Fern Ave. Public School Blog

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There are two upcoming United Way spirit days - these two dates are Fern’s way of contributing to the United Way Annual Campaign. Wear your favourite sports jersey is this Thursday November 30th . Children can wear a sport jersey from any team of their choice (even Fern Falcons). Friday December 15th is “ Wear your favourite hat day ”. We are asking for a donation of $2 to participate in each event. Last year we raised $297 for United Way and this year we are hosting these two events hoping to beat last year’s number. Thank you for showing your spirit and supporting the United Way. Go Fern Go!

Volunteers are still needed for the upcoming Fern Fun Flick taking place on Wednesday November 29 ! Fern Arts Collective is featuring The Emoji Movie . We still need food servers, ticket sellers, and a set up and clean up crew. If you can help out this evening then please go to our online sign up here: https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/2114983/false#/invitation Calling all bakers ! We need your delicious baked goods at the upcoming Fern Fun Flick. Movies just aren't the same without dessert! We welcome home made and store bought baked goods (please make sure they are nut free). Please drop off your baked goodies in the foyer of the school starting at 5:30pm on November 29 . If you have any questions about this upcoming event contact: tanisdarling@me.com Thank you - we look forward to an amazing night!

The whirlwind of the holiday break may sweep you up and, before you know it, school will begin and you’ll need to find the lunch box and thermos again! Why not alleviate your stress, energy and time and sign your child(ren) up for January’s lunch program? Better yet, sign up for the rest of the year and you won’t have to worry about uneaten lunches coming back home. Paula and her staff in the Fern kitchen are pleased to be making positive changes to the menu that include more vegetarian options! Think Fritatta, Chili Macaroni and Cheese, and Brown Lentil Shepherd’s Pie, to name a few. Ready to sign up? Please fill out, detach and submit the form with your payment in a sealed envelope. The wall-mounted black secure deposit box is conveniently located outside the Ferncliff Daycare office (room 103). The deadline for your order is Friday, December 15th to begin lunch on Monday, January 8th . No extensions will be given.

Fern spirit wear is now available for sale. You can purchase your items online in 3 easy steps.  Click here  to check out the great merchandise and place your order.   The online store is open until  December 10th .   Please order your size carefully, there are no exchanges.  Item pick up with Vera in the office will be on December 20, 2017.  Flyer to come home with students shortly.

On December 1st and 2nd , Scooter Girl Toys will return a portion of your purchases to the Fern School Council. Just mention the school at checkout and Scooter Girl Toys will do the rest! More information can be found here .

Parents/guardians of children in Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Join us for a workshop on Tuesday, November 28 from 7:00-8:30pm in the Fern Auditorium. The session on tips for how to better understand your child and help them successfully transition to High School is presented by Dr. Victoria Creighton from Pine River Institute. Please RSVP via the link in the poster .

Neighbourhood Get-together brought to you by Fern Ave Events: Come meet Santa and take pictures! Also, hang out with people in the community while eating homemade cookies and warming up with fresh steaming cider. There will be beautiful, local trees for sale and chances to win local product. Come one, come all! WHEN: Saturday, December 2 (1-4 pm) WHERE: Willem & Jools , 125 Roncesvalles Ave Brought to you by Fern Ave Events , Willem & Jools , Trust Realty Group - Keller Williams Referred Urban, Brokerage , Lindsay Barrowcliffe Small Ant Photography

Monday, November 20th is Universal Children's Day. The Kindergarten classes will be dancing, in the auditorium, to raise money (loonies and toonies) for the anti-bullying charity Kill It With Kindness. We are calling the event Change for Children. While it will only be the Kindergarten classes who will be dancing, we will gladly accept any other donations from the school community. On that day, Mrs. Heller will gladly accept donations, while she is on yard duty, in the primary yard, from 8:45-9:00am . Please contribute to this important cause and help to empower children to make a positive change in the lives of others. Sincerely, The Kindergarten Team

Dear Parents/Guardians, Unfortunately, Toronto Public Health could not complete all classes during the immunization clinic held on November 13th. Public Health will return on Tuesday, November 21st in the morning to continue with the missed classes/students. Please feel free to contact the main office should you have any further questions.

Parents/guardians of children in Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Join us for a workshop on Tuesday, November 28 from 7:00-8:30pm in the Fern Auditorium. The session on tips for how to better understand your child and help them successfully transition to High School is presented by Dr. Victoria Creighton from Pine River Institute. Please RSVP via the link in the poster .

Dear Parents/Guardians, Do you have a little or big microwave lying around the house or cottage that you would like to donate to our school? We would be happy to provide a good home for it here in our office. Please contact Vera Ciric at: 416-393-9130.

The Primary Winter Concert will be on Thursday December 14th at 6:00 pm . Teachers will be on hand in their classes with their students before and after the performance. Runners will let the classes know when to come down to perform. Classes performing music: Reg 1/2, Reg 2/3, FI 1, FI 1/2, FI 1/2, FI 3 Classes performing drama/dance: FI 2 and FI 2/3 Kestrels will also perform.

