DECEMBER DATES: 1st—Volleyball tourney @ FMPS

1st—Vision/Hearing Clinic

3rd—Woodbine JHS band

performance

3rd—Woodbine JHS presentation

to Grade 6’s for next year

8th to 16th—The Hour of Code

9th—Volleyball @ Pleasantview

9th – Pizza Orders due

13th—Last day for Turtle House

Art/Play Centre

15th – Recorder group rehearsal @ Woodbine JHS @

11:30am to 1:30pm

16th – Pizza lunch—organized by the Parent Council

16th—Recorder group plays @ Woodbine JHS @ 6:30pm

16th to 24th—Hanukkah (Chanukah)

18th—January Calendar backs on website 19th—Parents’ Meet-and-greet @ 8:45am

19th—Kindness & Caring Assembly @ 9:15am

19th—Last Day of classes - Happy Holidays

25th—Christmas

26th—Boxing Day

26th—Kwanzaa

JANUARY DATES: 1st—Happy New Year!

5th—School re-starts

8th—January HOWL goes home

FEBRUARY DATES: 6th—Optional Attendance applications due

11th—Term 1 Report Cards (Gr. 1-6) & JK Summary

13th—PA Day—No School

Forest Manor Public School * 25 Forest Manor Road * Toronto * M2J 1M4 * Ph# 416-395-2440 * Website: http://schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/forestmanor/Home.aspx * Twitter: http://twitter.com/TDSBForestManor

P R I N C I P A L ’ S

MESSAGE The first part of the school year at

Forest Manor has passed very

quickly! Progress Report Cards have

been sent home to parents who have children in

Senior Kindergarten to Grade 6. We trust that parents

have been able to meet with their child’s teacher to

discuss his or her progress at school.

Thank you for your support and interest in your

child’s learning!

Our last day of school before the holiday break is

Friday, December 19th and school re-starts Monday,

January 5th, 2015.

On behalf of the staff at Forest Manor, I wish

everyone a wonderful holiday season and New Year!

KEY C O N T A C TS:

PRINCIPAL: Kevin Freckelton

VICE-PRINCIPAL: Cathy Proulx

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR: Wendy Hunte

OFFICE ASSISTANT: Arpi Kombiyikian

TRUSTEE: Ken Lister

SUPERINTENDENT: Angela Nardi-Addesa

E-MAIL: ForestManorPS@tdsb.on.ca

TWITTER: http://twitter.com/TDSBForestManor

WEBSITE: http://schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/forestmanor/

Home.aspx

ANAPHYLACTIC ALERT

There are several children in our school with severe

life-threatening food allergies (called anaphylaxis).

This is a medical condition that causes a severe

reaction to specific foods or other materials and can

result in death within minutes. Although peanuts

and peanut products are

the most common foods to

c a u s e a n a p h y l a x i s ,

shellfish, fish, eggs,

sulphites, milk, sesame

seeds, tea tree oil, soy or

any other food can cause

this dangerous condition.

This year, we also have a child with a serious

allergy to tea tree oil.

Although this may or may not affect your child’s

class directly, we want to inform you so that you

may choose to send foods to school with your child

that are free from nuts and nut products.

If your child has health problems of any kind, please

inform your child’s teacher or office staff

immediately so that the necessary health protection

steps may be taken. Thank you for your

understanding and co-operation in ensuring the

safest environment for our students!

MEDICAL & EMERGENCY

CONCERNS

It is very important that parents keep the

school informed of any student medical conditions,

student medication (updated when necessary) and

emergency contact phone numbers.

We need to maintain correct student records in order

to provide good care for your child(ren). Please call

or visit the school office if you have any new

information to share.

MY CHILD IS NOT FEELING WELL

Every time a child is absent from school, without a

reason being given, we are required to phone to find

out why she or he is not at school. When your child

will be away from school, please call Forest Manor

at: (416) 395-6563. Please leave a message which

tells us the name, grade and teacher of your child

along with the reason that she or he is not at school.

SPREAD THE WARMTH!! Since December is Kindness and Caring month, Forest

Manor is accepting donations of NEW mittens, gloves,

hats, scarves to be donated to a local shelter. Donations

may be sent into the school from December 8th to 19th in

the front foyer.Thank you for showing your kindness to

others.

HELPFUL HINTS FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS...

FOREST MANOR ECO-CLASSROOM AUDIT For the last two weeks, we have been going into each

classroom around the school. We have been

inside each classroom to check how class-

rooms have been contributing to help the

earth. We have been checking to see if stu-

dents have used garbage bins and recycling

bins correctly, and also if lights are turned

off when not in use. We will give classes results with feed-

back from the audit. Then we will do another audit in the

New Year to see if we have improved.

