Fern Ave. Public School Blog

Fern Ave P.S. Parents and Caregivers:  Please join us for our first School Council meeting of the year. Open to all parents and caregivers. No membership card, no secret handshake, and this year, no leaving your house required.  Our meetings will be remote for the foreseeable future. We will provide details for sign-in at a later date. Meanwhile, please RSVP to Fernaveschoolcouncil@gmail.com to let us know you are coming.  While we have a wide range of issues to cover, please let us know if you have a specific question you want addressed no later than September 23 .  Look forward to seeing you remotely.  School Council Exec

Looking for a way to get in the holiday spirit? Feeling Grinch-ey because your child is not in/is in too many holiday concerts? Sick of shopping/procrastinating from shopping? Just wish the kids would curl up in their pjs and watch a movie? This event is for you! Fern Fun Flicks presents The Grinch (the Benedict Cumberbatch version) Thursday, December 5th, 6:30p.m . The next day is PA Day, so put your kids in their pyjamas, come see a movie, eat some pizza, get a treat at the bake sale, and enjoy some festive family fun. Watch the blog for information on how and when to get tickets. School Council Exec and Arts Collective

Save the Date for the first Fern Fun Flick of the year, our Halloween movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Friday October 25, 2019. It's a Halloween movie! It's a Christmas movie! It's a great time! Brought to you by the Fern Ave. P.S. Arts Collective. Also, we'll have pizza, a bake sale, and popcorn. Proceeds from the bake sale will go to support this year's Grade 8 Graduation!  We'll put out a call for baked goods and volunteers closer to the date.  Special shout out to the parents of our Senior students: We're hoping to see lots of Grade 7's and 8's helping out, so if you have one of those in your house, please get them to mark this in their calendar. See you October 25! School Council Exec, Arts Collective, Grad Committee

A huge THANK YOU to all the parents, grandparents and awesome grade 7 & 8s that volunteered for the Fern movie night. We had volunteers designing posters, hanging posters, baking, serving pizza, selling tickets, making popcorn, moving chairs and more! And THANK YOU to all the families that came out for some movie fun and supported our school. We raised close to $1000 dollars - money that can go towards arts programming, and one more step closer to our play yard in 2020! One last special THANK YOU to Marco Koechli. Marco has been running the AV projection for every movie night for the last six years. After graduation this year, he will be moving on, so thank you for all the years of help Marco! It’s a lot of "please don’t touch the projector, kids" and we really appreciate it! The Fern Arts Collective

Fern Fun Flick - Incredibles 2 Wednesday April 17 Doors open at 6pm - Movie starts at 6:30pm There will be Pizza and Treats! $5 , includes popcorn Bring Your Own Water Bottle! We need volunteers to run these events. If you can volunteer, even an hour for set up or tear down, please reach out to Tanis at tanisdarling@me.com

The Fern Art Collective has had a wonderful time decorating the school foyer for the holidays. Fresh wreaths made by Art Collective volunteers, adorning lights from the STEM club, a snowman built from trash Sandi could not pass up on the street, a spectacular tree donated by Willem and Jools, and HUNDREDS of mittens decorated with drawings and messages from our talented Fern kids! Happy Holidays! Tanis, Fern Arts Collective co-chair

Hello lovely Fern Families, We are looking for some SPOOKY BAKERS for our Fern Fun Flicks Halloween Movie night on Friday. Are you feeling in the Halloween spirit yet? Like baking with your kids or spending a relaxing afternoon by yourself being creative? Here's you chance.......... It's also a great way to contribute to our amazing FERN COMMUNITY, especially if it's hard for you to come out and work events or join committees. The bake table is ALWAYS a huge hit and it raises lots of money for our school ! Drop off at the school Friday or contact me to arrange drop off/pick up! Please let me know if you can contribute: luckytaya@gmail.com Thanks so much and hope to see you at the Fern Fun Flicks on Friday! Taya Kozak-Goebel, Artist Educator

Students and parents packed the auditorium to watch a movie November 29th. There was pizza, popcorn and sweets, and tons of great community spirit! Thank you to all the parent and student volunteers that made it possible. Tanis Darling & Adrienne Phillips Fern Arts Collective

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 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.

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!

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

Come by and celebrate the new look for the Junior yard entrance!

Click here for information on upcoming new after school programs in Art and Soccer at Fern!

Please help support the Arts Collective's Lucky Wine draw. Poster is here . Please drop off your bottles near the office by June 8th .

The Arts ‎Collective brought Trash Theatre to Fern all last week to work with two primary classes. Two senior classes collaborated and assisted the students in designing, selecting and reusing a variety of materials to make props, costumes and masks for their performance. Trash Theatre also worked with four other classes to prepare masks that were worn in the audience using the same creative process. The students presented in a free and open form on stage and the messages about the environment, life cycles and human impact were made explicit and were a part of the integrated learning from the artists.

The Bully and The BeanStalk Thursday Nov. 19th. In the Fern auditorium Show Time: Primaries 12:55 - 2pm Show Time: Juniors 2:25-3:25 Parents welcome to attend too !! In support of teacher requests to bring more live performances to all the students at Fern we are pleased to bring you Michael McMurtry's one man rendition of the classic Jack and the Beanstalk. The play teaches a valuable lesson about empathy, self-assertion and "inner" strength, and features Michael's signature parade of colourful characters, clever staging, musical diversions and audience participation. A magical coming -of-age story that will captivate audiences of all ages. The Arts collective showcased Michael's show "Cinderfella" at an evening performance two years ago and it was truly amazing! Not only is seeing live theatre a invaluable experience for children but seeing one man play each character brings the whole experience up to another level. Fern A...

Join us on  Thursday, October 29th   for  Professor Wick’s Incredible Magic Factory! This show is a wonderful blend of mechanical wizardry, music and comedy delivered by an outlandish cast of “steampunk” characters! — The magic carpet ride starts at 6:30 pm! — Tickets are $5 and can be purchased in the office, from an Arts Collective member in the schoolyard or at the door! — A light dinner and home-baked desserts will be for sale in the foyer beginning at 5:45! — Bring Your Own Water Bottle! — Invite your friends and neighbours! “ How many impossible things have you believed in lately ?” - Professor Wick Professor Wick's World of Wonders — Majinx www.majinx.com/world-of-wonders

Fern Ave. P. S. needs your help!  Periodically throughout the year, marketing materials such as posters, tickets & online ads are required to effectively advertise events and activities going on within the school. This media communication is a crucial component to the success of these events which help raise school funding and enrich the lives of the students and the community.  Even if you could design just one poster or ticket layout, that would be a tremendous help. Any participation is greatly appreciated!! If you can help, please contact Taya, Arts Collective Chair: luckytaya@gmail.com . Thank you! The Fern Arts Collective