St. Anthony Connects – The week of November 7 – 11

St. Anthony This week

Monday, November 7

Office Hours Rec Link Mondays 9:00 – 3:00PM 

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Tuesday, November 8

Lunch Lady in Today!

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Goodlife Fitness – Ms Troccoli – 12:50 PM

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Wednesday, November 9

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Y Kids Academy – Grade 6 8:30 AM

Goodlife Fitness – Grade 3 Ms Manzoli – 2:00 PM

Thursday, November 10

Girls Volleyball Tournament – Ms Myers going.  St. George School

Parent Teacher interviews 3:30 – 8:00 PM 

Friday, November 11

Remembrance Day Assembly – 10:30 – GYM

Swimming at Plant Bath grade 5/6 class

NAC Production Slumberland this Friday!

The performance is 55 minutes long and starts at 12 :45 pm.

Slumberland is a breathtaking film-like musical journey into the world of dreams where anything is possible. Inspired by children’s imaginations and experiences, two talented musicians and a filmmaker light up the night where everything is different, funny, and unexpected. This theatrical student matinee experience is sure to inspire fascinating discussions with your students around sleep, night, imagination, and our dreams.

Goodlife Fitness M Chartrand’s class 2:20PM

Teacher Notes for this Week

Kindergarten News for November 7-11

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We had an interesting fun-filled week in Kindergarten!  Starting our week with Halloween set the tone for many great things to happen!  The students enjoyed wearing their costumes and parading through the entire school, stopping in each classroom.  We listened to some fun Halloween songs, we ate oranges and raisins as a healthy orange and black snack!  The students decorated an orange slice and used raisins to make a face!
We have been busy writing our names and practicing some sight words in SK.  We are retelling our stories of “Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear” and “Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See” using story props of the animals.  We made self-portraits, had a visit from Ms. Lucy from the Rosary Program, played with slime, and had many gym visits.  Check out the photos for the highlights of the week!!
This week we will prepare our students for the Remembrance Day Ceremony on Friday in the gym.  We will listen to stories about peace, we will make a wreath to share at the ceremony and use photos of peacekeepers to understand why this is such an important day in the lives of all Canadians.  We will have poppies available for each child to wear on Friday.

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We look forward to our Parent-Teacher Interviews being held in Room 7 and Room 9 on Thursday, November 10, 2016 from 3:00pm – 8:00pm.  Thank you for returning the interview sheet that confirms your 10 minute interview!  Have a great week!!
The Kindergarten Team!

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Before & After school Program

We had a very busy month in October.  The children actively participated in all of the indoor and outdoor activities.  It was great to see the children engaged and having fun with nature.  Hopefully, we can enjoy it as long as possible. 

We made a beautiful ‘Thankful Tree’ on the wall outside room 27.  We realized we have so much to be thankful for.   We should appreciate what we have all the time, and not only during Thanksgiving.

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Halloween

For Halloween, the children made a Halloween poster and a Q-tip skeleton.  All the children participated in making a paper mache pumpkin, too.  We had a Halloween party on October 31st

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November 18th  PD Day

Our full day runs from 7 am to 6 pm in room 27.  This PD day, we will have a Physical Activities Day.  We will play a few sports as well as learn about the rules of the games throughout the day. 

 

Reminders

  • We spend a lot of time outside after school. Please ensure that your child(ren) is(are) dressed appropriately for the  
  • The children started to create a webbing chart for activity ideas they would like to do during the EDP hours.

 

 

Grade One-Two News Ms Myers

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The “Wonderful Ones” and “Terrific Twos” enjoyed their Halloween fun last Monday. We took the opportunity to create a class book based on one of our favourite Halloween stories. The children also put their estimating skills to the test trying to figure out how many candy corn treats were in our estimating jar! In the coming week our language work will include practicing strategies that good readers use when they encounter words they don’t know. In math, we will work on sorting and patterning. This Friday morning, November 11th, we will observe Remembrance Day as a school community. In the afternoon we look forward to seeing a matinee performance of “Slumberland,” sponsored by the NAC. Permission forms for this trip will go home on Monday. Please return the form as promptly as possible. Thank you to all those families who have returned their child’s report card envelope along with the signed portion of the progress report.  Our interviews will take place on Thursday, November 10th. I will send home a note confirming our meeting time on Tuesday.  If you are unable to keep your scheduled time, please don’t hesitate to contact me to make other arrangements. Looking forward to another busy week with the “Wonderful Ones” and “Terrific Twos!”

 Ms Moga’s GradeTwo-three class news

Date: November 7-11

Reminders: Thursday evening- Parent/Teacher Interviews

Friday– Remembrance Day & Slumberland Performance

Writing-  This week, we’re discussing the features of a poster, which is part of the media literacy curriculum. Students will create their own Remembrance Day posters to be displayed around the school for Veterans Week leading up to Remembrance Day on Friday.

Reading- We continue to make connections to our class read-alouds. This week we will focus on text-to-world connections. This is when something we read reminds of us of something going on in the world. I have chosen some books that touch on environmental issues as I think this is a topic that most of the students are aware of and will be able to connect to.
Math- We are continuing our patterning unit. This week we will focus on extending growing patterns as well as using a pattern table or chart to help organize information to make growing patterns.
Science- This week we will discuss metamorphosis.
Religion- We will begin learning about the seven sacraments.
Art- We will make poppies to decorate the gym for our Remembrance Day assembly.

