ST. ANNE CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL
Virginia Marini
February NEWSLETTER 2017
Message from the Principal
VICE PRINCIPAL
Jen Fisher
SECRETARIES
Karen Woodcox
Barb D’Souza
PARISH PRIEST
Fr. Randy Foster
DIRECTOR
OF EDUCATION
Michael Nasello
SUPERINTENDENT
Laurie Corrigan
TRUSTEES
Helen McCarthy
Christine Dunn
CATHOLIC SCHOOL
COUNCIL CO/CHAIRS
Martha Faulkner
Selena Mann
St Anne’s Catholic
Elementary School
February 2017
The fruiT of The spiriT This monTh is….kindness
Principal’s Message
Between a later start and 4 snow days, January has just flown by, and was busy with lots of active learning,
with a grade 6 excursion to Camp Kawartha, snow shoeing for many classes, curling for our intermediates and
of course our ski club! My thanks goes out to the staff that organize these events and our parents for supporting them! This month is another busy one with many things to look forward to; our Danceathon is February 14th, our Pete’s night is February 23rd and on the very last day of the month it is ‘Shrove Tuesday’ better known as pancake Tuesday– this means the very first day of March is Ash Wednesday, when our Lenten
journey begins. Report cards go home February 14th and parent teacher interviews are Thursday February
16th. The Fruit of the Spirit we focus on this month is KINDNESS...here’s a prayer you may want to share
with your family.
Dear Lord, Help me to demonstrate kindness everywhere I go. Remind me to share smiles, share friendship
and spread kindness today and always. Aide-moi à être gentil avec les autres toujours. Amen.
IMPORTANT DATES AHEAD!!
-February 2nd SWEATER DAY!! Students are asked to wear sweaters as we are lowering the temperature
of the building for the day by 2 degrees….this is part of National Sweater day (more details inside this
newsletter)
-February 3rd PA Day.
-LAST DAY FOR SUB/PIZZA ORDERS FEBRUARY 2ND AT SCHOOL/ 3RD ON LINE !!!NO LATE ORDERS!!
-February 14th Danceathon
-February 14th Report card go home
-February 16th Parent Teacher Interviews
-February 23rd Pete’s Night
-February 28th Shrove Tuesday/ March 1st Ash Wednesday– MASS
240 Bellevue Street
Peterborough, Ont
K9H 5E5
Tel: (705)742-3342
AS OF SEPTEMBER 2017 CASH PAYMENTS FOR ITEMS WILL NOT BE
ACCEPTED SO PLEASE CONSIDER STARTING TO PAY ONLINE NOWJUST GO TO https://peterboroughcatholic.schoolcashonline.com/
and follow the directions...
School Bell Times
8:50 Entry Bell
10:20 Recess
11:20 KGN Recess
12:00 Lunch
12:00-12:40 1-8 Recess
2:20 Recess 1-6
3:25 Dismissal
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the Board Office at
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OUR SCHOOL COUNCIL IS HAVING A
DANCEATHON!!!
ON VALENTINES DAY!!
ALL PROCEEDS TO GO BACK TO OUR CLASSROOMS TO
PURCHASE LEARNING SUPPORTS! YOUR CHILD
SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT HOME A PLEDGE
SHEET (IF NOT, ASK FOR ONE AT
NATIONAL SWEATER DAY!! FEBRUARY 2ND TOMORROW!
THE OFFICE)
ALL MONEY RAISED FOR THE
National Sweater Day is a fun way to learn about the importance of
DANCEATHON WILL GO TO SUPsaving energy and to inspire you to use less heat all winter. Heating
PORT YOUR DIVISIONAL INITIAaccounts for 80% of residential energy use in Canada and is a signifiTIVES TO SUPPORT
STUDENT
cant source of emissions. If all Canadians lowered their thermostats
LEARNING!
ALL MONEY/PLEDGE FORMS ARE
DUE FEBRUARY 8TH
by just 2 degrees Celsius this winter, it would reduce greenhouse
gas emissions by about 4 megatons – that’s equivalent to shutting
down a 600 mega watt coal-fired power station or taking nearly
700,000 cars off the road! Our school is joining others in our school
board to raise awareness of the need to reduce energy costs and
reduce greenhouse emissions. On Feb 2nd we will be lowing the
temperature of our school by 2 degrees. NATIONAL SWEATER DAY
IS FEBRUARY 2ND– PLEASE SEND AN EXTRA SWEATER FOR YOUR
CHILD TOMORROW!
Mental Health Moment
Have you seen Ontario’s Well-Being Strategy for Education? In May of 2016, the
Ministry of Education released a framework for well-being in Ontario schools and
is currently undertaking extensive consultation across the province. Join the conversation by providing your feedback on the Online Engagement Portal by March
15th!
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/about/wellbeing2.html
MathMoment…
How is Math Learning Assessed and Evaluated?
