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Spring Greetings Grizzly Families!

We wanted to take a moment and

thank everyone for the hard work and

dedication this year—

Our Student Parliament has been

working hard over the last month! They

organized a Rock N’ Roll day where fun

was had by all! Student parliament and

class reps are leading the way in kind-

ness and awareness. They have orga-

nized a Jersey day to commemorate the

Humboldt tragedy, will be wearing blue

to bring awareness to autism and will

continue to spend time talking about

and recognizing the power of healthy

relationships. International day of Pink

is April 10th. Please wear pink to hon-

our our Grizzly culture of inclusivity,

care and kindness.

Our school council is working hard

supporting our school. Part of their ef-

forts, apart from regularly supporting

the organization of our lunch programs

and volunteer reading, include our yard

rejuvenation three year project.

Don’t miss out on our current fund-

raiser, MacMillan’s and mark your

calendar for a day full of family

fun...the Grizzly SWAP N’ PLAY! This

event will be held on the first Satur-

day in May right here at GPS.

Mr. Williams and I are thrilled to

continue in our current roles as Act-

ing Principal and Teacher Adminis-

trative Assistant/Acting Vice Principal

supporting the educational journey

of your children here at Gravenhurst

Public School. We wish Mr. Goldring

continued success in his current role

as acting superintendent.

In learning

and well-

being,

J. Richter

&

T. Williams

Volume 1, Issue 8

April 2019

School Council welcomes your help at

any of our events during the year...a

small amount of time goes a long way

and is so appreciated. The next meeting,

MESSAGE from ADMINISTRATION

School Council

Student Parliament 2

Pink Shirt Way of Being 2

Gentle Reminders 2

Amazing Grizzlies 3

Drama Club 3

Badminton & Cross Fit 3

Self-Regulation 3

School Improvement Goals 4

Self Regulation Parent Tips 5

Calendar 6

Inside this issue:

Dates to Remember:

April 1-12 -McMillan's Fundraiser April 2nd -World Autism Awareness Day—WEAR BLUE:) April 4 -Grizzly Jersey Day or wear yellow and green April 9 -School Council, 6 pm April 10 -International Day of Pink: Wear PINK April 18th -Robotics April 19th-22nd -Easter Weekend April 29th -Grad Photo and Kindi RE-takes

TAA: Thomas Williams Principal: Jennifer Richter Trustee: Louise Clodd

with free child care, is Tuesday April

9th, at 6:00 pm here in the GPS Li-

brary. We look forward to seeing all

who can make it! Together we will

make this the best Grizzly year yet!!!

IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE A

BEAR, BE A GRIZZLY!! !

*EXCELLENCE THROUGH EFFORT* April Character Trait:

*Self-Control * La Maitrise de Sol

The ability to control your emotions, feelings and actions

News from the Den




Gentle reminders

Personal Devices and Cell Phones

Off and Away Throughout the day

Cell phones and personal devices are encouraged to

remain at home. If they are brought to school they

are off and away throughout the day unless permis-

sion is given by your child’s teacher or educator for

learning purposes only.

Thank you for connecting with your child when he

or she is at school by contacting the front office:

(705) 687– 2011. Your continued support and re-

viewing this with your child is appreciated.

Drop oFF/Pick Up Routines

&

DAILY ATTENDANCE

Your child loves learning for the entire school day

and further developing independence….Thank you

for remaining outside until the 3:10 bell and ensur-

ing your child arrives at school prior to 8:45. Please

let the front office know if there is a change to your

child’s normal end of day routine prior to 3:00 pm. If

you are picking your child up in a vehicle, please

park your car along either John st. or Mary st.

Thank you for ensuring your child is part of our GPS

learning community of high expectations each and

every day. Attending school regularly has a direct

positive affect on your child’s educational success.

VOLunteers, Visitors, Family

members and Caregivers We couldn’t do what we do without our volunteers

and school council. If you would like to read with

students or help out in any other way please stop by

the office.

This is a gentle reminder for all parents/guardians/visitors to come to the office when entering the school. Signing in at the office when you arrive at GPS is an important part of our safe procedures pro-tocol. As well, if you are picking your child up or dropping them off between bell times please sign your child in and/or out at the office. Please be sure that we have your most recent and up-to-date con-tact information and phone numbers. Thank you!.

P A G E 2 N E W S F R O M T H E D E N D E N

SCHOOL Parliament and

AND CLASS Reps

-Integral to our Success-

GPS is lucky to have an incredible student parlia-ment! This student body, with classroom reps and alongside educators Mrs. Orchard and Mrs. Van

Kooten, actively support your children’s experiences at school.

#GPSProud #GrizzlySTRONG

Our Student Parliament organized Rock N’ Roll day

which we celebrated on March 29th with a rock

n’roll theme as well as a performance of our ROCK

band at our assembly….WAY to GO GRIZZLIES!

APRIL GRIZZLY SPIRIT DAYS

April 2– World Autism Day– Wear BLUE

April 4– Jersey Day or Yellow and Green Day

April 10– International Day of Pink– Wear PINK




AMAZING GRIZZLIES!

These are GPS GRIZZLIES demonstrating

Sportsmanship

Our incredible students demonstrate Sportsman-

ship our March Character trait.—the ability to play

fair and with respect whether you win or lose.

#GPSProud #GrizzlySTRONG

DRAMA CLUB

These grizzlies did an amazing job at Mass Drama

day in March…..check out a recording of their per-

formance on Twitter @gravenhurstps!

!Outstanding!

