St. Anthony Connects The week of January 25 – 29

Posted on January 24, 2016 by mcguirp

St. Anthony this week

Monday, January 25

Tuesday, January 26

Gr. 6 Grad Photos

Notre Dame information Night for grade 6 students and parents – 5:30 pasta dinner, 6:30 info session – all should attend!!

Orkidstra Today

Wednesday, January 27

Waste-free Wednesday

Family Literacy Day – schedule to follow

Thursday, January 28

Recycle Day at St. Anthony Catholic School- PLEASE recycle today!

Orkidstra Today

Friday, January 29

Pizza Day!!

Grad photo retake day

Grade 6 Confirmation forms to be returned today

Teacher Notes for this week

FDK News Week of January 25-January 29, 2016

The FDK students had a great week despite some of the colder days. If temperatures are below -25 degrees we keep all students indoors for their recess time and outdoor play. Thank you for all your efforts to send in extra mitts and socks. Please let our FDK team know if you require anything to keep your child warm throughout the winter months, extra snowsuits, mitts and hats are available at our school.

The FDK Groups participated in an excellent workshop from Hydro Ottawa on Thursday. This interactive workshop had all students engaged and really emphasized “safety first!” Ask your child about ways they can stay safe.

We will continue to explore 2-dimensional shapes such as triangles, squares, circles and rectangles through free exploration using pattern and attribute blocks and shapes. Students began building 3-dimensional structures using a variety of materials such as foam mats, marshmallows and toothpicks. It is amazing to see what they create when we give them hands-on materials to explore and inquire!
We will have a school-wide Reading Buddy Day for Family Literacy Day on Wednesday, January 27th, 2016. A special thank you to Mrs. Iverson, our amazing librarian, for coordinating this great initiative! Feel free to join us at 10:30 am to snuggle up on a bean bag or comfy chair in our Learning Commons to read!
Looking forward to a snow-filled week of fun and learning!

The FDK Team

Ms. Myers’ Grade One Class

Congratulations to those students who led the morning announcements last week. A terrific job was done by all! Our school community was impressed with the “Wonderful Ones” confidence and ability! We are wrapping up our study of linear measurement this week and will investigate various ways whole numbers are composed (e.g. 5 is the same as 2+3, 4+1, 1+4, etc.) Seeing the parts that make up the whole number helps your child develop flexibility with numbers and build important addition and subtraction computation strategies. In science will begin to explore the needs of living things as we prepare for our trip to the Mill of Kintail Conservation Area, February 11^th. Kindly return permission forms for this trip by Friday. This Wednesday is “Family Literacy Day.” We will celebrate here at school by reading with “buddies” in another class during our library time. Check out this link for ideas of things you can do as a family to promote and celebrate literacy: http://abclifeliteracy.ca/family-literacy.Thank you for reminding your child to complete and return their January homework this week!

Grade Two Ms. Moga

We had another busy and productive week in Grade 2. The students conducted a “Penny Slide” experiment in science. They glued different materials to the bottoms of pennies and measured how high they had to lift a cookie sheet to get the pennies to slide. After, we discussed the slope of the cookie sheet and thought about what effect the materials on the pennies had on their ability to slide.

In math, we will be wrapping up two-digit addition and subtraction. The students will be trying word problems where they have to decide which operation to use. Our next unit will be geometry.

In language, we will be refocusing on the reading comprehension strategy of asking questions, and wrapping up the good copies of the descriptive paragraphs.

Please return the permission form for our trip to The Mill of Kintail if you have not already done so.

Have a great week!

Ms. Moga

A science experiment in grade 2

Mrs. Manzoli`s Stars……

Hard to believe that we are in the final week of January. Where does the time go?

As we enter into this week we will be consolidating some of the learning that went on.

Homework was not handed out last week. Instead the students will be assigned a project this week on the topic of being a ‘Good Digital Citizen’ and how to leave a positive digital footprint. They will have the week to design how they will present the information to the class.

