NMPPS NEWSFLASH

Teamwork January 2015 Our NewsFlash is produced by the

students of Nelson Mandela Park PS for the students and parents/caregivers of

our school communityTeamwork means: “Let’s work together to get it done!”

Digital copies of all past issues can be found at: http://schools.tdsb/nelsonmandelapark

NMPPS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

January has been another busy month here at Nelson Mandela Park PS. We started the New Year by having what is known as a Dis-trict Review. The District Review is part of an evaluation process all TDSB schools go through ap-proximately every 4 years. The District Review process entails a team of senior TDSB o!cials walking through the school

examining the school environment and the learning that is occurring in classrooms. We are proud to say that our school review came back very positive and the review team cited many great things happening

here at Nelson Mandela Park PS. In par-ticular they saw clear evi-dence of our sta"

working hard to move teaching and learning in math forward so our students can have higher achievement when it comes to numeracy. The review team also made mention that though our school is located in a community that has signif-icant needs one does not get that sense as they go through our building. We have done a tremendous job of bridging the "opportunity gap" for all our stu-dents. We have created a school that is incredibly well resourced; a school that utilizes a wide array of interventions and tools to support learning. Again of particular note was our use of technology since our school has a 2:1 mobile computing ratio (for ev-

ery 2 students we have 1 mobile computing device such as a netbook, ipad, or macbook). The review team did cite that we could do more as a school to provide written feedback for our students, so there is more of a clear record of what teachers are looking for in order for students to improve their learning. In education lingo this is known as "de-scriptive feedback" and it is something as a sta" we are committed to improving upon.The review team also spoke to the opportunities we are providing our Intensive Support Program learners such as our students in our Developmental Disability (DD) programs. They were impressed by the professional learning opportunities our DD sta" have along with the experential learning our sta" are providing for our DD students such as swim-ming, and partnering with Up-per Canada College.A huge thank you to the sta" and students of Nelson Mandela Park PS. They collectively did a wonderful job in representing our school and showing that we are putting all the extra supports we receive to good use.

January 2015 - PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Mohammed sorting shapes

Some of the things we are proud of....in Room 327

Amazing gift for our Healthy Food programme

In addition, we are proud to say that our Snoezelen Room is now operational. This new space is a very powerful support to assist our DD students. Our Snoezelen Room will allow us to better meet the sensory needs of our DD students, and help calm them so they are better pre-pared for their learning. As we continue to look for ways to celebrate the success of our students we just recently had a "Caught Caring" draw celebrating students who have been showing positive character attributes. The 14 lucky draw winners were treated to a pizza lunch and then a free brand new bicycle! We worked with a private donor to get this amazing prize for our students. As report cards will be coming out in mid February we want to celebrate academic success and thus will be initiating a new Honour Roll and "On a Roll" system. Any student with an "A" or 80 percent average will be placed on our Honour Roll. We will also will have an “On a Roll” list for 2 students in each class who did not achieve 80 percent, but have been giving a full e"ort and have shown great improvement with their learn-ing. All these students will be honoured at an assembly in early March. Also at that time we will give out subject awards for every grade in addition to the following:

S!"#"$ %& M'()*+' A,'#) (-$#%(. /%00"$0*($ $% *12"$3 '() -%/"'+ 42-$"/*) C2+$2#* %& C'#"(. A,'#) (5*+!- 62"+) %2# -/5%%+ “C2+$2#* %& C'#"(.”) E/%S/5%%+- A,'#) (E/%S/5%%+- +*')*#-5"!) STEAM A,'#) (*7/*++*(/* "( STEAM) We will do the same sort of celebration for K-7 at the end of June too (the Grade 8s will have their usual awards at their graduation ceremony). It should be noted that our Culture of Caring Award will also be given to 1 sta" member and community member as voted on by sta", students and our School Council each term.

As always thanks for your support. If you have any ques-tions or concerns about anything or want to mention some-thing great that was not included in our news#ash please come and talk to us.

SincerelyJason Kandankery Ainsworth MorganPrincipal Vice-Principal

Parent/Caregiver School Council Parent/Caregiver Snack and Chat

Thursday, February 12th 5:30-6:30pm Friday, February 27th 9:00-10:00am

Wednesday, March 11th 9:00-10:00am N/A

Thursday, April 16th 5:30-6:30pm N/A

Thursday, May 14th 5:30-6:30pm Friday, May 1st 9:00-10:00am,Thursday, May 28th 9:00-10:00am

June 18th 9:00-10:00am(“thank you” breakfast)

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A new bike. What a great month to be Caught Caring!

