GLEN PARK NEWSLETTER

November 2016

Trustee Jennifer Arp

Principal Jeanette Lang

VP Adam Thompson

Safe Arrivals:

416-395-2468

Superintendent

Leila Girdhar-Hill

Parent Engagement

Thank you to those parents

who continue to come out and

help with pizza days, school

trips, stuffing mail bags ,

plan upcoming events and

volunteer in our classrooms.

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Parents

Are important to a Healthy

School

Listen, Talk & Participate

Principal’s Message

It is hard to believe that November is already here. There have been so

many exciting things happening at Glen Park like KM Club, Cross Country,

Choir, Photo Day, Field trips, Super Ace Assemblies, Francais Alliance,

St Albans Boys and Girls club, Basketball, Ball Hockey, Girls club/Boys

club, Volleyball, Mindfulness, Chess, Lego and much more! There are

many innovative learning opportunities that await us in the coming

months as well.

We have talked about safety the past two months. We are asking that

you please adhere to the following three safety expectations:

Please help keep the parking lots safe by not parking in

designated fire routes, in front of garbage bins and/ or in

disabled parking spots. Please use the loop in the parking lot as a

“Kiss n’ Ride” and pull right around, rather than stopping. We

have been getting numerous complaints from parents and visitors

to Glen Park because of vehicles standing in the middle of the

driveway blocking others.

Thank you for dropping your child(ren) in the back pavement area

of the school so they can walk into the school independently and

with their classmates. We want to continue to foster student

independence and minimize congestion in the hallways.

Please begin your visit at the office should you wish to meet with

your child’s teacher

Adam and I continue to be impressed with the commitment from you as

parents to do whatever it takes to support our teachers. We have a

very special place here at Glen Park where we strive to be as inclusive as

possible and to provide our students with whatever tools they need to

be successful. As you know, my door along with my VP Adam Thompson’s

door, is always open and we look forward to hearing from you regarding

any issues that you would like to discuss that will support us with your

child’s learning. Jeanette Lang

Principal

Glen Park

Cross Country Meet

On Monday, October 17th, over 150 students

travelled to Earl Bales to represent Glen Park

and compete at the Cross Country meet. It was a

rainy, cold day! The students were tough though

and ran in less than ideal conditions.

We congratulate all the runners but special

mention goes to the following students in Grades

3-6 who placed in the top 40: Maddie, Tanya,

Jazleen, Adriana, Elizabeth and huge congrats to

Keane who was 6th out of 249! These students

attended the Cross Country semi finals on

Friday, October 21st and ran in even worse

conditions than Monday. Again, they all ran well

and we are proud of all our runners.

Unfortunately, no one advanced, but Tanya came

in 17th! So we will keep our fingers crossed for

when she is in Grade 4 and able to move on!!

A huge congratulations to all of our runners who

made us proud!!

Self Regulation and Mindfulness

As a school, we have begun to focus on the very

important life skill of self-regulation. Many of

you will know that self-regulation is a learning

skill evaluated in every Provincial report card

and can be defined as the ability to monitor,

maintain and change the level of alertness so

that it is appropriate to a situation or task.

Each of our Kindergarten classes, along with a

number of other Gr. 1-6 classes, under the

leadership of Judy Reynolds, a certified

meditation/mindfulness instructor, will

participate in a 45 minute per week session on

how to develop Self-Regulation this term.

The Earth is important to us!

November’s Eco focus will be to be mindful of

where we are putting our recycling and to

minimize the garbage we create. Carolina and her

crew at Snack Program are making an effort to

create delicious, healthy and litterless snacks:

4 out 5 days are either litterless or reduced

waste.

What are you doing to make Glen Park green?

Glen Park

Boys Club visit to JPCI Skateboard Park

The Glen Park Boys' Club celebrated their first

lunch hour outing to the John Polanyi CI

skateboard park on Monday, October 3rd. They

watched a performance by Mr. Elliot Allen, a

Child and Youth Worker practicum student who

has been working at Glen Park since the

beginning of the school year. The Boys' Club

mandate is to celebrate the positive, develop

social skills and build esprit de corps. All boys

are welcome to join our lunch hour meetings

which are held every Monday in Room 214.

Special thanks to Messieurs Bichay, Pascoe and

Zolas for chaperoning the excursion.

Super Spellers

Congratulations to the following students who

wrote the first Glen Park Spelling test of the

year on Monday, October 24th. We had an

amazing turn out. There were 27 primary

spellers and 12 junior spellers. In total 24

spellers correctly spelled all ten words with

many more that got 9 and 8 words correct. The

results show that they have been studying

diligently. Very encouraging indeed!

