This past month, St. Paul the Apostle School hosted a junior math night for parents and their children in our junior grades. Krista Sarmatiuk and Connie Ubriaco from Academic Services joined our teachers to lead a very successful Math night. Students demonstrated the ir knowledge in solving math problems and parents got to learn about manipulatives, gallery walks and neat ways to solve multiplication problems. At the end of the evening parents were commenting on how much they enjoyed and appreciated seeing just what a math class now looks like.
Category: Schools
St. Christopher Catholic School Celebrates Family Literacy Day
On Friday, January 28th/11 St. Christopher School highlighted literacy by celebrating Family Literacy Day. The theme for this year’s event was Play for Literacy. Activities included: Primary students working with Junior students in order to share a favourite book; collaborative posters created from the shared reading and displayed in the gym; students engaged in board games and word games that encourage literacy development; and, the entire school completing a giant crossword to wrap-up the day’s activities. Current research points to the importance of play in supporting literacy. ABC Life Literacy Canada suggests that, “Games provide a fun outlet for children of all ages to engage in activities that provide opportunities to improve reading and comprehension skills.”
The day was a great success for students, teachers and parents! A huge thank you to Mrs. Di Gioseffo for co-ordinating and organizing the day.
Pirates Invade St. Mary in Capreol
Arrrrrrrrrrgh! Ahoy Mateys! PIrates landed at St. Mary in Capreol to celebrate Family Literacy Day. The Pirates-in-training listened to stories all about Pirates. They then had a great time lmaking different Pirate crafts. They were able to follow a treasure map to a treasure (which included gold dubloons and gigantic jeweled rings), design a Pirate Flag, use the computers to make a Pirate self-portrait, learn how to talk as a Pirate, and make a Pirate puppet. Pirate snacks were provided. Many thanks to the staff for making Pirate Literacy Day such a success!
Students at Corpus Christi Surprised for Family Literacy Day
Sudbury Wolves Assistant Captain Mike Lomas and defenceman Frank Schumacher surprised the students of Corpus Christi School on January 27th for Family Literacy Day. Each read a book to the student body. “Don’t laugh at me” to reinforce “Peaceful Schools” and “Mother Earth to promote Dearness Conservation. Students were enthusiastic and excited to receive individual autographs from both Sudbury Wolves players. GO WOLVES GO!!!
Family Literacy Day Brings Families into Schools
Family Literacy Day centres around having fun while learning. To celebrate, the Junior Kindergarten students at St. David Catholic School read books and drew pictures of their favorite characters with their families. All families read, laughed and enjoyed each other’s company while talking about literacy and better developing oral language skills.
Pictured is four year old Kadin Demers reading his favorite story with his dad Matt. When asked about the best part of Family Literacy Day, Kadin excitedly responded, “reading the melting story with Daddy, having hot chocolate and wearing my pajama’s to school”!
After the children read with their parents, they had the opportunity to show their family members their performance portfolios which contain all their “best work”. The students were able to explain why they chose those pieces for their portfolios.
Lindsay Michel, junior kindergarten teacher states, “It was beautiful to see families reading their favorite books and hearing the students using terms like ‘author’ and ‘illustrator’. The students were very excited to share their hard work in their performance portfolios and speak with their families about what they have been learning. Today, it was a wonderful to see the students and their families share in the joy and appreciation of learning literacy. You could feel that real sense of community that we have at St. David – I was very proud of our students and truly enjoyed the positive relationship building opportunity Family Literacy Day offers schools”.
SCDSB Elementary Schools Host Kindergarten Info/Registration Night
Parents and students had the opportunity on Tuesday, January 25to visit all Sudbury Catholic Elementary Schools to learn more about the Kindergarten and Early Learning programs being offered for September, 2011 Each school hosted an Information and Registration night and staff and Principals were on hand to answer questions about the English and French Immersion Programs in the schools and assisted in the registration process. Families went on tours of the school and learned more about the unique programming offered at all Sudbury Catholic Elementary Schools. Parents are reminded that registration is always ongoing and can contact either their local Catholic school to enrol their child(ren) or the Sudbury Catholic Board office at (705)-673-5620. They can also visit the Board website at www.sudburycatholicschools.ca for more information.
St. Paul Celebrates Mass with Bishop Simard
This past week, the staff and students of St. Paul the Apostle School in Coniston, welcomed in the New Year at a Celebration of the Eucharist in the gym with Bishop Noel Simard. The theme of the Mass was Responsibility and Bishop Simard spoke eloquently about our duty to “respond” to the teachings of Jesus Christ. The whole school community participated by sharing the readings, the intercessions, presenting the gifts and singing. It was a joyful celebration.
Following the celebration Bishop Simard stayed to visit with 3 junior classes from the school. He shared some stories about is family and his call to the priesthood. The children and their teachers also learned that because of the many times he spent in Rome he has developed a special love of Italian food.
Write for Rights at St. Benedict
This past month, on International Human Rights Day, St. Benedict hosted the Amnesty International Write for Rights letter writing campaign. Students from the school wrote letters in support of cases where individual’s Human Rights have been violated. The Peace Posse organized the event because they felt that it was important for students to think about the well being of others, not just in the school but around the world. Over three hundred students took part in the event and three hundred and fifty letters were written in support of four cases. It was a great day for Social Justice.
St. Francis Champions of Bears’ Classic Boys’ Elementary Basketball Tournament
This past weekend, the St. Francis “A” took home the gold at the annual Bears’ Classic Boys’ Elementary Basketball Tournament.
Congratulations Flames!
Final Standings
Bronze – Pincrest
Silver – St. Denis
Gold – St. Francis
All-Star Selections
St. Denis – #10 Imho Traoré
St. Denis – #23 Matthieu Trottier
St. Francis -#14 Chase Presacco
St. Francis – #4 Nico Presot
St. Francis -#22 Kordell Simmons