St. Anthony Connects – The Week of December 19 – 23

St. Anthony this week

Monday, December 19

Office Hours Rec Link Mondays 9:00 – 3:00PM – please come in if you would like to register your child for sports in the community

The Grade 5-6 students working at St. Luke's Table

The Grade 5-6 students working at St. Luke’s Table

Tuesday, December 20

Goodlife – Ms Troccoli – 12:50

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Wednesday, December 21

Winter Solstice (Discovery Education)

9:00 am – School Assembly

Agenda:
1.Sports Presentation – highlights from this fall

Boys Volleyball

Girls Volleyball

Girls Gaelic Football

Boys Soccer
2. Wastefree Wednesday Winners

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3. Report of Waste Audit and Google Slide Presentation
4. Grade 6 (extended class) will be performing a (short) original song at the assembly too

Goodlife Gymnastics – Grade 3  – 2:00 PM

Thursday, December 22

Advent Liturgy – 1:00 pm – parents welcome

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Friday, December 23

Goodlife Fitness M Chartrand’s class – 2:20 PM

Last St. Anthony Superstars – 3:00 PM

The beginning of Christmas BreakMerry Christmas Everyone!!

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Teacher Notes for this Week

Kindergarten Blog for December 19-23, 2016
Our last blog post of 2016!  It is hard to believe that we have been in school for 4 months already!  
We hope to enjoy our last week together by creating wonderful Christmas crafts, attending a school-wide assembly on Wednesday and our Fourth Advent Liturgy on Thursday.  We are singing “Take a Walk to Christmas” in our classrooms and hope to sing for other classes too!
Our walk to the mailbox to mail our Santa letters was a huge success.  Santa even made a surprise visit the next day to let us know he got all of our letters!  What a great surprise!  We also took advantage of the great snow and the K1 group went snowshoeing!
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Over the holidays we encourage parents to work on the following skills. Play games for letter and sound recognition, as well as number recognition from 0 to 10 or higher. Count everyday objects to 20 in both English and French. Print their  first name starting with a capital letter followed by lowercase letters. We are pleased to say that all the children are able to recognize their names in print. 
We would like to wish all our families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The Kindergarten team feels truly blessed to be working with such wonderful and inquisitive children. 
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Grade One-two Ms Myers’ Class

Congratulations to all those Grade One and Two students who volunteered to say our morning prayer on the announcements last week. They did a super job! Our class will have a chance to prepare the prayer for daily announcements in the New Year. If your child has not yet volunteered, please encourage them to “take a risk” and try it out!  Opportunities such as this help build your child’s confidence.  The amazing snowfall this past week gave us a chance to begin our snowshoeing season in the school yard! The children were determined and proved very capable as they “hiked” around our school yard. Hopefully we will have more opportunities to use our school snowshoes to get fresh air and exercise this winter! In the coming week we will wrap up our math studies of data management as the students gather data from their classmates and share their findings by creating simple bar graphs.  The fourth week of Advent is upon us. We will focus on Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem and the birth of Jesus. Our last school liturgy will be held Thursday, December 22nd at 1:00 p.m. Parents are welcome to attend!  Thank you so much for encouraging your child to participate in our Advent outreach project in support of St. Luke’s table. Your generosity is very much appreciated.  As the holidays approach, kindly ensure that your child returns their homework, library book, and home reading books this week. I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all families a restful and joyous Christmas. Here’s to 2017 and all the learning and promise it holds for us! 

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Ms Moga’s Grade Two-Three Class

It’s a little hard to believe that our last week before Christmas break is here! The students have been working hard, learning, and enjoying their friends in Grade 2/3 the past 4 months. If I don’t see you in the school this week, please know I’m wishing you and your families a safe, peaceful, and very Merry Christmas!

Writing- The students wrapped up their animal reports last week. They turned out really great and they should all be proud of their hard work and the final product! This week we’ll focus on descriptive writing using our five-senses. We will be hard at work brainstorming adjectives to describe Christmas related things.

 Reading- We are continuing to work on our Visualizing skills. This week, we will read various Christmas-themed stories and practice sharing our visualizations. Students are learning to use the words “I’m picturing”, “I’m imagining”, and using their five senses to describe their visualizations.

