TERRY FOX P.S.
Determination
Perseverance
Commitment
May 2017
Courage
Principal’s Message
Can you believe that it’s May already?! We were lucky to have a mild
winter and now the warm weather is truly upon us. With that comes a
few important reminders as we move into the final two months of the
school year:
Terry Fox P.S.
30 Kerrison Drive West
Ajax, ON
-Please submit any class placement requests in writing to the office. We
will do our best to honour them where possible.
-Please submit all Lunch on the Lawn, order forms and payment by
Wednesday May 3rd.
-EQAO dates for grade 3 and 6 students are listed below. Please ensure your child, sleeps well, eats a healthy breakfast and is at school on
time.
-Please be aware of changing weather during this transitional season
and send students with appropriate clothing, hats, water etc. This is
also a good time to update extra clothes in the early primary grades
Phone: 905-686-2135
@TerryFoxPS
www.ddsb.ca/school/
terryfox
D. Morgenstern,
Principal
R. Saati, Vice Principal
Superintendent: Martine
Robinson 905-6666379, Martine.Robinson
Before and After School Care:
@ddsb.ca
Thanks to those of you who completed the online survey, expressing
interest in the Before and After School Child Care Programs at our
school. Unfortunately, we did not receive the required number of interested families to offer the Before and After School Child Care Program
for September 2017. We will continue to work with the Boys and Girls’
Club to offer after school programming for grades 1 and higher.
UPCOMING DATES:
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May 4: Racing Against Drugs –Grade 5
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May 4: STEAM Night
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May 4: Kindergarten Registration Day
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May 5: PA Day –no school
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May 9: Folk Dance Jamboree
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May 9: SCC Meeting, 6:30pm
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May 10: Grades 1/2 to Windreach Farm
L1Z 1K1
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Trustee: Patrice Barnes
289-892-6685
Patrice.barnes
@ddsb.ca
May 15: Lunch on the Lawn
May 16-18: Book Fair in the library
May 16: Track and Field
May 18: Enviro Fun Fair Nightt
May 18: Welcome to Kindergarten Night
May 22: Victoria Day –Schools Closed
May 24-26: Primary EQAO
May 29-31: Junior EQAO
Math Corner
Geometry
1) A rectangle is made by using rubber bands on a geoboard or lines and a ruler on
grid paper. The perimeter is 10 units.
a) How many different rectangles can you make? _____
b) Draw them and show their side lengths.
c) Label each rectangle with a letter.
d) Find the area of each rectangle.
e) What do you notice about the areas?
2) A shape has 6 sides and two right angles
a) Using a ruler, draw what the shape could look like.
b) What shapes could you make with only 4 sides and two right angles
c) Could you make a shape with three sides and 2 right angles? Why or
d) why not?
e) What do you notice about the right angles in each shape?
TERRY FOX RECOGNIZES:
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May is Asian and South Asian Heritage
Month
May 2-12– Ridvan
May 4-Holocaust Remembrance Day
May 10 –Vesak (Buddhism)
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May 14 –Mother’s Day
May 17 –International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
May 22-Victoria Day
Declaration of the Bab –Baha’i
May 25 –Ascension of Christ (Christianity)
May 26 –Ramadan begins (Islam)
Come to Our Eco Fun Fair!
Terry Fox is having an Eco Fun-Fair on May 18th from 1-3, and 5:30-7:30pm.
What to expect:
Plant sale
Birch bark First Nations craft sale
Computer arcade
and activities
Environmental-inspired funfair games
Used clothing donation drop off
(evening only)
e-waste and scrap-metal drop off bin
Free dirt and compost pick up
Free recycling and green bin pick up
Eco art gallery
Bat and bird houses for sale
Scholastic Book sale
More TBA
All proceeds go directly to Habitat for Humanity http://www.habitat.ca/brickforbrick/
Student Work Corner
On April 5th the Invention Convention was held at 150 Borough Drive Scarborough Civic Centre. At this Invention
Convention there were approximately 45 excellent inventions set up in various booths, parents, teachers and kids
filled the rotunda area of the civic center displaying and explaining their inventions to the public and also having the
chance to explore and look at other inventions. A lot of kids
and parents had a lot to say about the whole thing including
myself, I really enjoyed the experience of and the exposure
it gave me to actually show people and media what I came
up with, I feel as if it was a great way for young entrepreneurs to come out and see what it really takes and all the
aspects of starting your own business and being selfemployed. I really enjoyed the presentation the man made
about being a entrepreneur and I really thought it was cool
to be able to be in that position and actually feel like it was
important. In the end, All inventions were creative and out of
the ordinary and every one had something different to
share.
-Kyndra Davis
On April 11th, the Kindergartens had the opportunity to host and participate in the program entitled, Beyond the Farm Gate offered by Windreach Farm. The students learned all about the characteristics and needs of chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs. They also had the opportunity to hold
all three animals and ask lots of questions to Sara and her staff.
"She laid an egg. Only hens lay eggs." - Ashab N.
"He eats grass. He feels soft. His eyes are black. I like the
fur." - Aaryan G.
Umer and Sabrina showing off their talents and
enjoying Jump Rope for Heart.
Unity in Our Community
Dear parents and guardians
Here at Terry Fox we accept all cultures, religions, and groups of people. As a way to
show our support, leadership students have worked with a designer to create t-shirts.
The t-shirts will be giving out a message that says "you are safe with me I stand beside
you." We have put different symbols that represent the diversity of our school community, cultures, and religions. We have chosen these ones specifically because they are
put out most in the world right now.
Order forms will be sent out in the next week and sample sizes are available in the office if you would like to try a size first.
Proceeds from the sale of these shirts will go to Me to We charity.