Shorna can't wait for the snow and ice to be gone...Hurry up Spring!

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R%%0 G-89 S5'!* D*$*/$":*-Our class is learning about 3D shapes! The students went on a shape walk around the school to $nd 3D shapes in our environ-ment. We used ipad's to

capture our $ndings and later discussed as a class what we found.

C%002("$"*- - R%%0 ;<9We are learning that there are di"erent types of communities; suburban, rural, and urban. We learned that community is where we play, work, and live. We are also learning about mapping and how to get to places in communities.

We walked North to Dundas St. so we passed Cole St. I live on Cole St. Then we went west to Berkley St. We went to the Book Bank onBerkley St. We walked to the Book Bank and walked back to school. I got a book from the Book Bank. By: Klavon

M*--'.* F#%0 M- L'C#%"7-H%&&0'(I want you to meet the new addition to our family - Solomon Andrew Ho"man!!! He arrived almost right on time - Wednesday December 31st at 1:13am, weighing 6lbs, 7 ounces. He is very healthy and doing well. Thank you for all of the good wishes.

S$2)*($ C%2(/"+ N*,- By: AmalThis is an announcement from the Student Council. There are some events that are happenning. The Par-ent Council is having a magazine drive and we are helping out. Buy some magazines and you could win some prizes. There’s also going to be a Valentine’s Day Candygram sale on Thursday February 12th. I can’t tell you the details $nd out for yourself by watching for posters and listening to announcements.

ART FOR MARK By: Mariama and RamaAll grade 8/7 classes are doing art with an artist named Mark Stoddart. He comes to our classes. We are making our own brands that represent ourselves and Sci-ence. At $rst we listed 10 things that we thought de$ned us and learned about science connected to cells. We then incorporated our initials. Most of the students have completed their rough copy of their brand that represents themselves and their personality while still including cells in the picture. There is more to come, stay tuned to the next issue of the News#ash for our next update!

Solomon Andrew Ho"man

Shape Detectives from Room G09 hard at work $nding 3D shapes

Klavon mapping the route

Jordon's Amazing Brand

Can you $gure out who made this amazing brand?

H%/=*3 H*#%*-The students in the Hockey Heroes continue to do very well.Every Monday 10 of our heroes from our school participate in hockey drills, followedby a spirited game against other heroes from other schools.The Hero program continues until mid March, fol-lowed by an awards ceremony, and banquet.Special thanks to Mr. Hanning and Mr. Adams for taking the heroes every Monday to Moss Park Arena.

H%2-*+*'.2*-The Primary Grades 1-3 Houseleagues occur every Tuesday afternoons.There are many students involved with the house-leagues, and they are very eagerto play, and show their skills in the games.Special thanks to Mr. Fowler for helping out with the Pri-mary students each week.

The Junior Grades 4-6 Houseleagues occur every Thursday afternoons, after lunch.These students, along with the Primary students, will have opportunities to play against our local Police department in games usually at the end of the month, which is always a fun experience had by all during this time.

L'3-U! F%2()'$"%(Students interested in perfecting their Basketball skills should come to the Gym every Tuesday after school to learn from professionals from the Lay-Up foundation. For permission forms for this event, see Mr. Adams.

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Students in Grades 4-8 will have the opportunity to watch the Canadian Womens Volleyball Cham-pionships being held at the University of Toronto's Performance Athletic Centre at the Goldring Centre on Friday February 27, 2015. Permission forms, and more details will be an-nounced soon for our students, and sta".

H*'+$53 S/5%%+- C%00"$$**Our second Healthy Schools Committee will be held at our school in the Commons Room for interested parents, sta", and community members.The meeting will take place after school on Tuesday February 10, 2015. During the $rst meeting, a lot of good ideas were discussed by the committee, which also included parents, some sta" members, Mr. Kan-dankery, and our local Police department.

NMPPS SPORTS!ere were many things happening this month in the sports world. Our home team, the Raptors, starting point guard Kyle Lowry is starting for the All-Star Team. Now for soccer, the players that got nominated for MVP of the year are: Christiano Ronaldo, Manual Nuer, Liano Messi, James Rodri-guez, and Neymar Jr. By: Ali, Mahad and Jovi.

