St. Anthony Connects! The week of September 14 – 18

Posted on September 13, 2015 by mcguirp

School Council 2015-2016

Dear Parents,

It is with joy and excitement that we welcome the new school year. This year, the parent council will be organizing 4 activities :

Halloween movie night;
Christmas Surprise;
Easter Egg Hunt; and
Famous Year End Annual BBQ.

We need your help to organize these events. Whether be getting involved the day of the activity or coming to our omonthly meeting, any help is appreciated.The monthly Parent Council Meeting will occur about once a month, on Wednesday or Thursday night at 7:30 pm. Food will be served and day care provided. The meeting will be about 1h long and it will be held at St-Anthony School in the Teacher’s room. Our Next meeting will be on September 30, 2015. The Goal of our meetings will be to organize thactivities for the kids and to discuss other ways to get the community and parents involved in the school. Any ideas are welcome! The meetings are a good place to share and learn from each other.

Please contact Mr. McGuire at paul.mcguire@ocsb.ca or at 613-235-0340 if you are interested in getting involved in the St. Anthony School Council, or in helping for any activity Hoping to see you at our next meeting on September 30, 2015 at 7:30 pm. Getting involved in your child’s school is the best way to guarantee their success. Your kids need you, and so do we.

Sincerely,

Your School Council

St Anthony School Council

2015-2016

draft proposal for the foundations of the Parent Council for 2015-2016

Mission

The mission of the School Council at St Anthony Catholic School to be a vehicle for communication and consultation between the school, the community at large, the student community, and the parent community. The Council is there to promote and engage activities that are beneficial for the students and that will help them learn and grow.

Goals 2015-2015

1. Rebuild a solid parent council.

2. Organize activities that will get the parents <in> the school.

3. Help the principal develop partnerships with the community.

4. Represent the school at the CSPA and seek support and advice, from other schools in the OCBS.

Proposed activities for 2015-2016

1. Halloween : Friday, October 30, 2015 / Classroom door decoration / movie night with popcorn

2. Christmas : Thursday, December 17, 2015 / Santa? / mass?/ food? / partners to promote march break camps? (city, YMCA, dovercourt?)/ movie?

3. Easter : Thursday, March 25, 2016 / egg haunt / Mass? / food?

4. Year End BBQ : June 24 or June 27, 2016 / Food, partners, summer camp info for kids,

Proposed Parent Meetings for 2015-2016

Meetings will be held at 7:30pm, food will be served, and babysitting will be provided.

1. September 30, 2015 : building the parent council, establish roles and responsibilities, Debrief of the meeting of CSPA Sept 23, prepare

Halloween Party

2. October 29, 2015 : Debrief of the meeting of CSPA Oct 28, finalize Halloween Party, start preparing Christmas party

3. November 26, 2015 : Debrief of the meeting of CSPA Nov 25, finalize preparing Christmas party,

4. January 20, 2016 : Prepare Easter Party,

5. February 18, 2016 : Debrief of the meeting of CSPA Jan 27, Prepare Easter Party,

6. March 16, 2016 : Debrief of the meeting of CSPA Feb 24, Finalize preparent easter party

7. April 14, 2016 : Start preparing BBQ

8. May 11, 2016 : Debrief of the meeting of CSPA April 27, Preparing BBQ

9. June 8, 2016 : Debrief of the meeting of CSPA May 25, Finalize BBQ, Wrap up the year, lessons learned

Communication

The parent council will use the school website (san.ocsb.ca – via Mrs. Pollock) as the major stream of communication. Also, the social media of the

school (facebook and twitter – via Mr. McGuire) will be used to promote the activities and meetings.

Major Projects at St Anthony for the year 2015-2016

List of projects where the school is the lead and the parent council will be supporting, helping, and promoting (list to be completed)

1. Yard, green project.

2. Innovation and technology (make your space).

3. Major funding raise and partners.

4. Seeking Subsiding programs.

St. Anthony this Week – Teacher Notes

M Chartrand Class

1re année

En français, we will continue with our work on the letter A, a. Our theme this week is All About Me and Things at School.

4ième année (Immersion)

En Science, this week we will work on Light and Sound. We will do some simple experiments on Light at school preparing for Science in the Schools in 4 weeks.

4/5th grade (Math)

In math, we are currently working on Patterning and Algebra. We will begin Math Minutes / Math Journals this week.

5/6ième année

In French, we have begun our unit on Au Restaurant, we have our first dictée this Friday with a vocabulary test as well. The unit project has been introduced and the outline is on-line. Groups will be determined this week and I need to know the name of the Restaurant.

4th Grade Science (English)

In Science, we will begin with an introduction to Light and Sound. We will focus on Light this week.

5th Grade Science (English)

In Science, we will introduce the curriculum and expectations for the year and our unit on The Body. We will start with the Digestive System.