Math- This week we will focus on subtraction strategies. We will subtract to find out how much is left (e.g. when spending money), as well as finding the difference (e.g. subtraction as comparing). We will continue with this unit in January.

Science- The students enjoyed learning about position of objects and people. They discovered many new adjectives related to position. This week, we will do an experiment to look at how different objects move.

Religion- Welcome to the fourth week of Advent! Last week we learned about the joy that Jesus brings. This week we will read about and discuss Jesus’ birth in the stable.  

Art- We will be making a few ornaments and crafts to take home for Christmas.

Have a great week!

Ms. Moga

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Ms Solymar’s Grade Three Class

With only two weeks till Christmas, the grade 3 students were like little elves helping Santa. We worked really hard this week working on graphing, descriptive writing, exploring what movement is, and so much more. The picture shows a sneak peak of a special treat we have been working on for next week. 
Next week we will be busy with Christmas activities, but I will also be sad to say goodbye to this wonderful group of students. I have learned so much from them and have been proud to call them my students (even only for a short while). Each one of these beautiful children have impacted who I am as a teacher and I will never forget them. 
Coming up this week:
Math – We will be finishing up graphing this week, looking at line graphs, bar graphs, and picture graphs. 
Language – Last week, the students each drew a Christmas picture and wrote a descriptive paragraph about it. We will be finishing these up and work on some letter writing!
Religion – This week represents the last week of Advent. We will review all we have learned about during the Advent season by playing a game called “Journey to Bethlehem”. 
Reminders for this week:
1. Pizza day on Friday
2. Homework calendar due on Friday
3. Come join us for the last liturgy followed by Christmas activities on Thursday afternoon
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Mrs. Rupnik’s Primary Language Class

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A great big thank-you to Ms. Bastien (Tyson’s mom) for being our Guest Reader last week and visiting our class to read us a story.  We really appreciate your time and support. We have another Guest Reader coming on Tuesday for our afternoon class.

Remember to return the December homework calendars signed on Wednesday, December 21, 2016.

 This week, we will deliver our special cards and ornaments to our friends of St. Anthony Catholic School.We will also have Christmas Scavenger Hunt in our school and look for different Advent/Christmas items like (poinsettia, stable, stars, etc.).

 Please take some time this week to read our December class newsletter. It also has a Christmas Scavenger Hunt you can try at home with your child.

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 Home Activities for the Holidays: Here are four little activities you can do with your child to ensure he/she is still learning over the holidays: 

  1. READ with your child every night.  
  1. Have your child WRITE thank-you notes to Santa Claus, grandparents, uncles/aunts, friends, neighbours, etc. for presents received during the holidays.
  1. Take a WALK with your child and look for signs of winter. TALK about what things you see, smell, hear, touch, and taste in the winter!  This will help them prepare for our new theme in January.
  1. PLAY games and have fun! (for example: card games, board games, Simon Says, I Spy, etc.).

On behalf of St. Anthony Catholic School, we wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas.  Classes resume again on Monday, January 9, 2017.

r1Mr. Nixon’s Extended French Class

This week students showed their creative talent in grade 3, 4, 5, and 6!

Grade 3: Many students enjoyed demonstrating their knowledge of the grammatical rules and common phrases introduced to them in class by creating their own comic strips. Students designed and created their own comic characters that engaged in French dialogue. By following a model on the board, students were encouraged to use common phrases they have learned in class or come up with their own following the grammatical rules they have been practicing. Students showed passion for their work and an understanding of how to use French in basic conversation between their characters. Extraordinaire!

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Next week

French Language: Students will continue to finish their comic strips and play in class games to help practice the phonics sounds of o (rose), eau (eau), au (jaune) et on (non).

Grade 4/5: Many students enjoyed demonstrating their knowledge of the grammatical rules and common phrases introduced to them in class by creating their own comic strips. Students designed and created their own comic characters that engaged in French dialogue. By following a model on the board, students were encouraged to use common phrases they have learned in class or come up with their own following the grammatical rules they have been practicing. Students showed passion for their work and an understanding of how to use French in basic conversation between their characters. During social studies, students had fun creating ancient civilization symbols such as the Egyptian pyramids and mummies to help them explore the differences between civilizations in a tangible and visual way. Students also had the chance to work in partners and comment on each other’s work in French. C’est vraiment bien!

