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Hello Grizzly

Families!

Our school is exceptional—We are re-minded of this every day as students greet each other, hold the doors open, ask each other how they are doing and engage in learning experiences provided

by our incredible educator teams.

Coming to school each and every day has a strong impact on your child’s aca-demic success while supporting develop-ing life long skills such as responsibility, organization, initiative, self-regulation, and social skills. We wanted to take a moment and thank you for supporting

your child’s regular attendance at school.

In February, our Grade 4-8 students will

be taking part in an extension of our

classroom, our winter activity program.

Students are given an opportunity to

select one of many activities that support

healthy active living, physical, emotional,

and spiritual well being, from painting

to skiing, swimming to outdoor rec, or

skateboarding to coding. We wanted to

take a moment to reflect on these won-

derful opportunities, including the ability

to demonstrate Grizzly qualities while

representing GPS out in the community:

We stand for excellence through effort

and high expectations of respect and

responsibility. We are

# G P S P r o u d a n d

#GrizzlySTRONG!

Sincerely,

Jennifer Richter & Thomas Williams

Volume 1, Issue 6

February 2019

The school council was busy in January fo-

cusing their efforts on our Little Caesars

Fundraiser and our yard rejuvenation project,

including looking at creative structure and

playground designs. On February 11th

Little

Caesars orders will arrive! Please stop by to

pick up your order. Would you like to help

out? Let the front office know and we will

pass your information on to school council.

As well, if you have any ideas or time that

MESSAGE from ADMINISTRATION

School Council

Community Events 2

Amazing Grizzlies 2

Grizzly Spirit Days 2

Live Streaming 2

Gentle Reminders 3

Cardboard Boat Races 3

School Improvement 4

Kindergarten Registration 5

Inside this issue:

Dates to Remember:

February 6th -Electives, Gr. 4-8 February 8th -Assembly February 12th -School Council February 13th -Electives, Gr. 4-8 February 14th

Grizzly Spirit Day: wear pink, white or red February 15th -Report Cards go Home February 18th -Family Day February 20th -Electives, Gr. 4-8 February 27th Pink Shirt Day

TAA: Thomas Williams Principal: Jennifer Richter Trustee: Louise Clodd

you can share, School Council always

needs help for a variety of events

throughout the year. A small amount of

time goes a long way and is greatly ap-

preciated. The next meeting, with free

child care, is Tuesday February 12th

, at

6:00 pm right here in the GPS Library….

We look forward to seeing all who can

make it….together we can make this the

best Grizzly year yet!!!

IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE A

BEAR, BE A GRIZZLY!! !

*EXCELLENCE THROUGH EFFORT* February Character Trait: Trustworthiness

Trustworthiness is the quality of a person or a thing that inspires reliability.; the ability to be relied on as honest or truthful. A trustworthy person is someone you

can tell your worries to and know they won’t be repeated without permission.

In the Grizzly Den




AMAZING

GRIZZLIES!

Many of our incredible students demonstrated Fair-

ness, our January Character trait during this first

month of the 2019 year—from recognizing a peer who

may not have had a chance to finish a game, to offer-

ing another slide down the hill to asking someone to

play again ” …these are GPS GRIZZLIES demonstrating

Fairness !

#GPSProud #GrizzlySTRONG

BOOKFAIR

Coming to GPS Feb 27th

to March 1st 2019

Grizzlies get READY—-

to visit the biggest, best book fair ever!

It is the scholastic DINOMITE book fair:

STOMP, CHOMP, READ!

February 27th

Last Block

February 28th

All day and after school

March 1st First Block Only

If you can help us out,

please contact the front office.

LIVE STREAMING at

GraVENHURST PS

We invite you to join us in viewing our Morning An-nouncements—announcements can be accessed

through our GPS Website, going to Quick Links and clicking on Morning announcements, Archived. Once here, you will see a series of video streams to choose from. The one at the top is the most recent…..happy

watching!

GRIZZLY Spirit days

Everyone is invited to participate in the following spirit

days throughout February—-Den points here we come!

Wed Feb 14 th– Valentines Day-Wear red, pink or white!