In Language, we continue at looking at descriptive writing using the hamburger model to write a paragraph. Using adjectives to describe our nouns will be the focus. In Reading, we focus on visualizing what we read in order to understand the main idea of the stories we read. On Wednesday we mark Literacy Day and will be able to practice our reading abilities as we participate in a school-wide reading buddies. Try to set aside some time to hear you children read to you 🙂 and check out www.abclifeliteracy.ca for further activities you can share at home.

In Math, we will move into our unit on measuring time, temperature and the value of money. You can help in the learning with these sometimes difficult concepts by doing daily activities at home. (Have your child tell you the time to the hour, half hour and quarter hour, watch the weather channel and record the weekly temperatures, count their coins in their piggy banks).

Reminders:

Library book for Monday

Friends for Life on Thursday
Pizza Day on Friday

Have a great week!

Mrs. Manzoli

Mrs. Rupnik’s Class

This week in the Primary Language Class, we will work on a new writing form called “procedural writing”. The students were introduced to procedural writing last week when we created secret Valentine cards. Procedural writing involves giving clear directions or steps on how to do something.Please note that the January homework calendar is due back on Wednesday, January 27, 2016. New February homework calendars arrive home next Monday. Please work with your child to complete these activities daily. The activities are short and require about 5 minutes to complete. Most activities are done orally and do not have a written component. In addition to the homework calendar activities, it is very beneficial to read to and with your child every night. Please note that our RAZ Kids account was removed because of a system error. It is now reactivated and all students have access again.

M. Girard’s French classes

items for our weekly blog are as follow;

2e Français oral: conversation «perdu et retrouvé», la météo (environnement Canada), conversation «J’aime ce que tu portes aujourd’hui»

Français lecture: volume Arrimage 2 p.28 à 40 ,répondre en phrases complètes (feuille 36)

Français écrit: différencier ê, ai et ei (feuille 37)

Études Sociales : vivre au Pérou

3/4e Français oral: vocabulaire «Quel temps fait-il ?», conversation-réflexe avec les verbes en -er (aimer, jouer etc.) Français lecture: texte «la région physique des Montagnes Rocheuses (la Cordillère)» 2^e partie

Français écrit: texte à trous «la Cordillère» 2^e partie, décrire la pluie, le vent et le tonnerre.

Études Sociales : les ressources naturelles de la Cordillère

4/5e Immersion Français Oral: 4 courts poèmes à l’étude, vidéo «Motel Monstre 4»

Français lecture: texte «structure sociale de la Chine ancienne» Français écrit: écrire une suite à Ocram et Kinna Études Sociales: comparer les structures sociales de la Grèce antique et de la Chine ancienne Théâtre:recherche de «phrase-types» pour un personnage donné et le personnifier

Important note for grade 6 Parents:

The grad photos and Notre Dame info night (5:30 pasta dinner and 6:30 info session) are both on Tuesday of this week. In addition, forms for Confirmation need to be returned by Friday the 29th. Thanks,

CSPA News for Parents

http://www.ottawacspa.ca/

Thursday, February 18, 2016 6:45 – 8:45 pm.

Saint Paul High School, 2675 Draper Ave, Ottawa

French programs are for all students; but what French pathway is best for your child?
Learn more about the OCSB approach to learning French you can make informed decisions regarding the best French options for your child.

Monday, February 29, 2016; 6:45 – 8:45 PM

Lester B. Pearson High School; 2072 Jasmine Crescent

Tuesday, March 1, 2016; 6:45 – 8:45 PM
St. Joseph Catholic High School, 3333 Greenbank Road, Barrhaven

Every year, Ontario students in Grades 3, 6, 9 and 10 write province-wide tests to assess their reading, writing and math skills. This presentation will provide an opportunity for parents/guardians to gain an understanding of the EQAO assessments.

St. Anthony Connects The Week of June 1 – 5

Posted on May 31, 2015 by mcguirp

Monday, June 1

Mural Artist Nicole Belanger starts work on the first of two murals at St. Anthony

Ecoschool Site Visit- AM

Site visits take 30-45 minutes and have two main parts:

Conversation: Members of the Eco-Team will have a conversation guided by questions. Sample of question listed below.
Walkabout: A short walkabout will take place to assess energy and waste practices. The assessor will ask to see specific areas of the school (e.g., garbage/recycling collection site, classrooms, cafeteria, computer lab etc.) and may ask about specific initiatives relating to the information found in the school’s application.

