Welcome to a new school year!

Greetings everyone,

Welcome to a new school year at Westwood. My name is David Weir and I'll be one of the teachers of Div. 1, grade 4/5. My teaching partner has yet to be hired, but I'll be teaching Monday-Wednesday, and my partner will be teaching the class on Thursday and Friday.

I've enjoyed getting to know my students over the past two weeks. They are a very nice group, who only sometimes talk too much! I've also met a few of you parents, both at our Open House as well as before and after school. Below, I've included some details of our weekly schedule and events around the classroom and school.

Gym class: Div. 1 will be having gym classes on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. As you've no doubt hear already, we also do a fitness run on most days at 2:40, weather permitting. Some students already have gym strip, and although this is not mandatory, it's important that students do have appropriate clothing for athletic activities, particularly running shoes.

Library: Our library visits with Mrs. Graham will be on Wednesdays this year. Students should remember to bring back their library books each Wednesday so that they will be able to choose new ones.

Spelling: We will be working with weekly spelling lists this year. Each Monday, students will receive a list of 15-20 spelling words. In addition to working with these words in class during the week, the students will also be responsible for studying the words at home. The weekly spelling test will be on Fridays.

Homework: Students have already begun bringing homework home and most of them are completing it very well. It's very important that students make time to finish their homework and then remember to bring it back to school.

That's it for my first blog post! Please feel fre to add comments to this blog entry. You can also email me if you have an questions <dweir@sd43.bc.ca>. Do check back with this blog from time to time, as I'll try to keep it as up to date as possible.

Take care,

D. Weir