- By Eco Owls, Jeevsidak and Kelvin

TIPS FROM AN ECO OWL By: Areej

Turn off lights and use sunlight. Open blinds

Close windows and doors to keep heating in

Don’t go in cars. Start walking more (especially to

school!)

Put garbage in its place

Go for a litterless lunch and bring reusable water bot-

tles

“EMPATHY” ASSEMBLY On Friday, November 28th, Forest Manor students,

staff, and parents enjoyed our monthly Character

Education assembly about the character trait

“Empathy”.

Many parents were on hand to see their child

receive a Character Education certificate for

demonstrating positive behaviour at school. Grade

6 classes presented a poem about “Empathy”, then

Mrs. Fowler and Mrs. Kaell led the school in

singing our School Song.

With this assembly, we reinforced our commitment

to providing a safe, nurturing and inclusive

environment.

BLOGGING ABOUT EMPATHY… - from Mr. Kanellos’s class

Shruthi—November 24, 2014 at 8:02 AM

When I got badly hurt my friend helped me up and

took me to my mom and dad. I realised empathy is

not about just showing kindness, but it is about

understanding how the other person is feeling in his

his or her heart.

Sachit — November 24, 2014 at 5:01 PM

Three people in our class, Aeden, Apoorva, and

Wesley, showed empathy recently. When I was

playing soccer, I got tackled and my leg was hurt—

but Apoorva, Wesley and Aeden came to help me.

They asked me how I was doing.

Ayesha—November 24, 2014 at 6:18 PM

When I feel sad or I am alone my friends came and

talk with me, and they also tell jokes

to make me laugh and to make me feel better.

Apoorva—December 2, 2014 at 10:06 PM

Empathy means to me, putting yourself in other

people’s shoes. For example, when my ball went

onto the roof, Sachit, Hussain and Eaden

empathised and helped me solve my problem.

CHARACTER EDUCATION AND BULLYING AWARENESS

C H A R A C T E R E D U C AT I O N C H A R A C T E R E D U C AT I O N

C E R T I F I C A T E C E R T I F I C A T E

RECIPIENTS FOR RECIPIENTS FOR

NOVEMBER:NOVEMBER:

T h e f o l l o w i n g s t u d e n t s

demonstrated the character trait

“Empathy” during the month of

NOVEMBER:

Kindergarten: Amya, Ayyaz,

Micah, Avinash, Knitleen, Ivan, Disali, lyas, Ayah,

Adya, Vihaan

Grade 1: Aanya, Nandita, Ayaan, Vedant, Steven,

Karolina, Neel, Arsalan

Grade 2: Hiba, Maira, Kazim, Fiza, Himani, Varsha,

Sahar, Uthmaan, Luca, Adam

Grade 3: Hanna, Sohum, Sarah, Sevara, Mohammed,

Rahman, Zarif, Ada, Usman, Joumana, Mithilesh

Grade 4: Hanvitha, Vanshi, Adina, Gianna, Sohan,

Sayali

Grade 5: Jun Ito, Mortazah, Hamza, Mayfer, Hamza

K., Shraddha

Grade 6: Michael, Umed, Malik, Nawal, Tiffany,

Aarani, Samantha

WELL DONE, FOREST MANOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KINDERGARTEN... “Our new Light Table in Room 154”

Inspired by our time spent playing with flashlights dur-

ing the power outage at the end of November, the Kin-

dergarten students of Room 154 created our very own

light table. We used materials we had in our classroom

part of an old lamp, a large Rubbermaid container, some

plasticine and some parchment paper.

It has been really fun using it in both Math and Lan-

guage activities and during “free choice” time. The sand

is great for writing and drawing in, and the plasticine

helps keep it on the table so we don’t make too much of

a mess.

GRADE 1’S...

GRADE 4-6 SCIENCE STUDIES… Pictured below is an engaging, hands-on activity to help

students understand soil erosion and threshold friction

velocity. What will Mrs. Wichert come up with next??!!

ROAMING THE ROOMS...CLASSROOM UPDATES

GRADE 2’S... Recently, we went to

Ryerson Theatre to see

plays based on Robert

Munsch’s books. The

plays were very funny

and we laughed a lot.

There was singing and

dancing. My favourite

play was Lighthouse.

We also walked along

the Distillery District

and saw a big Christmas

tree decorated with

many ornaments and a

snowman. Mrs. McConnell took a picture of us standing

in front of it. Everything was decorated.