Hockey Heroes doing what they love!

Keeping healthy in the snow!

S"-$*# < S"-$*#By Jasmine and JucianeFor the $rst Sister 2 Sister event, there were two speakers that really caught my eye. There was one young woman that read a poem called “30 lines of Beyonce”. It was inspiring, motivational, and was a really nice poem. The next speaker gave us a speech of her life story and about being a blind teacher/ath-lete. It was also really inspiring because she never gave up on her dreams.

G#**(,%%) C+26- By: Masuma and MaheraGreenwood clubs! So many di"erent clubs to choose from and activities too. Kids are really enjoying the

clubs they're in. There are all di"erent kinds of clubs like Im-prov, Arts and Crafts and Cooperative Games. It’s a great way to start o" our Wednesday mornings: starting our morning with an hour of fun and games also keeping us active.

Room G-07 would like to say "thank you" to Greenwood Col-lege Students - Eva, Frida, Jackson, Dalia, Graham, Jackie, Cole, Taylor, & Katie for your contribution to our "morning circle shared reading time". Our students and sta" look forward to your presence. Continue the great work with our students in general at Nelson Mandela Park Public School!

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For demonstrating TEAMWORK with others:Ammar, Lubabah, Shania, Cindy, Cooper, Mariam R.,

Saajid, Talha, Masrid, Rabitha, Firdaus, Rida, So$a, Abbas, Shaazara, Rehan, Harith, Imad, Faseehah,

Ryan, Farzana, Shiyama, Hassan, Jonathan, Fatima, Julissa, Quinton, Tash$ah, Yahya, Jahsent, Hope,

Fazra, Harith, Shamiq, Johvon, JalenKindness & Caring from Dec - Masuma & Afsah

Q2*++* /%++'$"%(?Après l’école.Laura : Bonjour, maman. Voici Julie.Maman : Bonjour, Julie.Laura : J’ai faim.Maman : Je prépare une collation. Tu veux du yogourt?Laura : Oui, avec de la marmelade. C’est ma collation préférée !Maman : Et toi, Julie?Julie : Moi? Une tartine de beurre d’arachide avec des raisins secs, s’il vous plaît, madame.Maman : Oh là là ! Quel mélange ! Tu es sûre?Julie : Oui, madame. C’est ma collation préférée !

L*7"12*après - a"er beurre d’arachide (m.) - peanut butter collation(f.) - snackfaim(f.)-hunger mélange(m.) - mixture préférée - favouritesecs - dry tartine(f.) - toast

Room G07 Sharing their reading with Greenwood students.What is this? It's growing in our Library!

Tech Talk

C'#*$'="(. C%#(*#Report from our Caretakers.Don't forget to help keep our school clean. Keep snack for eating and recycle all your waste responsibly.

3rd Floor boys washroom

2nd & 3rd #oor girls washrooms

Classrooms are cleaner and there is less garbage in the cans - ECO school at work!Needs work!: 2nd #oor Boys washroom, Lunchroom, Muddy & wet #oors

B+'/= H"-$%#3 M%($5 L"(=-http://www.blackhistorycanada.ca/http://bit.ly/1yLwC2H - Black History Month - Torontohttp://www.blackhistorysociety.ca/index.phphttp://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/black-history-month/ - Black Canadians you should know

N*, Y*'#- R*-%+2$"%(-!e year is 2015. !is year I promise to chat less at school. I also promise to learn how to cook and bake. I want to be a bet-ter sister in my family. Lastly, I want to improve my diet by eating more greens.By: Jahsent

!e year is 2015. !is year I promise to keep working hard, be less chatty, be a better artist and to improve by getting a level 4+ in language and social studies. I will get better at math too, at least a level 3+. I will do my best to keep these promises. By: Tanjina

C%%="(. C+26Cooking club made some deli-cious pizzas this week. It was really hard not to eat them before they went home! Next month the intermediates will have another turn to cook and then after March Break the primaries will cook. Jean is thrilled to see so many students eager to cook and learn about preparing healthy food.B+'/= H"-$%#3 M%($5 By: Jalen and JulibebIt’s February! It’s Black History Month. During this month we celebrate the legacies of great African-American lead-ers. Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, Martin Luther Kind Jr., Nelson Mandela, Muhammed Ali, Jackie Robinson, Michael Jackson, and many more. All these people in a way stood for civil rights for African-Americans. Also maybe even op-posed the government very lightly.