Kindergarten

In Kindergarten, we our learning our sounds and focussing on the letters A, a and S, s. We are focussing on demonstrating an awareness of health and safety practices and a basic awareness of their own well-being.

Welcome to Grade One, Ms Myer’s – Parent Slide Show

It was great to meet so many of you on our first day of school! If you were not able to attend, here is a link to a short slide presentation highlighting some important information shared on Day 1! please click on the link above

We are looking forward to another busy week. As we become more familiar with class and school routines, we will explore the concept of responsibility – one of our important learning skills. We will read a story called How Dinosaurs Go to School and think about how being responsible can help make our class and school a happy and safe place for everyone. Thank you for attending to notes and requests that are sent home in your child’s agenda. The “Wonderful Ones” are becoming increasingly responsible as they bring their agendas home and back to school each day! Check back next week when our class schedule should be ready for posting!

Ms. Draper’s grade 2 class The Second Week in Second Grade!

We had a great first week of learning and getting to know each other in our Grade 2 class community. We reviewed our classroom routines and had the opportunity to really get to know one another through different activities such as an All About Me poster and The Best Part of Me picture and story. The students loved the book ” God’s Dream.” Our focus in Math will be learning about patterns in our environment. We will first focus on sorting objects by their different attributes (shape, color , size..) then use what we know to identify what is changing in a pattern. At home, look for patterns in your environment with your child. Ask your child to explain what is changing and to tell you what will come next in the pattern.
Students will be bringing home their Homework books this week. It includes a note about homework and a fun activity called The Me Museum. Enjoy!

Ms Rupnik’s September Newsletter

Mrs. Manzoli’s class

News this week…

The grade ¾ ‘s had a busy week getting routines and rules into play. This week we continue reviewing the expectations of the class. We now have a class contact that the students brought home to read to you. Please reinforce the importance of these rules.

This week we also begin our language program. The students have been introduced to what we call “DAILY 5” as part of the language instruction. There are 5 stations that they will practice throughout the next month. Each week one station will be practiced.

We start will READING TO SELF. My goal… Why is it important to stay in one spot? Why is it important to start right away? Why is it important to work on your stamina? Why is it important to read quietly?

Students will be bringing home their first part of homework which is their reading folder.

In math we have begun with number sense and numeration. Looking at numbers and how we use them. This week we will be working on Place Value. Gr.3, 3 digit numbers; Gr. 4, 4 and more digit numbers.

On Monday’s we visit the library and on Monday’s and Wednesday’s we will be going to the gym. Very important that the students have indoor shoes to change into.

That is it for now. : )

Mrs. Manzoli

Ms Coloaiacovo’s September Newsletter

M Girard’s classes

2e Français Oral: chanson «dans ma salle de classe» (Gregg Lerock), Français Lecture: Arrimage 1 (pages 6 à 20), Français Écrit: livret à compléter «Qui suis-je?»(suite)

3/4e Français Oral: chanson «Appelez les pompiers», Français Lecture: «Un exercice d’évacuation» (Visages 2 thème 5), Français Écrit: rédaction du livret «Qui suis-je?»(suite)

4/5e Immersion Français Oral: conversation «mes nouveaux vêtements pour l’école», Français Lecture: lectures partagées libres, Français Écrit: rédaction d’un souvenir de vacances, dictée 5e pour septembre (28 mots), dictée 4e pour septembre (14 mots)

Welcome back to St. Anthony!

Posted on September 7, 2015 by mcguirp

Principal’s Note: Welcome to a new year!

Hello everyone! I hope that everyone has had a great summer. I was able to see many students this summer atChristie Lake Camp

we had a great group there this summer and it was wonderful to see how our emphasis on developing community partnerships translated into so many students having a great camp experience.

We continued to work with Ecology Ottawa andEvergreen this summer and we are currently adding soil and mulch in preparation for planting in our yard that will take place in September.

You can see in the photo above Carleton University students working on the yard in early August.

We have spent the summer working with a wonderful group of community volunteers to put together the first St. Anthony Gale/Reunion and fundraiser. This will be a wonderful event that will bring former teachers administrators and students together to celebrate the heritage of St. Anthony School and Dante Academy.

The event will be held on September 26 and there is a wealth of information about the event here at this special website designed for the event.

We continue to develop and improve our partnerships in the community. We will continue to work with the Somerset West Community Health Center .

We also plan to work closer with Ottawa Community Immigrant Services OCISO to better serve the parent community.

We are in the process of developing programming for our students again this year we will again be offering table tennis lessons, we will continue to have a very active Green Team and we will continue to develop our makerspace in our learning commons. We hope to continue with arts programming based on our ability to raise funding.

For daily information on what is going on at St. Anthony please check on social media feeds.

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

St. Anthony Connects is our community blog where we put out weekly updates on what is going on in our classrooms and the school in general.

