Fern Ave. Public School Blog

Date: Wednesday May 9, 2018 Time: 6:30 pm (doors open at 6pm) Place: Parkdale CI, 209 Jameson Ave, just south of Queen St. West We’ll have performances by the junior ukulele classes, dance classes, senior and junior band and strings, from Grade 3/4 to 6/7. (Students will stay in the auditorium for the whole performance). There will be a dress rehearsal on Tuesday, May 8, (12:40 to 3:30) at Parkdale CI.

Fern Avenue Public School OPEN HOUSE Tuesday May 22, 2018 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 AM 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30 PM Fern is inviting prospective new students and families of  Grade 4 Extended French Grade 7 (Feeder Schools) SK French Immersion Grade 1-8 New to Fern Please come at one of the specified times. PARKING: No parking in the school's lot.  Parking is available along Fern Ave. and Wright Ave.

A call out to all Fern Families: Spring Cleaning Mission/ Recycling ♻️ Last year the prize table at the Fun Fair was a huge success! Many families donated their pre-loved stuffies to this cause. This year we are asking families to donate any stuffies, toys, or quality children’s books (will not accept adult books) in good or excellent used condition to our prize table. We are asking that you drop these items off the morning of the fun fair. Please note, if donating stuffies they need to be freshly washed. If you have any questions contact Jill MacNaughton at jillmacnaughton@hotmail.com

Please join us for the Fern Ave. Spring Concert When: Wednesday, May 9th at 6:30 pm (doors open at 6:00pm) Where: Parkdale C.I. 209 Jameson Ave, Toronto, ON M6K 2Y3, just south of Queen St. West https://goo.gl/maps/igBZngh2M1C2 Featuring: String Ensembles, Junior and Senior Band, as well as Dance Performances and Ukulele Ensembles by classes from Grade 3/4 to 6/7. See you there!

We need volunteers to help make Fern foliage look good! Volunteers are needed on Fridays from 11am-1pm during the month of May to supervise students in garden maintenance activities [weeding, equipment inventory, plant ID]. If you are interested in helping to beautify the school grounds, and you don't mind supervising students, then WE NEED YOU! A current police check is required. Click here to sign up.

ULTIMATE FRISBEE practices will take place every Monday and Wednesday mornings beginning at 8 AM, students with parental consent can walk on their own or with a friend to Sorauren Park. Otherwise Coach Miya and Coach Morales will meet the students in the main foyer at the school and walk over with them. Please note the practice initially scheduled for Wednesday, April 18th has been CANCELLED.

Due to weather, the rescheduled Grade 7 badminton tournament for this AM has been cancelled .

A huge thank-you to those of you who donated textiles to the Bag2school fundraiser for Fern's Eco Team. Collectively the Fern community gathered 2,080 pounds (1.04 tons) of clothing that Bag2school will recycle or sell locally or overseas where affordable clothing is scarce. 0% of donated times will go to the landfill! The Eco Team now has a couple hundred dollars to put towards local initiatives in the school or community. Unfortunately we are no longer accepting textile donations at the school but please consider donating to charitable organizations in the area. We also want to let you know that the week of April 16-20 is Eco Week at Fern: Monday: Bring in a recyclable item that we will use to decorate our Eco Tree in the foyer! Tuesday: Bring a litterless lunch and $10 reusable water bottles are available for purchase Wednesday: Walk to school day Thursday: Dress your Eco best (earth toned colours, or as a wildlife creature or plant) and $10 reusable water bottles

Mindful Parenting sessions are being organized by the TDSB Mental Health and Well-Being Parent Partnership Committee. Click on the links below for more information. The dates are as follows: May 2nd at Satec Porter and May 17th at Rosedale Heights School for the Arts

