Superintendent: Ms. Elizabeth Addo Trustee: Mr. Alexander Brown

Pineway Public School

110 Pineway Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, M2H 1A8, (416) 395-2760

Gary McGilvray Principal:

Principal’s Message Well, it is hard to believe that we only have 3 months left in the school year. We had an exciting month of March and really focused on developing our school spirit. Before March Break, we had a fun-filled week which we called “March Madness”. Be sure to look for photos later in the newsletter to see what that was all about. We also had a “magical” assembly on the Friday before the break where we learned about bullying and how to stop it and how to stand up to bullies to make bullying disappear forever. During that week, we introduced our school wide Houseleague program to our students. All Pineway students and staff are now on one of six teams: Air (White), Earth (Green), Fire (Red), Moon (Black), Sun (Yellow), or Water (Blue). We have six balanced teams with students from JK – grade 5 on each team. We started that week and will continue our team building exercises for the rest of the year. Team photos follow on the last page. If you are not already, why not follow us on Twitter to see a little more of what we do @PinewayPS If you are available to volunteer at the school and wondering how you might be able to assist, we would love to hear from you.

Mr. Gary McGilvray-

Notice of Vision Clinic

Vision screening services are being offered to

children within our school community by the

Toronto Foundation for Student Success (TFSS),

the independent, registered charitable

organization dedicated to supporting Toronto

District School Board's children and helping

remove barriers to their education.

The vision clinics are conducted by international

medical graduates. Following the clinic, a note will

be sent home with your child indicating the results

of the screening tests. If your child is referred for

further assessment with an optometrist, a

permission form for the school-based optometry

clinic will be sent home for you to fill in, sign and

return. Students who need glasses will receive

them free of cost.

The vision clinic is scheduled on Monday, April 16

at our school.

If you do not want your child to participate in the

free vision screening, please let us know by

either sending a note in the agenda or by calling

the office.

If you have any

questions, please

contact the

school.

Superintendent: Ms. Elizabeth Addo Trustee: Mr. Alexander Brown

Continuing Education – Improve Your English with Us

This summer, adults can build literacy and English language skills from July 9-31. We offer a wide range of classes, from beginner to advanced, to help you improve your conversation skills, further your education, and prepare for citizenship and language proficiency tests. Adult ESL program is free for eligible learners. For more information, visit www.ESLtoronto.ca or call 416-338-4300. @TDSB_ConEd

Eco Schools News April brings with it warmer weather, and the Eco-club’s Earth Week! Earth week will take place from April 16 until April 20th with a different theme for each day of the week. Monday: Litterless Lunch – Bring your lunch to school in reusable containers, including a reusable water bottle! *there will be a bonus for anyone with a Pineway Panthers Water Bottle – Free Lemonade! Tuesday: Turn it off Tuesday - no electronics or unnecessary lights for the day! Wednesday: Walking Wednesday – we will take a walk around the neighbourhood and school, an d take a pledge to reduce our carbon footprint. (students are encouraged to walk or take the bus to school that day) Thursday: Book Swap – Bring in a gently used book and get a ticket to trade it in for a different book!

Friday – School Clean-Up Day and Afternoon Eco-Movie.

Eco-Club will also be hosting a school-wide Poster Contest for Earth Day. Make a poster about Earth Day and hand it in to the office by April 20th for a chance to win an Eco-Prize and a spot in the next school newsletter!

Our Trip to Mono Cliffs

From Monday, February 26-28, 2018 our grade

4/5 class went to Mono Cliffs Outdoor Education

Centre in Orangeville. The activities were

educational as well as really fun and the food was

delicious!

On the afternoon of the first day, we played many

Co-operative and Team Building games which

taught us to work together and communicate. On

the first night, we played a game called

Orienteering. We worked in pairs, with Night

goggles which light like headbands to help us

search for answers. We had to follow instructions,

and use a map in the DARK! You have to find

letters around the buildings of Mono Cliffs. It was

super fun!

On the second evening, Mr. McGilvray joined us

for dinner in the dining room and stayed for the

evening program which included Campfire songs,

roasting

marshmallows, and

games in the dorm

recreation room.

Superintendent: Ms. Elizabeth Addo Trustee: Mr. Alexander Brown

While at Mono Cliffs, we went on an ecological

hike in the forest, learned all about the process of

making Maple Syrup and studied about The First

Nations and European Settlers and Fur Trade. At

the sugar shack, we practised using a saw to cut

logs. We tapped trees, and tasted the sap, it

tasted like water with a little sweetness. We

needed 40 buckets of sap to make 1 bucket of

Maple Syrup so that is hard work! We also tasted

real maple syrup. It was exquisite! We had an

amazing time!

Special thanks to Mrs. Young and to Mr.

Alexopoulos who took away from their own family

time so we could all enjoy this trip with our

Pineway family.

All the activities were so fun but tiring! I wish I

could go back to Mono Cliffs again!

By: Tony Ren (Grade 5)

Parents as Partners Conference

You're invited to our

annual Parents as

Partners Conference!

The Parents as Partners Conference 2018 is on

Saturday, April 28 and all parents are welcome!

This free conference - planned by parents, for

parents - includes a variety of workshops and

resources that will help any parent support their

child in their achievement and well-being at

school and at home.

This year's keynote speaker is Unstoppable Tracy, an award-winning educator and leader in schools, business and in sport, humanitarian, advocate, decorated athlete and international speaker. Transportation, childcare, lunch and translators are all provided.

