Spring has arrived in the JK French Immersion classroom at St. Charles Catholic Elementary School in Chelmsford. The students have been learning about flowers and plants and have been enjoying exploring in the dramatic play centre, “La boutique à fleurs.” On a snowy spring day, the students were captivated by the visit from local florists, Joanne and Morlie, from Fleurs Magiques Flower Shop.
Bags for Beds at St. Charles Elementary
As part of the Dearness Conservation Program, students from St. Charles Catholic Elementary School in Chelmsford collected milk bags once again this school year to donate to the “Bags for Beds” project. A total of 1600 bags were brought in over a four week period.
The opportunity to participate in this project supports students to deepen their understanding of how a seemingly simple recycling activity results in a profound improvement in the quality of life for others.
Azilda resident, Ms. Rolande Nault , picked up the bags and explained that she and four of her friends meet twice weekly to cut the bags into strips which they then crochet into mats. The mats are donated to developing nations, such a Haiti, where they are used as beds.
Cultural Learning at St. Charles Elementary
Aboriginal Support Worker, Joel Agowissa, shares with SKFI students at St. Charles Catholic Elementary School the medicines of the four directions. As a part of the Aboriginal Biinoojic Centres (ABC) program, students in Kindergarten and Grade 1 have met with Joel for 5 weeks to learn more about Aboriginal teachings. Students have enjoyed this program. Thanks Joel, for sharing your knowledge and passion for Aboriginal Education!
Seeing Double at St. Charles Elementary
Have you ever wanted to be just like someone else? Students and staff at St. Charles Elementary dressed as their ‘twin’ today to show their school spirit! Many people dressed as each other, while others dressed as a famous twin. Pictured is grade 5 student, Daniella Lowes and the principal, Mrs. St. Denis. Daniella surprised the principal by coming to school dressed as her, and explained that if she “could be anyone at all, she wanted to be Mrs. St.Denis”. Daniella did morning announcements and toured the halls with her twin.
St. Charles Elementary Students Explore Their Senses Through Goalball
JK/SK students in teacher Amy Malafarina’s class at St. Charles Catholic Elementary School learned more about their senses of hearing, touch and sight as they experienced the skills of the game Goalball. Thank you to teacher Adriano Simonato, a vision resource teacher with the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, for sharing his expertise and love for the sport with us!
FULL DAY Kindergarten Information/Registration Night -TODAY – Tuesday, February 5, 2013
There will be an information/registration night TODAY – Tuesday, February 5, 2013 for all parents interested in registering their child(ren) at one of the Sudbury Catholic elementary schools for FULL DAY Kindergarten beginning September, 2013.
The information/registration night will start at 6:00 p.m. For more information about this event, please contact your local Catholic elementary school. For contact information about each school, go to http://www.scdsb.edu.on.ca/schools/schools.php, or contact the board office at (705)673-5620.
Students at St. Charles Catholic Elementary School Collect Pine Cones for Wild at Heart Animal Refuge Centre in Lively
The students at St. Charles Catholic Elementary School have collected thousands of pine cones this year to support the Wild at Heart Animal Refuge Centre in Lively. The centre needs the pine cones to feed some of the smaller animals in the winter. These caring students collected these cones in the fall as a part of their Dearness Conservation “Direction” challenge (East Eagles, South Turtles, West Buffalos and North Bears). Students were asked to try to each bring in 1 closed pine cone, which would be 330 pine cones for the Centre. The response was overwhelming as some students brought in hundreds of cones each! “What a great response by our students,” stated Laura Stirrett, vice principal of the school. “The virtue of the month for January is responsibility – and we are so proud of our students for recognizing that is all of our responsibility to take care of the earth and all of its inhabitants!”
St. Charles Students Remember
Students from St. Charles Elementary look on as JK students Sophie and Gavin Patterson, along with their grandfather, George Patterson bring up a cross remembering those who served in the Korean War. It was a privilege to have members from the Royal Canadian Legion – Branch 553 Chelmsford join the school, including Mr.Rogerson, a parent legionnaire, in our Remembrance Day Celebration. We remember, we will never forget.
Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins at St. Charles
JK/SKR students from St. Charles Catholic Elementary School have started an inquiry all about pumpkins. It all started when their teacher, Amy Malafarina, brought in some mini pumpkins as a decoration in the class. Students began to ask questions, so they decided to do an inquiry. They prepared questions along with the daycare children in the school, and set out to get the answers.
Students wondered such things as: if the seeds were the same size in different pumpkins; if the inside was the same colour as the outside of a squash; if a spaghetti squash really has spaghetti inside; if the bumpy ones were bumpy inside too, and many more. On Wednesday, October 24th, parent volunteers came and helped cut up the various sized pumpkins and squash to get to the answers. Most of the questions were answered and students made many more discoveries than they thought and new questions were created.
In Memory of Johnathan
On Friday June 8th St. Charles Elementary School in Chelmsford held its 8th annual Johanthan Hetu Walk. Johanthan was a student that attended St.Charles School 9 years ago before he passed away with cancer. This year St. Charles was proud to present $8 957.64 to the NOFCC in support of other children struggling with cancer. This brings the eight year total for the walk to $43 536.64. Vicky Wilton from the NOFCC was present for the walk along with members of Johanathan’s family. After the walk the Johnathan Hetu Award was presented to Zach Tremblay and Marissa Rayner. This award is presented to students who have a positive attitude towards school and a healthy living.