A big thank you to Mr. Kuru for organizing our grade 7 and 8 Mathematics League Contest. A variety of students volunteered to write this year and we'd like to congratulate Ronan, Vanessa, Nolan, Jennifer, Meg, David and Davis for giving it their best shot. This particular contest is quite challenging and the students did really well!
This week, many of our students are presenting final projects including persuasive essays in grade 8 and our grade 4 Egypt projects. I was able to watch a few presentations and it was evident the children have spent a great deal of time on the hard copy and their oral presentations. As a staff, we will continue to focus on developing the students' oral presentation skills, as effective communication will play a key role throughout their education and when seeking employment. Oral presentations allow the children to learn a variety of media techniques, hone effective communication skills, learn how to influence and gain confidence. Congratulations to all of the students across the grades who have presented over the last couple of weeks.
Our IT Committee (Mr. Ross, Mr. Littlejohn, Dr. Grant, myself and Mr. Iceton) met today. We've noticed that many of our students are printing an awful lot of unnecessary items. Staff will be monitoring the situation, but gentle reminders at home will help. The older students are reminded to print their projects at home, but if they need to print at school, they can do so under the direction of a teacher. No student should be printing directly from the web, rather they are encouraged to make jot notes and/or copy and paste only pertinent information into their jot notes, along with citation, for later use. Middle school teachers continue to teach about plagiarism.
As the year progresses, we are always finding great on-line resources. Eventually, we'd like to organize them on our website, but until that happens, I'll keep posting them on my blog. Check out http://oame.on.ca/mathies/ for a variety of activities you can do at home. Don't forget about http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/elearning/homework.html for our grade 7-8 students for live on-line help.
Looking foward to the grade 6-8 ski trip on Friday. Have a great weekend.
March 2016
14-18-March Break This week, many of our students are presenting final projects including persuasive essays in grade 8 and our grade 4 Egypt projects. I was able to watch a few presentations and it was evident the children have spent a great deal of time on the hard copy and their oral presentations. As a staff, we will continue to focus on developing the students' oral presentation skills, as effective communication will play a key role throughout their education and when seeking employment. Oral presentations allow the children to learn a variety of media techniques, hone effective communication skills, learn how to influence and gain confidence. Congratulations to all of the students across the grades who have presented over the last couple of weeks.
Our IT Committee (Mr. Ross, Mr. Littlejohn, Dr. Grant, myself and Mr. Iceton) met today. We've noticed that many of our students are printing an awful lot of unnecessary items. Staff will be monitoring the situation, but gentle reminders at home will help. The older students are reminded to print their projects at home, but if they need to print at school, they can do so under the direction of a teacher. No student should be printing directly from the web, rather they are encouraged to make jot notes and/or copy and paste only pertinent information into their jot notes, along with citation, for later use. Middle school teachers continue to teach about plagiarism.
As the year progresses, we are always finding great on-line resources. Eventually, we'd like to organize them on our website, but until that happens, I'll keep posting them on my blog. Check out http://oame.on.ca/mathies/ for a variety of activities you can do at home. Don't forget about http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/elearning/homework.html for our grade 7-8 students for live on-line help.
Looking foward to the grade 6-8 ski trip on Friday. Have a great weekend.
March 2016
25-28-Good Friday/Easter Monday
29-Junior Assembly
30-Primary Assembly
31-Kindergarten Assembly; Grade 6-8 House Event; Grade 8 Grad Photos
April 2016
4-Parent Council meeting at 7:00 p.m.; New Kindergarten Parent Night
8-Pizza Day
17-PA Day-No School
26-Primary Assembly
27-Junior Assembly
28-Kindergarten Assembly
29-Pizza Lunch; Grade 6-8 House Event
May 2016
5-Folk Dance Club
7-Springfest
12-Folk Dance Club
23-Victoria Day
26-Kindie Sharing Assembly; Folk Dance; Pizza Lunch; Grade 6-8 House Event
30-Junior/Intermediate Assembly; Parent Council
31-Primary Sharing Assembly
June 2016
1-Folk Dance Festival (7-Raindate)
10-PA Day
14-Primary Assemby
15-Junior Assembly
17-Grade 8 Graduation
20-Grade 8 Quebec Trip
23-Kindergarten Sharing Assembly
27-Report Cards Go Home!
29-Pizza Lunch
29-Last Day for Students