Points may be awarded or deducted based on the assessor’s observations.

Note: All schools will be submitting paperless portfolios in 2015. Online portfolio documents will be assessed prior to the assessor’s arrival at each school.

Finalization process: Assessors will review the site visit observations/notes and submit the assessed application to Ontario Eco-Schools staff for final review. Board representatives will be advised of the school’s standing when all the schools in the board have been assessed. This will take place before the end of the school year.

Hip Hop at lunch

Tuesday, June 2

EQAO – no announcements or bells in the morning

Wednesday, June 3

EQAO – no announcements or bells in the morning

weeding Wednesdays

Thursday, June 4

EQAO -no announcements or bells in the morning

Recycling Day – (black and blue bins open please)

Friday June 5

PD Day – school is closed

Teacher Notes for the Week of June 1 – 5

Ms Myers’ Class- Grade 1

Our trip to Gatineau Park was a great success! The weather was perfect and the bugs stayed away!

Thanks to our parent volunteers who help make these experiences possible. In math this week we will be exploring probability – the likelihood that something will or won’t occur. On Tuesday we hope that Ms. Wilcox, our Public Health Nurse, will make it in for her visit with us to talk about active transportation and safety. A June newsletter will be going home on Monday. As well, the “Wonderful Ones” will be leading the Morning Announcements (their last time before they are in Grade 2!!). If your child has been asked to say a prayer, please have them practice reading it aloud to you in preparation. We look forward to another short but busy week – Friday, June 5 is a P.D. day!

Mr. Ryan’s Grade 1/2 class

Welcome June! Let’s pray for a beautiful last month to the school year! Homework calendars will be sent homeTuesday. I am still waiting for a few of the students to submit their May homework folders. Last week we had an amazing time at Gatineau Park on our field trip. The children learned a lot about animals, insects, plant life, and habitats. It was a very well organized day and a very big thank you to all of our parent volunteers that were able to accompany. Also, a very big thank you to Ms. Myers for organizing such a fun experience for our students! We did not have our class pic-nic last week and will have it this Wednesday. Again, everything will be provided. They students just need to bring their healthy appetites! In math this week we are learning about fractions. In Language, we are going to be doing word wall activities and working in our language stations. In science, we are learning about living things and plants. A reminder that this Friday is a PD Day and there is no school for students. Hoping everyone has a blessed week!

Ms. Rupnik’s PLC Class

June homework calendars come home on Monday, June 1, 2015. The Google short/long vowel books will be sent home on Monday as well. Please take some time to sit with your child and have him/her read it to you! I hope you are as proud of their hard work as I am. We will also continue our work on the play Chicken Little and begin to add gesture/actions to our words. Have him/her practise with you at home daily. Invitations will be sent home at the end of the week. We look forward to having you visit with us.

M Girard’s class notes

2/3e Français Écrit: rédaction du livret «Vive la différence entre élèves et fourmis»

4/5e Cycle de lecture «Vendredi 13», étapes 3-4: rédaction du résumé de l’histoire et raconter dans tes mots (préparation seulement))

5/6e Cycle de lecture «Ma phobie», étapes 4-5: raconter dans tes mots et répondre aux questions des pairs (listening to interact)

4e Immersion Français Écrit: texte de la dictée juin au futur proche «Les grandes vacances» 69 mots, Arts: esquisses de l’église Saint-Anthony: facade et côté nord, Éducation Physique: soccer-baseball

Depave Paradise

Depave Paradise is back!

Last year, we removed more than 100 square meters of asphalt from the Kitchissippi Church parking lot.

This year, with the help of the community, we’re going to do the same for St. Anthony Catholic School.

Depave Paradise addresses the proliferation of hard surfaces in modern urban environments through the primal act of ripping up unused pavement and replacing it with soil and vegetation. Volunteers “liberate the soil,” using hand tools to pry up the pavement. Native plants, bushes and trees are then planted to act as filters and sponges for polluted stormwater runoff. The events attract media and political attention, and raise awareness of the issues surrounding the urban water cycle, while making measurable environmental impacts, reducing runoff and contamination and increasing green space.

