Inspire Success, Confidence and Hope Principal: Mrs. S. Stanford susan.stanford@peelsb.com

Vice Principal (Acting): Mrs. N. Madgett nicole.madgett@peelsb.com

Office Manager: Ms. A. Allen april.allen@peelsb.com

277 Mississauga Valley Blvd., Mississauga

905-275-4077

Superintendent: Mr. A. Edwards

Trustee: Mrs. S. Lawton

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APRIL 2017

Our students, family members and staff have

been busy selling chocolates. Thank you for supporting

our fundraising initiatives! We continue to use

fundraising dollars for school-wide performances,

school trips and guest speakers. This Spring some of our

classes are looking forward to visiting Crawford Lake

and Springridge Farm!

Don’t forget to make ‘Your Voice Count.’

Go to: https://www.sspsurveyhub.ca/yvc/

parent/

Please note: The May 15th evening has been cancelled.

Instead, the School Council will join, hosting a healthy eating

table, the participants for our Community evening on April

12th.

Not on Twitter? Follow us at twitter.com/thornwoodps

Our annual CHOCOLATE

FUNDRAISER is well

underway!

This year we are selling the

Lamontagne King Selection

chocolates! Each individual

box sells for $3.00

Our fundraiser wraps up on

April 10th and we are half

way to reaching our

school’s fundraising goal!

Keep up the great sales!

Early bird prizes have been

handed out to …

Congratulations to all of our

winners so far!!

Caleb ASD Steven 2C

Maiya 4C Yasmin 5A

Jayden 5B Mithilan 5A

Martim 5B Alicia KB

Zoya 1B Isaiah KE

Neev 2/3

Celebrating Faith

& Culture at Thornwood PS

April 2017

DATE

CELEBRATION FAITH AND CULTURE

April Mmaal and Sucker Moon Aboriginal Spirituality

April 4 Shri Ramnavami Hinduism

April 8 Farvardegan Zoroastrianism

April 8 to 26 Month of Jalál Bahá'í

April 9 Palm Sunday Christianity

April 9 to 16 Holy Week begins Christianity

April 9 Mahavir Jayanti Jainism

Sunset of April 10 to 18 Pesach (Passover) Judaism

April 11, 13 or 14 Theravada New Year Buddhism

April 13 (J) Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) Christianity

April 13 or 14 Vaisakhi or Baisakhi Sikhism and Hinduism

Saka and New Year’s Day Buddhism and Hinduism

April 14 Good Friday (Holy Friday) Christianity and Canada

April 16 Easter or Pascha Christianity and Canada

April 17 Easter Monday Christianity and Canada

Sunset of April 19 to May 1

Ridvan Bahá'í

Eve of April 22 or 23 to April 23 or 24

Isra and Mi’raj Islam

April 23 to 24 Yom HaShoah Judaism

April 24 Zarathosht-no-Diso Zoroastrianism

April 27 to May 16 Month of Jamál Bahá'í

April 29 Akshaya-tritiya Jainism

April 30 to May 4 Ghambar Maidyozarem Zoroastrianism

April 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 3 4 5

Cookie and

Milk Day

6 7

School

Assembly

Gr 3 Hosting

8

9 10

Chocolate

Fundraising

Ends

DAY OF PINK

11 12

Pizza Day!