S$%#3$*++"(. By: Maariya and KaylaStorytelling is all about people coming together to tell Regent Park stories. Class 327 wrote our own stories about Regent Park to record and make into digital stories. !e week of January 19 we

went 252 Sackville to the Senior Building to listen to the elder's stories. We shared our stories to the elders and they told their stories to us. !eir stories were funny and inspiring. We really enjoyed all their stories. We know that people like to tell stories even if you don't realize it. Everyone likes to tell stories. Who are the storytellers in your family?

Setting goals helps us achieve great things.

Room 209 has been growing a Culture Tree by sharing interesting facts and goals

Regent Park Storytellers !

The Grade 6/5's are investi-gating energy conservation and electricity during their STEAM periods. Students in Mr. Vente's class are building their own electroscopes to measure static electricity.

Ms Sirilas' Grade 4/3 class are learning about pulleys and gears.

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ICE CAVE!

B2"+)"(. I.+%%- By: Rama,Zaahid, Mahad,Maariya!ere's an igloo on River Street! Room 327 were lucky enough to speak to Drake - the builder and designer-about his building process.Some of our questions were:What was the most di#cult part of mak-ing the igloo?What were some of your strategies you used to structure it?How did you know how many ice bricks you needed to build the igloo? What was

your estimation and how did you get the total?How did you structure the roof without it collapsing? How much people do you think could $t in your igloo?

M'$5 I(12"#3Room 327 we have been working on $guring out how to build an igloo and how many blocks of ice we will need to build it. We are $guring this out by using building blocks and searching online for ways to build it. We are also writing down our observations on how to build an igloo. !at is what we have been doing for our math inquiry.

By: Afsah, Mariama, Rama, Masuma, and Mahera.Drake and his Igloo

On January 27th, Canada post released a new stamp commemorating the life of Nelson Mandela, and what better place to launch that stamp than the school named a"er him. Here are some of the thoughts and memories shared.

A( I0!%#$'($ M'( By: MuntahaI would like to share my thoughts about Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela was a man of peace. He fought with words, not with $sts. Without leaders like him there wouldn’t be peace around the world. I feel lucky because our school is named a"er a wonderful man!Nelson Mandela stayed in jail for 27 years. Even though he went to jail, he didn’t want to $ght back. Instead, he forgave his enemies. We as students have to support Nelson Mandela’s dream by showing kindness everyday. We must also treat everyone with kindness and equality.T5* P%,*#&2+ A/$- %& N*+-%( M'()*+' By: ImranI would like to express my thoughts about Nelson Mandela and how he was an im-portant person for humanity. He was a freedom $ghter and believed in equality for all people. I am so pleased that our school is named a"er such an important person. It means that I should be a role model for kids younger than me like Nelson Mandela was a role model for others around the world.Nelson Mandela sacri$ced his life and was imprisoned for standing up for peace. He was in prison for 27 years and when he came out the world was there supporting his release. He became the $rst black president of South Africa and changed the laws so that black and white people could live together. He came to our school in 2001, our school was renamed Nelson Mandela Park Public School. Our school is lucky to be named a"er Nelson Mandela. We can learn to be good citizens like Nelson. Nelson Mandela was a great man, I learned a lot from him. One of the things I learned is that “edu-cation is the most powerful weapon which we can use to change the world”. People remember him because he changed the law to remove segregation between black and white people. Everybody should be equal.

On February 11th it will be an important anniversary of our namesake Nelson Mandela. He was released from prison a"er 27 years on that day, there were hundreds of black and white people waiting for his release. A"er a few years he ran a campaign for presidential elections and he won. But unfortunately he died in December 2013 on the day his movie $rst premiered all over the world. At least we can still remember him by honouring the 25th anniversary of his release from prison. By: Zaahid

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M'#$"( L2$5*# K"(. J#. D'3Room 324 celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day by going to see the $lm, Selma. Dr. King stood up for himself and all other people. He did not care if he got beaten up. He was strong and moved forward, and it was brave to stand up to the police and say we are right. He did not $ght back and used his words. By: HassanMy re#ection on Selma was that the movie was very interesting and very touching....What I'm going to change about my life after seeing the movie is I'm going to change my perspective of not believing you can change the world just because there are so many people who think you can't. By: Khalil

