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It's been a while but Popcorn Days are officially back, starting this Wednesday! The grade six students will once again be selling bags of popcorn for $1 each in order to help raise money for their year-end Grad Camp. Students wishing to buy bags of popcorn are asked to bring in money to their teachers. Money will be collected on the day of the sale so students can bring in money on Wednesday.

Our grade sixes had a great time today joining Mr. Durbano in the Astrolab to learn all about our night sky. The astrolab is like a mini-planetarium and supports the grade six science curriculum unit on Sky Science. The second picture shows the constellations in the night sky.

Visible Learning is essential in our EGSS school. Visible learning is where we build the learning through anchor charts on the walls with the students. The walls help them to learn and become more independent learners because they know how to use these tools to help guide them. We learned about it through John Hattie and Peter Liljedahl, and now teachers know how to use the walls to teach the students. They co-construct all of the walls, posters, chart boards, etc. with our students and the walls become tools that grow with the students. Any visitor can walk in the room of a classroom and know what the students are learning about without asking. All they have to do is look at the walls! The best part...the students can speak to their learning and know how to use the walls as tools to help them problem solve and become more independent learners! Next time, you visit a classroom, check out their walls! They are magical!

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Just a reminder 🎆

Today we tried something new....and it was amazing. We did professional development on a regular school day right inside of classrooms with the kids. Our Associate Superintendent and Director of Curriculum ran a Number Sense Routine PD Day inside classrooms. The first half of the day consisted of gathering half of our teachers from grade k-4 while the other half took their students and combined them with their own classes along with some substitute teachers to help them out. The teachers did a short conversation and pd with our leaders to set up the day. Next they went into 5 teachers classrooms to watch them demonstrate a 10 minute number routine with their own students. They rotated classrooms for about an hour. Then they came back to the room to unpack what they saw and plan for next steps. The second half of the day the teachers who were demonstrating got to exchange classes with the morning observation teachers and repeat the process. They met, they observed, they unpacked. We also had a few subs around the building who were such a great help to ease the flow of the day. This was one of the best pds we have done because we were tapping into our experts right inside of our school and the students got to see the teachers as learners! Thank you to the students, teachers, and Mrs. Kuemper and Mrs. MacDonald for the learning!

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Our students had a fabulous time on Friday evening here in the gym as our Parent Council brought back their annual Movie Night. Everyone was able to relax and enjoy the movie Lyle, Lyle Crocodile and snack on popcorn and drinks.

I like to take a tour at least once a week to visit classrooms, hang out with the students and teachers, and see all of the amazing things happening at our school. I always bring my ipad to capture the moments! Here is what I saw this week! - I walked into grade 4s teaching kg students some math activities and reading with them. - grade 1s working in centers showing proof and evidence of how they were becoming readers - another grade 1 class working on french immersion vocabulary through play - grade 5s creating electronic music - grade 6s working on alien projects to present I can't wait for my next tour!

What Makes the ÉGSS KG program Stand Out? Well...check it out below! Don't forget to register now for KG and attend our KG open house EXTRAVAGANZA! It is happening Thursday, Jan. 26 at 6:30 pm in the ÉGSS foyer. See you there!

Calling all Kindergarten families interested in attending ÉGSS next year! We are hosting a ÉGSS Kindergarten open house EXTRAVAGANZA. Please pass this invitation out to any families you may know. It will be a great night full of info and fun!

Coming to us all the way from Kitchener, Ontario Jay Bailey spent the day teaching our division two students about the Voyageurs. This is very closely related to our Social Studies curriculums and also highlights our French Canadian history. His talk was very informative and the students were able to participate in some of the activities the Voyageurs took part in hundreds of years ago.

This Friday should be a great evening as our Parent Council hosts their annual movie Night in the gym.

Happy New Year! That means it is time for our ÉGSS Kg Information Night! We would love it if you shared the info night dates with family and friends who may be interested in attending. We hope to see you there!

We are less than two weeks away from our Parent Council Movie Night here in the gym! This will be a great evening for families. If you are able to help out and volunteer for this event please click on the link below the picture.

Wishing you and your families a very Merry Christmas 🎄