June 20th is depaving day – food, friends, activities and a handful of pry bars is all we need to have a good time and make Ottawa just that much greener.

If you’d like to get involved please see our volunteer sign-up page.

For more information please contact:

Stu Campana, Ecology Ottawa Water Project Manager

stu.campana@ecologyottawa.ca

289-244-2733

St. Anthony Connects – the week of May 25 – 29

Posted on May 24, 2015 by mcguirp

We hope you will consider coming out to help us on June 20 – you can volunteer using this link – https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/S272M23

St. Anthony This Week

Monday, May 25

Hip Hop at lunch

Tuesday, May 26

Grade 1/2 trip to the Gatineau

EQAO Testing begins for grade 3 and 6

Table Tennis

Wednesday, May 27

Weeding Wednesdays

EQAO Testing continues for grade 3 and 6

Thursday, May 28

EQAO Testing continues for grade 3 and 6

Friday, May 29

St. Anthony Superstars

Teacher Notes for the week

Ms Rupnik’s Class

This week in the Primary Language Class, we will spend time observing and watering our little vegetable garden we started 2 last weeks ago with the Growing up Organic organization. We will also work on our play ‘Chicken Little’. In our Social Language program, we will continue to focus on using self-control at school and at home.

Ms Myers class

This Tuesday morning we will be going on our trip Gatineau Park. Please listen to the forecast for the day so that your child is prepared for the weather. Undoubtedly, there will be bugs! Long sleeve shirts and long pants will help protect your child from unwanted bites. As well, please pack a healthy lunch that includes water. We will be eating our lunch at the park following our hike. In math we have been practicing the strategies of “counting on” and “making ten” to help us add numbers efficiently. This week we will practice our “double facts” (2+2, 3+3, etc.). The grade ones and grade 4/5 class did a super job of introducing the next “St. Anthony Superstars” goal – “I Have a Voice” at last week’s assembly. Way to go!

M Girard

here are some Items for the week of May 25th:

2/3e Français Écrit: rédaction du livret «Vive la différence entre élèves et fourmis»

4/5e Cycle de lecture «Vendredi 13», étapes 3: rédaction du résumé de l’histoire

5/6e Cycle de lecture «Ma phobie», étapes 3-4: rédaction du résumé de l’histoire et raconter dans tes mots (préparation seulement))

4e Immersion Études Sociales: comparaison des ressources naturelles de la Grèce antique et de la Chine ancienne, Arts: esquisses de l’église Saint-Anthony-facade et côté nord, Éducation Physique: le 50 mètres, Santé: recherche des méfaits de la cigarette

and finally… – we hope you will all come out to this event sponsored by your School Council admittance is $5.00 per family

St. Anthony Connects – the week of January 26 – 30

Posted on January 25, 2015 by mcguirp

EQAO Parent Forum

The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) is pleased to invite parents and educators to a parent forum in Ottawa on March 7. The forum is composed of two sessions. During the first, the School Support and Outreach Team will deliver information about EQAO’s province-wide assessment program. The following topics will be covered during the session: an overview of EQAO elementary and secondary assessments, the process for developing and scoring the assessments and an explanation about how the results from these assessments contribute to student learning in Ontario’s schools.

Then, renowned educator and author, Dr. Lynda Colgan will discuss the differences- positive and negative- that parents can make in their child’s mathematics education. Using research and concrete examples throughout her session, Lynda will equip parents with effective strategies and resources to use as they carry out their important job as members of the math teaching team.

Date: Saturday, March 7, 2015

Location: Southway Hotel, 2431 Bank Street, Ottawa, K1V 8R9

Continental Breakfast : 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

First Session: 9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Lunch: 11:45 a.m.— 12:30 p.m.

Second Session: 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

EQAO will cover the following for each participant:

· continental breakfast and lunch

· mileage according to Government of Ontario guidelines and

· accommodation, if required, according to Government of Ontario guidelines, for participants travelling more than 160 kilometres round trip.

