Fern Ave. Public School Blog

The Fern Avenue PS Knitting Club is kicking off, and we are seeking donations of any unwanted yarn and/or knitting needles. Our club is going to make items for those in our community who need some extra warmth during the harsh Toronto winters. If you'd like to help out, please bring your donations to the office and drop them in the box labelled "The Knitting Club." A big thank you from the Arts Collective for your help!!

Please be advised that The Hallowe'en Haunted House activity is no longer open to the Junior Grades owing to time constraints. Sorry for any inconvenience. Sathi Basu Senior Student Council Teacher

On behalf of Trustee Atkinson, please click here  for information on the upcoming Parenting Network event. Speaker Doone Estey will present at Humberside C.I. on Thursday November 7th at 7:15pm .

Please click here for the Fern October Newsletter. Thank you.

The draft version of our School Council by-laws were presented and discussed at last Wednesday's School Council meeting. You are invited to view the final draft . . . Fern Avenue Public School Council By-Laws (Draft) . . . and pass along any comments or concerns you may have to Lori Lyn Adams ( ) before November 12. From this, we will compile a final document, which will be discussed and voted on at the November 19th meeting of the School Council. Some background: School councils in Ontario are required to have by-laws in place to—at the very minimum—address election procedures, the filling of vacancies, conflict of interest guidelines, and conflict resolution. Executive members of the Fern Avenue Public School Council, plus interested parents, met late in September with a representative of PIAC to further the development of our School Council’s by-laws. One of the roles of the Parent Involvement and Advisory Committee is to help us in this process. After a discussion of...

We need your help! Do you have even one hour, once a month, to spare at lunchtime? If yes, please let us know! The hot-lunch program is a volunteer-driven initiative and we are looking for more Fern community members who can help in Maggie’s kitchen from 11:30 to 12:45 . Some of our volunteers do not even have children in the lunch program yet they enjoy seeing the excitement and activity in the lunchroom, engaging with other parents, being a part of the hub that helps sustain the program and maybe sneaking in a hug or wink to their kids. Our awesome volunteers have found the experience rewarding and say that it’s a fun way to be a part of the Fern community and stay connected in support of healthy food, a healthy school and a healthy community. Anyone who is interested in volunteering please contact Pamela Lapierre at pamlapierre@gmail.com Thanks, Fern Food Committee

On the afternoon of Hallowe’en, the seniors will be participating in a Hallowe’en Dance in the auditorium. Bring $2 for entry to the dance, and $3 for a cookie and drink to go with! If you have decorations for the dance please bring them in! Hooray for the first dance of the year! Thank you, Student Council

On the morning of Hallowe’en, there will be a haunted house experience for the seniors and juniors in the auditorium! Bring $2 for entry to the Haunted House! (SPECIAL REQUEST FOR JUNIORS AND SENIORS: If you have any decorations/costumes/props that could be used in a haunted house, please bring them to room 308 ASAP! ) The haunted house will be designed and run by the student council! Have fun! Thank you, Student Council

JUST A REMINDER . . . Bright-Pics will be at Fern Avenue PS on Wednesday, October 30th beginning at 9:00am. If your child attends the afternoon kindergarden classes and you wish to have their picture retaken please bring them at 9:00am. Contact Vera Ciric in the main office, if you have any further questions.

Fall is here welcoming the arrival of the Fern Arts Collective artist’s workshops. Latin American Drummer, Rodrigo Chavez returned to Fern to kick-start the year with a percussion workshop for four of Fern’s classes. The students spent a week learning the rhythms of salsa, samba, conga, bolero, soca and rumba followed by a performance in the auditorium. The audience was treated to the contagious Latin rhythms and sing-along performed by the students. The lively and energetic show had our students and teachers dancing and moving to the rhythms, a beautiful reminder of why the arts are so essential and rewarding to our children’s education. Thank you to Ms. Ashforth, Ms.Tse, Mr. Cline, Mr. Nilolajevic, Ms. Grant and to all of the students that participated in this incredible workshop. We will be bringing more music to Fern this October with The Métis Fiddler Quartet's OAC “Stomp the Floor” workshop. Using fiddle music passed down from various elders, they will explore th...