Movies and crafts

Philippe Flahaut–

singing French songs

Lego challenge

Dance workshops.

Some of these programs

require pre-registration.

Please contact the library at

416-395-5980.

Keep in mind that effective

March 1, 2015, all Toronto

children can ride the TTC

for free. Go and explore

the city of Toronto!

-Z. Valerio

February was a month filled with

activity. Some of the past month’s

happenings included:

Lunar New Year

Valentines’ Cup of Love Soup

EQAO Parent Info Night

Black History Assembly

Black History Door Poster

Contest

Beach Ball Tournament

Parent/Teacher Interviews

Teachers’ Indigo Shopping

Night

Teachers Co-Teaching in

Math.

We thank our school staff and

York University Faculty of Edu-

cation students for your hard

work and dedication in creating

memorable moments and experi-

ences for our Topcliff students.

March Break takes places from

March 16-20th. During this

time, many activities are availa-

ble to students around the city.

York Woods Library has fantas-

tic programs available just down

the street. Some of the free pro-

grams include:

Pan Am scavenger hunt and

story time

Principal’s Message

Principal Zita Valerio

Vice Principal Tracey Lynn

Fitzner

March 6,2015

Issue #8

Topcliff Public School

Upcoming Events:

Mar 2-4– Albion Hills

Grade 5 Trip

Mar.6– Ballet Creole–

1:00pm (parents welcome)

Mar. 12-Gr. 5 Grad Photos

Mar.16-20– March Break

Mar. 26–Winter Concert #1

-6:00pm

Mar. 27– Future Aces As-

sembly, PM

Apr. 3– Good Friday, No

School

Apr. 6-Easter Monday, No

School

Success is the only option!

Black History Month at Topcliff

Throughout the month of February, staff and

students have been learning about and celebrat-

ing the great contributions made by Black Cana-

dians and people of the African Diaspora around

the world. Students demonstrated their learning

by participating in our third annual Black History

door contest and by performing at our Black His-

tory assembly. Congratulations to Ms. Verma’s

and Ms. Chatha’s classes who won the contest.

They will be enjoying a class pizza party. Please

take a look at this year’s celebration.

Mr. James’ class playing steel pans

Parent Academy Conference

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Topcliff Public School

Topcliff Public School

65 Topcliff Avenue

Toronto, ON, M3N 1L6

416-395-2940

http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/topcliff

Superintendent of

Education:

Jacqueline Spence

Trustee of Education:

Tiffany Ford

School Council Chair:

Nicole Stern

Summer Music

Camps

Enrich your child’s sum-mer vacation with music camp. Through three unique programs – Sum-mer Sounds, DownTown Strings and Toronto Summer Music Camps – the TDSB offers band, strings and orchestral experiences for students from grades 3-9. Registra-tion opens March 5. For more information visit: www.tdsbsummercamps.ca.

Are you a parent or caregiver interested in exploring topics like maintaining a healthy life-style and managing stress, supports and services for newcomers to Canada, and navigating the TDSB school system? Join hundreds of parents from across the city on Saturday, April 18th or Saturday April 25th for the annual Model Schools for Inner Cities Parent Acade-my Conference. The Parent Academy conference is facilitated by parents for parents on self-identified topics that support skill development, access to economic opportunities and informing parents on the most effective ways to navigate the education system with their children. A number of community agencies and other partners are featured at the confer-ence such as Toronto Public Health, Toronto Public Library and TDSB Newcomer, Youth and Kids.

There is no cost to participate in the Parent Academy Conference. This year, the conference will be taking place on two separate days – Sat-urday, April 18 at Cedarbrae C.I. and Saturday, April 25 at Thistletown C.I. Light breakfast, lunch, child-minding, interpreters and transpor-tation will be offered at both locations. For more information, including the full list of work-shops and how to register, visit www.tdsb.on.ca/modelschools .

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The Black History assembly included

songs, poems, Caribbean dancing, African

drumming and steel pans.

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March 6,2015

Reading Tips for Parents

Here are some tips that you can use at home:

-Read aloud to your child a variety of materials (poems, newspaper, songs, magazines)

-Reread your child’s favourite stories, over and over and over again

-Point to words as you read

-Sign out books from the public library

-Write notes for your child to read

-Read with your child every day, including in your first language

-Talk about what you are reading

-Encourage your child to ask questions. This shows you if he/she understands what is read

-Play games– ask your child to find certain words or letters or cover a word and ask your

child to fill in the missing word

For more ideas see: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/

Celebrating Valentine’s Day With a “Cup of Love”

On February 11, 2015...a very cold winter

day, all of our Topcliff students from kin-

dergarten to Grade 5, enjoyed a hot cup of

vegetable soup as part of their morning

snack. Thanks to our wonderful nutrition

coordinator, Anita and her dedicated volun-

teers, we were able to celebrate our second

annual “Cup of Love” soup day. What a

great way to celebrate Valentine’s together!

Yummy soup!

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March 6,2015

April 2nd Bake Sale for Sick Kids Hospital

Ms. Ferretti and Janaiya J., Brianna A., Helen T. will be hosting a bake sale to support

the Sick Kids Hospital. Students are asked to bring in change on April 2nd so that

they can buy a special treat and help the hospital at the same time. If you are able to

donate some “nut-free” baked goods to be sold at the school, please drop them off at

the office on April 1st. Thank-you!

These are some of the beautiful door displays that students created for our Black History door contest showing “Acts of Courage” by various

influential individuals around the world.