Parents and educators wishing to attend are asked to register at ParentForum@eqao.com. Please provide the following information when registering: first and last name, board of education, school, and e-mail address. The deadline for registration is February 20, 2015.

Thank you for your continued support,

Margaret Fler

Principal, School Support and Outreach

Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO)

Email: Margaret.Fler@eqao.com

website: www.eqao.com

EQAO Parent Forum Reimbursement Guidelines

Tooth Injury: What should you do?

An avulsed tooth is one that has been completely knocked out of its place. This is a time dependant injury.

The best outcome requires quick action.

1) Find the tooth.

2) Pick up the tooth by the crown. It is the part that is used to chew

3) Gently rinse the tooth with distilled water or milk for a few seconds. Do not scrub the tooth. Only use chlorinated tap

water as a last choice, because it may damage the root. Adult teeth should be immediately replaced into its hole

whenever possible. Hold the tooth by the crown and put it back firmly into the hole, root first. The root will usually “click” into

place. Then ask the child to bite down gently on a gauze or cloth. Take the child to the dentist as soon as possible. If the

tooth cannot be replaced in its hole, it should be stored in cold milk or saliva until transferred to the dentist. Baby teeth should not be replanted as it could damage the adult tooth formation. The child should see the dentist as soon as possible.

If a child shows any sign of a head injury such as unconsciousness, nausea or headache, call 911.

Need more information? Talk to your dentist or dental hygienist or call the Ottawa Public Health Information Line at 613-580-6744.

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Your drink is sweeter than you think!

Most of the sugar in your day comes from what you drink. We think about sugar in the food we eat but many popular drinks can also have a lot of sugar.

Why you should care:

• Filling up on sugary drinks makes you less hungry for healthier foods.

• Children’s small tummies can fill up on sugar fast.

• Sugary drinks can cause tooth decay.

When choosing a drink remember:

• Water and milk are the best choices.

• Most fruit drinks have no real fruit.

• Read labels and pick drinks with the least amount of sugar.

• If sugar is first in the ingredient list then it’s high in sugar.

• Kids are watching what you drink: your choice impacts theirs!

For more information contact EatRight Ontario at 1-877-510-5102, www.eatrightontario.ca or visit Ottawa

Public Health at www.ottawa.ca/health or 613-580-6744.

St. Anthony This Week

Monday, January 26

Tuesday, January 27

D-E-A-R DAY/Family Literacy Day:

Monday January 26th is Family Literacy Day in Canada. The theme this year is

“15 Minutes of Family Fun”. I have put up posters and there will be a reminder in the school blog and on Twitter.

We, here at St. Anthony, will be marking the day by doing random announcements throughout the day to Drop Everything And Read! (DEAR)for 15 minutes.

Cathlee O’Connell to read with Mrs.Rupnik’s class

Chess club

Dorothy reading with Mrs. Rupnik’s class

Our first Table Tennis class – 3:15 – 4:15

The instructor is Horatio Pintea.

During his time on the Canadian Table Tennis National team, Horatio Pintea has participated in all major competitions including the 1988 and 1996 Olympics as well as numerous World Championship and World Cups. He has represented Canada in 5 Pan American Games (1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999) and has managed to capture at least one medals in each of the Pan American Games.

He is also the North American Champion, Canadian Champion.

Now he is actively playing Racketlon.

Wednesday, January 28

Y Kids Academy – 11:30 – 1:30PM Grade 5-6

Thursday, January 29

Time for our monthly assembly

girls Badminton
boys Badminton
environmental awards
Grade 6 Valentines Bake Sale

Young Rembrandts – 2nd session – 3:15 – 4:15

Friday, January 30

Pizza Day!

Little Horn Theatre * MUSIC WITH AUDREY LEMIEUX

Teacher notes for the week

Ms Myers Class Grade 1:

This week the “Wonderful Ones” will explore the needs of living things as we prepare for our trip to the Mill of Kintail Conservation Area, February 5th. In math we are investigating various ways whole numbers are composed – e.g. 5 is the same as 2+3, 4+1, 1+4, etc. Seeing the parts that make up the whole number helps your child develop flexibility with numbers and build important addition and subtraction computation strategies. Thank you for reminding your child to return their January homework this week as well as any permission forms for our upcoming field trip!