Earth Day is Sunday, April 22nd . The Eco Team has planned Earth Week activities, that will take place Monday, April 16th-Friday April 20th . Monday, April 16th--Community Tree -Use recycled materials to draw and cut out leaves. Write Eco messages on the leaves (e.g., tips to conserve energy, ways to reuse household items, how to reduce waste etc). Draw a tree and attach your Eco leaves to the branches. There will also be a larger tree on the Eco bulletin board where students can post their Eco leaf messages. Tuesday, April 17th--Litterless Lunch Day -Many students are already doing their part by participating in the boomerang lunches and snacks. -The Eco Team will be selling stainless steel Fern Ave water bottles, $10 each, during lunch and afternoon recess. Wednesday, April 18th--Walk to School Day -Leave the car at home. Scooter, walk, or bike to school. Thursday, April 19th---Dress your Eco Best -Dress up as a tree, bird, squirrel, flower or whatever to show that

Hello all Please click on links for the following: Minutes from our meeting of March 6,2018 Flyer for the presentation of the movie ‘Screenagers ’ that Trustee Gough, Trustee Glover and I are hosting on May 17. This event is open to anyone who would like to attend. Report from our rep to the Special Education Advisory Committee on some of the work that advisory committee is undertaking. Our next meeting is on April 17 at Humberside CI. The main presentation will be on the Long Term Program and Accommodation plan for Ward 7. As well, we will be discussing the proposed TDSB Multi Year Strategic Plan. As always, questions/comments/concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. Regards, Robin

The Toronto District School Board is working on a Multi-Year Strategic Plan and wants to hear from you! The Multi-Year Strategic Plan will act as a high level statement of intent for the TDSB for the next three or more school years, set direction and identify system goals to support its 246,000 students and 583 schools. We value input from parents/guardians, families, students and staff and invite you to provide feedback on the draft Multi-Year Strategic Plan documents. To learn more and provide input online, please visit: www.tdsb.on.ca/MYSP

BIG CONGRATULATIONS to the Fern Avenue PS swim team! Yesterday at the City Finals, they won a total of 5 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals. Additionally, the Grade 5 boys and Grade 7 girls won 2nd place and brought home the City banners. Great work Team!!!

Senior Boys Softball practices will take place Monday and Wednesdays after school. Thank you.

Summer School will be offered at Queen Victoria PS from July 4th – July 27th Highlighted are the required documents: promo flyer , snack program and registration forms . The program will accommodate students from Kindergarten to Grade 6. Please note: It is for students of all levels, not just level 2 and below. In addition to literacy and numeracy learning, this year’s summer school program also features a variety of hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) activities to engage students. Students taking part in the summer school program are encouraged to think critically about addressing real-world problems using STEM. All forms need to be handed back to Office Administrator Vera Ciric by Friday, April 13th with a report card attached.

Track and Field at Fern Ave. P.S. 2018 Hard to believe, but spring is around the corner, and at Fern P.S. we are setting up our outdoors athletics and sports program, with track and field once again becoming a focal point. Our students will be practising various track and field events during their gym classes, while division practises outside school hours are also starting next week. Our first track and field meet will be on May 10th this year for both seniors and juniors. The junior track and field team (grades 4-6) will have practises on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the mornings (8:00am-8:50am), starting on Tuesday April 10th, with coaches Sarantos Katsihtis and Katerina Hall, at our school’s track. Our teams will be selected from a combination of records during our track and field practice/try-outs, and gym classes. The primary purpose of track and field events in gym is to challenge each of our students trying for their personal best, and enjoying the participat

Hello Parents! Fern Friends is running two new classes .....Beginner Guitar and an Actors Club! Sign -up was a little rushed this term with March break so we have pushed the start date to next week, April 5th . ACTORS CLUB There are still a few spots left! We have a great mix of kids signed up and our new instructor, Kerry, is planning some fun lessons for this group. GUITAR LESSONS There is a small group of grade 3 and 4 students signed up but we need one more to make this amazing program happen. The class will be small which is GREAT for the kids. Brian is excited about teaching this class and has lots of fun planned. He also is going to bring in his portable recording studio and plans to have on-line lessons for the students to practice at home. Please email.. fernfriendsprogram@gmail.com to sign up!