LOUISE ARBOUR FRENCH IMMERSION NEWS

Principal: C. Cordes June 2019

Vice Principal: S. Moore-Bridge Phone: 519-452-2820

Secretaries: S. Earls, A. Floropoulos

Superintendent: M. Deman Press 2 for the main office

Board Website: www.tvdsb.ca Fax: 519-452-2839

School Website: www.tvdsb.ca/louisearbour.cfm Twitter: @louisearbourfi

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We are very close to wrapping up our 5th

year as Louise Arbour French Immersion

community. Please take some time to review the newsletter as there is much going on!

Our committed volunteers did an outstanding job with Spring Fling-it has evolved into

a wonderful tradition. We also recognize all the volunteer hours spent on Bibliomobile,

field trips, Book Fair, weekly hot lunches, Forest School, Carnaval, Snack Program,

School Council, Home and School, Professor Jamz dance-a-thon, and much more- we

appreciate you! Thank-you for enhancing our students’ school experiences-it truly takes

a village. Join us for a Volunteer Recognition on Tuesday June 14 from 9-10:30.

Grade 3 and Grade 6 students are now writing EQAO provincial assessments. In

Grade 3, students write Math assessments (in French) and Grade 6 students write

Reading, Writing and Math assessments in English. EQAO provides a snapshot of a

student’s performance at a given moment in time; it is one indicator among many that

we use to inform instruction. Visit www.eqao.com to learn more.

Class placements are underway for 2019-2020. We work in teams to create classes

that are balanced in terms of: male/female, peer relationships, academic ability levels,

learning styles and social/emotional factors. Placements are shared on the first day of

school in September.

We have a few staff changes for 2019-2020. Additional updates will be provided in a

year end newsletter.

Mme Mueller Mme Mueller has accepted a position at Cedar Hollow P.S. She will be

teaching Core French. We have greatly appreciated all you have

offered! Congratulations and all the very best- We will miss you!

M. Baguley M. Baguley has accepted a position at Orchard Park P.S. He will be

teaching a Grade 7/8 homeroom class along with French. Our

intermediate division just won’t be the same without you.

Congratulations and all the very best-we will miss you!

In closing, I would like to share that after 33 years in education, I am retiring at the end

of June. Working in education has been immensely rewarding and I have greatly

appreciated my five years at Louise Arbour French Immersion. It has been a privilege to

work with all of you and see this school evolve from its beginning days to the amazing

school that it is today. We have come so far together from basics such as selection of

school mascot, school colours, and design of our playground space, to excellence in

academics, sports and the arts! I am grateful for having had the opportunity to meet

amazing students, incredibly dedicated staff and wonderfully supportive and engaged

families. All the very best to each of you.

It is my pleasure to welcome our incoming principal, Mme Cianci. She is joining us from

Ryerson PS. I know that she will thoroughly enjoy her upcoming placement at Louise

Arbour FI.

Enjoy June as it will no doubt fly by! Learning is, of course, first and foremost our

focus-along with special year end celebrations and special activities.

June 3 – School Concil Meeting – 6:30.p.m Learning Commons

June 6 – The Neverending Story trip to Stratford, Mme Singh & Mme Milinkovic

June 7 – P.A. Day – NO SCHOOL!!

June 12 – 9:00a.m. Gr. 7ext open house for new students coming in September, 2019

June 12 – Home and School Meeting – 7:00p.m.- Learning Commons

June 13 – Alice In Wonderland Musical – 6:30p.m. - Cafetorium

June 14 – Volunteer Appreciation Party 9:00-10:30a.m. Learning Commons

June 14 – Gr. 4 trip to Renfest

June 14 - Alice In Wonderland Musical – 6:30p.m. Cafetorium

June 19 – Circle R Ranch Trip Kindergarten Classes

June 19 – 9 :00a.m. Safety Village Trip – Mme Wakelin, Mme Garavito-Bruhn

June 19 – 11:30a.m. Safety Village Trip – Mme Psellas, Mme Riley, Mme Fraser

June 21 – Airbands 1:05p.m. - Cafetorium

June 24 – 8 :30a.m. Monthly Assembly- Cafetorium

June 24 – 12 :15p.m. Family Picnic

June 25 – Gr. 3 trip to Fanshawe Pioneer Village

June 25 – Trip to Niagara Falls, Mme Shanahan and Mme Nakhle

June 26 – Gr. 8 Graduation 6:30p.m. - Cafetorium

June 27 – 9:00a.m. Year End Assembly - Cafetorium

News from our Library……

The Library Learning Commons has been quite the hub of activity for the past few weeks!

We finished up Poetry Month in April with a wonderful Poetry Reception for the winners the first week of May. Our young poets read their poems before a large group of family members and fellow poets. Afterwards we enjoyed cake, fruit and juice. Great job to winners and all the students who submitted poems!