We need a bunch of awesome people to make Fern's first ever PUB NIGHT a reality! This event is the first in a series of events in which we (the Fern Student Council) will succeed in raising 500k in order to revitalize Fern's entire playground. We need ticket sellers, decorators, people to clean up, letter writers, and so many more. All of this is happening in a very short period of time - PUB NIGHT is happening on Friday November 24 starting at 8pm (but we also need volunteers ASAP)! If you are interested in volunteering for this amazing and exciting event please click the link . Thank you!

Dear Parents/Guardians, Attached with your child's report card you will find a "Who To Contact" sheet with questions or concerns about issues in the classroom, your school or the TDSB. Please note the calendar listed with PA Days and Holidays unfortunately is incorrect, listed on the upper half of the sheet are dates for last year, 2016. Should you have any questions re: PA Days and or Holidays kindly refer to the TDSB calendar on the TDSB website. Thank you.

The Fern Arts Collective invites you to join us for The Emoji Movie! Come to the bustling city of ‘Textopolis’ and see what all your favourite emoji’s are up to. All Fern kids, adults and community welcome. Wednesday Nov. 29th Doors open at 6pm - movie starts at 6:30pm $5 - includes a bag of popcorn! Buy your tickets in the office or at the door. Pizza and treats will be for sale.

Please see this flyer for information on who to contact when you have questions or concerns about issues in your classroom, your school or the TDSB.

Fern parents and people of the community: Fern School Council is focused on a massive new fundraising effort this year and we want to tell you about it! The Playground Committee have been working tirelessly to make the dream of a beautiful, multi-faceted playground at Fern a reality. This incredible new school yard will not only benefit our kids at the school, but also enhance and revitalize the surrounding community. Traditional fundraising efforts at Fern have been put on hold this year so that we can focus solely on this massive goal. We are doing this ONE YEAR and one year only, and we believe that together we can make it happen. Bliss Edwards and Dave Martin (co-chairs of the Playground Committee) are leading all of efforts to not only secure funding, grants, TDSB involvement, architecture plans but also to RAISE ALL OF THIS MONEY (500K). They are planning events to raise money AND awareness about playground plans, what you can do to help and how we can make this happen ...

Thank you to the Fern parent body for all of your input, Alison Macrae co-chair, and artist extraordinaire Kathryn Maxfield!

Thank you to Peter's No Frills on Landsdowne/Dundas for once again donating 30 pumpkins to our school. Each class was able to enjoy decorating a pumpkin as part of their Halloween celebrations this year. Thank you No Frills for supporting our community!

JUNIOR AND SENIOR CHESS CLUB Dear Parents and Guardians,  Our Senior Chess club (Grade 7/8) is starting this week.  Next week interested Grade 4 to 6 students can join our Junior Chess Club .  We will meet Wednesdays in room 311 during lunch , from 11:40 to 12:35.   Students are allowed to bring their own lunch or lunch from the cafeteria.  The club will run for about 4-5 months. Please e-mail Mr. Nikolajevic at bogdan.nikolajevic@tdsb.on.ca   if you are able to volunteer or provide resources, and help us teach Chess to our students. You can come on a regular basis, or help us just for one/few sessions. We have students who are learning the rules, and also some advanced Grade 7/8 students in need of a few Grandmasters to show them some new tricks.  Gens Una Sumus,  Bogdan Nikolajevic

Reminder that Progress Reports/Kindergarten Communications of Learning go home on November 14. The PD day on November 17 is for Reporting to Parents.

Here are the latest Ward 7 minutes. Feel free to join the continually updated Ward 7 Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/TDSBWard7Coucil/ and the trustee Facebook page Thank you, Trustee Robin Pilkey

Below is the agenda for our Council meeting this Wednesday at 6:30pm in the Staff Room (food and babysitting will be available): 1. Administration Update 2. Committee Updates + Committee Q&A 3. Discussion of Submitted Questions 4. Review of Wellness Activity Outcomes 5. TDSB Public Nurse + Discussion of Need for Specialized Session(s) at Fern 6. 2017/18 Budget Finalization Looking forward to seeing you all soon, Denise

Dear Parents/Guardians, Fern Avenue Public School will be transitioning to a new telephone system called VoIP on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. The telephone system is brand new to our office staff and at this time we ask for your patience as we adjust to the new system and possible glitches. Thank you everyone! Vera

November 8th at noon in Room 211 Fern’s Me to WE club will be hosting an open meeting for all those students in Grades 5 To 8 interested in joining the club.  Interested students will be asked to fill in a form, and new members will be selected lottery style.   Me to WE is the world’s largest organization of youth empowerment with over 2 million members world wide.  Our club  will be raising both awareness and funds to help improve the lives of deserving young people both globally (Kenya) and locally (Canada’s Indigenous)  For more information, go to   we.org   and check it out! Fern’s Me to WE Club

Thank you to all the organizers, volunteers, grade 8's and everyone that came out to support our first ever Math Night at Fern. We would greatly appreciate your feedback to help us improve STEM events at Fern. Please take a few mins to answers some quick questions: http://tinyurl.com/fernmathnightsurvey Math = Fun!

Congratulations to all the classes that carved and decorated all these amazing pumpkins!