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Message From Ms Larosa Dear Parents/ Guardians, We have had a great week of parent involvement! Thank you for joining in on our Hallowe’en Parade and Monster Mash performance on Tuesday. Students had a fun and safe afternoon, thanks to the creative planning of our teachers and the additional support we received from parents who volunteered their time for the afternoon. Yesterday’s pizza lunch brought even more parent volunteers. We truly appreciate your time invested at our school, whether for a class trip, volunteering to read, or in cele- brating with us at sports meets and/or school events. Our Learning To Read Workshops took place this week for Kindergarten to Grade 2 parents. We had a good turn out both nights. Thank you to Jana Leggett, our Speech and Language Consultant, who was able to review the theory and development of reading in children, as well as highlight many practi- cal and intentional strategies, games and tools to help parents support their child at home. Reading comprehension requires both strong word decoding and listening comprehension skills. Parents actu- ally experienced the complexity of this with some of the activities we engaged in at the workshop, learned how to use Elkonin boxes, and so much more! Attached please find a Tips Sheet on some of the items that were highlighted at our sessions, particularly on phonological awareness, which you will find useful. As well, a second attachment is included that lists a wealth of resources and apps that address specific areas when learning to read. Remember, reading WITH your child provides the op- portunity for you to teach strategies (at their level), whereas reading TO your child should be simply that…modelling the love of reading! This allows for choosing books that are at higher levels, of varied interests, and rereading the same books for enjoyment. What will you read to your child today? As mentioned in last week’s message, the entry time for our students is at 8:40 a.m. Teachers are on duty at 8:25 a.m. for supervision. Please ensure your child starts his/her day well by being at school no later than 8:40. This is when your child’s teacher picks up their class outside and starts the day. Hearing morning announcements and all that is happening at school for the day, as well as instruction from your child’s teacher, all contribute to students’ sense of belonging and a great start to the day! There is no excuse on Monday, as daylight savings time ends this weekend and we all get one extra hour of sleep! Please remember to turn your clocks back one hour! Enjoy the weekend! Sandra Larosa Principal: Sandra Larosa Office Administrator: Kim Sire Secretary: Nancy Meletschenko Rolph Road E.S. 31 Rolph Rd Toronto, Ontario M4G 3M5 416-396-2435 Safe Arrival: 416-396-2437 Fax: 416-396-2439 School email address: [email protected] School Website: hp:// schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/ rolphroad Upcoming Events November 6th to November 13th—Clothing Drive November 10th—Remembrance Day Assembly November 14th—Caring and Safe Schools Mtg @ 11:40 November 23rd—Rm 2 to Fire Staon ( PM) November 27th—Rolph Rd Week @ Mable's Fables December 7th—Winterfest December 12th— Caring and Safe School Community Mtg—11:40
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Message From Ms Larosa
Dear Parents/ Guardians,
We have had a great week of parent involvement! Thank you for joining in on our Hallowe’en Parade and Monster Mash performance on Tuesday. Students had a fun and safe afternoon, thanks to the creative planning of our teachers and the additional support we received from parents who volunteered their time for the afternoon. Yesterday’s pizza lunch brought even more parent volunteers. We truly appreciate your time invested at our school, whether for a class trip, volunteering to read, or in cele-brating with us at sports meets and/or school events. Our Learning To Read Workshops took place this week for Kindergarten to Grade 2 parents. We had a good turn out both nights. Thank you to Jana Leggett, our Speech and Language Consultant, who was able to review the theory and development of reading in children, as well as highlight many practi-cal and intentional strategies, games and tools to help parents support their child at home. Reading comprehension requires both strong word decoding and listening comprehension skills. Parents actu-ally experienced the complexity of this with some of the activities we engaged in at the workshop, learned how to use Elkonin boxes, and so much more! Attached please find a Tips Sheet on some of the items that were highlighted at our sessions, particularly on phonological awareness, which you will find useful. As well, a second attachment is included that lists a wealth of resources and apps that address specific areas when learning to read. Remember, reading WITH your child provides the op-portunity for you to teach strategies (at their level), whereas reading TO your child should be simply that…modelling the love of reading! This allows for choosing books that are at higher levels, of varied interests, and rereading the same books for enjoyment. What will you read to your child today? As mentioned in last week’s message, the entry time for our students is at 8:40 a.m. Teachers are on duty at 8:25 a.m. for supervision. Please ensure your child starts his/her day well by being at school no later than 8:40. This is when your child’s teacher picks up their class outside and starts the day. Hearing morning announcements and all that is happening at school for the day, as well as instruction from your child’s teacher, all contribute to students’ sense of belonging and a great start to the day! There is no excuse on Monday, as daylight savings time ends this weekend and we all get one extra hour of sleep! Please remember to turn your clocks back one hour! Enjoy the weekend! Sandra Larosa
Principal:
Sandra Larosa
Office Administrator:
Kim Sirett
Secretary:
Nancy Meletschenko
Rolph Road E.S.