Mr Cook’s Class Grade 1/2

Math –> This week in math, we will start our data management lessons where the students will learn to gather data by conducting surveys, represent the data using graphs, and interpret the data from the graphs (“What do the results from our survey tell us?”).

Language –> Our word wall words from this week will focus on short vowel sounds. The word wall words are : has, pet, live, stop, run. We will do various activities using these words and will add them to the word wall on Friday. This week, we will again write in our journals, and continue to work on writing sentences. We will begin to learn more about procedural writing.

Science –> We will learn more about the changes between the seasons and how it affects animals and humans.

Art –> We will finish our warm and cool color art project and discuss meaning behind our pieces of art.

Ms Rupnik’s Class

This upcoming week, we will focus on our new ‘thinkmark’ related to asking questions (for example: what, who, when, where, why, how). After reading a story, students will ask questions related to the text and record their questions. Please note the January homework calendar is due back on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Please ensure you are working with your child to complete the homework activities daily as part of your nightly routines.

M Girard: Here are the FSL weekly snippets for the week of Jan 26th:

2/3e: Pédagogie de l’enquête (inquiry)-recherche de réponses à nos 5 questions sur les conséquences des activités humaines sur l’environnement

4/5e: Études Sociales: coup d’oeil sur les problématiques environnementales de nos quatre régions physiques à l’étude

5/6e: Processus d’une élection-formation de quatre comités de promotion des candidats à l’élection de la mascotte de classe

4e Immersion: préparation et présentation des menus santé.

Dans la classe de Mr. Chartrand:

Grade 1/2

In Social Studies, we are continuing to work on buildings in our neighbourhood and are also learning about community helpers.

We have been studying Canada’s customs and traditions. We will talk about Nunavut this week and then compare Canada and Mexico.

We will work on the “on/om” sound this week. We will practice to pronounce it, find it in words and study vocabulary with the sound.

In writing, we will do a winter scene and describe it with as much detail as possible.

The words wall words for this week are:

travailler (to work), plus (more or add), moins (less or minus), qui (who)

* Please practice the words at home. I will be sending word wall work homework again. Please return it by the end of the week.

* Please have the Grade 2 students bring their Country projects to school to work on Thursday’s andFriday’s if its possible.

Grade 4 (Immersion)

The last student will present his project this week.

We will continue to work on “Les roches et les minéraux”.

We will focus our study on the 3 different types of rocks (sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic) and how to identify them.

Merci,

Monsieur

Ms Hubert’s Grade 5/6 class:

In Language Arts we are looking at Procedural Writing and continuing with our

Fantasy novel book circles.

In Science we are working on the Respiratory System.

In Physical Education and Health we are attending our second Y-Kids Academy session.

Principal’s Report to School Council – Wednesday, January 14th (stanthonyconnects.edublogs.org)

St. Anthony Connects – the week of January 19 – 23

Posted on January 18, 2015 by mcguirp

Our girls did extremely well at this week’s badminton tournament at St. George School

Monday, January 19

Kindergarten Registration all week

Free Throw Forms due Gr 5 & 6

Milk: New Session to Apr. 10

Young Rembrandts Forms Due

Royal Winnipeg Ballet (Little Horn Theatre) with Jamie Vargas Juniors starting at 8:45 am – please bring your permission forms

Workshop 1 : 8:45 a.m.-9:15 a.m.
Workshop 2 : 9:20 a.m. – 9:50 a.m

workshop 1: 4/5 (24)
workshop 2: 5/6 (26)

EQAO planning – 9:00 am – Geraldine, Paul and Sabina

waste walkabout

Tuesday, January 20

Cathlee O’Connell to read with Mrs.Rupnik’s class (AM)

Pizza Orders Due – including staff

School-wide audit Day – In order to assess our waste, we need to gather garbage, recycling, and compost materials for a 24 period. We then weigh the clear plastic garbage bags. Fill in the worksheet and assess the data (all done visually). Finally we communicate our results and reduction strategies with the whole school community (ie bulletin board etc.)