The goal of all assessments and evaluations is to improve your child’s learning. Both teachers and students
contribute to the assessment process.
Assessment for and as Learning
The assessment process helps teachers make appropriate instructional decisions (assessment
for learning), and helps your child to develop the ability to assess his/her own learning and set
specific goals (assessment as learning). Before new learning begins, assessment can demonstrate to the
teacher and the student what skills and knowledge already exist.
To help students monitor and direct their own learning, teachers identify learning goals and success
criteria. Learning goals describe for students what they should know, understand, and be able to do by
the end of a lesson, course, or unit. Success criteria describe what successful learning of the learning
goals looks like. The teacher and students use these goals and success criteria to give feedback to each
other.
As your child learns new knowledge and skills, both the teacher and your child collect information to
demonstrate your child’s thinking and understanding. This is done through individual or small group
conversations, by reflecting on how learning materials are used, and by analyzing work. This informs
the teacher’s next steps and helps your child gather information about his/her own learning.
Your child will use the learning goals and success criteria to reflect on learning, celebrate successes,
identify areas for improvement, make adjustments where needed, and set new personal learning goals.
Assessment of Learning
At or near the end of a period of learning, the teacher gathers information about your child’s learning,
to evaluate and summarize what has been learned and to make a decision on a grade. He/she talks to
and observes your child in the classroom, and looks at assignments, tests and projects, for evidence of
what your child knows and is able to do, and compares that against the expectations in the curriculum.
The Report Card
The report card summarizes your child’s achievement at two points in the school year. It gives a grade
or mark for at least four of the five math strands each time. Each strand is reported on at least once in
the school year. The report card also evaluates your child’s learning skills and work habits, essential for
success.
Resources
The Ontario Curriculum: Mathematics, Grade 1 to 8 (2005). This curriculum describes, for each grade,
the knowledge and skills that students are expected to acquire, demonstrate, and apply in their class
work and in various activities on which their achievement is assessed and evaluated. http://
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/math18curr.pdf
The French Corner - February 2017
French fact: There are over 9.5 million French speakers living in Canada, representing nearly one-third of Canada’s population. Approximately 22% of Canadians speak French as their mother tongue. Download a fun Activity Workbook
from Canadian Parents for French for grades K-2 (French Immersion) or Grades
4-5
(Core
French)
http://cpf.ca/en/files/Early-Childhood-web.pdf
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
1) French Immersion Kindergarten Information Night has been
rescheduled
to
FEBRUARY 22nd @ 6:30 pm in our gym!!
2) A conversational French course is being offered at Prince of
Wales school starting on February 16th on Thursday evenings.
It will cost $125 for members for CPF (Canadian Parents for
French). Please follow this link for more information
http://cpf.ca/en/membership/online-membership-management/
Sign up as a CPF member then contact Jennifer Murphy to register.
[email protected] (705) 931 1694
ST ANNE ATHLETIC UPDATE
Congratulations to our Volleyball
teams– both boys and girls who
played hard and came in 5th and
2nd respectively!
Also many thanks to Mme Desouza for starting a Jr Intramural basketball program-the students are
really looking forward to this!
PARISH UPDATE
CONGRATULATIONS!!
To our students who received their First Reconciliation this month!!! Our prayers are with
you as you journey to your First Communion!!
Words from our Pastor, Fr Randy Foster
Talk as a family about what it means to be happy or to be blessed. Make a list of traits that
you would associate with a happy person. Then read together today’s Gospel, Matthew 5:112a. Reflect on Jesus’ description of happiness. Think about what each of the Beatitudes
might have in common and write a family summary of the Beatitudes. Post the summary in a
special place as a reminder of what your family will consider “true happiness.” Conclude by
praying together prayers of petition based on the Beatitudes, e.g., “We pray that we will be
peacemakers who seek to get along with other people even when this is difficult. We pray to
the Lord.” All respond: “Lord, hear our prayer.”
ST ANNES "CHILI SUPPER & A MOVIE"
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18
Bring the whole family & enjoy a Chili Supper & "The Secret Life Of Pets." Celebration of the
Eucharist will begin at 5:00 p.m. followed by Chili Supper. (We will eat by 6:30 sharp, followed by the movie.) The kids will love it! Great Family Fun. There is no charge but there
will be a free will offering to offset costs. There will be sign up sheets posted at the front
doors to get a number of how many we can prepare for!
FIRST COMMUNION
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Feb 7—Session 1 6:30 Church Hall
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Feb 18/19– Enrollment at weekend masses
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March 7– Session 2 6:30 Church Hall
ST. ANNE’S WE HAVE A PROBLEM!!! WITH STUDENTS BEING LATE!!!
Every day we are having over 20 students being late. This is a major problem as it effects
the classroom environment and children’s learning. Getting in a good habit of being on
time and making school a priority is important to children’s success and well being. Ideas
to help!!