31 Rolph Rd
Toronto, Ontario
M4G 3M5
416-396-2435
Safe Arrival:
416-396-2437
Fax: 416-396-2439
School email address:
School Website:
http://
schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/
rolphroad
Upcoming Events
November 6th to November 13th—Clothing Drive
November 10th—Remembrance Day Assembly
November 14th—Caring and Safe Schools Mtg @ 11:40
November 23rd—Rm 2 to Fire Station ( PM)
November 27th—Rolph Rd Week @ Mable's Fables
December 7th—Winterfest
December 12th— Caring and Safe School Community Mtg—11:40
Soccer News
On Wednesday November 1, 2017 our Junior Boys Soccer team headed to Monarch Park Stadium to participate in the City's Championship round against all the other Conference winners. It was a great day for soccer as 16 schools teams, coaches, par-ents and organizers made their way in the massive indoor complex. Our team showed great composure in their Semifinal game against the Eastern Conference Champions West Rouge. After going down 1-0, the team showed great determination to score 3 goals and take a strong lead. They maintained their focus even under increased pressure from the opposition and showed great grit in resisting the final assault to win and make it to the City's Final!! The great emotional and physical energy spent was worth it as the team was guaranteed another banner through this result.
The final game against Lambton-Kingsway, the West Conference Champions started with a bang as our boys took the early lead and maintained it till the first half. The opponents showed their skill and talent in reversing the result to 2-1. Rolph was not done yet as a majestic individual play by our captain Cooper Kelly followed by a powerful outside shot tied the score at 2-2 going in the final 5 minutes. A blitzing counter-attack gave Lambton-Kingsway the lead and they were able to withstand our numerous efforts till the final whistle. A crushing loss of 3-2 but not a humbling one. Great passion, desire and courage shown by our boys to play this beautiful game till the end and what an awesome soccer season. The camaraderie and beautiful times shared will not be forgotten. Rolph Road brings home 2 banners alongside medals and badges. We are proud of you boys! Go Rolph!
"Big Brother" and "Big Sister" Kindergarten Lunchtime Helper Program
Attention all GRADE 5 students! Are you interested in gaining some lead-ership experience? Are you interested in helping the kindergarten stu-dents during lunch time? If so, the "Big Brother" and "Big Sister" Kinder-garten Lunchtime Helper Program is for you! Grade 5 students will be expected to report to their assigned class at 11:30 during their assigned day(s). There will also be an adult lunchroom supervisor and ECE there at all times to assist and provide guidance.
Responsibilities will include helping kindergarten students take out their lunch, opening containers, engage them in reading, quiet activities or play once finished eating, and/or tidying up, and help zip coats up and put boots and mittens on. Grade 5 helpers will have time to eat lunch during this time period and at 12:00 assist the lunchroom supervisor with out-door play activities until 12:30 p.m. After this time, Grade 5 helpers will be dismissed outside, supervised by our regular staff until afternoon entry at 12:40 p.m. If you are interested in taking part in this leadership initiative, please sign up inside Room 2 (Ms. Campbell's classroom) on Monday, November 6th during morning recess. Thank you for sup-porting this leadership opportunity at Rolph!!
Remembrance Day Assembly
November 10th @ 10:15 all students
will congregate in the gym for an as-
sembly to commemorate all the young
men and women who sacrificed their
lives for our freedom.
Parents are welcome to attend!
Winter Clothing Drive—On Behalf of Rolph’s WE Club
Rolph Road is pleased to be hosting a Winter Clothing Drive for the new Canadian families at Rene Gordon Public School (Don Mills and 401). The school has 250 kids, most of whom are refugees or immigrants.
WHEN: November 6 to 13
WHERE: Collection boxes will be in the front foyer of the school
WHAT: Bring in your no-longer-needed winter gear (newborn to adult): gloves, hats, boots, snow pants, jackets, outwear, etc. New clothing donations are also welcome.
All donations will be greatly appreciated by the families of Rene Gordon
who often come to Canada without any warm clothing for the winter
months.
Eco Club
The Eco club has joined the Crayola Recycle Program. Please bring any used markers to our blue deposit bin outside Room 8. Remember to leave the lids on and we accept any type of markers including white board markers. Crayola will recycle them.
Mrs. Brown and Ms Le Blanc
Rolph Road Book Week at Mabel’s Fables Bookstore:
Nov. 26 – Dec. 4
Get started on holiday shopping & help raise funds for our library!
All Rolph Road parents, friends, families, and teachers are invited to visit Mabel’s Fables (662 Mount Pleasant Rd.) or http://www.mabelsfables.com to purchase books, games, toys and gift cards between November 26 and December 4 with 20% of all net purchases being donated back to the Rolph Road school library. (NOTE: When you shop online be sure to indicate in the special instruction box that you’re shopping as part of the Rolph Road fundraiser)
Need book advice? Our teacher-librarian Ms. Nulla will be at Mabel’s Fables on November 29 between 4 and 6pm to help you shop for the perfect age-appropriate books for everyone on your holiday list.
Rolph Parents Go Curling POSTPONED to January 13. More info to follow.
WinterFest is coming...Save the date!
On Thursday, December 7 @ 5:30pm Rolph Road will come to life with holiday celebrations, food, crafts, games, shopping, and music. We’re currently looking for people who want to help bring this annual event to life. Please contact Hailey Eisen at [email protected] if you’re interested in getting involved!
Looking for a WordPress savvy parent!
We need someone to keep our Rolph Road Home & School website up to date. Are you proficient in WordPress and willing to spend about one hour per week helping us update our site? If so, please contact Hailey & Julia at [email protected]
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