Community

Connection

Evening

13 14

Good Friday -

No School for

Students and

Staff

15

16 17

Easter Monday

-No School for

Students and

Staff

18 19

Cookie and Milk

Day

20

Earth Day

Wear Green &

Blue

EQAO Info

Session Gr 3

Parents 3:30pm

21

22

23 24 25

Grad Photo

Day for Grade

5’s

26

Pizza Day

27 28 29

30 Stay Tuned for Education Week Events

coming up May 1 — 5

March - Student of the Month

Grade Teacher Student Character Trait

1 Geddes Dhanesh Responsibility

1 Belvedere Shounak Responsibility

1 Simpson Kabeer Caring

2 Passarelli Khaled Inclusive

2 Janthur Myles Responsibility

2 Thampi Aryam Responsibility

2/3 Donnelly Savannah Caring

3 Vedi Jayashree Cooperation

3 De Castro Salwa Caring

3 Zikmanis Faaria Khan Responsibility

4 Ryu Noorulzahraa Caring

4 Zavarella/

Smith

Zoya Responsibility

4 Caron Laila Caring

5 Stuckless Saanavi Responsibility &

Initiative

5 Wisner Afifah Caring

5 Giblen Afrida Cooperation

ASD/ISSP Burgess Lucas Responsibility &

Inclusiveness

Each month,

classroom

teachers

recognize a

student from

their class for

consistently

modeling Peels’

Character

Attribute Traits.

Congratulations

to our award

recipients, who

were each

personally

acknowledged in

March for their

accomplishment.

Look What is Happening at

Thornwood Public School

We just finished yet another Art contest with over 70 entries. The theme the students

selected this time was Flowers and Trees. Students created their own artwork in whatever

medium they chose. All classes from grades 1 to 5 voted for their favourite artwork and

the 6 winning students with the most votes are as follows:

For Grades 1 and 2:

In third place, from Ms. Donnelly’s class is Manasvini, with her brightly painted landscape.

In second place, from Ms. Simpson’s class is Abdullah with his softly coloured flower vine.

In first place with the most votes, from Ms. Donnelly’s class is Jumana with her vivid single rose.

For Grades 3,4 and 5:

In third place, from Ms. Stuckless’ class is Adithi with her colourful flower pot.

In second place, from Ms. Giblen’s class is Afrida with her detailed flower vase.

In first place with the most votes, from Ms. Giblen’s class is Jasper with his creative seasonal tree.

Congratulations to the 6 winners and a BIG THANK YOU to all the students who entered

and voted. Please check out the winning pieces on display by the front office.

Thornwood students and staff participated

in The Big Crunch on March 9th to promote

healthy eating of fruits and vegetables.

All students received an apple to

‘crunch’ together! It was a

delicious event!

Lamontagne Chocolate sales representatitve,

John McGee visited Thornwood to launch our

chocolate fundraising campaign. The students

were so excited about the fundraising initia-

tive, and even more excited when John gave

away some free chocolate as prizes!

April is looking to be an exciting month for Physical Education! Mr. Falbo and

Mr. Wilson look forward to working on these great things...

Grades 1 and 2: An introduction to team games using a variety of equipment.

Learning to coordinate body movement using scooter boards.

Grade 3: Coordinating body movement using advanced scooter board skills.

Beginning to learn move advanced

moves with jump rope. Basic basket-

ball dribbling and shooting skills will

be explored.

Grade 4: Learning the new game of

Newcombe Ball. Applying throw and

catch skills in a team game.

Grade 5: Learning advanced skills for the game of Newcombe

Ball. Introducing lead-up skills to volleyball.

Health and Physical Education Curriculum supports the physical, emotional and

social well-being of students

Working together to keep our students safe and healthy

The Peel District School Board implemented the Ministry of Education’s revised Health and Physical Education (HPE)

curriculum in the 2015-16 school year. The curriculum is divided into four elements that work together to support

the physical, emotional and social well-being of students:

active living

movement competence

living skills

healthy living

Peel staff will again teach the human development and sexual health component to students, beginning spring 2017.

This provides time for teachers to develop strong relationships with their students prior to this phase.

Advance notice letters will be sent home with students two weeks prior to the human development/sexual health

lessons. Families can submit religious accommodation requests at any time prior to the lesson by contacting the

school directly.

To get more information on how the HPE curriculum will be taught, please visit our website at www.peelschools.org/

HPE.

Thornwood Goes Pink on April 10!

Day of Pink, the international day to celebrate diversity and inclusion to work towards ending homophobia, transphobia and all forms of bul-lying and discrimination, falls on the second Wednesday of April each year. As this conflicts with a holy day, in order to give all of our stu-

dents an opportunity to be part of this important inclusion activity, the Peel District School Board schools will recognize Day of Pink on April 10 this year.