The next day, our Spring Scholastic Book Fair started! Our Student Crew from Grades 6 to 8 helped out tremendously - from hanging posters, distributing flyers, and decorating the LLC to helping out at the book fair itself. It was a chance for students to show leadership and responsibility and they sure came through! As well, our amazing group of parents volunteered so much of their time setting up the book fair, manning the cash, and helping students which helped make the book fair the huge success that it was! We sold over $6,100 worth of items which resulted in over $4,000 worth of books for the LLC. Way to go les Loups!

For the next month, we’ll be focussing on Summer Reading. The librarian from the Beacock Branch of the London Public Library will be coming to our school on May 31st and June 6th to talk to our Grade 1-4 students about the Summer Reading Program at the library. Teachers will be sending library card applications home this week. If your child does not yet have a library card with the public library, you can fill out the application and the librarian will bring your child’s card to the school on one of her visits. All free!

June is also my last month as your Teacher-Librarian as our beloved Mme Allen returns in September. I want to thank all the students, parents, teachers, administration and staff for a wonderful six months here. You have a beautiful library and an amazing school.

All the best,

Mme Nash-Brault

The cast and crew of Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland

JrJrJrJr have been hard at work in rehearsals since

January. We are very pleased to present our

show to our school community on Thursday,

June 13th and Friday, June 14th at 6:30pm!

Tickets are $2.00 per person.

We can’t wait to see you there!

IN OTHER NEWS……

Congratulations on the grade 8 graduation of your child! We hope that their

transition to Secondary School is a very enjoyable experience.

As you prepare for this transition we would like to make you aware that one of the prerequisites to Secondary graduation is for your child to have acquired 40 volunteer hours. Although the last year of Secondary school is years away, it is very beneficial to begin completing these volunteer hours immediately. Many students leave this task to the last couple of years of school and find it challenging to fulfill this commitment and do not realize that they can begin collecting these volunteer hours the summer they leave grade 8. Please review the attached brochure and community involvement form for more information and suggestions on volunteer activities and encourage your child to start volunteering this summer.

If you have any questions please contact your child’s Secondary School or myself for assistance. Sincerely, Connie Cordes Principal

Please join us at Louise Arbour P.S. for Coffee Hour:

Learning Multiple Languages for Parents of ELL

Students. This event will be held on Monday, June 17th

,

2019 at 8:30am in the dining room. If you speak a language other than English at home

and you are wondering how you can support your child’s learning of multiple languages,

this event is a great opportunity for you to learn about some strategies and resources.

French Learning Coordinators, Jennifer Moodie and Amanda Norley from the TVDSB, will

be there to provide you with valuable information and to answer any questions you may

have. In addition, you will have an opportunity to meet and speak with our ESL teacher,

Hilary Tranter.

Coffee/tea and a light snack will be provided. Please RSVP to sue@lusocentre.org before

Friday, June 14th

, 2019. We hope you can come and are looking forward to meeting you.

Sincerely,

Ms. Sue Yang Ms. Hilary

Settlement Worker ESL Teacher

Home Connections

in Mathematics

Mathematizing the Beach

So much of a student’s success in math is based their ability to develop personal benchmarks and use those benchmarks to estimate measurement in school and the world around them. A personal benchmark is a physical reference for a unit of measure. For example, the width of your pinky finger is about a centimetre. It must be gained through experience! Once students have a sense of personal benchmarks they can use these benchmarks to estimate. Parents can help students develop these benchmarks within everyday contexts by asking questions like: Do I have enough sugar to make cookies? Will this wrapping paper cover the box? Will my car fit into the parking space?

Let’s illustrate how you might help your child develop personal benchmarks using the

example of a trip to the beach.

How long do you think it will take us to get to the beach?

What increments of time are key for kids? Do they have a sense of a minute, 15 minutes, half an hour or an hour? We take it for granted that children have this sense. Car rides are a great opportunity for children to get a better

sense of time.

What do you think is the temperature today?

If children know that water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius and it boils at 100 degrees Celsius can they estimate the

temperature on a “hot” day? Did you know that “burning hot” sand can be 50 degrees

Celsius?

How much water will this container hold? How much does it weigh?

A really important benchmark connection is that a litre of water has a mass of one kilogram. Once a child has made this connection there are many opportunities to

explore them at the beach. For example:

● How many litres of water will fill your pail?

● What is the mass of the pail? ● Can you find something with a mass of

one kilogram?

How long is a kilometre?

The beach provides an ideal opportunity to develop a personal benchmark for a kilometre. You could use an app on your phone to keep track of distance. Pick a visual marker as a

start point, walk a kilometre, and then look

back! We did it!

So the next time you are planning on heading to the beach - use the opportunity to help your

child build personal benchmarks.

On rainy days, try some of the activities at the

link below:

http://www.estimation180.com/

June 2019