Chess today at lunch

Dorothy reading with Mrs. Rupnik’s class (PM)

Wednesday, January 21

Little Horn Theatre * MUSIC WITH AUDREY LEMIEUX – this program will take place in the library

MUSIC WITH AUDREY

LEMIEUX

St. Anthony’s

JK/SK 8:30-9:00 (20)

JK/SK 9:00-9:30 (20)

9:45-10:00 recess

10:00-10:40 Grade 1 ( 12) +

Grade 1/2 (20)

10:40-11:15 Grade 2/3 (16)

*get ready for lunch upon

dismissal

11:15-12:15 LUNCH

12:30-1:10 Grade 4/5 (24)

1:30-1:45 LAST RECESS

2:00-2:40 Grade 5/6 (24)

Table Tennis Forms Due – 15 participants maximum – this is an after-school program

hip hop demonstration – 10:30 in the gym – Katie Gauthier – sign up sheets will be handed out at the session – juniors only

Y Kids Academy – grade 5-6 – leaving for the Y at 11:30

waste walkabout

Maria and Teresa at OECTA meeting – 4:00 PM

Thursday, January 22

Young Rembrandts After School

Friday, January 23

Memorial mass 7:30 St. Anthony Church for John Colin Jeffrey Kelly and Johanna KORVEMAKER – coffee and snacks back at school after mass – we need some bakers – I will pick up the coffee.

Little Horn Theatre * MUSIC WITH AUDREY LEMIEUX – same location and schedule as Wednesday

Guest Reader Session in Mrs. Rupnik’s class (AM)

Guest Reader Session in Mrs. Rupnik’s class (PM)

Finish the week with out new song ‘Happy’ starting not before 3:00PM

Young Rembrandt registration is still open – please go to www.youngrembrandts.com/Ottawa or phone 613-889-8531.

Drawing classes start at St. Anthony January 22. Please sign up athttp://t.co/ZAeOiG26U9 or call 613-889-8531 Full subsidy available

Kid’s art classes, lessons, and drawing programs in Ottawa | Educational art program for children

Young Rembrandts – Educational art classes,…January 22 – Feb 19 3:10 – 4:10 PM

Teacher Notes for this week:

Ms Myers:This week in Grade 1….As an extension to our presentation by the National Gallery, we have been talking about famous

painters and the kind of work that inspired them. This week the “Wonderful Ones” will apply what they

have learned about primary colours and create a piece of work based on the famous Dutch artist Piet

Mondrian. In religion we will focus on the gifts of God’s creation and how we need to care for the earth.

At the end of the week we say good-bye to our wonderful co-op student, Yoshuna, from Lisgar High

School. We wish her all the best and will miss her a great deal!

M Girard:

FSL program for the week of January 19th:

2/3e: Études Sociales-pédagogie de l’enquête (inquiry process) 1re utilisation des Chromebooks/comment utiliser Google translate

4/5e: Vocabulaire et structures pour parler pizza/rencontres individuelles pour évaluer les réflexes en conversation

5/6e: Études Sociales- 1re étape d’une élection: profil de trois candidats-mascottes (Charlie, Desneiges et Max)

4e Immersion: écoute, prononciation et intonation de quatre poèmes

Danse: 30 nouveaux mouvements(Ophea)

Ms Manzoli’s Class:

The grade 2/3 class continue to work on narrative stories, our word wall words this week focus on contractions. Continue to practice these high frequency words with your children, this will help in remembering them when using them in their writing. The grade three’s will be beginning to prep for eqao. Parents can help by visiting the web site www. Eqao.com.

In math, we will focus on reviewing time and move into temperature.

We begin our new unit in science on structures.

Reminder that homework is due on Tuesday’s.

Ms Rupnik’s Class: We will focus on the popular book titled “The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats. Our lessons and tasks will include sequencing (first, next, then, last, finally), vocabulary, and retelling the story from memory. The Retelling Journal arrives home on Friday. Be sure to sit with your child and listen to him/her retell the story, “The Snowy Day”. Then write the retelling in the journal. Remind your child to return the Retelling Journal to school on Monday, January 26.

