All Saints Blog Week of March 7th, 2016

Dominican Experience Group returns home

Our Dominican Experience group of students and staff returned home this weekend after an exhaustive trip, lending support to the local community.  I am anxious to share some specifics regarding the details of the experience in the coming weeks.  Great to have everyone home safe and sound!

Grade 6 Transition meeting at All Saints

I would like to thank all of the parents/guardians of our grade 6 elementary students who joined us for an information session this past week.  The evening began with our own grade 7&8 students running a workshop on technology and preferred electronic devices in our learning commons.  We have spent a great deal of time this year with our students and staff learning about using technology to support activities in the classroom and wanted to share this experience with our new group of grade 6’s.  Following our technology session and group tours of the school, we met with parents and students in the gym to discuss expectations and structure at the grade 7 level.  We had 2 grade 7 students recount their experience at All Saints this year, the many opportunities available, and the support they received with the transition.

A special thank you to our teacher organizers for our technology session, our curriculum leaders and student services department for being available for questions, and Ms. Gillier-Symes for her organization of our parent presentation.

Upcoming Grade 10 Literacy Test

To all parents of Grade 10 students - the Ontario Secondary Schools Literacy Test (OSSLT) will be taking place this year on March 31, 2016. This week’s literacy information focuses on writing a summary question:

GENERAL TIPS FOR WRITING:

• You must write in complete sentences in the lined space provided.

• Read the instructions carefully and do what is asked.

• Make changes to your writing as clearly as you can.

• Organize your ideas.

• Use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

• The audience for your writing is always an adult. The language in your writing should be standard Canadian English and should be appropriate for an adult audience.

Writing a Summary

(a concise version of an original text)

• Highlight, underline or circle important ideas when reading the text.

• Plan your summary. Find the main idea of the text and at least two important details that support it.

• Underline, circle or use the Notes space provided to help plan.

• Reduce the number of words (use one general word instead of several specific words, use fewer examples, leave out unnecessary words).

• Do not include your personal opinion.

Sessions for Parents:

• CSPA Math 4 Parents - Wednesday, April 20 at All Saints High School (7 - 8:45pm).  Learn more about how math is taught today in classrooms and how you can support your child's learning.  Two workshops will be offered on this evening at the same time.  Choose from Inquiry-based Mathematics in the Elementary Classroom (JK - Gr. 6) OR So Much Homework, So Little Time. Why is High School Math So Difficult? (Gr. 7 - 12)

Registration link  

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