We have added this clock to our website to help make it easier for parents and students to know what time it is at school. We are hoping to cut down on the number of students arriving late. The bell goes at 8:30 am and students who are not in their classroom by 8:35 will be considered late.
Grade 8 dates to remember:
Feb. 6th: Grad Photos
Feb. 6th: Chocolate Fundraiser ends
Feb. 7: Grade 8 report cards to home
Feb. 8th: Parent Information night at Pickering H.S.
Feb. 13th: Option sheets due to E.R.P.S
Feb. 21st: Grad trip, 2nd installment due
Mar. 6 - 20: Optional Frozen Delights Fundraiser
April 9 - 13: P.H.S. Student Orientation (dates T.B.D.)
April 16th: Final Grad Trip installment due
June 19th: Gr. 8 Band to Canada's Wonderland
June 21st: Graduation ceremony at Forest Brook
June 25 - 28: Grad trip
January 27th is a P.A. Day. There is no school for students.
Electives begin for Grade 4 - 8 students on February 7th in the afternoon.
Family Literacy Day has been recognized across Canada by students and parents on Jan. 27 since 1999.
Family literacy encompasses all the ways parents and children develop and use literacy skills to accomplish everyday tasks and activities. It includes reading, writing and telling stories, following directions, keeping records and lists, writing messages and making drawings to share ideas.
Here are some activities for you and your child to do together to improve family literacy skills.
Literacy is more than just reading and writing
Suggest your child do drawings from a "birds-eye view" or from the point-of-view of an insect on the ground. Have the whole family practice drawing simple objects from different points-of-view-for example, draw an apple or a flower. Discuss your drawings.
Play charades with your child. Have her act out book titles she has read.
Bake cookies or other goodies with your child. Let him read the recipe and measure the ingredients.
Play word games such as Scrabble or Boggle.
Choose an interesting place to visit. Plan all aspects of the trip together - figure out how to get there by looking at a map (make a map and have family members follow the directions on the trip). What is the best route to follow?
Provide a workspace for your child. Keep plenty of supplies on hand including: paper, pens, pencils, erasers, crayons, glue, markers and scraps of cloth and yarn. Encourage your child to write or talk about what she has created.
Visit places that relate to what your child is studying at school. Encourage him to talk about the experience.
In a restaurant, encourage your child to order from the menu. Have her try to estimate how much the meal will cost.