Register at www.parentsaspartners.ca

International Day of Pink

On April 11 we celebrate

The International Day of Pink … day of action, born

when a youth in a high school in Cambridge, Nova

Scotia was bullied because he wore a pink shirt to

school. His fellow students decided to stand up to

bullying; and hundreds of students came to school

wearing pink to show support for diversity and

stopping discrimination and bullying.

Our students and staff will be wearing pink in

support of diversity, and will be participating in

events and activities that will engage our

community to challenge gender stereotypes.

The International Day of Pink is more than just a

symbol of a shared belief in celebrating diversity -

it's also a commitment to being open minded, to

being understanding of differences and to learning

to respect each other.

Ball Hockey

For the very first season of ball hockey in the

TDSB, Pineway entered a team in the area

tournament. Pineway hosted the tournament. Our

first game was against Shaughnessy Public

School. It was a fun game but unfortunately we

lost. The next game was against Rene Gordon,

Superintendent: Ms. Elizabeth Addo Trustee: Mr. Alexander Brown

they got the win. We were officially 0-2 but we

got to face the same two schools again. Our third

game was against Shaughnessy again and we got

our first win! Yay!

To secure a spot for the playoffs we either had to

win our last game or if we lose then it depends all

on the next game. If Rene Gordon beat

Shaughnessy, we were going to the playoffs. If

Shaughnessy wins, then Rene Gordon go to the

playoffs and we are eliminated. During our break

while Shaughnessy and Rene Gordon were playing

each other we ate lunch, after we got great

news………… WE MADE THE PLAYOFFS!!!!!!! FOR

THE FIRST TIME IN 6 YEARS!!!! Everybody was so

excited.

A few days later it was

time for the playoffs, we

went to Highland Middle

School for the playoffs.

The deal was if we won

the first we would be

guaranteed a banner. If

we lost then no banner. Unfortunately we lost the

game and we got no banner but it was still fun.

We still appreciate having the opportunity to

improve our skills and practice times with Mr.

Alexopoulos. The team players were: Brunella,

Sarah, Luther, Aniesa, Tony, Frederick, Simpson,

Tahle, Kymanie, Devonte, Felix, and Tristan,

And Daniah

By: Tahle S.

Continuing Education – Community

Programs

Registration for Learn4Life spring classes is still

open and classes begin Saturday, April 7. Take up

a new hobby, learn a different language, and meet

people in your community. Learn some new dance

moves, or keep up your New Year’s fitness goals

with yoga classes, tennis and golf. Gain knowledge

on how to invest in the stock market or prepare

your taxes.

Please refer to our brochure for a complete list of

our offerings. www.learn4life.ca.

Facebook.com/TDSBLearn4Life

@TDSB_ConEd

Our Basketball Tournament

Our grade 4/5 boys

participated in the Area

Basketball tournament

on February 13th, 2018. Three schools attended

the tournament including Pineway. We won the

first game against Arbor Glen! Hourray!

Unfortunately, we lost our second game

competing with Rene Gordon. The score for the

winning game against Arbour Glen was 47 to 17.

We lost 57 to 41 in the second game but the good

thing was that we had lots of fun.

The Pineway Panther Team included the following

players: Nathaniel, Tahle, Luther, Aryan,

Kymanie, Tony, Devonte, Tristan, Felix, Simpson,

and Freddy.

Thanks to Ms. Barron who coached our Pineway

team.

By: Frederick and Nathaniel

Recognition Assembly During the afternoon of Thursday, March 29,

2018, we had an amazing assembly to

acknowledge the hard work and dedication of our

students and staff throughout this past month and

to welcome April. Honesty was our Character Trait

Superintendent: Ms. Elizabeth Addo Trustee: Mr. Alexander Brown

focus for March and the students did a fantastic

job of demonstrating this trait throughout the

month. Congratulations to our award recipients

for March:

Ms. Hanaalla’s grade 2/3 class did a fabulous job

at hosting us for this assembly. Rashawn and

Keziah were our MCs and the class performed a

skit of the Boy Who Cried Wolf, they produced a

number of engaging mini-movies about the

Honesty Police and then they sang a song for us.

Mrs. Young’s grade 4/5 class performed a lovely

musical number for us using their recorders,

percussion and singing.

Mrs. Barron’s grade 2/3 class led us in an engaging

presentation on Autism. Each student presented

some information about themselves and some

truth about what autism is and then we all

watched a very engaging video from YouTube

called:

Amazing Things Happen.

Click right back there on the title if you would like

to watch it - you will be glad you did!

Pineway is a great school, filled with wonderfully talented students and dedicated educators!!

Superintendent: Ms. Elizabeth Addo Trustee: Mr. Alexander Brown

Superintendent: Ms. Elizabeth Addo Trustee: Mr. Alexander Brown

Monday, April 2

- Easter Monday (no school)

Tuesday, April 3 - Graduation Photos for grade 5 and

Senior Kindergarten students

Monday, April 16 - Vision Clinic

Tuesday, April 24 - Grade 4/5 class trip to ROM

Wednesday, April 25 - Administrative Professional’s Day

(AKA Secretary’s Day) - Thanks Ms. Shary!

Monday, April 30 - Co-Operation Assembly

Sun Earth

Moon Air

Fire

Water