Congratulations to our Middle School students and Ms. Ross for the excellent art work presented at the Risa Art Show.
We are proud to announce St. Francis won more prizes than any other international school in the Middle School category!
We wish to compliment all the participants!

The Winners:

Drawing & Printmaking
1st place- Dario A.   Grade 8
3rd place- Patrick P. Grade 8

Sculpture
3rd place - Chatuni G. Grade 6

Digital Art
2nd place- Zihan F.    Grade 7
3rd place - Hazem S.  Grade 7

Dear Parents,

We would like to thank all of you for your generous contribution during the school bake sale on January 20th. We are extremely grateful to the parents and students of the 7^th and 8^th grades that contributed so enthusiastically with delicious cakes and cookies. We were also very moved by the outpour of generosity displayed by all of Saint Francis’ families that contributed to the event. We were able to raise more than 800,00 euro! The favorable outcome of our bake sale was possible because the remarkable community of Saint Francis promptly came together in solidarity for the devastated population of Haiti. We thank you again.

Sincerely,

Patricia Skea  
Arianna De Paolis

This month in third grade we have been reading and finding out about different types of homes around the world and the way people live there. We then based our story competition theme on “Homes” and wrote stories about a place we would like to live in.
Third grade have painted winter water colour pictures and decorated the classroom with winter and Christmas decorations.
Happy Holidays to you all!

Ms. Clare
Grade 3

We see Red, Black and White, Who can it be? Why it’s Santa! ” The Great Big Man in Red” is the song we’ve been learning. Our stockings are hung and Grade 1 has their names on Santa’s good list. We’ve had a great first term and we are ready for the new year!
Happy Holidays!

Ms. Spaziani
Grade 1

Grade 2 Have enjoyed their dinosaur topic, we made dinosaur information books and even made our own footprint fossils!
For our winter topic we studied the calendar and wrote seasonal poems and then built our own calendars ready for 2010. We created snowfall in the classroom by cutting beautiful snowflakes. We also constructed a Christmas tree using cut outs of our hands. We made a snowscene frieze around the classroom by creating a watercolour wash and using sponge painting, then finally adding a splash of glitter! We have also been practising hard for our Rudolph performance.

Miss Kingham
Grade 2

Kindergarten has been very busy learning about farm animals and their babies. What vegetables grow up, middle and down in the garden patch…
We tasted many different vegetables and cut them up into many shapes. (concepts in learning-math programme).
Seeing that December is a time for giving and sharing, we have been busy making presents for loved ones, practising poems and carols to share with our family and friends….Happy Holidays to all….

Ms. Emily
Kindergarten

November 9th-13th

Grade 1- Download homework and the worksheets below

Grade 2- Download homework: nouns1 / nouns2 / math and revise 5x times table
Middle School Math & Science (Ms. De Paolis)-download work

Grade 6 students have been busy increasing their awareness of the world around them.
Projects with a view to the world have been varied, ranging from an exploration of the issue of world hunger, to a penpal initiative, which somewhat turns the clock back…
Mouse pads and e-mails will be put aside as students break out their finest pens, letter paper and envelopes to exchange experiences with a Grade 6 class in Toronto.
Lets hope the postman’s on time!

Mr. Coda
Grade 6

 
This month we had a lot of fun presenting and making our recipes for our Process Writing in English.
We divided into groups according to our different cultures and followed a recipe that is typical of our individual countries.
These are our groups and the dishes we made:

Tuna Curry and Rotti  Sri Lanka………. Lakni, Ranul, Akila
Lacci Samai  Bangladesh………. Fatima
Maruya The Philippines ……….Hazel and Brayan
White Legume Salad Pakistan ………. Sara
Corn or Potatoes a la Huancaina Peru ……….Raymi
Aniseed Biscuits Italy ……….Gaia, Flaminia, Giovanni, Alice
Nutella Zabaione Italy ……… Marco, Gabriele, Michela, Domizia, Francesca

Our fabulous photos of the chefs tell it all!

Ms. Ross
Grade 5

Grade 4 are planning to have a spooky time at Halloween. We have a visiting skeleton in class (known affectionately as Skelly) and plenty of witches on broomsticks. We are busy making Halloween lanterns which we will be lighting up so we can listen to spooky stories. Of course we are also writing our own…

Ms. Monaco
Grade 4