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Next Week

French Language: Students will continue to finish their comic strips and play in class games to help practice the phonics sounds of o (rose), eau (eau), au (jaune) et on (non).

Social Studies:  Students will continue to examine significant differences between the ancient civilizations that they have been studying in class.  

Music: Students will continue practicing singing the song “L’oiseau et l’enfant”, and work on the dynamics and pitch of their voice.  

Grade 5/6: Many students enjoyed demonstrating their knowledge of the grammatical rules and common phrases introduced to them in class by creating their own comic strips. Students designed and created their own comic characters that engaged in French dialogue. By following a model on the board, students were encouraged to use common phrases they have learned in class or come up with their own following the grammatical rules they have been practicing. Students showed passion for their work and an understanding of how to use French in basic conversation between their characters. Ça avance bien!

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Next week

French Language: Students will continue to finish their comic strips and play in class games to help practice the phonics sounds of o (rose), eau (eau), au (jaune) et on (non).

Social Studies: Students will continue to work on writing 3 consequences and 3 benefits in their journals about the stories of first encounters between First Nations and Europeans, and explain how these and other stories have helped to shape Canada.   

Music: Students will continue practicing singing the song “L’oiseau et l’enfant”, and work on the dynamics and pitch of their voice.  

Dec. 19 – Dec. 23

Mrs. Troccoli’s Grade 4/5 Team News

You can feel the excitement in the air as we begin our last week of Advent and journey towards the blessed day of Christmas, to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ!  We will continue to focus on the beauty of the season and be reminded that we too can be the “Good News” as is evidenced by all the items that our team has brought in to help those in need who visit St. Luke’s Table. Students can continue to bring items in before they will be delivered at the the end of the week.

 

In Language, the students will continue to research the Christmas customs in other countries and share their findings with their classmates. We will also read Christmas stories that offer reminders of the beauty and true meaning of this special time of the year.

 

In math, the students will write a survey question based on the Advent season and use their question to survey their classmates.  They will be required to organize their results on a bar graph and record conclusions based on the results of their survey. It will be fun to learn more about the preferences of our teammates.

 

The grade 4/5 extended students have been working hard while preparing a short Christmas play in drama to present to other classes in the school. We are looking forward to taking our show on the road.  

 

I will be collecting the chromebooks this week to leave at school over the Christmas break. This will allow the students to disconnect and spend more quality time with family and friends.  I hope this will also give the students an opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors and all the snow that comes with living in this great country of Canada!

I want to wish you and your families a blessed holiday season.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Have a great week!

Together Everyone Achieves More!

Grade Five-Six Mrs. Colaiacovo’s Class News

He is coming! We celebrate the final week of advent and look forward to the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Please feel free to join in the final liturgy in the gym on Thursday, December 22 at 1:00.

 

The grade ⅚ class traveled to St. Luke’s kitchen last Wednesday morning to assist in preparations for their Christmas feast. I was so proud of their strong work ethic and the enthusiasm they put into all the tasks that they were assigned. It was especially moving, I thought, when they broke into spontaneous carol-singing as they worked. Well done boys and girls, you truly are Super Stars!!  

 

Our last week of school for the 2016 calendar year will see the grade ⅚ class finishing our data management unit in math. The students will be performing their Christmas-themed reader’s theatre productions on Tuesday morning to a few very special audience members. Our space science unit will continue, with the (volunteer) assistance of Mr. Bannan.

I wish all of you a blessed Christmas and a safe and happy New Year!

He is coming! We celebrate the final week of advent and look forward to the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Please feel free to join in the final liturgy in the gym on Thursday, December 22 at 1:00.

The grade ⅚ class traveled to St. Luke’s kitchen last Wednesday morning to assist in preparations for their Christmas feast. I was so proud of their strong work ethic and the enthusiasm they put into all the tasks that they were assigned. It was especially moving, I thought, when they broke into spontaneous carol-singing as they worked. Well done boys and girls, you truly are Super Stars!!  

Our last week of school for the 2016 calendar year will see the grade ⅚ class finishing our data management unit in math. The students will be performing their Christmas-themed reader’s theatre productions on Tuesday morning to a few very special audience members. Our space science unit will continue, with the (volunteer) assistance of Mr. Bannan.

I wish all of you a blessed Christmas and a safe and happy New Year!

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