Additional PA Day

Author Visit on January 26, 2016

Family Literacy Day

Socks and Gloves Drive

Emily Carr S.S. Parent Information Night

Grade 8 Parent Information Night

Information for our grade 8 parents - there is an upcoming information night for Emily Carr S.S. in the evening on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 in the Cafetorium from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Parents/guardians of incoming grade 8 students from our community are invited to hear about our programs and speak directly to subject and program leaders.

  Back by Popular Demand

FAMILY SKATE NIGHT!!

Free Family Event Organized by School Council

Fun for the entire family!

DATE: Saturday, February 6^th, 2016

TIME: 7:30pm to 9:00pm

LOCATION: Woodbridge Memorial Arena

5020 Highway 7, Woodbridge,ON  L4L 1T1

Please remember to: Bring your skates and helmet.  

Helmets are required for ALL students.

ALL STUDENTS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY

 A PARENT/GUARDIAN

Hot Chocolate and coffee will be served while quantities last.

If you have an extra pair of skates and helmet  to lend
 please include the details in your RSVP.

 RSVP: 

Please copy & paste the info below and send an email to:  

pine.grove.ps@yrdsb.ca 

with your family details by Wed, January 27, 2016

________________________________________________________________

Family Contact Information:   Name:_________________

Number of adults attending: _______  

    Number of Children attending: ______

Phone Number: ________________  

Email Address: ____________________________

I have extra skates: Yes/No

Size: _____

Type (figure, hockey): _______

Helmet: Yes/No

Size: _____

Pine Grove Learning Commons Presents…
The Ontario Library Association’s Forest of Reading Program
A Literacy Initiative

What is the Forest of Reading?
The Forest of Reading is a library program in which books written and illustrated by Canadians are read by or to students.  Students then participate in a province-wide event by voting for their favourite book in April 2016.  Based on the voting results, the author and illustrator are honoured with the award. 

This library program is open to all students at Pine Grove.  Students are required to read the appropriate number of books in their age group.  Once the books are read, students are asked to complete activities related to their reading and vote for the book they decide is the most appealing for their age group. Students who successfully complete the program will receive a certificate from the Ontario Library Association.  Students who wish to participate in the program are asked to see Mrs. Meleca in the Pine Grove Learning Commons.    

Blue Spruce Award (Kindergarten to Grade Two)
•       10 books are read to the students in order for them to vote in April 2016
•       a great introduction to the world of picture books by Canadian authors – each child is rewarded by being part of a province wide voting event; it is a very exciting time for all students

Silver Birch Express Award (Grade Three and Four)
Silver Birch Fiction/Non-Fiction Award (Grade Five and Six)
•       5 books in either the fiction or non-fiction category must be read by the students in order to vote in April 2016
•       provides Canadian authors with insight into young people’s reading preferences and gives students proud ownership of their vote for their favourite book

Red Maple Fiction Award (Grade Seven and Eight)

•       5 books in the fiction category must be read by the students in order to vote in April 2016
•       encourages students to choose good quality Canadian literature and authors, and exposes students to a variety of book genres

For more information about the Forest of Reading program please contact Mrs. Meleca or go to the following link www.accessola.com

Learning Through the Arts

Eco News

January
This Month’s Eco focus G.O.O.S

Waste Management

G.O.O.S. Bins

The January focus is minimizing the amount of waste we consume. January is G.O.O.S month, an acronym for Good On the Other Side. Pine Grove has been busy trying their best to reduce waste and recycle paper as much as they can. . G.O.O.S. bins are currently set up in all classrooms (good on the other side bins). Students are encouraged to use recycled paper for their notes, rough work and sketches at home and school. Paper is always good on the other side especially if it is blank because it can still be reused. Rather than recycling construction paper that we have in our classroom, our students can use the other side or pieces of the paper for other work. Some blank pieces of paper that we may throw in the recycling bin can be reused as note paper or rough paper in our homes. This is a great way to reduce the amount of waste we produce and a creative way we can recycle paper without much effort. 

Crayola Challenge!

The challenge is still on. Remind students to bring those markers into our school. Collections will occur in late January. Once again the winning class will be awarded.

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Pine Grove Continues to Reduce their Energy Consumption!

Sweater day

Every Friday til March Break-March 11^th. Wearing layers encourages us to lower the heat in our homes or school which helps to reduce energy!

      Lights Out Wednesday and Friday Continues!

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Pine Grove lets continue to work at saving our planet!

From: Mrs. Avsec and the Eco-club

Kindergarten Registration 2016

Kindergarten Registration to Commence January 15, 2016

Kindergarten registration will commence on January 15, 2016 for the 2016-17 school year. 

Registration forms are available on YRDSB’s website: www.yrdsb.ca. Children who turn four or five years old during 2016, live within the Pine Grove Public School boundary and whose parents are public school tax supporters will be eligible to register for kindergarten. A kindergarten information session for parents is being planned for this spring. For more information please visit the YRDSB website or contact Pine Grove Public School at 905-850-0672.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year 2016!

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year 2016! 

The Holidays are now almost over and we hope that everyone has had the opportunity to spend time with people that matter to you - family, loved ones and friends. We also hope that you all had time to rest, relax and rejuvenate so that 2016 can be a fantastic year! Now that the New Year has started, please take some time to reflect on the positive aspects of 2015 and embrace those with enthusiasm and bring that energy into 2016. Monday January 4^th is the first day back which brings thoughts of getting back to routines and setting some goals like: being early for school, making new friends, completing homework, reading with a parent or an older sibling every night and challenging yourself to try something new.

Students brought home their Progress Report Cards on December 11th. This report primarily focuses on information relating to both your child’s learning skills and academic performance relative to the Ministry of Education’s grade level expectations. Both of these areas are important. If students do not have good or excellent learning skills then they are not able to perform academically to the best of their ability.  If your child is still receiving an N (needs improvement) or an S (satisfactory) in any of the learning skills, then attention must be paid to their personal goals.  When you read your child’s report with them talk about how you can support their intended improvements for the remainder of the  first term of school.  Our goal is to have each of our students achieving E (excellent) in all of their learning skills to ensure success in all future learning.  These learning skills are life skills, which, when mastered, will lead students to future success regardless of the academic or career pathways they choose.

To support your child’s learning, you should be seeing homework, assignments and test dates recorded in their agenda every night.  A regular routine for homework completion is necessary for success.  When students complete their work during class time, use that extra time to read just a little more each night or engage your children in fun math-based games such as: Monopoly, The Game of Life or Yahtzee to mention a few.  It is recommended that backpacks are packed the night before to eliminate the rush in the morning. We offer these suggestions to help get our students on the right track for the remainder of the school year.

The cold weather is finally upon us and for the skiers and snowboarders out there, we wish for record amounts of snow in January and February so we can all play catch-up to an extremely slow start to the season! This also means that it is important for children to come to school dressed ready for our winter weather wearing snow pants, boots, hats, mitts, jackets and scarves. Students are expected to go outside for morning recess and lunch recess so that they can get some activity and exercise everyday.  

Please remember to get your children to school on time by 8:25 am. Thank you to those parents who do this consistently! By having your child in class ready to learn you enable them to be as successful as possible and benefit from all the great teaching at Pine Grove P.S.

Greg Brown
Principal