Mar/April 2015

Faywood ABC

Art and math have a lot in common with each other. In fact you can see the math in art and the art in math! Patterns, shapes, geometry, symmetry, spatial reasoning, proportional reasoning, etc… are all a part of the arts (visual art, music and dance), as they are of mathematics. Some of what you see your child doing in school in the arts, is also an engagement with mathematical ideas at the same time! By blending mathematics and the arts, students learn in ways that are intellectual, emotional and physical. Children learn in many different ways, and research tells us that participating in the arts is one way that is very engaging for all of us. A child stringing beads in a pattern on a string or creating a patterned bracelet is creating an understanding of patterning, although to them it may look simply like a pleasing design. When a child learns to play the piano, they are developing mathematical understanding of the relationships between scales, notes and chords. Symmetry can be seen in the symmetrical features of a butterfly or in a design when building. Children may notice patterns in wallpaper, tile tessellations on the floor or on a phone cover, rhythmic beats or repeated choreography in music videos or chords in a popular song. There is math everywhere!

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Kindergarten Registration Please call (416) 395-2390 to Register Now! School Safety Please consider walking to school- it is healthy and good for the environment! Construction Update Phase 2 Construction is almost complete.

Sports Boy’s Soccer- Mr. Markovski Girl’s Soccer- Ms. Pineau Track and Field- Mr. McNamara

Our Learning Community

Messages from The Office

Look for our mural while on

the subway this summer!

The Hip Hop Dance workshop

held after school was high energy

fun!

The Day of Pink @ Faywood

All of the kindergarten

students went to the Aquarium on April 1.

Faywood ABC School 95 Faywood Blvd Toronto, Ontario

Principal Elizabeth Schaeffer Main Office, 395-2390

Email: Elizabeth.Schaeffer@tdsb.on.ca

School Website: http://schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/fayw

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March/April 2015 THE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

April 17- Spring Dance

April 24- Character Assembly/Earth Day Assembly

April 29- District Review

April 29-Parent Workshop Mindfulness and Parenting

May 4- SAC

May 5-8 Book Fair

May 7- Gallery Night/Stem Showcase

May 15- Track and Field

May 18- Victoria Day No School

May 21- Gr 7/8 Production

May 21- Welcome to Kindergarten Evening

May 25-June12- EQAO

Sunday, May 31- Fun Fair

June 1- School Play

Every attempt is made to keep to the planned schedule.

Mindfulness We have been exploring the benefits of mindfulness as a staff and looking at how other schools in Toronto and North America have been implementing mindfulness with students. We have decided to implement a two minute mindfulness moment after lunch recess. There will be a whole school announcement and during this time students will take a quiet break to focus inward and prepare for the afternoon. Self-Regulation Teachers in our Kindergarten classes participated in a session on Self-Regulation with other schools in our district. They explored the work of Stuart Shanker and his book Calm, Alert and Learning. In his book he explores the growing awareness among developmental scientists that the better a child can self-regulate, the better she can rise to the challenge of mastering ever more complex skills and concepts. Teachers were exposed to strategies to implement in their programs to promote the development of self-regulation. Mindfulness @ Faywood Check out this link to the power of mindfulness. http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/san-francisco-schools-transformed-power-meditation-n276301

Thank you to all the fabulous parent volunteers that make this a great place to learn and grow!

Health & Wellness

Calendar of Events

Gallery Night is just around the corner on May 7, 2015 tdsbCreates – Students in Ms Pineau’s grade 6 and Ms. Dixon’s grade 2 classes are participating in this year’s tdsbCreates program with a focus on drama. Both teachers attended a full day of professional learning and will continue their learning when a guest artist comes into the classroom. Drama artist Andrew Lamb will be working with the students for five days between April 13th and May 11th.

Speech

Competition Ethan

represented

Faywood with a

fantastic speech

on child Labour.

Well Done!