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Set your clocks a bit ahead
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Think of our start time as 8:35(when supervision begins) instead of 8:50
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Get your child involved in solving the problem, for example picking out clothes before
bedtime
CONGRATULATIONS!
TO
KELLAN MACKENZIE GR 5 who earned 2nd place overall in colour poster
MIA JOHNSON who earned 3rd place overall black and white poster
…..for the Legion’s Remembrance Day Poster contest
Note to Parents
Just a reminder that arrangements for alternate pick
up needs to be called into the office by 2PM, that
way I can l inform the teachers at recess time so we are not calling
into the classroom and interrupting class time.
INCLEMENT WEATHER-SNOW DAYS
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Buses that do not run in the morning will not run in the afternoon
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If you choose to bring your child to school you must also pick them up
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Local radio stations (100.5 FM, 105.1 FM) will provide bus cancellation information
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Student Transportation Services of Central Ontario (STSCO) website (www.stsco.ca) lists cancellations by school.
Should buses be cancelled on a scheduled “Pizza/Sub Day”, the hot lunch program will be cancelled. If in doubt, send a lunch.
If your child’s bus is cancelled you do not need to call to report your child’s absence.
If your child does not take a bus, and if they are staying home from school, please advise
THIS MONTH IS WATER MONTH!!
Water month is a community-wide campaign within Peterborough County
and City during February 2017. It is led by Healthy Kids Community Challenge and Peterborough Public Health. Schools AND families are encouraged to participate in this campaign to support healthy eating and hydration!
Visit the
“Water Does Wonders”
page for more information.
FRENCH CAFÉS COMING SOON!!
Our Junior students will be inviting their parents to come and join them in
a FRENCH CAFÉ! This will give our students(and their parents) a chance to
practice their French and enjoy some of our French Canadian Culture! All
students will be involved(in both streams) and all parents are welcome to
join us the evening of their child’s grade!
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GRADE 4 Tues. February 28th @6:30 pm
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GRADE 5(& 4/5 CLASS) Thurs. March 2nd @ 6:30
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GRADE 6(& 5/6 CLASS) Thurs. March 9th @6:30
School Council News
IMPORTANT DATES AHEAD!!
Meeting Dates 6:30– our school library
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March 6th
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April 24th
EVENTS
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DANCEATHON!!! Students collect pledges/
dance for an hour to raise money to support
divisional initiatives such as chrome books/
French & English reading materials/
kindergarten needs PLEDGE SHEETS
SHOULD BE IN FEB 8/DANCE ON FEB 14TH
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ARTS NIGHT– save the date—-APRIL 27TH, more details to come
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BOWLING AFTERNOON—save the date—-SUNDAY JUNE 11TH
ST. ANNE’S
MINI PAPER NEWSLETTER!
IMPORTANT DATES AHEAD!!
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PA day Feb 3RD
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Feb 14th Danceathon!!!
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Feb 14th report cards go home
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Feb 16th Parent/ Teacher Interviews
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PETE’S NIGHT Feb 23
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French Café Gr 4 February 28th
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French Café Gr 5 March 2nd
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French Café Gr 6 March 9th
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March Break 13– 17
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School Council ART show April 27
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Save the date– May 4th TALENT SHOW
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Save the date-June 11th St. Anne Family Bowling
Event
We are having a presale of YEARBOOKS this month..look
for order forms home mid month!!
Do you pay for excursions/hot lunches
online? If YES thank you!!
However if you aren’t paying online
yet please consider signing up NOW!
In September 2017 ALL school
costs will need to be paid online–
including lunch orders and excursions.
This method helps prevent loss and
means that students will no longer
have to carry cash. It also means a
clear accounting of when you have
paid.
IF you are interested in
coming to see the Pete’s on
Feb 23rd, please order
online by Feb 17th.
February 2017
Sun
Mon
Tue
WATER
MONTH
Wed
1
BEGINS
Thu
2 LAST DAY
3
LUNCH ORDERS
PA DAY
ROSARY
VISITORS
SWEATER
DAY!
5
12
19
SUBS
SKI CLUB
8 PIZZA
9
PLEDGE
FORMS
DUE FOR
DANCEATHON
SKI CLUB
15
16
YEARBOOK DANCEAORDERS
THON
GO HOME
VALENTINES DAY
SUBS
PARENT
20
21
22
23
FAMILY
DAY
PETE’S
PIZZA
VISIT
FI KGN
Night 6pm
GRAD PHOTO DAY!!
6
13
7
14
NO
SCHOOL
26
27
Fri
Sat
4
NO
SCHOOL
10
11
17
18
24
25
TEACHER
INTERVIEWS
SKI CLUB
28
MARCH 1
FRENCH
CAFÉ GR 4
ASH WED
MASS
SUBS
PETE’S
NIGHT!!