Earth Hour this year at St. Anthony School
St. Anthony this Week
Monday, March 30
Hip Hop Club starts at Lunch Gr. 4,5,6
Tuesday, March 31
LAST school wide audit
Cathlee O’Connell to read with Mrs.Rupnik’s class (AM)
Dorothy reading with Mrs. Rupnik’s class (PM)
chess club at noon
Table Tennis at 3:15 PM
Wednesday, April 1
Dental Screening for JK, SK, 2, 4, 6
Rosary Group Visit
Rosary schedule
FDK1 10:30-10:45
FDK2 10:45-11
(Lucy)
1/2 Cook: 12:15-12:35 (Maruka)
1 and 2/3: 12:35-12:55 (Maruka-Learning Commons)
Gr. 4/5 Mr. Girard: 12:55-1:25 (Lucy)
Gr. 5/6 1:45-2:30 (Lucy)
We Day – two students attending
Thursday, April 2
Stations of the Cross at St. Anthony Church- 11:00 AM
St. Anthony Superstars – 2:30 PM
Young Rembrandts starts today
Friday, April 3
Good Friday – no school
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Questions to ask when considering a 1:1 program – how do we respond at our school?
Over the past week, I have written two blog posts about the implementation of Chromebooks at our school – here is an excerpt from one of them. The posts can be reached here.
We are on the cusp of starting a limited 1:1 program at our school. As we prepare, it is important to consider al sorts of questions – as we prepare, I want to consider answers to questions asked by Ann McMullan in the article:
The 10 questions to ask before you start your one-to-one program
McMullan shared 5 start factors that are keys to success for one-to-one programs:
- Start with “Why?” What are instructional goals you hope to accomplish?
- Start small, think big. “Find some of those teacher leaders and let them try out the devices,” she said. “Find out what the issues are with the network. But do think big; it becomes an equity issue very quickly.”
- Start with teachers first. It’s critical.
- Start the conversation across all departments.
- Do start: Go for it. Failure is part of the learning process.
We have been getting closer and closer to 1:1 especially at the junior level all year. The key point for us is the teachers. We have a group that is willing to experiment and learn. We have had several group PD sessions during and after the school day to work on our understanding on how various apps – especially Google Apps can improve student learning. We have had great results with Read and Write and are learning how to give more effective feedback with Kaizena. We are learning more about digital portfolios. We are also learning new ways to deliver PD to staff. For our last PD venture, we invited a teacher from our partner school to spend the day with teachers and classes to work on digital portfolios. Having an experienced teacher with us in the classroom made a huge difference.
We need more donations – moving towards 15% funded!
Teacher Notes for this Week
Ms Myers Grade One class
We kicked off our science unit on Energy this past week with a great workshop facilitated by “Scientist Wendy” from the Scientists in Schools program. We enjoyed having Mr. Cook’s grade 1’s join in the learning!
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. We will be talking about what took place between Palm Sundayand Easter Sunday using pictures and symbols that are associated with these events. It is the final week for our Lenten Food Drive. This week we are collecting coffee, tea, and sugar, but any unexpired food donation is welcome. Thank you for your generosity!
An April newsletter and homework calendar will be going home this week. Please look for it in your child’s agenda!
Mr Cook’s Grade 1-2 class
This week’s word wall words will be: PLAYED, GAME, PEOPLE, CAN’T, WERE. We are moving from money onto geometry in math. We will learn about 2-D and 3-D shapes. At home, you can ask your children what different shapes they can recognize! In science, we are learning about movement. Last week we discussed ‘position words’ (in front, on, in, between, under, above etc…). The students will be finishing their narratives this week as well. We have been reading plenty of stories and even made our own as a class! This week, the grade 2’s will begin lessons in religion for their Reconciliations and First Communion. Homework calendars will be sent home Tuesday in your child’s agenda bag. We will be collecting coffee, tea, and sugar for our Lenten project this week. Again, than you for your support with this great charity! Friday is Good Friday and there will be no school. I hope that everyone has a blessed Easter weekend!
Ms Manzoli’s Grade 2-3 class
As we enter into Holy week the Grade 2/3 class will be participating in various activities centered on the Death of Jesus and the resurrection. We will be learning about the Stations of the Cross. We will also participate in the re-enactment of the last supper. We will be making Easter baskets and dying our Easter eggs to enjoy over our Easter Weekend. Since this will be a short week with Friday being Good Friday, there will be no homework assigned.