Have a great week!
Ms. Moga

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Mrs. Rupnik’s Primary Language Class

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This upcoming week, we will focus on a new ‘thinkmark’ called connections. Students will read and make connections to better understand stories. An example of a text-to-self connection might be, “This story reminds me of a friend that I play with on the weekend. She is kind and nice to me.”  Parent-teacher interviews will take place on Thursday, November 10th. The interview is very important in that it allows us to review your child’s progress and talk about next steps. Please continue to support your child at home with the November homework calendar. When you support your children’s homework routine, you help them do better at school.

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M Girard’s French Classes

2/3e Français oral : en deltaplane (jumeler des images avec un texte enregistré), téléfrançais 9

Lecture : «Nous retournons sur la terre (Apollo 11)»(repérage et mots-clés)

Français écrit : «En orbite» (identifier les continents)

3e Études Sociales : phrases «agricoles» à démêler , différencier communautés urbaine et rurale (plan et légende), vidéo «l’Ontario 1» (les régions), le tourisme dans les grandes villes de l’Ontario

5/6e Immersion

Français Oral : 4 poèmes à présenter (mardi, 8 novembre)

Français lecture : le royaume p.39 à 42 et compréhension

Études Sociales : le château-fort

Musique : suite folklorique en sol majeur (1ere partie)

Sciences : liste du matériel requis pour une expérience scientifique (volume Eurêka !)

Ms Troccoli’s Grade Four-Five Class

Nov. 7 – Nov. 11

Mrs. Troccoli’s Grade 4/5 Team News

The Grade 4/5 Team continues to work together to reach new heights!

November is off to a wonderful start and the wonderful weather has given everyone an extra jump in their step!
In Math we continue working with larger numbers to solve real life inquiries using addition and subtraction calculations.  We have also been using money amounts in our calculations.  Have your child practice these concepts by calculating the cost of items you buy when shopping or the change you will receive after you pay. The students will be tested on these concepts on Monday.  Students should also continue to practice their multiplication facts which will help in all strands of the math curriculum.

In Language Arts, the students had our first visit of the year from Mr. Moleski.  He taught them all the tools available with the read and write app.  The students used Read and Write to practice summarizing an article from the Teaching Kids News website.  Ask your child about the unique frog they read about. This week we will focus on Remembrance Day. The students will have opportunities to read, write and create using this important day as our focus.

I look forward to meeting with parents during our interview evening of November 10 at your scheduled time. The students are reminded to continue to be diligent in completing work to the best of their ability – only their best will do!

We continue to strengthen our team as we learn together!

Have a great week!

Together Everyone Achieves More!

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Our Caring grade 4/5 team won the caught you caring superstars back in October.
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Our Team enjoys reading with our kindergarten buddies. 
Ms Colaiacovo’s Grade five-six class

 

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With our week starting off on a Halloween sugar high, the grade 5/6 class continued a busy week of activities and learning. The students worked hard on completing assignments and tests in math and also continued the writing process for their Halloween stories. Grade 6 students researched information about invasive species in the Canadian context and we delighted to watch the final few monologue performances in drama.
The grade 6 students attended their third Y-Kids session and I am very proud to relay that other patrons at the YMCA commented on how polite and respectful our students are when they are there!   Inline image 2   
We welcome Mr. Bannan back to the class full-time for his six-week practicum experience period. The students and I are excited to have him with us for an extended period of time and look forward to benefitting from his expertise.
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Please refer to the Grade 5/6 November newsletter on the school website, or in your son or daughter’s Gmail drive, for dates of important events and activities in the coming month. 

Green Club News October 2016


The Green Club has continued to work hard this month. We have visited classrooms once every week to check if lights or Smartboard monitors have been left on when there is nobody in the classroom. This helps conserve energy in our school. We also continue with our weekly waste audits. We check compost bins, black recycle bins, and garbage cans for contamination. We indicate contamination with a “sad face” card or no contamination with a “happy face” card on the individual classroom pocket charts. If there was no contamination, a ‘Reducing Waste’ sign is posted on the door. This helps everyone to reduce waste.  


This month we also started our student-led assemblies for Wastefree Wednesdays. As you may already know, school lunches and snacks are a major source of waste and our landfills are reaching capacity. Helping children to pack a wastefree lunch or snack is just one way to learn to reduce, reuse, and recycle.  Wastefree Wednesdays encourage students to use recyclable/reusable containers in their lunches and snacks.  Once a month, each class has a draw and one student per class receives a small prize at our assembly for his/her environmental efforts.  Please help your child to pack wastefree lunches and snacks.

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Andrew Harvey, our Evergreen School Ground Design Consultant, spent 2 mornings working with Junior Green Club members to prepare our school grounds for the changing season. They mulched three new trees by the parking lot, one in the wooded area, and the Butter Nut tree by Willow Street. They also raked leaves from the new grass area, from the raised planter, as well as the paths through the wooded areas. Throughout the month of November, these students will continue to water the newly planted trees with Mr. Nixon and Mr. McGuire.

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We ended the month with making some pumpkin bird feeders- the perfect activity for all those post trick-or-treat pumpkins. A big thanks to Mrs. Draper for those extra mini-pumpkins! What a great way to get more use out of our harvest Halloween pumpkins!!! Hopefully these pumpkin bird feeders will attract little birds for us!

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