If you need to contact me, you can reach me at my e-mail address:

paul.mcguire@ocsb.ca

I am looking forward to a great year at St. Anthony – I hope to get to know all of you better this year!

Please click on the link to access the full calendar

we are going to try this communication app this year to keep parents in touch with school.

Opening Assembly Format #ocsbfirstday

8:15 – students and parents enter gym – coffee and snacks available

booths set up for School Council and YMCA program
permission to disclose information
computers showing web site, blog, passing out Bloomz info sheet

8:30 – teachers arrive, start organizing classes based on class lists on the walls – teachers will sit with their classes

8:50 – students sit in front, parents behind – principal’s opening address

gala fundraiser
new projects – (screen, continuation of greening, computer for every junior, device for every child)
introduction of staff
Bus/walk zone changes? since it affected about 30 kids. Mention they can apply for an Empty Seat (no guarantees) and I have the application form.
Reminders for parents:
Safety of the students is our #1 priority. We practice fire drills and lockdowns throughout the year. The rules below are all put in place to ensure the safety of all students and staff.
School starts at 830: why you need to arrive before then and what consequences when you are chronically late. School ends at 3pm: no supervision provided after that. If you are going to be late picking up..please call the office. Occasional dismissal changes are fine BUT we need a note to the teacher and a phone call to the office.
When your child is ill-don’t send them to school And call the school, it’s ok to leave a message. If they don’t call they will get an automated call home and email.
For late parents: go to the office…why parents cannot take their kids to the classroom. Why Kinder parents are not to be in the hallway downstairs assisting their children in the am.
It is very important to keep phone numbers/emergency contacts, medical issues/allergies, up to date…please review, make corrections and return verification sheet asap.
NO Scents, Peanuts or Nut Products-Anaphylaxis Policy and Asthma Policy
We should put our school phone number on the website business card and hand those out to as many parents as we can…direct them to the school handbook online.
format for morning – completing forms – focus on Routine Disclosure Form – will show brief video to illustrate the importance of getting permission for disclosure of photographs – see Krista to get this form.
video https://youtu.be/T_1ILdhTWHg
the entire school agenda can be foind on the website under ‘Our School’

Parents free to follow their sons and daughters to class to hear more about the new school year from their teachers.

What is happening this week at St. Anthony – teacher Notes

Ms Draper’s Grade 2 Newsletter

Ms Draper’s plan for this week

Welcome to Grade 2!

The grade 2 students will spend our first week back at school getting to know each other and practicing our classroom routines. We have many exciting learning opportunities planned for this year and we will get started by sharing stories about our summer, playing friendship Bingo, reading “First Day Jitters” and making connections to some of our feelings about returning to school for another great year. There will be a few projects to get us started on the right track and to make sure I get to know your child. We will complete an “All About Me” poster, “The Best Part of Me” art activity and a shared graph for Math about how we get to school! Looking forward to a great week of learning in Grade 2! Mrs. Draper

Ms Myers’ class for this week:

Welcome back! I’m looking forward to meeting all the “Wonderful Ones!” This week we will spend time getting to know one another and reviewing classroom and school routines. You can help your child be prepared for the week by ensuring that they have a healthy lunch with nutritious snacks each day, a pair of indoor shoes that they can keep at school, and…a good rest each night! To read more about the importance of a sleep for your growing child, click on this link: http://www.canadianliving.com/health/prevention/sleep_makes_kids_smarter.php

See everyone Tuesday, September 8^th!

M Girard’s Class notes:

2e Français Oral: vocabulaire «salle de classe» (revision), Français Lecture: les sons de base (revision), Français Écrit: livret à compléter «Qui suis-je?»

3/4e Français Oral: chanson «Appelez les pompiers», Français Lecture: «Un exercice d’évacuation» (Visages 2 thème 5), Français Écrit: rédaction du livret «Qui suis-je?»

4/5e Immersion Français Oral: chanson «Sacré Charlemagne», Français Lecture: lectures partagées libres, Français Écrit: rédaction d’un souvenir de vacances

Ms Manzoli’s Grade 3/4 Newsletter

St. Anthony Connects – The Week of April 13 – 17

Posted on April 13, 2015 by mcguirp

Congratulations to the grade 4/5 class and Nora and Sandra for winning the Bright Ideas Contest! $1000.00 for St. Anthony Greening! Terrific work!

St. Anthony This Week April 13 – 17

Monday, April 13

Chad Wolfe in for Juniors

Little Horn Theatre

* MUSIC/FIDDLE WITH

CHAD WOLFE St.