Congratulations goes out to: Ella, Gabrielle

Macari, Luqman, Chelsea, Ava, Cynthia, John,

Ruwayfi, Richard, Brianna, Izabella, Joseph,

Keane, Madison, Mirela, Sophia , Rebecca

Adrianne, Zielle, Chris, Arjun, Mariam, and Ethan

NUMERACY WITH A SPIN!

By: Rebecca

On October 26 2016, DJ Joseph came to room

212 ready to spin up the math class. We learned

about numeracy along with Djing.

DJ Joseph taught us what BPM ( beats per

minute) was. We also learned how to use a digital

program called serato ( Mixer ). On the serato,

we learned how to mix songs. To mix songs, they

both have to have the same tempo or half of the

tempo. Each serato has 2 decks ( which is the

disk ) and 2 headphones. The limit for each

serato is 2 to 3 people.

We all got steps and instructions on how to use

the DJ equipment. First, you have to pick a song

and load. Then, you have to put the headphones

on and press play. After, you press a red button

on the serato 5 times on the beat of the music

you choose. When you press the red button, the

song will repeat over and over again on the beat.

"This was a great way to connect the real world

and numeracy!" exclaimed Mr. Rezza grade 4/5

teacher

Glen Park

Beats Per Minute by: Anastasia ( Recount style )

The seconds go by as we eagerly wait for the

bell to ring so we could get our DJ on! "RING"

the bell went. We quickly rushed into meet our

teacher. " Dj Joseph will be our teacher for the

afternoon," Mr Rezza quickly explained.

We all clapped as we listened to a song to find

out the beats per minute. " Math thru Music, "

he said that is what the program was called. We

all questioned how you could teach Math through

Djing. We quickly realized how Djing is

connected to math. As soon as we found the bpm

of two songs, we all slowly learned the basic

steps of ding. Once we got used to it, we

practised mixing different beats, taking into

account the bpm.

We all had a great time and most us probably

improved a lot in our mental math!

Expanded JK/SK Space

Our Kindergarten team are busy brainstorming a

plan to expand our FDK learning space to include

an outdoor learning spot for students. If you

would like to provide input or ideas into this plan,

please email zestalinekim@gmail.com. We are

working on a multi year budget plan to make this

happen.

The Room 213/214 Halloween Bake Sale

The Grade 5/6 FI classes held a fundraising

bake sale during the recesses and lunch hours of

the last week of October. Our families took

special care to ensure that the homemade, whole

wheat muffins, banana and zucchini breads and

kale chips we prepared complied with the

Ministry nutritional guidelines. We learned that

pastry can be both delicious and nutritious! We

spent time advertising and marketing our sale.

During the last period of every school day, we

counted the bank notes and coins we had raised,

making sure to notate everything neatly in

proper columns and double checked all of our

calculations. It will cost us $771.00 to send 53

Grade 5/6 FI students and 10 adult chaperones

to The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair on

November 8th. This includes return TTC fare.

We raised $1075.05 during our bake sale. This

leaves us with $304.05 to apply toward our ROM

trip on December 5th.

Math - The Cube Challenge Discovering

three-Dimensional Congruence.

Glen Park

Halloween

We were so thrilled with the number of students who came to school dressed in costume to celebrate

the spirit of Hallowe’en. It is the one day per year when students and staff can dress up and have fun

learning. Thank you to all parents who assisted with make up and costumes. It was certainly a fun day at

Glen Park!

Mme Visconti’s class performing their Halloween songs!

Glen Park

Our GLEN PARK SUPER ACES for October

Congratulations to: Ruby, Bashir, Gabrielle, Chelsea, Gabriela, Amari, Levi, Christal, Cameron, Philip,

Tianna, Victoria, Ruth, Richard, Valentina, Celine, Leila, Yulia, Hannah, Lauryn, Joseph, Nicholas, Nathalia,

Sophie, and Elizabeth.

French Immersion Applications

Applications to the Early French Immersion program are made the year your child is in Junior

Kindergarten for entry in September of Senior Kindergarten. It is an entirely online process. Please

check the weekly parent email scoop for more information or call our office at 416-395-2460.

Important Dates:

Application process opens: November 1, 2016

Deadline for applications: December 1, 2016

Placements are made based on the address you provide prior to the application deadline. If your address

changes between the application deadline and the fall of the SK year, there is no guarantee of placement

in your new area.

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