“Equity and inclusion is something that all Peel schools teach throughout the year and discuss with students daily—it is embedded in everything we do,” says Tony Pontes, director of educa-tion. “Day of Pink is just one more way for us to ensure students and staff learn, work and de-velop in environments that are safe, equitable, inclusive, respectful and nurturing for all.”

Day of Pink began when a high school student in Cambridge, Nova Scotia, was bullied with ho-mophobic language because he wore a pink shirt to school. The next day, hundreds of stu-dents at his school stood up to bullying and wore pink to school to show their support for eq-uity and inclusion.

On this day, students, staff and families from across Peel may wear pink. Here at Thornwood,

wearing pink means: I do not support bullying of LGTBQ+ people, I stand against homopho-

bia, I want our school to be safe for everyone.

EDUCATION WEEK AT THORNWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Education Week will be celebrated the week of May 1st - 5th.

At Thornwood PS, we are planning a number of exciting events!

Details will follow towards the end of April. In the meantime, be sure to mark your calendars

for Wed. May 3rd at 2 p.m. for our annual Education Week Open House.

You are cordially invited to Thornwood Public School’s

Parent Community Night on

Get the opportunity to meet representatives from:

Mississauga Valleys Community Centre

Mississauga Valleys Public Library

Peel Region Police

YMCA

Newcomer Centre of Peel

A representative from Mississauga Landscape and Gardening

Thornwood Public School Council with a ‘make and take’ healthy snack to share

And more …...

Date: Wednesday April 12, 2017

Time: 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Place: Thornwood Public School

Did you ever want to enhance your parenting skills or just to help your child eat better?

Then please join us to get information from our presenters on

Parenting

&

Helping your child eat healthier

THORNWOOD WOLVES

LUNCH TIME BEHAVIOUR

وقت الطعامثورون وود سلوك ثعالب WE WILL:

نحن سوف:

sit quietly and talk softly.

نجلس ونتكلم بهدوء

stay in our seat.

نبقى في أماكننا

ask permission to leave the classroom.

نستأذن قبل الخروج من الصف

listen to our lunchroom supervisor.

نتبع تعليمات مشرفتنا

tidy up after we eat.

ننظف أماكننا بعد الطعام

sort our garbage and recycling.

نرمي المخلف ات في سلة المهمالت المخصصة

At Thornwood Public

School we promote

positive behaviour

both inside and outside

of the classroom.

This month, all

classrooms will be

posting our revised

Lunchroom

Behaviour

expectations.

If your child stays at

school for lunch, we

encourage you to

review the lunchroom

expectations to

support promoting

positive behaviour in

the lunchroom.

A reminder that we are

a nut free school and

that students are not to

bring nut products to

school. We ask that

you check the package

labels and look for the

nut free symbols when

purchasing snacks to

pack in your child’s

lunch.

The Parent Council met March 30th and decided to present our Healthy Snacks

recipes initiative at the Community Event April 12th.

The Parent Council is your opportunity to have a voice in the many aspects of our Thornwood

community. It gives you a chance to influence, participate and suggest community events for the

families of our school community. We typically meet one evening a month at the school. Every-

one is welcome and encouraged to attend.

Please drop by our table at the Community evening on April 12 and enjoy some sample healthy

snacks, get some recipes for healthy snacks submitted by the families of Thornwood and meet us.

We might even have some prizes you can win!

A Message from Thornwood Public School

Parent Council

Celebrate Administrative Professionals’ Day Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Peel schools will pay tribute to administrative professionals on Administrative Profes-sionals’ Day on April 26, 2017. The day will be celebrated with special activities and events that provide teachers, students and parents an opportunity to thank the adminis-trative staff who help support student success each and every day.

The Peel board appreciates the important job administrative staff do each school day and April 26 provides an opportunity to give these individuals the recognition they de-serve.

Register today for Adult ESL or LINC classes

Do you know an adult that is interested in improving their English language skills for work,

study or daily life?

