Are you looking for great gift ideas for your child/children for Christmas? Why not give the gift of reading? Next month's there are 5 different book orders to choose from + those coming in December. We can sent up private orders and payment, so your child/children will not know before Christmas, please feel free to contact me by e-mail cheryl.richardson@nbed.nb.ca  for further information.November book orders for Scholastic has gone home today! They are to be returned with payment, cash, cheque or e-transfer ( please contact me first for this method) by Monday November 17th, 2014.Skating will begin in November for the students of HMS, please make sure to check to see if your child has skates which are appropriate size for them and helmet. Also, if your child is unable to tie their own skates, please practice at home with them, as we will have 62 students on the ice with only 2 teachers able to help out with tying skates. We do have extra skates and helmets here at school, if your child needs to borrow a pair not a problem at all, they just have to check in the office a few days before. Our first skating trip will be Friday, November 14 (now a Day 3): Purple (load bus at 8:35 - 2 trips, and return at 9:55-10:00 - 2 trips)****Please note the date change, this is due to our snow day!If your child is not skating, we will require a written note indicating why, please send this note a few days before so we can make arrangements at school for those not attending. Thank you. Please feel free to contact me by e-mail cheryl.richardson@nbed.nb.ca if you have questions.The Purple Team teachers would like to congratulate Evan Valanne for being Student of the Month for October!!! Way to go!The Purple Team teachers would like to congratulate Owen Amos & Mia Hutchison-Levy for being Students of the Week ( October 27th-31st 2014). Way to Go !!!!If you have any questions or concerns you may contact me at cheryl.richardson@nbed.nb.ca  or leave a message 627-4088, I will return your call ASAP.Français 6E1 et 6E2Lecture 10-15 minutes ( every night from Monday to Friday...they can do there reading during Student Enhancement and this counts also. Etudier les mots d'orthographe semaine #5, quiz d'ortho #5 va être mercredi le 12 novembre, 2014 + 10 phrases avex les mots d'ortho.Compte rendu du livre #2 due demain vendredi le 7 novembre, 2014.(Book report #2). Français Lecture 10-15 minutes ( every night from Monday to Friday...they can do there reading during Student Enhancement and this counts also. 6E1- Etudier les mots d'orthographe semaine #5, quiz d'ortho #5 va être mercredi le 12 novembre, 2014 + 10 phrases avex les mots d'ortho. ( Students need to study their 10 words and finish with their 10 sentences using the words for homrwork).Compte rendu du livre #2 due demain vendredi le 7 novembre, 2014.(Book report #2).Les mots d'orthographe de la semaine #51. pantalon                  6. grandir2. côté                        7. heure 3. sac                         8. boire4. regarde                    9. porte5. amuser                    10. son 6L Science Humaine (Social Studies).Students have received their Chapiter 1 quiz today, they have until Friday November 7th to return them signed with corrections ( on a seperate piece of looselead), for their corrections to count they must return their quiz signed. Please check with your child to see if this has been done. 6E1 Science Humaine (Social Studies) Students have all their notes for Chapter 2, they should be reading over these every night- every second night. We will be working on discussing/ exploring and analyzing these materials. There will be various activities done during class and at home.