Well that's it we did it! After struggling through the middle part of the semester the class pulled up their socks and came through with flying colors! The class average for the end of the semester test was 90% and I am very proud of them. Next semester will be even better. Now that I know the class well, I will have a curriculum that is far better tailored to the students. And more hands on experiments that are fun for the students and I.

You should get your final progress reports soon. I trust you will be pleased with the progress they have made this semester. Let's make even more next one!

Last week of class and it's a big one! After all the tests I plan on taking the children out to play golf. The class has taken two tests so far and so far, the scores have been very good. Only one more test to go and you will have the results for your students for this semester. Congratulations Barbarians!

This week we started a new chapter in science and did two lessons in it. I brought in some rock samples to show the children the difference between some of the rocks we find on earth. We also took part of a class to go out and dig out some rocks and see if we could classify them. We took some time for each of them to write a story that they chose the topics to. And worked on the book we are writing, about animals.

Jordan forgot one of the books he needed for class on Thursday and wasn't able to work on his assignment in class. I gave him some extra science work to do and told him he had to do it on his own time or else he had to come in on Saturday. He did his work on his own and did a good job.

Ben did very well when we did a review activity in class for all the words we learned this year so far. He got a lot of points for the class.

Joe understood the science lessons this week, but when he encounters some of the vocabulary words, especially the more difficult ones, he struggles to pronounce them properly when reading them. I will ask him to repeat the words more often in class.

Ashley was in a good mood all week she worked hard on her project and her writing was very neat and well written.

Richard's writing was beautiful. His hand writing is even neater than mine. I love how even when Richard makes a mistake and has to do something over again, he does it without complaint.

Sean is very creative and has lots of good ideas in class.

Harrison is getting better in class. As long as I keep a close eye on him he is okay, but he can be a bit sneaky, so I have to keep a very close eye.

I am very proud of the Barbarians! Last week we studied very hard for our quizzes and this week the class pulled through with flying colors! The class average for the reading test we took is around 90% with a similar average for our VOC test. I am planing a surprise for the students for all their recent hard work.

Ben has great scores on his quizzes and should be proud of his achievement.

Ashley did well in her tests. She needs more practice with her reading comprehension.

Jordan did well but at first he didn't put enough effort in his writing. After I gave it back to him it was much better.

Joe has not given a 100% effort and is easily discouraged when he has a hard time. I would like to retest him in reading because it seems like he just guessed all the answers to one part of the quiz. He did quite well on the rest, but it's the parts that he quits on that make him fail.

Richard worked very hard and did very well. He wrote beautifully on all 3 tests.

Harrison has surprised me with his VOC score. He did VERY well in all his tests and his paragraph writing has shown huge improvements. Congratulations.

Shawn has also done exceedingly well this semester and his work ethic shows. It has from the start and it will continue to. Great work.