Anthony’s

9:45-10:00 recess

10:00-10:40 (24) Gr 4/5

10:40-11:15 (24) Gr 5/6) *get ready for lunch

upon dismissal

11:15-12:15 LUNCH

Hip Hop Club

Tuesday, April 14

Easter Mass at St. Anthony

chess Club

Table Tennis – 3:15

Wednesday, April 15

Thursday, April 16

Young Rembrandts 3:15

Friday, April 17

Chad Wolfe at St. Anthony – KP and Primary

Little Horn Theatre

* MUSIC/FIDDLE WITH CHAD

WOLFE 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

Teacher notes for the week of April 13 – 17

Ms Rupnik’s Class

Reminder that Retelling Journals with the story ‘There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Chick’ are due back on Monday, April 13. We will introduce narrative writing this week. Narrative writing gives students the opportunity to be creative and tell/write a story. We will begin this unit by looking at different stories and identifying components of a good narrative (for example: characters, settings, problems, sequence of events, solutions). Take the time this week to tell a story or two to your childabout a moment or event that means a lot to you.

Ms Myers Class

Happy Easter! The children enjoyed a special “egg hunt” where they had to read the clues the Easter Bunny left for each of them in order to find their egg! As well, we have decorated a beautiful Easter Tree to celebrate this special season of Easter. On Tuesday, April 14^th, we will attend our school Easter Mass. A representative from the Shepherd’s of Good Hope will pick up our Lenten food drive donations at that time. Thanks to all of you who showed such generosity! Next week we will participate in a special “Maker Space” that is connected to our science inquiry about energy. The children will be working with circuits to see how electricity is conducted. In math, we continue to work with money – working specifically on recognizing the value of each coin. To reinforce these concepts at home, provide your child with opportunities to count the change in your wallet, or perhaps a piggy bank…real-life experiences are so helpful!!

M Girard’s Classes

2/3e Listening/Speaking to interact: asking and answering questions about ants and life in a anthill

4/5e Études Sociales: premières civilisations-distinguer les modes de vie des anciens Grecs et Chinois (nourriture et habitations)

5/6e Études Sociales: Les Amérindiens et la Nouvelle-France-épidémies et population huronne

4e Immersion Arts: réflexions sur la vie et l’oeuvre de Vincent Van Gogh, Théâtre: initiation à l’impro

Où est le soleil du printemps? Did you see it?

Mr Cook’s Class

This week’s word wall words will be: INTO, DOWN, WORK, PARK, and FUNNY. In Math we will focus on 3-D shapes this week. The students find it very neat how many shapes there are and how many shapes we use to build stuff with. I encourage you to challenge your child to find as many 2-D and 3-D shapes at home and in your neighbourhoods. In language, we will learn more about persuasive writing (how to convince someone to let you do something). We will work in our language stations and do some work with our new word wall words. In science, we are studying liquids and solids. We hope to be doing a couple of experiments in class! We will also continue with our religion lessons geared towards preparing our grade 2 students for their Reconciliation and First Communion. Some of the students still have library books that have not been returned. We have library every Monday and they can only take out a new book if they have returned the one they already have. Please check your child’s bag and ask them if they have their library book. Let’s hope Mother Nature is on our side and we get nice, warm, sunny weather! God Bless!

Ms Manzoli’s class

Welcome to the Easter season, we will be celebrating on Tuesday April 14 at 9:00 am at St. Anthony Catholic Church. April is poetry month the class will be listening and reading various styles of poetry and in writing will create acrostic poems for Earth Day. In math, we have been learning about fractions, reinforce this concept at home using everyday things. The terms we have learned are one half, one quarter, one eighth and a whole. This week we will begin our new unit in family life, take some time to talk to your children about questions they may be wondering about. Have a great week.

Mrs. Manzoli

Our first day at St. Anthony

Posted on September 2, 2014 by mcguirp

We had a great day together at St. Anthony! This morning, the kids were lined up ten minutes before school even started!

We all stood outside in the summer sun and realized we were ready for an exciting year.

Everyone found their class, no one got lost and the staff were very happy to see everyone again. We have lots of new staff this year – including me – but that didn’t seem to matter at all. St. Anthony has a system and it works really well.

Kids were playing soccer by the first recess. The play structure was busy all day and kids loved being in the wonderful shade provided by our beautiful trees.

I took lots of photos – over 60 at last count. Included in these photos is a class shot for every class in the school. At the end of the year at the final slide show, the kids will get a chance to see how much they have changed in ten short months! You can se all the flickr photos here.

We pledge to make learning visible for all of you this year – through this blog, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Instagram. We want to keep you involved and informed on what is going on at your school!

What’s coming up?

Extended Day Care starts tomorrow
JK Orientation continues
Our opening assembly will be this Friday at 2:15
Please remember to hand in verification sheets and the $20.00 student activity fee

Next few weeks

Our Program Night will be Tuesday, September 16

We will soon be looking to form our School Council for 2014-2015 – this is a very important volunteer position and we need as many people as we can get to fill a number of important roles.

So, on to day two!!

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