Wed February 27 th Celebrating Kindness– Pink Shirt Day

THANK YOU STUDENT PARLIAMENT!

P A G E 2 I N T H E G R I Z Z L Y D E N

GPS

Center of Our

GRAVENHURST

COMMUNITY

Gravenhurst Winter Carnival

February 13th to 18th

Entry buttons

$5.00 for 13+

$3.00 for 6-12 year Olds

Under 5 Free

Information is available at

http://skokie.wixsite.com/gravenhurst

SKOKIE PIZZA Party

FREE with your

Button

Friday Feb 15th At the Centennial

Center in the terry fox room

….followed by a hockey game!

SWIMMING & SKATING

FREE WITH YOUR

BUTTION

SUNDAY FEB 17th

, 11:30 am

at the Gravenhurst YMCA…….with free indoor ac-

tivities, refreshments and CAKE!!!!




Gentle reminders

Drop oFF and Pick Up ROUTINES

Your child loves learning for the entire school day

and further developing independence….Thank you

for remaining outside until the 3:10 bell and ensuring

your child arrives at school prior to 8:45. Being at

school has a direct positive affect on your child’s edu-

cational success. Please let the front office know if

there is a change to your child’s normal end of day

routine prior to 3:00pm. As well, students are not

allowed to ride on other children’s buses due to lia-

bility issues.

If you are picking your child up in a vehicle, please

park your car along either John St. or Mary St.

VISITING, VOLUNTEERING or

STOPING BY DURING the SCHOOL

DAY We couldn’t do what we do without our volunteers!

If you would like to read with students or help out in

any other way please stop by the office. We would

also like to take this opportunity to remind all visitors

to report to the office when entering the school. If

adults and visitors require the use of washroom facili-

ties, we have one in the office you can use. Thank

you for your co-operation.

SNOW DaYs and Lunch

Orders

If bus cancellations occur on a Pizza Day or Sub Day,

the lunch orders will be delivered the next school

day. If your child comes to school on a snow day

please send them with a full lunch

Personal Devices and Cell Phones

Cell phones and personal devices are used for learn-

ing purposes only. They are off and away through-

out the day unless permission is given by your child’s

teacher or educator. Thank you for connecting with

your child when he or she is at school by contacting

the front office: (705) 687– 2011. Your continued

support and reviewing this with your child is appreci-

ated.

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 6

CARDBOARD

BOAT

RACES!!!!

On Friday, February 15th

five students from the grade 8

class at GPS will be travelling to the Bracebridge Sports-

plex to compete in a regional competition known as the

Cardboard Boat Race. The competition will see the stu-

dents design and build a boat out of cardboard that will

need to hold at least two students on a voyage across

the Sportsplex pool. Over the next two weeks the entire

grade 8 class will be putting their engineering skills to

the test as they research and develop different design

ideas for the construction of the boat. The team of Tren-

ten Brittain, Haden German, Tanner Daniels, Adam

Despins, and Joel Quinn will then take the knowledge

they gain from this in-class experience and use it to

compete against other teams from within the Trillium

Lakelands District School Board. Mr. Dobie is pleased

that these students have shown the interest in this com-

petition and he is looking forward to travelling with

them to the event as their academic advisor

Good Luck Grade 8 Grizzlies!

Winter Electives

Winter Electives run for three con-

secutive Wednesdays, beginning February 6th

2019.

What an incredible opportunity our GPS students have!

Thank you for talking with your child about their role as

ambassadors of Gravenhurst PS when out in the com-

munity—-Electives represent a time for our Grizzlies to

shine by demonstrating safe, respectful behavior choic-

es when participating in their elective choice….

We are #GPSProud and #GrizzlySTRONG!




V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 6 P A G E 4

GrIZZLIES are ReADERS!

READ…. Every day!

Our School improvement reading goal is:

Our students achieving level 3 or 4 on EQAO in 2019

will increase by 12%.

If we support students developing decoding and com-

prehension strategies, including fluency, at their instruc-

tional level then students will be able to independently

read and understand a text.

Before you can read, certain skills need to be devel-

oped. Many of these skills are rooted in our phono-

logical or sound system and our oral language.

