Upcoming Events

Monday, June 01, 2015

Dear Room 308 Families,

Yes, we are now into June, which, as I explained to the class today, means the beginning of their last month at ChurchillL  On the bright side, there are a ton of events on the horizon which are going to make this a fun filled month!

Two field trip forms are going home today, attached to a paper copy of this message.

The first is on June 9^th.  We will be traveling to Crystal Bay to visit our Pen Pals.  They have provided us with the bus to travel to their school (free of charge).  While there we will tour the facility, to see where and how they implement their special education programs for the students who attend the school.  We will also perform a couple of songs on Ukulele for their students, and then have some group snack and outdoor play time on their yard.  For anyone who was in attendance during the visit when the Crystal Bay students came to Churchill last month, it can easily be described as a magical experience.  Our class was so excited, and willing to connect with their pen pals, despite the variety of issues that makes each of these students ‘different abled’ that for that hour long visit it was obvious that there were a lot of barriers that disappeared.  We took away from that a different perspective on people who are ‘different abled’ and an understanding of how small acts can have great impacts on others. 

The second form you are receiving today is for a trip to Rogers Communication, in Westboro.  I have been working with the people at Rogers to set this trip up for a long time, so this is really exciting for me.  We will be traveling to the studio for a bit of a tour, some background learning on how a show is put together, to view the taping of a show, and to help with the production of a TV show.  It will be an action packed day, as we will start the day with our planetarium event at Churchill before we leave.  The overview is as follows:

8:15 – 9:45 – Planetarium Workshop @ Churchill

9:45 – Students depart Churchill on foot to walk along Byron Path to Rogers Communications building on Richmond, just west of Golden Avenue

10:00 – Studio tour, and programming starts

11:30 – Lunch break for 20 min

2:10 – Day’s programming ends at studio and students walk back to Churchill for a 2:30pm dismissal

Important dates to remember in the coming weeks are;

- June 9^th – Trip to Crystal Bay

- June 11^th – Alternative Schools Activity Day at Summit (more information to come)

- June 12^th – Rogers Trip

- the morning of Monday, June 22 – the grade 6 Honouring Ceremony (more information to come – including an afternoon trip to Dovercourt for field games)

- Thursday, June 25^th – the last day of school

                                                Hold on Tight, it is going to be a busy month!

Regards, Ray