Please help to ensure the safety of our students and kindly avoid using the school parking lot as a pick-up and drop-off for your child. The parking lot becomes very congested in the morning and after school with school buses and teachers arriving and departing. Please do not walk through the parking lot as this may lead to children developing a false sense of safety. Also, please do not park in the staff parking lot as we have only a limited number of parking spots available for staff. We encourage all families who live within the school area to walk their children to school. While this may mean waking up a little earlier in the morning, it will also help to foster a daily routine of exercise which is vital for a child’s development. A limited number of Temporary Parking Passes are now available for parents or guests who are taking part in a school activity or meeting (not for dropping off students). Please be sure to request a pass when signing in at the office. Thank you very much for your cooperation!

Brimwood Blvd. Jr. Public School Newsletter The Bobcat

May 2019

Volume 8

Et ienne Mercieca , Pr incipa l

Jacquel ine Spence , Super intendant

Yal in i Rajakulasingam , T rustee

151 Brimwood Blvd.

Scarborough, ON

M1V 1E5

School phone: 416.396.6085

Safe Arrival: 416.396.6087

Homepage:

http://schoolweb.tdsb.on.

ca/Brimwood/

Twitter:

@brimwood_tdsb

Upcoming Events

Track & Field Day – May 8

Track & Field Rain Date – May 14

Safe & Caring School Committee – May 14

Spring Concert – May 16 – 6:00 p.m.

Victoria Day Holiday – May 20

EQAO – May 21-June 3

Parent Council Meeting – May 28, 6:30 p.m.

Recognition Assembly – May 31 – 12:30 p.m.

Victoria Day Holiday

Reminder that Monday May 20th is Victoria Day and,

therefore, there is no school for this holiday. Enjoy the

long weekend!

School Parking Lot – Reminder!

Brimwood Parent Council Needs You!

Do you want to know more about what is happening at our school?

Would you like to discuss school-related issues with fellow parents and

school staff members? If so, please come out to our final meeting on

Tuesday May 28th starting at 6:30 p.m. in the school library. The focus

of the meeting will be to plan for the upcoming school year. Light

refreshments will be served. Free childcare will also be available.

Congratulations to all the students who participated in the Brimwood Idol auditions! We

have selected the following Golden Ticket winners to perform the same song at the Brimwood

Idol concert on Thursday, May 2nd at 12:30-2:00 p.m.:

Primary - Albert, Sierra, Jayla, Jessica, Saleh, Clara, Angel and Yarush

Junior - Keerthy, Zakhi, Jahlani, Mathuvanthi, Sathana, Nanjibah, Alyssia, Nivetha, Blair, Katherine, Reanna,

Arianna and Sophia

All the best to our performers!

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Brimwood Idol

Comics Club

The award for the most eco-friendly classroom goes to Mme. Yim’s class this month! Way to go!

Golden Garbage Can Award

Thank you everyone for your support. We collected old cell phones from our classmates, their families and the

whole school with the help from the Eco Club at Brimwood.

We submitted several phones into the Toronto Zoo draw for special prizes. The draw will take place in a week.

Cross your fingers!

But we will keep collecting, so chant with us:

Save gorilla habitat;

Support Toronto Zoo;

Recycle old cell phones;

It's all up to you!

On Friday, April 12, 2019 the grade 6 students from Mrs.Tassopoulos’, Mrs.O’Neill’s, and Madame Cane’s classes went on a really fun trip to Monarch Park Stadium along with numerous other grade 6 students from different TDSB schools. When we got inside the dome, there was a lesson about the history of the dome. Here is a fun fact: Did you know the dome cost about $5 million to construct? After he was done speaking, there was a former astronaut who had a presentation about space. Some things the astronaut spoke about included the first picture of a black hole, how you should re-enter earth safely, rocket ships and their engines, and the physics formula for HSC. The grade 6 students later got into groups where some students were from other TDSB schools and some from our school. There was a yellow group and a blue group. The grade 6 students went to several centres according to their groups to learn something about space or flight. Some things the grade 6’s learned were how astronauts felt in space, how far each planet is from us, how astronauts eat their food, things about the Mars rover, and gravity. For some of the centres, there were experiments. These experiments included the grade 6's spinning in a chair and touching the top of a pencil, making paper airplanes, having a small container full of water and putting in a small tablet, and a race where you control the robots to not hit obstacles. The grade 6’s also got to see a small rocket launch in the dome twice. Overall, we learned a lot of new things and it was fabulous! Written by

Karshan.I, Wennie.L & Latchmi.S

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Eco Club

Grade 6 Field Trip to Monarch Park Stadium

Twins / Triplets / Quadruplets Day – April 26

Ms. Miranda / Ms. Feng – Tiffany B., Muhammad U.

Mr. Baggio / Ms. Anagnostopoulos – Ryan Y., Wasim B.

Ms. Singh – Rayan N., Fiza M.

Mme. Jolly / Mme. Deschamps – Hailey C., Varunikka S.

Ms. Cleland – Shayaan N., Taksan S., Benson S.

Ms. Ravindrarajan – Rex Z., Justin Y.

M. Ndeke-Manfata – Eric A., Breeann L.

Mme. Patel – Rithik Y., Silvana

Ms. Chan – Jayden D., Vienna G., Harish K.

Mme. Huber- Yap – Suki L., Yadhav S., Anika U.,

Ms. Ohri – Aksshith S., Kingson Y.

Mme. Yim – Huzaifa M., Raine Q.

Mme. Akineza – Ryan R., Younique P., Bella L.

Ms. Moyles – Yuki L., Shobika J

Ms. O’Neill – Kaniyan S., Madison T.

Mme. Cane – Naeemah M., Aliya C.

Ms. Tassopoulos – Amir J., Asmita S.

Ms. Law – Sahana S.

Ms. Lee – Jessica L. (O’Neill), Chole S. (O’Neill), Eshal M. (O’Neill)

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March Students of the Month: Co-Operation

3-D Shape Construction in M. Stephane’s Class