--By Kaumudi

GRADE 5’S… A number of classes are getting ready for The Hour of

Code. For more info: http://canadalearnscoding.com/

and http://Code.org/

What is the Hour of Code? It is a one-hour activity. Stu-

dents of all ages can choose from a variety of self-guided

tutorials, from kindergarten and up. Tutorials work on

any modern browser, tablet, smartphone, or even with no

computer at all. Code.org’s own tutorial features Angry

Birds, Plants vs. Zombies and video lectures from Mark

Zuckerberg and Bill Gates.

The Grade 1’s continue to make connections with texts to

form art works involving various lines. As well, the story-

book, “Where the wild things are”, provided an opportunity

for writing.

ROAMING THE CLASSROOMS...

GRADE 3’S... The students in Ms. Weiner's Lan-

guage group decided that they

"mustache" (must ask) staff important

ques t ions . Come and see

the mustached Grade 3's and their

questions on the bulletin board outside room 121.

Feel free to ask them a question too!

GRADE 4’S... In Ms. Shulman's Grade 4 class we learned how to

describe the weather in French. To demonstrate our

understanding we made iMovie videos. We drew

posters of all the different weather statements we

learned. Then, we took pictures of our posters using

the iPad. We uploaded our photos onto iMovie and

recorded our voices over the pictures. We will be

sharing our videos on the Smarboard soon!

— By Emily

In Social Studies, we learned about the different

physical regions of Canada. We researched all their

different physical features. For example, we learned

about vegetation, hills, mountains, water bodies, and

much more. We chose one region we studied and

created a landscape drawing of the region using Kid-

Pix on the computer.

—-By Sara

GRADE 3’S... "Think and Wonder, Wonder and Think!"(Dr. Seuss) The grade 3's in Mrs. Surgenor's class have been exploring

inquiry based learning with the support of the website,

"Wonderopolis.com." Students have been generating

AMAZING questions based on their own unique interests

about the world around them. With the creation of a

"Wonder Wall" in the classroom, students embarked on an

exciting journey towards discovering answers to their ques-

tions using research based inquiry. Many skills have been

explored, such as how to effectively navigate the TDSB

virtual library, how to identify useful sources of informa-

tion, and how to record research responsibly, just to name a

few! Amazing learning, sharing and questioning about the

world around us has taken place. An environment that pro-

motes and inspires discovery and inquiry has evolved in

our classroom. We will continue this exciting journey as

we explore further questions and share our new learning

and discoveries with others. Check out Wonderopolis.com

at home to begin your own journey into inquiry based

learning!

Pictured above is a design of the Artic Lowlands by

Divyashree using Kidpix.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH AT FOREST MANOR P.S….

Pictured above is Ahmed's painting, created during the Turtle

House program on Saturdays. Turtle House Art/Play Centre

helps connect Newcomer families through visual arts, music,

dance, and conversation circles.

PARENT COUNCIL UPDATE This year, the he Parent Council has organized pizza

lunches and movie nights, and the proceeds have been used

for Scientist in Classroom programs, extra-curricular clubs

and teams, trips, Arts performances, literacy kits and pro-

grams. But, we still need to add important digital tools to

help your child learn, such as laptops, tablets and Interac-

tive White Boards (IWB’s) - these items are very important

to engage your child in learning. We are in the 21st Cen-

tury, after all! Many thanks to efforts of the Parent Council

and to the Forest Manor community for your support.

Of course, without more parent involvement, the Parent

Council will not function, and Forest Manor needs your

help—even if it’s for an hour a week or one hour per

month! There are various committees to become involved

with, depending on your availability and interest.

For more information about the School/Parent Council,

please contact Ellahe Tamaddon, key School Council Ex-

ecutive representative @ ellahe.tamaddon@gmail.com

The new Chairperson for the Spring Fair Committee is

Margaret Yeung. Chairpersons for the Movie Night Com-

mittee are Alifia and Lubna, but we’re still looking for a

Chairperson for the Pizza Lunch Committee.

Our next School/Parent Council meeting scheduled is:

Wednesday, January @ 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Child minding

and light refreshments are available. Please join us!

Topics include: Parking Lot Safety, Spring Fair, School

Dress Code/Uniforms, and Committee Updates.

Pictured above: The hard working and dedicated Movie Night

Committee poses before the recent showing of the Pirate Fairy

Tale. Another well-organized, and fun event for Forest Manor!

REMEMBRANCE DAY ASSEMBLIES On November 11th, Forest Manor school

hosted 2 assemblies to recognize Remem-

brance Day, and to promote peace within and

outside the school. Parents watched various

classes sing songs, perform dramatizations,

and recite poems as part of the assemblies. The assemblies

were organized by Mrs. Lauretti-Martin and Mrs. Damiano.

Pictured to the right is one of many pieces of art work on dis-

play and a poem by Niki about “peace”.