A big congratulations to all of our sports teams, coaches and parent drivers. We have many runners heading to the City Cross Country Finals next week, along with our Jr Boys' Softball team. Also,our Jr Girls and Boys Football teams will head to a second tournament.
I had the pleasure of watching Mr. Iceton's grade 4 class demonstrate their learning in science today. The students have been learning about pulley systems and the students worked in groups to create a skit to show what they have learned thus far. It was a good example to show how a teacher uses a variety of different assessment methods; it doesn't always have to be a paper and pencil test.
It was also exciting to observe the learning in Mrs. Zappi's grade 2 students use their screwdrivers to screw a whole lot of screws into a plank. Again, it's one thing to learn using traditional paper and pen, but a deeper understanding of the screw as a simple machine evolves when the students' see and physically manipulate the material.
A big thanks to you and Parent Council as we purchased a class set of IPADS and accessories through fundraising. The IPADS will come in handy when we begin our coding lessons.
We have begun work on our School Improvement Plan. Our initiatives will reflect the Board's work in the areas of Student Achievement, Mental Health and Equity. I will blog our initiatives over the next couple of blogs.
A little excerpt from Gloria Steinem’s My Life on the Road. I thought it was a good reminder for me, so I thought I’d pass it on:
I had the pleasure of watching Mr. Iceton's grade 4 class demonstrate their learning in science today. The students have been learning about pulley systems and the students worked in groups to create a skit to show what they have learned thus far. It was a good example to show how a teacher uses a variety of different assessment methods; it doesn't always have to be a paper and pencil test.
It was also exciting to observe the learning in Mrs. Zappi's grade 2 students use their screwdrivers to screw a whole lot of screws into a plank. Again, it's one thing to learn using traditional paper and pen, but a deeper understanding of the screw as a simple machine evolves when the students' see and physically manipulate the material.
A big thanks to you and Parent Council as we purchased a class set of IPADS and accessories through fundraising. The IPADS will come in handy when we begin our coding lessons.
We have begun work on our School Improvement Plan. Our initiatives will reflect the Board's work in the areas of Student Achievement, Mental Health and Equity. I will blog our initiatives over the next couple of blogs.
A little excerpt from Gloria Steinem’s My Life on the Road. I thought it was a good reminder for me, so I thought I’d pass it on:
If you want people to
listen to you, you have to listen to them.
If you hope people
will change how they live, you have to know how they live.
If you want people to
see you, you have to sit down with them eye-to eye.
January 2017
Have a great weekend.
October 2016
24-Sr Girls' Football at Swansea
25-Officer Rich visits Grade 6 and 4; Grade 3 and 5 go to Young People's Theatre; Parent Council Fall Fair after school
26-Football Finals
27– Picture Retakes; Cross Country Finals at Centennial
28-Kindergarten Sharing Assembly; Pizza Lunch
31-Hallowe'en Parade at 9:00; Scare Hunger Food Drive Ends
November 2016
1-Parents Book Interviews on-line; Bus Safety Presentations
2-Grade 8 Parent Night
7-Bus Safety Presentations
11-Remembrance Day at 10:30
13-18-Bullying Awareness Week
14-Report Cards Go Home
18-PA Day
25-Parent Council Parent Social
29-Officer Rich visits grade 5 , 2 and 3
30-Kindergarten Sharing Assembly
December 2016
2-PA Day
14-Grade 1-5 Concert
15-Grade 6-8 Concert
16-Grade 7 and 8 MADD presentation
22-Kindergarten Sharing Assembly
January 2017
9-School Begins
20-PA Day
February 2017
17-PA Day
20-Family Day
March 2017
13-17-March Break
April 2017
14-17 Good Friday/Easter Monday
22-Earth Day
May 2017
8-12-Children’s Mental Health Week
22-Victoria Day
June 2017
9-PA Day
