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.
ottawa.ca/health | ottawa.ca/sante 613-580-6744 | TTY/ATS: 613-580-9656
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:
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
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.
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
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- Principal’s Report to School Council – Wednesday, January 14th (stanthonyconnects.edublogs.org)