Grade Five Class Meeting - Tuesday 15th October

                                                                                                                                       7^th October, 2019

         

Dear Parent/Guardian,

CLASS MEETING - GRADE FIVE

 

This is to inform you that a Grade Five Class Meeting, has been scheduled for Tuesday 15^th October, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

 

The purpose of the Meeting is to discuss 2020 National Attainment Tests plus salient issues affecting your child/ward’s learning.

Please make every effort to attend and to be on time.   

Yours respectfully,

Claudia Skerritt (Mrs.)
PRINCIPAL

Class Meeting - Grade Three

Dear Parent/Guardian,

CLASS MEETING - GRADE  THREE

 

This is to inform you that a Grade Three Class Meeting, has been scheduled for Monday 14^th October, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

 

The purpose of the Meeting is to discuss 2020 National Attainment Tests plus  salient issues affecting your child/ward’s learning.

Please make every effort to attend and to be on time.   

Yours respectfully,

Claudia Skerritt (Mrs.)
PRINCIPAL

MVO Creative Writing Competition - Details and Criteria

MVO Creative Writing Competition Information Sheet for Judges

Theme

This Volcano Is Mine

Challenge

Create a narrative, an illustrated poem or a performance piece

Length

Stories are expected to be short format. We are not imposing word count or page length limits, but the best stories will be well-developed and complete.

Categories

There are 7 categories: Grades 1&2, Grades 3&4, Grades 5&6, Form 1,2&3, Form 5&6 Community College, Adult

Deadline

The competition deadline is Friday October 25, 2019

Judging

Efforts are being made to create a judging pool so that no one individual has a burdensome number of entries to mark. It is proposed that teachers from MSS mark MCC entries, teachers from MCC mark MSS entries, a mixed pool of primary school teachers mark primary school entries that are not in the grade category that they currently teach and another group mark the adults.

Entries and judging criteria/ point system will be delivered to judges by Friday 1^st November 1, 2019. Please submit points by Friday 8^th November.

Award Ceremony

Winners are awarded certificates on Saturday 16^th November at 1:00pm at Montserrat Cultural Centre. All judges are invited.

Judging Sheet

Categories:

____ Category 1 - Grades 1 - 2	____ Category 2 - Grades 3-4	____ Category 3 - Grades 5-6
____ Category 4 – Forms 1,2,3	____ Category 5 – Forms 4,5	____ Category 6 – MCC students
____ Category 7 - Adult

Judging Criteria	Points
*Beginning:  Does writer engage the reader's attention immediately?  Is tone, setting and character established quickly? (for categories 3-7)	1-5
*Style:  Does the writer reveal their own vision and attitude (for categories 3-7)	1-5
*Descriptive Language (for categories 3-7)	1-5
Adherence to theme:	1-5
Interpretation of theme:	1-5
Flow: Does progression make sense without being too predictable?	1-5
Originality:	1-5
Believability: Does the story work? Did you find it interesting? Was it believable?	1-5
Mechanics: Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling	1-5

Visit to the Montserrat Volcano Observatory - Creative Writing Competition

Dear Parent/Guardian

MVO Creative Writing Competition 2019

As you are aware the 2019 MVO Creative Writing Competition has been announced and the details and judging criteria have been posted at school, is available to each child and is on my blog: sasprimaryprincipal.blogspot.com.  

To encourage pupils’ participation and assist them to better understand the theme “This Volcano is Mine”, field trips to the Montserrat Volcano Observatory have been organized for Thursday 10^th October.  Your child will be transported to and from School for the tour. 

Kindly complete the permission slip below, confirming that your child/ward has permission to participate in the MVO Tour.   Failure to complete and return the form on Wednesday 9^th October by 9:00 a.m. means that your child will not attend the event.  

Kind Regards,

………………………………

Claudia Skerritt, (Mrs.)

Principal

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

(please cut off and return permission slip below.)

To:  Principal, St. Augustine School

Permission is granted for my child/ward …………………………..…….. to tour the Montserrat Volcano Observatory on Thursday 10^th, October for the purpose indicated.

Signed …………………………………………………….     Phone:………………..  Date …………….

Parent/Guardian’s Name………………………………….     Email Address ……………………………

MUT Biennial Convention - No School Friday 4th October 2019

Dear Parent /Guardian,

Please be advised that the Ministry of Education has granted permission for the Montserrat Union of Teacher's (MUT) Biennial Convention to take place on Friday 4th October, 2019.

In order for teachers to attend this event, School will be closed.  School will re-open on on Monday 7th October.

In addition to the work that teachers will assign, kindly select and engage your child with activities, passages, games and/or recipes, in any core subject which is appropriate for your child/ward's level from  My blog post entitled Educational Websites uploaded on the 25th September, 2019.

Do Continue to enjoy parenting.

Kind regards,
Claudia Skerritt

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Educational Websites

Hi Parent/Guardian,

You will find the following websites useful to support your child/ward at home:

1. funbrain.com
2. mathsisfun.com
3. reading.ecb.org
4. seussville.com
5. abcya.com
6. starfall.com
7. highlightsforkids.com

Some Questions to ask your child/ward

Did you learn anything new today?
What made you happy today?
Was anyone kind to you today? how?
Did you help anybody today?
What was the highlight of your day?
Did you encourage anyone today?
What made you smile today?
What made your friend/teacher laugh?
Did you enjoy your lunch?
Are you afraid of anything?

Enjoy parenting!!

Kind regards,
Claudia Skerritt