Through the Continuing & Adult Education department, the Peel District School Board offers a

wide variety of English language classes that help parents experience success in Canadian

English in both listening/speaking and reading/writing. Courses are designed for a range of

basic, intermediate and advanced English (Levels 1 to 7) as well as the more experienced

learner needing to prepare for an IELTS exam.

Classes are ongoing - Register anytime.

All learners that complete a session will earn a certificate of learning from the Peel District

School Board.

Classes operate from six locations in Brampton and Mississauga with three specially designed

adult centres at:

Bramalea - Adult Education Centre - 25 Kings Cross Road, Unit 3

Brampton - Adult Education Centre - #300 - 7700 Hurontario Street

Mississauga - Adult Education Centre - 100 Elm Drive West, Room 117

To learn more or to register, call 905-270-6000

Also visit www.peelschools.org/adulteducation or follow us on Twitter: @PDSBLearnESL

Help us to encourage and enhance parent involvement in Peel Apply for a position on the board's Parent Involvement Committee

The Peel board’s Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) meets regularly throughout the school year to review the board’s plans for parent involvement as they relate to parent, family and community engagement, and to make suggestions to schools, councils and the board regard-ing additional parent outreach.

As mandated by the ministry, the purpose of Peel board's PIC is to:

support, encourage, and enhance meaningful parental involvement within schools and across the district, including, outreach to parents who find involvement more challenging

work collaboratively with the school board to support student success

seek out the advice and ideas of school councils, and other parents and partners as they plan and implement strategies to involve more parents at the regional level

develop strategies for enhancing parental engagement and outreach

Parent application packages will be made available on April 10, 2017 at www.peelschools.org/PIC. The deadline to submit an application is May 1, 2017.

Summer School 2017 Secondary School full credit and 55-hour session classes will be offered at 12 high schools throughout the Board this summer. Peel eLearning-Summer classes, two-credit Co-operative Education, ESL and Summer Study/Travel programs are also available.

Join us at the Adult Education Centre - South, 100 Elm Dr. W., Mississauga on Thursday, April 6, 2017 from 6 - 8 p.m. for our Summer School Parents’ Infor-mation Night.

Parent resources help you support your child’s learning

At the Peel District School Board, our mis-sion is to inspire success, confidence and hope in each child. There is no doubt that families play a vital role in helping us achieve this goal. As our partner in educa-tion, we hope you'll stay connected to your child's learning throughout his or her entire school experience.

Visit www.peelschools.org/parents/helpyourchild to explore all resources avail-able to parents.

There you will find easy-to-navigate buttons that connect families to tip sheets and web pages on a number of different topics, including math, homework, special education, EQAO and mental health.

Keeping children safe in and around storm sewers, waterways g children safe in and around storm sewers, waterways Rising and fast moving water in lakes, ponds and creeks is increasingly likely during spring. Children playing in and around storm sewers and watercourses, entering storm sewers through the outfalls, and entering storm sewers through access covers is dangerous. The fol-lowing information will help keep children safe:

water flows in storm sewers and watercourses are unpredictable and may change quickly

toxic gases may be present in and around storm sewers and watercourses

access is restricted, making rescue attempts are difficult

tragic falls could take place

Please review this information with your children and let them know how dangerous storms sewers and waterways are.

April - Earth Month

Earth Month encompasses the international celebration of Earth Day on April 22, 2017. This is the most celebrated environmental event worldwide. Initiated in 1970, this event has been considered the birth of the environmental movement.

Each year, more than 6 million Canadians join 500 million people in over 180 countries in staging events and projects to address local environmental issues. In Canada, Earth Day has grown into Earth Week and even Earth Month to accom-modate the profusion of events and projects. Here are some ways that you can celebrate earth week with your family:

create a backyard or schoolyard habitat

plant a garden or tree

start a recycling program at home

organize a carpooling campaign in your neighbourhood to reduce air pollution

pick up trash in your neighbourhood

read a book about an endangered species

make a visit to your local zoo, aquarium or museum

visit a local park, wildlife area or farm to provide a fun opportunity to learn about the environment and life

At Thornwood PS we care about our environment and will be doing our part to clean up our school grounds on Earth Day.