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Thorncliffe Park PS News Jan. /18

Volume 1, Issue 4

December 22, 2016

Vice-Principal’s Message

Welcome back! We hope that you had a fabulous

holiday!

Students are back and in full swing creating goals

for the new term.

Ms. Beretta’s class has created some fantastic New

Years Resolutions, see page 4. Ask your children

what goals they have set for the New Year!

You will be receiving your child’s first term report

card on Feb. 13th. Interviews are for those students

whose teachers recommend the need to meet and

discuss further progress. Not everyone will require

an interview. Please communicate with your child’s

teacher if you request an interview.

Chinese New Year and Black History month are

coming soon. Chinese New Year is on Friday

February 16th

, this year is the year of the Dog and

Feb. 1st marks the beginning of Black History

Month.

Character Ed Assemblies will now be led by our

student leaders. Using innovation and creativity in a

global digital context, our student leaders will

demonstrate how character traits are necessary for the

preparation of future roles in society. Thank you Mr.

Darawal for your dedication and leadership role.

TDSB Character Traits: Sept . Respect

Oct. Responsibility

Nov. Empathy

Dec. Kindness and

Caring Jan. Teamwork

Feb. Fairness

March Honesty

April Co-operation

May Integrity

June Perseverance

VP K. Kandankery

VP- K. Sanchez-Kandankery ----------------------------------------------------------------

Table of Contents

PAGE

1 Vice-Principal’s Message- 2 School News-Renewed Math Strategy 3 3 Part Math in Action! 4 ELL/News Years Resolutions 5 Making Learning Fun! 6 November Character Trait Winners 7 Mr. Darwal’s Corner 8 Nutrition Tips/Health Tips 9 Cold Weather Protocol

Please note the STAFF PARKING ONLY signs in

our parking lot. We ask that you are respectful of the

parking lot. There are still some parents who are

driving in to drop off and pick up students. We ask

that you discontinue this practice as it is a safety

issue. Also, please do not leave your cars parked in

the loop, as it is a bus loop. There is short term

parking at the mall or you may choose to park further

away and walk with your child. Thanks for your co-

operation.

Principal: J. Crane

Vice-Principal: K. Sanchez-

Kandankery

M. Wolf

Office Administrator: M. Sheehan

School Secretary: C. Giannopoulos

Superintendent: I. Allison

Trustee: G. Gershon


SCHOOL NEWS

Renewed Math Strategy Teachers are working together to create an

environment that allows students to use their

social, physical, cognitive and emotional

connections to learning mathematics. At our professional development workshop

with Learning Coach Ariel Vente teachers

spent time understanding the mathematical

needs of their students and ways in which to

teach math so that all students are achieving.


Ms. Brockie’s Grade 2

class engaged in a 3 part

math lesson with Mr.

Ariel Vente Learning

Coach.

What we learned today

in Math: Shrinking patterns

Repeating patterns

Growing patterns

The core is the part that

repeats in a repeating

pattern

Attributes-colour, size,

position, number, letters,

shape, action

Background

Knowledge:


Ms. Beretta’s Gr. 4

class has some

inspiring

resolutions.

Grade 4 and 5 English Language Learners have been learning about Canada in Mrs. Hind’s ESL class. The unit

of study on Canada is a cross-curricular unit connecting curriculum expectations in Language and Social Studies.

As a culminating project students built small plasticene sculptures of RCMP officers in their own likeness. They

will use their sculptures to create an animated i movie with an original soundtrack. Students are excited to mount

their movie on youtube so that they can share their learning with friends and family members here in Canada and

also in their home countries as far away as Pakistan, Syria, Slovakia and more. This project offers students the

possibility of envisioning the RCMP of the future, as a diverse national police force working together to serve and

protect their country.

Susan Hind

ESL Teacher

Thorncliffe Pk PS


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Students in Ms. Hopkin’s Gr. 5 class spent some time

working together to explore Shakespearean era through

readers theatre. Students were acting out the story of

Shakespeare’s Hamlet to assist in developing their oral

communication skills.


LEGENDARYBRITISH COLUMBIA

BY: OMER

Tourism (popular and interesting places to visit)

Vancouver’s Downtown

Vancouver’s downtown is known for its buzzing nightlife scene. It is located on neon lit Granville Street on the

south side of Vancouver. It’s a busy shopping hub of chain and luxury boutiques, plus high-end department stores in

the CF Pacific Centre Mall.

