmond Elementary site) Room 205 If interested, please email Gabe at glevesque@sd61.bc.ca

Topics:

·        French phonetics and symbols, pronunciation

·        verb tense processes and sequencing

·        helpful French websites for parent and student

·        using dictionaries (French – English and French)

·        oral reading

·        how to study for dictées

·        reading fiction and non-fiction

·        writing in French directly, not translating from English

Cirque du Soleil-Optional Extra-Curricular Opportunity

For all of those students interested in attending the Cirque du Soleil performance (it's after school, and completely optional) in June- permission forms and money must be handed in asap.
Latest day-Wednesday- as we are going to order tickets on Wednesday.

Our school is fundraising "Money for Molly." Orange Team (that's us): we are making contributions of any amount, small or large, tomorrow, Tuesday, January 18th.

Sciences Naturelles- The draft for the acrostic poem is due on Wednesday, January 19th

A plus tard!

Mme Aristou.

Devoirs, Dictées, and the Learn to Run 5K Run-Walk Club

The Learn to Run 5K Run-Walk Club had their first group run today- even with the flurries! A chilly run but we all made it back to the school and are proud of our first steps together. Parents, teachers and students are all welcome. We meet every Tuesday from 3-4pm. Our goal race is the Bazan Bay 5K race in Sidney on Sunday, March 6th.

Every step counts!!
Devoir:
Gr. 6s:

• Sciences Humaines: Carte du Canada
• Français Langue: IR Verb Booklet due Thursday, January 13th

Gr. 7s

• Sciences Humaines: Les anciennes civilisations page 6 et 7 Wednesday, January 12th

Dictée: Friday, January 14th, 2011
Gr.6s: IR Verb sheet
Gr. 7s: Conditional Tense- regular verb test
Bonne soirée,

Mme Aristou.

School Newsletters go home/available online

Devoir:

• Septième année: Finish 'Le Conditionnel' worksheet for Tuesday, January 11th

Reminders:

• The School Newsletter for January is now available online on the school's website:

http://www.sd61.bc.ca/school/lansdowne/monthlynewsletter.htm

• Scholastic Book Orders were due today. I will accept orders on Tuesday.

Learn to Run 5KM Run-Walk Club:
We start with our first group run tomorrow, Tuesday, January 11th from 3-4pm. Parents are more than welcome to join. Students: You must remember your signed permission slip in order to participate.

Remember to:

• Dress warmly
• Bring a water bottle
• Bring an extra snack as you might need it!

Have a good day!

Mme Aristou.

Devoir pour le week-end/la fin de semaine!

Devoir pour le week-end/la fin de semaine! Homework for the weekend!

Practice telling time by asking friends and family members:
'Quelle heure est-il?'
Ex: Il est huit heures et demie.

Sciences Naturelles:
Sixième Année et Septième Année

• Finish L'environnement booklet by Monday, January 10th (Gr. 7s- all except second to last page)

Scholastic Book Orders are due on Monday, January 10th

Devoir

Reminders:

• Scholastic book orders are due Monday, January 10th, 2011
• Report Card envelopes need to be returned to school

Devoir! Homework!

6ème année:

• Bring 2 duotangs: one for Sciences Naturelles and one for Sciences Humaines
• L'environnement: all pages except last page
• Dictée tomorrow- Friday:

Study the following:

• Combien ça coûte = How much is it?
• Pouvez-vous m'aider? = Can you help me?
• Je veux = I want
• Je voudrais= I would like
• Merci = Thank you
• De rien = you're welcome
• s'il vous plaît = please 

7ème année:

• Le petit Nicolas: Chapter 1 and 2 Questions #1-10 for both
• L'environnement: all pages except second to last page

Bonne soirée!

Mme Aristou.

La première journée après les vacances d'hiver!

La première journée après les vacances d'hiver! The first day back after Winter Break!

Today, two notices went home.

• One notice was a letter to introduce this blog. 
• The other notice was information about an activity happening tomorrow, Wednesday, January 5th, 2011. Students are getting into their Community-Based Advisories from the first week in September for some team building activities tomorrow afternoon during Block 4 and 5. Students are asked to bring an 'object of significance' to school. Ex: this object could be a photo of a special vacation or trip or it could be a teddy bear given to them by a special person. Any ideas are welcome, but, please, no pets or living things!:)

Bonne soirée! Have a good night!

Mme Aristou

Bonne Année!

Happy New Year!

J'espère que vous avez passé de bonnes vacances d'hiver! Welcome back! I look forward to starting a fantastic 2011 with all of the amazing students in Advisory 43. I hope you find this blog useful. Try out some of the useful links and play some games. I will be posting important information on here from time to time so do check back regularly for updates and reminders.

Les expressions utiles/Useful expressions:

Joyeux Noël !
   Merry Christmas!

Meilleurs vœux !
   Season's greetings! Happy holidays!

La Blague du Jour:

J'ai entendu une bonne blague hier - I heard a good joke yesterday.

Quelle souris ne mange pas de fromage?
La souris d'ordinateur.

A plus tard!


Mme Aristou.

P.S.
Here are some links I found  over the holidays (Thanks to Mme Havelaar) that I thought you might like.
 Voici quelques sites pour t'aider.

le journal du père noël
Sur ce site vous pouvez lire le journal du Père Noël et lire des traductions en anglais.

des cartes de voeux virtuelles
Vous pouvez écrire des cartes de voeux virtuelles à vos amis et à votre professeur!