Family Literacy Day is January 26th see more here at http://abclifeliteracy.ca/fld/15-minutes-of-fun

Our girls Badminton team at St. George – they did really well this week!

Principal’s Report to School Council – Wednesday, January 14th

Posted on January 15, 2015 by mcguirp

Principal’s Report – Wednesday, January 14, 2015

1. Programs: Our winter/spring programming is about to begin. Here is a breakdown of what we have scheduled:

Little Horn Theatre: Audrey Lemieux will be starting a music program with all our students starting January 21^st. The music portion of Little Horn will continue on to February 27^th. Jamie Vargus – the principal trainer of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet will be here January 19^th to offer workshops to the junior (grade 4-6) students.

Y Kids Academy – This is a FREE 12 hour healthy living program designed specifically for grades five and six students. Upon successful completion of the program, our grade six students will also receive a FREE, one year, no strings attached membership to the YMCA–YWCA! The program starts next week, but we are still looking for parent volunteers to help out. Volunteers would simply help escort the students to and from the Y as we will be walking.
Table Tennis – Forms for this program will be handed out Thursday. We will be offering this program after school (3:15-4:15)once a week for our students starting January 27 going to April 21. The price of the 10-week program is $30.00. Subsidies available.

Hip Hop Dancing – We will also be offering a 10-week hip hop dance class (juniors only) on Wednesday at lunchtime. Registration will take place on Wednesday, January 21. The program will cost students $25.00 for the 10 weeks. Subsidies available.
Young Rembrandts – The drawing program will begin again January 22 for 5 sessions. Total cost: $54.00 (full subsidy available) Registration deadline is January 19^th.

2. Pizza Days! We will be running pizza days twice a month starting January 30^th. Forms for pizza have gone home and are due back January 20^th. This will be our school fundraiser for the year. All profit will be going directly back into the classroom.

3. Second session Milk Program – begins January 19^th and goes to April 10^th. This program is intended as a fundraiser as well. We will report on the proceeds from this year’s program to School Council in June.

4. EQAO – we are starting to work on EQAO preparation now. Teachers will be meeting over the next week to plan strategies to assist all students in preparation for the tests in May and June. This school does extremely well in EQAO and we plan to continue our upward trend. In reading and writing we continue to improve from grade 3 to grade 6. In math, the trend is not as strong, but we have a team of teachers working on math instruction this year and this could have a positive impact on how are students do. The most important thing is to start early to identify the students are risk in the areas of reading, writing and math.

5. First Term Report Cards – these will be coming out February 13^th. We will not hold a formal meeting night this round, but parents can schedule a meeting with their classroom teacher to discuss the term I results. Teachers will also be contacting parents where there are areas of concern.

EQAO Results

Posted on October 16, 2014 by mcguirp

Over the next few posts, I am going to feature in graphic form the EQAO results from 2013 – 2014 for grade 3 and 6. We can learn a tremendous amount about our school community by reviewing and discussing these results.

Today – parent engagement in the areas of reading, computer use, agendas and generally talking about school.

EQAO Results

I am continuing presenting a series of slides for staff and parents on last year’s EQAO results. Today, I am featuring two slides on parent engagement – what percentage of parents are involved in their sons and daughters education? The results are based on the student questionnaires taken during testing last year. What do these results tell us?

: Parent engagement – grade 3 2014

While 62% of grade 3 students say they talk about school with their parents, only 19% say they read with their parents and 38% use a computer together on a regular basis. Is there anything we can do to improve these results? Do these results have an impact on our students’ scores?

: Parent engagement Grade 6 2014

If we look at the grade 6 results, we can see that 9% of students read with their parents one to three times a week, O% of parents read to their children daily. Only 9% of parents use the computer with their children daily. Clearly this is a trend that we have to take seriously. Is there anything we can do to encourage parents to become more engaged in the work of their children?

This is something we all need to work on together if we want to improve our results on EQAO testing. How can we do this?

Tomorrow – student attitudes towards reading and writing.

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