Vancouver’s Stanley Park

Stanley Park has many places to visit, including: totem poles, beaches, gardens and even an aquarium. Its location

is on the south side of Vancouver and it is a bit close to Vancouver’s downtown so if you read the Downtowns

information properly you can go to the Stanley Park easily. Butchart gardens

The Butchart Gardens is a bunch of beautiful and blooming floral display in Bentwood Bay, located near Vancouver

Island. It’s a popular place with over 1 million visitors a day.

Capital city

The capital city of British Columbia is Victoria. Major cities

Other major cities of British Columbia are

Vancouver, Kamloops and Fort Nelson. Provincial bird

Steller’s Jay is British Columbia’s provincial

bird. It mainly lives in coniferous forests

Provincial flower

Pacific dogwood is British Columbia’s provincial

flower Climate

In the summer, British Columbia’s temperature

goes till 30 degrees Celsius. The temperature rarely

drops below freezing. Popular spoken languages

English, French, Punjabi, Farsi, German, Tagalog,

Mandarin, Korean and Spanish are the popular

languages spoken in British Columbia. Vegetation

The vegetation of British Columbia ranges from

wet coastal forest to dry interior grassland. From

sea level salt marsh to alpine tundra. Population

The population of British Columbia is 4 014 300.

Vancouver’s population is 647,540. The

population of Victoria is 84,289.

In Mr. Darawal's social studies classes, the students are learning about Canada. As part

of their exploration and learning, each student researched a province and created a

digital travel brochure, that demonstrated their knowledge, understanding and insight of

Canada.


Nutrition Tips

January: Think cookie cutters are just for

cookies? Think again. Use cookie cutters to turn boring

sandwiches into fun shapes! For more contrast (and a

fun way to introduce whole grains into your child’s

“wonder white” diet) use 1 slice of white bread and 1

slice of whole grain bread. Make the sandwich, use the

cookie cutter to make the shape, then flip the shape

and put it back inside the sandwich so both white and

whole grain bread are showing on each side of the

sandwich.

SSource:

https://www.pinterest.ca/schoollunches/

sandwich-ideas/?lp=true Accessed:

Sept. 19, 2017

Written by Zoe Barnett, Registered Dietitian. For more information or to speak to the Health

Access Thorncliffe Park Community Dietitian, please call 437-999-7692.

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Health Tips

Canada’s Food Guide aims to help people make better food choices. It is a guide for our multicultural

population of 30 million people and can be used for healthy people aged two and older. There is also a food

guide for First Nations, Inuit and Metis. This is available in five languages.

Canada’s Food Guide divides food into four main groups:

vegetables and fruit

grain products

milk and alternatives

meat and alternatives.

To help you and your family meet all your nutritional requirements, try making choices from each food group

as recommended.

No single food group or individual food is more important than any other, no matter what claims surround it.

For example, some exotic fruits might be high in antioxidants, but they may lack the important nutrients that

are found in more common foods such as milk or whole grains.

(http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/ResourceCentres/Nutrition/Food-fundamentals/Canadas-Food-Guide/Pages/default.aspx)

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Principals are often asked how we decide whether it's too cold to allow our students out in the schoolyard for recess.

Fresh air and exercise are important for children. It keeps them physically fit, and helps them stay alert all through the school day. Parents can help by making sure their children come to school prepared to spend time outdoors. Hats, mitts, boots and a warm jacket are important to keep students comfortable during lunch and recess.

But extreme cold can be dangerous, and parents want to know that their children will be safe. When the temperature is predicted to drop below -15C, the City of Toronto may declare a cold weather alert. Schools are very sensitive to the needs of our students and pay close attention to the weather, especially when the windchill is below -20 C.

The TDSB Severe Weather Protocol is flexible, so that every principal can make a decision that meets the needs of his or her school. It sets guidelines for when to allow students outside for recess, when to make outdoor breaks shorter, and when to keep students inside altogether.

Canadian winters can be wonderful but when the weather is cold, school staff keep one eye on the thermometer and the other on the needs of our students - a perfect balance of fun and safety.

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