Montessori Buzz – March 9, 2021
Dear MA Families & Friends,
Artisan Market Volunteers Wanted!
We are still planning to host the Artisan Market in May. Stay tuned for a new weekend date!
In the meantime, Tonya is looking for volunteers to help with the planning as well as on the day of the Artisan Market. Volunteers will meet virtually once every two weeks until May, then once a week in May leading up to the Artisan Market and help out on the day of the market. If you are interested in volunteering on the Committee, please contact Tonya at tdendrinos@montessori.on.ca or 519-433-9121 ext. 233.
Interested in a spot in the Market? Space will be limited, please contact Tonya as soon as possible if you are interested.
Elementary Scholastic Orders
Hello Everyone! A friendly reminder that your Scholastic purchases help us get the latest and greatest books for the Elementary Library from Scholastic.
Please don’t forget to enter the code: RC150717 when checking out on Scholastic Reading Club Shop; when you do, 10% of your purchases gets donated back to the Library to buy new books! Flyers for the upcoming month have gone home! But in case you didn’t receive one, everything you need is listed online: https://classroomessentials.scholastic.ca/. … And scholastic will also deliver your books right to your doorstep! Thanks again for your support!
Reminder: Place your Plantables orders soon!
Did you see that sunshine today? It’s almost time to start planting our gardens!
Don’t forget to order your favourite fruit and vegetable plants through https://plantables.ca/. Your order ships directly to your door exactly when the plants need to go into the ground! All you have to do is pick what plants you want to grow, choose when you want them delivered, and wait for your box of garden-ready plants to arrive on your doorstep.
Enter the code MALONDON at the checkout, and 10% of the cost of your order will be donated back to the school!
Help us spread the word and grow this fundraising initiative! Tell everybody you know to go to https://plantables.ca/ if they want to buy garden-ready fruit and vegetable plants for their garden.
Reminder: CHF Event postponed until April
Friendly reminder our CHF event is moving to Friday, April 9, to help kick off our new Spring Break.
Phys. Ed Roundup
It’s been a long winter full of lots of activity for the students during their Phys. Ed classes. We started off the new year with Zoom fitness classes and this carried over into the class upon returning to school. All students from Lower Elementary to Junior High took part in a variety of fitness challenges and activities to help improve their strength and eye hand coordination. This was followed up with some information about eating and nutrition and how we can keep our bodies healthy.
Of course, we were able to squeeze in a few outdoor days of tobogganing and sledding thanks to Mother Nature. Our next unit was badminton, and we were fortunate to have two new portable badminton nets donated to the school from the Birch family. Both Evie (Year 7) and Bren (Year 4) are avid badminton players outside of school and were excited to help provide these nets for use by the students.
Last week, the students in Upper Elementary took part in “Mansfield Day.” Mansfield Outdoor Centre is where the students in Upper Elementary go each January for their overnight Winter Trip. There, they have the opportunity to sleep in cabins, cross country ski, snowshoe, hike and have some fun and games inside. In an effort to provide a little bit of fun in this crazy year, each UE class took the morning and pretended to be at Mansfield. They took part in a scavenger hunt, ga ga ball (a favourite during down time), hot chocolate, cookie challenge and everyone’s favourite outdoor animal survival game.
Moving forward towards some nicer weather, please make sure that students are prepared for both indoor and outdoor gym class, wear their uniform and have appropriate footwear for indoor and outdoor classes.
Photos from the week…
Casa 1’s African cultural study
To complement our study of Africa, Casa 1 learned a few traditional games played in Africa. Pictured are two of our students playing Mancala!
UE Literature studies
When our students finish a novel, we encourage them to create a special project that highlights their interests from the book. Our Year 6 students researched wolves after reading Jack London’s, “White Fang,” while a couple of Year 4’s read Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic “The Secret Garden” and created a diorama of the beautiful and mysterious garden.
