Room 7 Information
2017-2018 School Year
Start of Year
Be Prepared
School Supplies
In addition to the materials provided for you, you are being asked to make sure you bring the following from home:
- A Scientific Calculator
- A set of clothes to change into for PE (include a good pair of running shoes)
- Band Instrument (if enrolled in band)
Our class has access to a class set of iPads. I would strongly encourage anyone with a bluetooth keyboard to bring one as it makes word processing a little easier. Let me know if you have questions.
Start of Year Interviews
In order to best suit your needs, I have provided an online sign up for you to choose the time that works best. Please CLICK HERE (or visit class website) to see available times. You can then sign up for the time that works. If you would rather not provide your email, please let me know the time that works best and I will sign you up. You can also phone me to arrange an appointment time. Those who do not select a time will be assigned a time and I will let you know in September what time has been chosen for you.
Schedules and Courses
Daily Schedule
You can check out our tentative daily schedule by going here. (or visit class website).
Arts and Exploratory Learning
All students are enrolled in an arts course which will happen two times in a week. The whole school takes arts at the same time. A majority of students have made these choices already, which the options being as follows:
Grade 8 - Band OR Choir OR Drama Or Visual Arts
Grade 7 - Choir OR Drama OR Visual Arts
In addition there are two slots a week where all students will be involved in Exploratory Learning. For those grade 7s who signed up for Band, this will be happening during the Exploratory Learning periods all year. All other students will be given options that run for a given period of time. They will apply for the option that they are most interested in. This will include things like Robotics (which is what I am leading :) ), Creative Expression, Leather Art, Social Justice, Sign Language, etc. This will be explained in detail to ALL students in September.
Stuff for Parents
Communication
This year I will be switching platforms that I use to communicate with home. I am going to go back to using Remind as a way for me to quickly send home information to you about your son/daughter. This platform is quick and easy to use. You can choose if you want to get my messages as texts, emails, through the app or on the web. Remind provides two-way messaging which means that you can send me a quick text if you know your son/daughter is going to be away, is going to be picked up, needs to be reminded of something, etc. Instructions for how to sign up can be found here (or visit class website).
About Mrs Nicholson
Email: nicholsonm@blsd.ca
Website: www.mrsnich.weebly.com
Phone: 2043248206
Twitter: @msnich10