These skills include rhyming, recognizing syllables or

sound chunks in words, beginning, end and middle

sounds as well as being able to recognize how many

words are in a short sentence.

One thing you can do at home to support your

child’s developing phonological skills is reinforce or

recognize when you hear your child rhyming:

“Cat—-rhymes with Mat….good job only the first

sound changed! That’s what rhyming sounds like”

Or help them generate rhymes

“Hmmm….I wonder what rhymes with coat? If I

change the first sound to ‘bah’ what word would I

say?”

Happy Reading!

Below are some Websites to help develop Reading

skills, including pre-reading skills, ....a life skill!

Rhyming Games

https://pbskids.org/superwhy/#/game/

wonderredconcentration

Rhyming and other Phonics Games

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/words-that-rhyme.html

Learning Games, including short videos describing skill

https://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/

syllables/k-2nd-vocabulary-syllable-game.html

GrIZZLIES are mathematicians!

MATH….EVERY Day!

Our School improvement math goal is:

Our students achieving level 3 or 4 on EQAO in 2019

will increase by 12%.

If we support student learning opportunities to develop

automaticity, thinking flexibly and reasonably about

numbers then their ability to represent and solve prob-

lems in measurement and NSN will improve.

Math learning experiences that focus on key mathemat-

ical ideas including the importance of what it means to

be able to think flexibly and choose the right operation

are essential. You can practice thinking flexibly by esti-

mating. Estimating is being able to make a reasonable

guess before solving the problem for accuracy. Estimat-

ing is a life skill that we use every day at the grocery

store, gas pumps, shopping or when thinking how

much time it may take to complete a task or how much

a monthly bill may be.

One thing you can do to help your child develop their

estimation skills is ask them questions prior to everyday

occurrences or events such as eating, brushing teeth or

walking to school. For example…

…..while your child is eating a meal, you can ask them

how many minutes they think it might take them to eat

and then time it and see how close their guess or esti-

mate was to the actual time.

Happy Math!

Below are some Websites to Help Develop Math Skills,

including Estimating….a life skill!

Developing Early Math Skills:

https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/299-help-your-child-

develop-early-math-skills

Estimation 180

http://www.estimation180.com/

Math is Fun

https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/




Kindergarten Registrations

Fo r Sep t e mbe r 2019

We are excited to welcome new students and families to

Gravenhurst P.S.

--home of the Grizzly Community built on care and kindness, excellence and effort. Registrations for Junior and Senior Kindergarten will take place during the month of

January and February.

Junior Kindergarten students must be 4 years of age by December 31st, 2019.

Senior Kindergarten students must be 5 years of age by December 31st, 2019

*please note, Senior Kindergarten registrations are only for children not currently en-rolled in the Junior Kindergarten program.

To register your child, please bring with you:

Proof of age for each child (Birth Certificate) Road name and 911 address with a corresponding utility bill

Ontario Health Card number Child’s immunization record

Name and phone number of family doctor

Bus Transportation will be provided for students living 1.6 km or further from Gravenhurst PS School.

BE A GRIZZLY--#GPSProud #GRIZZLYStrong




Sun M o n T ue W e d T hu F r i Sat

Jan 30

GRIZZLY SPIRT DAY: Let’s Talk-

Wear Blue

Jan 31 1

PA DAY

2

3 4

5 6

ELECTIVES

7 8

ASSEMBLY

9

10 11 12 School Counci l

6:00PM All Welcome!

13

ELECTIVES

14

GRIZZLY SPIRIT DAY-wear pink/

white/red

15

REPORT CARDS go Home Today *Cardboard Boat

Races

16

17

18

FAMILY DAY Enjoy your

day!

19

20

ELECTIVES

21

22

ASSEMBLY

23

24 25 26

27 GRIZZLY SPIRIT

DAY Pink Sh irt Day

BOOK FAIR -PM

28 BOOK FAIR

ALL DAY

Delivery days Mr. Sub

Delivery days Pizza Station

Character Education Theme

TRUSTWORTHINESS

WELCOME to the Home of the Grizzlies

@Gravenhurstps ...the place to be in 2019!!!!!

February 2019

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