SCHOOL COUNCIL

-FUNDRAISER-

Thank you for sup-

porting our school’s

yard rejuvenation

projects and green-

ing our school….

WE ARE GRATEFUL!

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 8

SELF REGULATION CORNER

Resilience refers to how well we can stabilize after a

challenge. The more effectively we can recover from

the energy expended to deal with a stressor, the

more primed we are to deal with the next stress This

is an essential component of self-regulation.

#SelfReg.

Read about it here

http://bit.ly/2GM5jjv

https://self-reg.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2_10_-

Five_Domain_Strategies.pdf

https://self-reg.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/

Infographic-Feb-2016-Parent.pdf?

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News from the

Gym

Our Badminton club will begin on Tuesday and Thursday mornings before the

morning bell!.

ATTENTION

GPS is an Official CROSSFIT SCHOOL!!!!

Grades 4-8 Free fitNess classes

every Tuesday and Thursday

3:10-3:50

...Thank You Ms. McLeod!

https://twitter.com/hashtag/SelfReg?src=hash

https://t.co/tIiYAlmciE




V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 8 P A G E 4

GrIZZLIES are ReADERS!

READ…. Every day!

Our School improvement reading goal is:

Our students achieving level 3 or 4 on EQAO in

2019 will increase by 12%.

If we support students developing decoding and

comprehension strategies, including fluency, at their

instructional level then students will be able to inde-

pendently read and understand a text.

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Encourage your child to read each and every day.

This might look like you reading to them, reading a

book, reading an article or reading information on a

website. Reading can be thought of as the process

of decoding or figuring out the actual words on the

page while simultaneously comprehending or un-

derstanding what those words mean. Fluency can

be described as a bridge between decoding or word

recognition and comprehension. Fluency is the abil-

ity to read a text accurately, quickly, and with expres-

sion.

One thing you can do at home to support your

child’s developing fluency is continue to read to your

child, pausing according to the punctuation and us-

ing an expressive voice. As well practicing word

recognition at a single glance helps your child devel-

op fluency.

What did you notice about my voice?

or

There is something I did when my eyes saw they peri-

od/exclamation mark/comma. What was it?

Happy Reading!

Below are some Websites to help develop Reading

skills, including pre-reading skills, ....a life skill!

Tips for Parents: Reading Rockets

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/reading-tips-

parents-multiple-languages

PBS Kids Reading– Collection of Resources

https://pbskids.org/

GrIZZLIES are mathematicians!

MATH….EVERY Day!

Our School improvement math goal is:

Our students achieving level 3 or 4 on EQAO in 2019

will increase by 12%.

If we support student learning opportunities to develop

automaticity, thinking flexibly and reasonably about

numbers then their ability to represent and solve prob-

lems in measurement and NSN will improve.

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We want our students to see the power in math and

deeply understand the actions that happen when solv-

ing problems. The way we show or word a problem

can help with this. Start, change or result unknown are

three different problem types that help us see the rela-

tionships between operations (addition/subtraction,

and multiplication/division).

One thing you can do to help your child develop their

math skills with operations is to help them see the rela-

tionships between the operations. Wording questions

differently helps with this. For example,

I have some cookies….you gave me 8 more and now I

have 12. How many did I start with?

This type of a question helps your child see that addi-

tion and subtraction work inversely. It is an example of

a start unknown question because we don’t know how

many cookies we started with, only that it is some.

When solving this problem, it could be modeled as

something (the unknown) plus 8 equals 12. It could

also be modelled as 12 minus 8 equals what.?

It would look like this in a standard algorithm:

? + 8=12 12 – 8= ?

Happy Math!

Below is a Website linking to the Parent Guide to the

Fundamentals in Math in case you would like to revisit

the hard copy sent home in November:

Ministry of Education: Fundamentals of Math

Parent Guide

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/

parent_guide_math_en.pdf




Kindergarten Registrations

Fo r Sep t e mbe r 2019

We are excited to welcome new students and families to

Gravenhurst P.S.

--home of the Grizzly Community built on care and kindness, excellence and effort. Registrations for Junior and Senior Kindergarten will take place during the month of

January and February.

Junior Kindergarten students must be 4 years of age by December 31st, 2019.

Senior Kindergarten students must be 5 years of age by December 31st, 2019

*please note, Senior Kindergarten registrations are only for children not currently en-rolled in the Junior Kindergarten program.

To register your child, please bring with you:

Proof of age for each child (Birth Certificate) Road name and 911 address with a corresponding utility bill

Ontario Health Card number Child’s immunization record

Name and phone number of family doctor OR register ON Line

Bus Transportation will be provided for students living 1.6 km or further from Gravenhurst PS School.

BE A GRIZZLY--#GPSProud #GRIZZLYStrong




Sun M o n T ue W e d T hu F r i Sat

1 2

WEAR B LUE for WORLD

AUTISM AWARNESS

DAY

3

4 GRIZZLY SPIRIT

DAY-wear your Jersey or green /

yel low

5

PA DAY

6

7 8

9 10

WEAR PINK International

DAY OF PINK

11

TIP IN Grade 8s Girls to

BMLSS

12

13

14 15

16

17

PRIMARY Swimming

18

ROBO Fair

19

EASTER WEEKEND

20

21

22

23

*Welcome Back

24

PRIMARY Swimming

25

26

27

28 29

Grad Photo RE-TAKES

30

M AY 1

2

4

Delivery days Mr. Sub

Delivery days Pizza Station

Character Education Theme

WELCOME to the Home of the Grizzlies

@Gravenhurstps ...the place to be in 2019!!!!!

April 2019

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