Carnival Party tomorrow for Junior 3s and 4s

• Please note:
•  that tomorrow is a normal school day.   ie starting and finishing times are as usual
• Transport is as usual
• the children can come to school either wearing a carnival costume or else in casual clothes
• no school bags and books are to be brought to school
• the children have to get a lunch and drink for their first break
• they are also to get a drink and a plastic container, preferably with a lid, for the second break
• in the second break they will be given a hot dog and some other eatables which the teachers have bought and prepared for them  using the 1 Euro thst was collected.
• during the first part of the morning both classes will be engaged in a class activity
• they will then watch a film
• then they will have a party where they will exhibit their Activity, eat and have fun.

Thank you all for your support.

A Happy Carnival to ALL.

Ms Rosette

Junior 3 and 4 – Homeworks

Dear Parents

Just a reminder about homeworks.

• It is important that the date and page are put down.
• Also that all the work is done
• And that it is handed in the next day.

A lot of children have forgotten all about the above.  I would greatly appreciate your help in putting into practise all the above DAILY.

Thank you

Ms Rosette

Memo to Junior 4s re Exams

     St. Catherine’s High School

       Suffolk Road

       Pembroke STJ 14

       MALTA

 

25^th January 2012

 

Dear Parents,

 

We apologise for sending the memo a second time but there were errors on the first timetable and memo that need rectification.  Infact, the Junior 4s will be having NO study days and on the 7^th Feb, they will have lessons as usual after the Maltese exam and on the 8^th Feb, they have English as their first exam and then lessons as usual after that.  Kindly make sure you follow the timetable attached here and not the previous one sent (where there was the mention of a study school). Apologies once again for the confusion created!

 

As you are aware, the Junior 4s will be sitting for their first set of mid-year exams at our school.  The timetable for these exams has just been issued and these will take place between Monday 6^th February and Thursday 9^th February. Subjects assessed by exam means are Maths, English, Maltese and Science (other subjects will be given an assessment grade on the basis of general performance).  Students who are exempt from particular subjects can send their children to school later on in the day (once that first exam is over).

 

The students will have one exam per day (they will start at 8 am with the exam) and this will be of one hour and a half duration.  They will be staying in their own classrooms and places (so that the students feel more secure) and they will need to get their own fulscaps (for some subjects) (for some others it will be a fill-in paper), their own writing things such as pen, pencil, rubber, ruler etc, and a bottle of water to keep next to them.  They will be allowed to ask questions and the teacher responsible for the subject of the exam will be circulating from one class to the other to check on the progress of the children.  After the end of the exam, the students will have some break time (so please do provide lunch and drink as usual) and they will then continue with the lessons as usual (kindly follow the timetable – lessons after the first break).  If they have PE after the first break, they are then to change into their PE kit during the first break.  However, if they have PE normally during the first 3 lessons then they are not to come to school wearing their PE kit that day since that lesson will obviously not be taking place. School starts and ends at the normal time and transport functions normally.

 

Kindly remember, too, that Friday 10^th February is a public holiday and we have no school on that day.

I hope that this helps you to be in a better position to encourage the children to prepare well for these assessments.

I thank you for your co-operation.

 

Regards,

 

Ms. Sue Mifsud Midolo

Junior School Director

 

 

Studying Junior 4s

Dear Parents

Time tables for Half yearly Exams are out.  Please follow the post on the list for studying and do your revision well.

Also, let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks

Ms Rosette

Junior 3- Remarks on Page 16 for Assessment Revision

Please note that Page 16 of Textbook 3A should read Blue a,b.

Thanks

MsRosette

Junior 3 Plusing

Dear Parents

Please note that we have started working plus sums as already explained in my blog of two days or so ago.  May I please point out that the method is the one explained ie 35 + 25

35 + 20 = 55   (the 20 is added to the 35 by counting in tens)

55 +  5 = 60  ( the 5 is added to the 55 by counting in ones)

NB:  the second two digit number being plused is sectioned into the tens (the 20) and then the units (the 5).

IMPORTANT:  It is therefore very important that the children study and practise saying the numbers in tens especially when going over the 100.  Example  84 + 60 = 144.

I would really appreciate if parents were to give a helping hand where necessary please.

Thank you

Ms Rosette

 

Junior 4A and B….What to study for half Yearly Exam

Topics to study for the test include:

• plus with three digits
• minus with three digits
•  multiplication with two digits
•  division with two numbers
• multiplying/dividing by 10,1090,1000
• sequences
•  double/halve
•  place value
•  round to the nearest ten
•  story sums
• Clues to find the number
• Time – minutes past only
• Measuring in m and cm
• Drawing lines
• Fractions
• Find the value of 1/3 of 63
• Work sums by working the ‘Brackets’ first
•  All we have done in the textbook 4A namely pages:  4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 69
• All we have done in the textbook 4B namely pages:  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 , 19,21,  22, 23 
• And Tables 0 to 9
• Also revise the last November test.

Special emphasis when revising has to be put on the last November test as well as page 17 of  both Textbooks 4A and B.   

Please do not hesitate to let me kinow if you need any further assistance.

Thank you and good luck to all!!!!

Ms Rosette

Work done during last week and to be done this week in the Junior 3s.

Last week the Junior 3s have learned how to make a number go to the nearest ten.  To be able to work this we learned that we have to keep in mind that every ten numbers we count from 0 t0 9 we get to the next tens.  We also have to keep in mind that the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 when being in the unit position makes the tens digit go closer or nearest to the tens before it.  If the numbers 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are in the unit position they will make the number go closer or nearest to the tens after.

Example:

24 is nearest to which tens?

The tens before 24 is 20 and the tens after 24 is 30 but the 24 is closer to  which the 20 or to the 30?  Following the instructions above it is closer to the 20.  Therefore 24 to the nearest 10 is 20.

Today we have also started adding two digit numbers.  The following is an explanation of how they have to be worked.

Example:

24 + 18 = 42

24 + 10 = 34

34 + 8 = 42

What we have done is sectioned the 18 into its tens and units ie 18 = 10 and 8.  We then plused them seperately.

These examples are also on the textbooks.

Please note that we’ll be working these sums on the copybooks since on the books there are only a few which are not enough to be able to consolidate this topic.

Thank you

Ms Rosette

Junior 3A and B ….Topics for Assessments

All the pages which have been done in the textbo0k 3A have to be revised namely pages:

• 4 Blue and green
• 5 blue
• 6 blue and green
• 7 blue
• 8 blue and green
• 9 blue and green
• 10 blue and green
• 11 blue and green
• 12 blue
• 13 blue
• 16 blue
• 17 blue and green
• 18 blue
• 19 blue and green
• 20 blue and green
• 21 blue and green
• 22 blue
• 23 blue
• 24 blue
• 25 blue/gree/red2
• 29blue and green
• 31 blue and green
• 32 blue
• 34 blue
• 35 green and red
• 36 blue
• 38 blue
• 46 blue and green
• 47 blue and green
• 48 blue
• 49 blue and green
• 50 blue
• 51 blue
• 53 blue and green
• 54 blue and green
• 55 blue
• 59 blue, green and red
• 60 blue and green
• 63 blue and green
• 64 blue and green
• 65 blue, green and red
• 66 blue
• 67 green
• 69 blue and green
• 70 blue
• Special emphasis is to be made on pages 5, 7, 9, 17, 19, 20, 22, 29, 46, 47, 59, 60, 63, 65, 67, 70.
•  Study tables 0 to 6

Please do start revising and do let me know if you need to have further information.

Thank You

Ms Rosette

Junior 4 – Christmas concert rehearsals and backstage

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