Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Darcy Update

We got Darcy's second term report card last week and she's doing really well. We arranged an interview with her teacher for Friday morning. We didn't have any concerns, we just wanted to keep in touch and I also had some questions about how next year is going to work. Her teacher is also very pleased with Darcy's progress especially in French. She is really getting a good French vocabulary and is using the French words correctly.

My question was whether or not we'd have a say about whether Darcy would be kept in the afternoon class or moved to the morning next year. I went into the interview wanting her to stay in the afternoon but we're feeling differently now. Mademoiselle said she had wanted to talk to us about that. Apparently the school is hoping to keep kids who are in JK this year with their same classmates and teacher for next year. In Darcy's case, however, her teacher wants to recommend that she change from the afternoon class to the morning class. I guess her two classes are like night and day. The morning class is very hard-working and gets a lot accomplished each day where most the afternoon class struggles (a lot of them don't speak either English or French at home so they're struggling with the French Immersion). She thinks that with Darcy's personality and with how well she's doing so far that she will do much better in the morning class. Her best friend this year is in SK so we already knew that she wouldn't be in Darcy's class next year. The bus driving the morning kids home is the same one that picks up the afternoon kids, so Darcy has gotten to know some of the kids on the bus ride.

At first, she was very hestitant to make the change, but the more we've talked about it, she's getting excited about it. I think it will be better for the whole family's schedule so it looks like we're going to make the change. My only concern is that we're going to need to get her out of bed at 5:00 in the morning so she will be done her breakfast on time to get the bus. She is such a slow eater, especially at breakfast. We're really going to need to work on that this summer. It could cause some stressful situations for us. In the long run too, it will be good preparation for when she starts grade one and is going to school all day.

Again, we're very pleased with Darcy's teacher and her interest in Darcy's success. Darcy really loves her and we know that's part of the reason why she's doing so well. We're really pleased that she will be Darcy's teacher again next year.

Darcy and her best friend, Sam have also been talking all year about getting together outside of school time for a play date. I've finally worked this out with Sam's dad and Sam will be coming over here on Saturday morning to play and have lunch with us. They are both so excited about that. Should be fun!

3 Comments:

Blogger Missy said...

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12:17 AM  
Blogger Missy said...

How cute she's so excited to have a friend over!!! Sounds like mornings will definitely be the best bet for her...as for breakfast, what does she normally eat? Is she a slow eater for lunch and dinner too?

12:18 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I for one can attest to how much French Darcy has picked up. Listening to her say grace in French is one of the funniest things EVER! Can you video this, without her knowing?

8:34 AM  

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