March Update Vol. 1

Then Peter came and said to him, ‘Lord, if an-

other member of the church sins against me,

how often should I forgive?

As many as seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Not

seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven

times.”

(Matthew 18:21-22)

During the week of February 26-March 2nd Mrs Thomas and Mme Pasquale's classes presented their research projects on famous historical figures from the 1600's to the 1900's. Stu-dents presented a speech, a researched project on their cho-sen historical figure and designed costumes and backdrops. Students came dressed up as their figure too! Thank you to all parents involved in helping their child design a backdrop and a costume. From Mrs Thomas and Mme Pasquale

On February 28, 2018, St Cecilia staff and students participated in our second

annual math day. Students rotated throughout the school and engaged in a

variety of hands on and exciting math activities. The activities ranged from

physical activities, building structures, to creating mathematically inspired art

masterpieces. Many students expressed that they love math day!

Thank you to all staff for a great day!

On Friday March 2nd and Thursday March 8th, Mme Pasquale, Mrs Pelech and Ms

Thomas/Mme McGrath's classes participated in a science workshop. The Scientist

visited our classrooms to discuss the theme of Matter in a workshop titled "What

in the World is Matter?" The students had a great time exploring, investigating,

creating, and observing different gases, solids and liquids. They were wonderful

scientists for the day. Thank you to our parent council for providing funds to edu-

cate our young minds. We appreciate your generosity in providing such fun and

engaging science workshops for our students.

From: Mme Pasquale, Mrs Pelech, Ms Thomas, Mrs McGrath and our grade 4/5

students

This passed week the grade 6 cohort took flight as our scientists experimented with balloons to discover the properties of air that are manipulated to achieve flight. They investigated dense air, sticky air and Newtonian laws as they predicted water flow around barriers. Our scientists designed flight control surfaces to accomplish lift and thrust. The "pièce de resistance" was constructing propellers as the scientists concluded that the orientation of the blades was key to creating rotation of the propeller. It was a true "ah ha" moment to see the excitement on the students' faces.

Thank you to scientist Liz and Mr. York for organizing this avionics adventure and thank you to our parent council for helping to fund this event!

The Grade 6 Team

As part of a coding unit, Mme Faion-Kralik had the

students break up into small groups and "code" the

steps to a dance that they created using one of their

favorite Gregg LeRock songs. They then submitted the

written code to one of the grade 8 French immersion

classes in the school. The grade 2 class gave them the

song, the written steps and one week to practice.

The follow-up was a videotaping of each grade 2 group

as well as their grade 8 counterpart. The videos were

compiled and the result posted on YouTube. The website

is below for your viewing:

https://youtu.be/WxF8Zt_xNYo

The youtube video was then submitted to Gregg LeRock in preparation for his upcoming concert.

His response is below:

"Salut tout le monde! J'ai bien aimé votre vidéo ... que vous êtes talenteux! J'ai hâte de jouer pour vous autres au Living Arts Centre. On va s'amuser. Brrrra-vo!" Gregg LeRock

Thank you so much for sharing this with us - and for the the great work you're doing with your students!

Amicalement,

On March 8, 2018, Charlie Angus, MP for Timmins Ontario, visited St. Cecilia to

practice and sing Christmas in the City!

Thank you Mr. York for organizing this special event for our students!

St. Cecilia Hockey Team

Introducing 2018 St. Cecilia Hockey Team : Evan G., Cavan K-B., Alden H., Lucas

A., Liam M., Tristan N., Nolan S., Adam K., Joe S., Matthew L., Luca H., Ella B.,

Sam., Julia B., Joshua B., Julia M., Teacher coach: Mr Bordignon. Special thank

you to Mr. J. Medeiros for volunteering his time to coach the team. Thank you

our parent council for their help and support with the team. Good luck Tigers!

Hi there! Welcome to our website batteries for kidz, Our names are Rachel and Olivia and we are here to make a difference in the lives of kids with zinc deficiency's. We are two grade eight girls from Toronto. This year we were asked by our teacher Mr. Caverhill to create a project that would make a difference in the world or community and that would take up 20% of our time (Hence the name 20% time project) We were at WE Day 2017 and heard about a company called Teck, who recycles batteries and and turns them into zinc tablets for kids in need. Our goal is to work with Teck to save 30,000 kids if not more, from zinc deficiency's! That means we need Your help to collect 8334 batteries! 1 AA battery saves 6 children so help us on our journey to save children in need! :)

Salut! Bienvenue sur notre site web batteries pour kidz, Nos noms sont Rachel et Olivia et nous sommes ici pour faire une différence dans la vie des enfants atteints de carence en zinc. Nous sommes deux filles de huitième année de Toronto. Cette année, notre professeur, M. Caverhill, nous a demandé de créer un projet qui ferait une différence dans le monde ou la communauté et qui prendrait 20% de notre temps (d'où le nom de projet de 20% de temps). et entendu parler d'une entreprise appelée Teck, qui recycle les piles et les transforme en comprimés de zinc pour les enfants dans le besoin. Notre objectif est de travailler avec Teck pour sauver 30 000 enfants, sinon plus, de la carence en zinc! Cela signifie que nous avons besoin de votre aide pour collecter 8334 piles! 1 AA batterie sauve 6 enfants alors aidez-nous dans notre voyage pour sauver les enfants dans le besoin! : https://batteries4kidz.wixsite.com/batteries-4-kidz

Hello Parents.

St Cecilia sports teams need their uniforms re-turned!

If you have a blue St Cecilia shirt with a number on the back or a green St Cecilia shirt, please re-turn them to the school.

Our students need these jerseys for upcoming sporting events.

Go Tigers.

Dear Parents,

Just a friendly reminder that the PLASP Program is using the Kindergarten playground from 3 pm till 6pm. Please try to use the other side of the playground during these hours.

We appreciate your understanding.

Kind regards,

PLASP Kindergarten Program

Sunday, March 11, 2018:

Daylight savings time (turn clocks ahead one

hour

March 12-16, 2018:

March Break

March 17, 2018:

St. Patrick Day

March 2018:

Dental Screening continues

March 20, 2018:

School Confessions

March 21, 2018:

Delegation of educators from Thunder Bay

visiting grade 7/8 French Immersion Class

March 23, 2018

Civies day $2.00 (donation to Sharelife

March 25, 2018:

Palm Sunday

The Student Council is organizing an Irish Dance cel-ebration for St Patrick's Day.

Date: Friday, March 23rd

Who: JKs to Grade 3s.

Where: Gym

Why: a short demonstration from Irish Student Dancers, teach the students some steps.