SPLASH-Summer Reading Program at the Weston Public Library

Splash of Colour Mondays

2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. on recurring dates listed below

45 mins

Weston Community Room

Create captivating crafts each week and listen to sensational stories, jokes, riddles and more! Ages 6-12. For more information please call 416-394-1016.

Series:

TD Summer Reading Club

Categories:

All Children, School-Age Children
Hobbies Crafts & Games, Reading Programs & Storytimes

Upcoming Dates:

Mon Jul 04
Mon Jul 11
Mon Jul 18
Mon Jul 25
Mon Aug 08
Mon Aug 15


http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM6460&R=6460


Keep reading fun through the whole summer!

Math Websites-recommended by kids!

These are some great websites to help your children practice the math they have been learning at school:

1. Lemonade Stand interactive site where students run their own store www.coolmath-games.com/lemonade

2. http://www.mathletics.com/

3. Softschools also has some great games
http://www.softschools.com/games/

Try the them out with your child and enjoy playing math games together!

Helping your Child Read

The ministry of Education has a guide to help parents help their children read, check out

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/PrintMultiMediaResources.pdf

and look for the tips and tools for parents-videos and podcasts

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/abc123/

this guide is available in several languages and it is a great resource.

Sponsorship issues

Learn about the new family sponsorship regulations at the Weston Public Library, June 10th

check out the details at:

http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM82913&R=82913

Subsidies for Summer Camps for Children

Did you know that the City of Toronto has a fee subsidy program that offers families living below the Low Income Cut-off (LICO) access to the recreation programs offered by the city?

Check out the link below for details:

http://www.toronto.ca/parks/torontofun/welcome_policy.htm

Summer courses for Adults offered by the TDSB

If you are interested in taking a course this summer check out the following TDSB link

www.learn4life.ca

They are offering courses in art, business, computers, crafts, dance, fitness, food, languages, music, sewing and sports.  Classes fill up quickly so if you are planning on registering for the summer program, register early.  Classes begin the first week of July.


It's a great way to have fun and meet new people. 

Our Community

We have been learning about our community. As a class, we made this wonderful map of our community.  We included the houses and building where we live as well as all the things that make our community special such as parks, trees, playgrounds, stores, and much more.

We wrote our very own monster stories

We read the book "Where do Monsters live?" and wrote our own monster stories. Our monsters live in the closet, take a look at the picture below. They turned out really great.

Jazz in the Schools Performed at our School!

Students from the Humber College Music Program came and performed for the whole school, it was really great to hear some very upcomming and talented musicians. Thank you!

We have a new class pet

Yes, that is correct. The children have even named our new pet Sanfred. We couldn't choose between Sandy or Freddy so we combined to make Sanfred, clever, eh?
Sanfred has dirt, leaves and water, we just need to get it some new friends.

We had a Party! We have read over 300 Books and Counting

Since January, our class has read over 300 books as part of the home reading program. We celebrated by making bookmarks, getting awards and celebrating our MVP Readers. The challenge is to see how many books we can read by the end of June.

Jesse came to visit us in our classrooom!

Jesse from the Kindness Program, a part of the Beatrice Watson-Acheson Foundation, came to visit us in our classroom. We learned about where to get a pet, what their needs are and how to take care of it. Everyone was excited to have such a cute furry visitor!

http://www.thekindnessprogram.org

We went to the theatre!

We went to the theatre this week. We saw Goldilocks and the Three Canadian Bears. It was so funny when Goldilocks got the story all wrong! Everyone really enjoyed the performance.

The Toronto ZOO Came to our School!

Just in time for Earth day, the Toronto Zoo came to give us a presentation on the Great Lakes. We learned about the importance of taking care of the aquatic life in the Great Lakes. The presentation was terrific and the kids had lots of questions.