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Guess what? I am just about to tell you what is teamwork and the importance of it. Teamwork is not worrying about your work at all. It is when you discuss and share your thoughts and come to an amazing conclusion to that speci$c goal. Teamwork is all about giving others the equality and the respect that person deserves and also what you would expect from your teammates while it’s your turn. Teamwork is when everyone supports and encourages each other’s opinion/thoughts. You should not make the person who’s talking feel uncomfortable, instead listen to their ideas and skills. Also give them appropriate feedback when they are done. The meaning of teamwork is when you work together and support one another’s ideas. There shouldn’t be any reason a teammate of yours doesn’t feel welcome to the team. Teamwork should be helping others on showing their amazing abilities of what they are capable of. So students don’t just sit there after reading this, go show some amazing team-work and who knows, you might be the Student of the Month. Show teamwork and I guarantee you will be the shining star of the month. What are you waiting for?! GOOD LUCK!

C%002("$3 N%$*-February 5th 7:00-9:00 - Town Hall Meeting at the Aquatic Centre to dis-cuss Regent Park Community Centre South closing and openingFamily Day - Feb. 16 1:30-3:30 at Daniels Spectrum Storytelling Festival featuring Digital Storytelling by Room 327 and Regent Park Community Storytellers.

Some GREAT examples of Teamwork on a snowy day make recess fun!

Change is happenning!

NMPPS NEWSFLASH

Teamwork January 2015 Our NewsFlash is produced by the

students of Nelson Mandela Park PS for the students and parents/caregivers of

our school communityTeamwork means: “Let’s work together to get it done!”

Digital copies of all past issues can be found at: http://schools.tdsb/nelsonmandelapark

NMPPS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

M2-"/'+ M%0*($-Performance Choir Wednesdays, 12:10 - 12:30 , Gr. 1-6Steel Pan Tuesdays, 9:00 - 10:15, Gr. 5 & 6 Fridays, 9:00 - 10:45, Gr. 7 & 8Band Day 1 - Mr. Vente & Ms. Ho"man Day 2 - Gr. 7 & 8 Day 3 - Ms. Cooper, Mr. Abdul-Rashid & Mr. Hanning Day 4 - Gr. 7 & 8Guitar Club Mondays 12:10 - 12:30

C%0"(. E:*($-Jan 30th Black History Assembly 1:00 - 1:45 pmFeb 5th Town Hall Meeting at Aquatic CenterFeb 12th Report Cards go homeFeb 13th PA Day - Parent interviewsFeb 16th Family Day Feb 19th Science ClubFeb 27th U0fT Canadian Women's Volleyball championship tripMar. 16th - 20th March BreakMar. 19th-29th Storytelling festivalApr. 2nd Talent Show 9:00- 10:15 amApr 3rd No School (Good Friday)Apr 6th No School (Easter Monday) Apr 23rd STEAM showcase May 27th Spring Concert 5:30 - 6:30 pm

L2(/5$"0* H%2-*+*'.2*- WITH MR. ADAMS

Primary (Gr. 1-3) Tues., 12:10 p.m.-12:35 p.m. Junior (Gr. 4-6). Thur., 12:10 p.m.-12:35 p.m. Intermediate (Gr. 7-8) Fri., 12:10 p.m. -12:35 p.m.

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Go online and check Blended

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Find out about a cur-rent event

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Find an African game to play with your family.

Look at art from Africa.

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Find out about math from Africa.

Spend 20-30 minutes play-

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Check out one of the links in

Tech Talk.

Find out about a cur-rent event

happening in Toronto

Play chess.

Look at art from Asia.Make your

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Write a list of songs you love.

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Find out about a cur-rent event

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COMING SOONHave you ever wanted to let your STEAM out? On !ursday, April 23rd, NMPPS will host our $rst I(:*($"%( C%(:*($"%( / S$*'0 S5%,? If you are a mad scientist, or a genius inventor, or if there is just an experiment or question or idea you have always wanted to explore, this is the show for you.To enter, 1. Come up with an idea for an experiment or inven-

tion.2. Get a partner or a team on board, or just work

alone.3. Create a plan.4. Listen for announcements about rules, require-

ments and how to submit.5. Get to work!

Science Club will be in the lab on !ursdays a"er school starting on Feb 19th if you need a place to work on your project.