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Requirements of Upper Primary Students (P5 and P6)

Upper Establishing a daily routine is very important. Before school starts each day, be sure
Primary you do the following things:
Morning
Routine  Breakfast. Eat a solid breakfast. This will give you the energy you need to
(7:45-8:45) focus on your goals for the day.
 Movement. If you have time, go for a quick walk or play outside. Get the
body moving before you move on to your studies.
 Mindful Moment. If you’re a fan of mindfulness, here’s a great chance to do
a mindful activity. Perform a “Take 5” or do some mindful breathing.
 Get dressed. It’s important you get dressed for the day. Although you aren’t
wearing school uniform at home, a change of clothes each morning reminds
you to get ready for a day of hard work.
 Workstation. Give your workstation a tidy. Gather your materials and have
everything ready before 8:45am.

Morning Here are the first things you should do at the start of each school day:
Check-in
(8:45-9:00)  Turn on your computer

 Log into Managebac
 Read the daily messages your teachers have posted. This will take
a few minutes. Keep the Messages screen available so you can re-
check throughout the day

 Check your schedule
 Get your schedule out and find out what subjects are happening
 If you’re not sure, check in with your parents

 Open Microsoft Teams and get into your P5 or P6 Homeroom Teacher Team
You will meet with your homeroom teacher from 8:45-9:00 each morning
 Your homeroom teacher will take the attendance and go over the
plan for the day
 Once you are in your Homeroom Team, wait for instructions from the
teacher

Upper Here are a few key things to remember:
Primary
Students –  The school day start at 8:45am and ends at 3:25pm
Your Daily  Each day (Monday-Friday) has different lessons. You need to check your
Lessons schedule each day and follow it closely.
 Each day, there will be a combination of lessons. Some lessons will be:
 “Live”. A “live” lesson means you will be working in real time with
your teacher using Teams and other tools. For example, on
Tuesdays you might have a Visual Arts lesson with Mrs. Toogood
from 11:30am-12:10pm that is “live”.
 Work Periods. A work period is different than a “live” lesson. The
teacher won’t be available during a work period. You are
responsible to: