Community Report 2019-2020

• High expectations are for all students.

• Students should be engaged and passionate about their learning.

• Patience and perseverance are the path to personal and academic growth.

• A school community that works collaboratively fosters a safe and pow-erful learning environment for all students.

• Respect is the foundation for all behavior and positive relationships.

WE BELIEVE THAT...

Principal ’s Reflection

The 2019-2020 school year has been a year to remember. Although it has been marked by the unexpected three month suspension of classes due to COVID-19, we cannot forget that two terms of regular classes occurred and that many projects and events occured during the first seven months of the year.

Throughout the school year, many of the activities and initiatives undertaken have fallen within one of our three school priorities of Literacy & Numeracy, our French Immersion Mission and/or Social Justice. Even during our three months of remote learning, we continued to focus on these three pillars to guide our planning and teaching practices. As you review the Community Report the centrality of these three guiding values should be evident. It should also be clear that these big three foundational elements will continue to influence our planning for years to come. The essence of our school commnuty must be reflective of our learning, our cul-ture and our inclusivity.

If one lesson has to be learnt from this past years events, it is that commu-nity is everything. We have worked together and supported each other through these difficult and challenging times. Students, parents and teach-ers have all had to be flexible and collaborative. We thank our parents and guardians who have worked tirelessly to support learning at home. This was not an easy task!

School Profile Early Entry French Im-

mersion Program 262 students in K—8 13 Teachers 1 Learning Support

Teacher 1 School Administrator 0.50 School Counsellor 0.25 Social Worker 2 Educational Assistants 1 Secretary 1 Library Technician 4 Custodians

École St. Norbert Immersion

Launch of the new school logo with t-shirts and notebooks. Logo painted in the gymnasium and hallway. New school sign with logo.

Community BBQ organized by the St. Norbert Immersion Advisory Council.

Student Leadership Group representing students from Grade 1 to 8.

Use of our new modular stage purchased by the St. Norbert Immersion Advisory Council.

School community pancake breakfast during the Festival du Voyageur.

School production of Beauty and the Beast (cancelled due to COVID-19).

Visit from 2 hockey players from the Winnipeg Jets for Reading Takes Flight.

1 student recipient of the 2020 Seine River School Division Individual Student Citizenship Award. 1 student nominated for the 2020 Seine River School Division’s Creative Young Minds Awards.

2020 ski trip to Holiday Mountain for grade 6 to 8 students.

2020 Camp Arnes (Winter) for grade 5 & 6 students.

2019-2020 Improv Training Camp and tournament.

Sensory pathway for all students on the main floor.

An impressive amount of remote learning planned/delivered by teachers and supported by parents the class suspension due to COVID-19.

Achievements & Highlights 2019-2020

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ESNI Activities, clubs and

Initiatives __________________________

Visits from Aboriginal Elder Joe McLellan

ESNI Running Club ESNI/SRSD Improv Lego Club Métis Fun Day ESNI Musical Student initiated

fundraisers for: The Winnipeg Humane Society, Cancer Care Manitoba, Manitoba Alzheimer's Society Koats for Kids, Christ-mas Hampers, etc.

Community clean-ups & composting.

I Love to Read Month Polar Bear Walk Big Brothers / Big

Sisters Program partnership with CSNC

Orange Shirt Day Pink T-shirt Day

Day of Pink

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School priority progress

1) Uphold and demonstrate social justice values and beliefs to ensure a safe learning environment, equity and high academic achievement for all students; by building partnerships that allow for the examination of long held beliefs, perceptions and gaps in our thinking and student achievement. Successes • Intentional purchase of books and resources for classroom libraries that reflect

diverse culture, perspectives and histories. • Communication and dialogue with parents from the Diversity Advisory

Committee to gain insight concerning social justice issues, perspectives and feedback.

• Partnership from Elder Joe McLellan to infuse an Aboriginal perspective into our teaching.

• Student Leadership Group to give students a voice and ownership of the issues and activities important to them.

• Rebranding of ESNI panther logo that represent the core values of: Persévérance = perseverance Politesse = politeness Pouvoir = power Patience = patience Partage = sharing • Town Hall with ESNIAC at the beginning of the remote learning to hear feedback

from parents as to what was working and what could be improved.

2) Improve and integrate literacy, numeracy and critical thinking across subject areas; through curricular integration and planning to enhance critical thinking, numeracy, literacy behaviours and achievement. Successes • Professional development opportunity for 6 teachers on cross-curricular

integration of subject and inquiry in planning and teaching practices. • Sustained emphasis on the reading—writing connection through intentional and

effective planning of rich tasks. • Planning and incorporation of rich tasks that foster greater levels of critical

thinking skills. • Increased use of data informed instruction planning and practices to promote

growth in student literacy and numeracy achievement.

3) Improve oral French opportunities, global capacity and confidence; by designing meaningful and rich tasks and activities that foster French oral language development. Successes • School improv team and divisional league that allowed student to explore

creative French expression in an authentic and spontaneous setting. Spectators also benefited from hearing their peers model and speak in French.

• A French Language Monitor worked with small groups of students to create and deliver fun activities in French for students. i.e. Dance Club, etc.

• Continued use of the ACPI “Référenciel d’évaluation” as the standard for

evaluating all immersion students French language communication skills.

Métis Fun Day

ESNI Panthers!

Environmental Stewardship

Coding with Sphero

École St. Norbert Immersion

900 Ste. Thérèse Avenue Winnipeg MB R3V 1H8 204-261-4430 (school)

204-269-0925 (fax) sni@srsd.ca

Instagram: @ESNIinfo

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Priorities for 2020-2021

Sustained partnerships that allow for the examination of long held beliefs, perceptions and gaps in our thinking and student achievement.

Provide a culturally responsive school community that provides a voice for all school community members.

Support student wellbeing.

Strong focus on Learning Recovery in Literacy and Numeracy due to the suspension of classes and transition to remote learning for the last 3 months of the 2019-2020 school year.

Emphasis on non-fiction reading and writing through an inquiry/critical thinking approach to learning for K - 8.

Continued use of data informed instruction planning and practices to promote growth in student literacy and numeracy achievement.

Re-emphasis on our French Immersion mission and French speaking opportunities through purposeful, authentic and relevant tasks.

Increased use of French videos, music, and other media to support listening, comprehension and vocabulary development in a culturally significant context.

Winnipeg Jets at ESNI

Grade 5/6 Camp Arnes

Our new sensory pathway!